Never mind the Quality Issues notice. There are millions of flower images in the database already and unless you are submitting images that are EXTREMELY unique and creative, few if any will make them past the moderators. ... View more

I'm jumping in on this thread a bit late, but AI designers themselves should feel threatened by AI. After all, it's so "easy" that anyone can do it. But it's not. And they won't. Start ups can create their own web sites with the tools available online. But they don't want to bother with it. They still hire professionals to do it for them (and those same professionals probably use the tools available on line to get started).  Yes, if you're creating robots or aneme or large chested women without concern if irises are perfectly around and pupils are centered in those irises and one eye is slightly higher than the other or one ear is larger than the other or misshapen, then AI is easy. But to fix those issues is extremely difficult, assuming they even get noticed to begin with. And don't get me started on what it takes to upscale results to the point of being useful commercially. In any case, it's happening and there's no stopping it. We'll have to wait out and see what happens as things move forward. ... View more

The Happy Dussehra one? It's there. ... View more

You'll just need two Adobe Cloud accounts with different usernames. Log out of one and log in with the other as needed. ... View more

Understood. But I want to make it clear that while I've been fortunate to have a number of AI images accepted over the past few days (a trend that could just as well end at any time), the images that ARE being accepted were submitted well over two months ago, as are many of the ones still waiting to be reviewed. So we're all waiting. It's not just photographers as far as I can tell. Meanwhile, Adobe has finally updated their notice upon submission of images that the review process could take up to a month, rather than the 4 or 5 days as stated previously. So there's still some catch up to do and maybe this is why I've had a recent lucky streak. ... View more

That came out wrong. Adobe wants to assure that the creators whose work is used by AI designers are compensated accordingly. ... View more

I was a professional photographer for 45 years (weddings, portraiture, fashion, fine art, figure/nudes, still life).  And I still take on a wedding now and then. I trained with some of the world's best known portrait and fashion photographers. I worked for 12 years each for two companies creating images and videos using Lightwave and Blender. I've paid my dues and now I'm involved in something new. You do you and I'll do me. 😉 As far as waiting time is concerned, EVERYONE is waiting, including photographers and AI designers. Adobe is 100% behind generative AI and is working to assure that designers using the work of others to create images are compensated accordingly.  ... View more

I agree 100%. It would also help, after that initial first upload, to spend some time on this board reading therough other critiques. There is a wealth of knowledge here for first timers in that respect. By keeping in touch with this forum, I may not have learned a lot about what DOES work when it comes to having images accepted on Adobe Stock, but I've learned what doesn't, and that has been just as helpful when it comes to pruning my images...earlier work in partiular. ... View more

Yes, there's the rub. Being new and uploading daily before getting a feel for what works and doesn't work on Adobe Stock is an issue. Bottom line, getting started is going to take time whether one uploads daily or waits between uploads or until an initial review. Patience will always be key either way. ... View more

I see what there was a misunderstanging (I actually had a decent night's sleep for a change despite 100 degree temps in my location). My "theory" was not to say that by uploading daily I retain a SINGLE place in the queue, and that a few of those images are reviewed daily. I should have been clearer and stated that I retain MULTIPLE places in the queue as per the submission date to better assure that my images will be reviewed on a more or less regular basis. ... View more

As I said, this is based on my own experience. I upload daily from 3 to 12 images. I've had over 100 AI images accepted over the past 10 working days. This has never happened before. Normaly, I have a handful of images reviewed and accepted every 2 to 3 working days. Sometimes 4 if you take weekends and holidays into account. Yes, my streak could end at any time. I don't pretend to know how it really works. My main point is, people shouldn't wait until images are reviewed, as I get the impression (possibly incorrectly) that some people upload an image or two and then wait to see what happens until they upload again. ... View more

It's just a theory of mine based on my own experience, but if you are uploading a handful of images and then waiting a few days to uploard more or until one set of images has been reviewed, you are losing your place in the queue each time you do so. Upload a few images every day, even if it's just three or four, to maintain your place in line.  ... View more

I'm with Jill on this. In my experience, even sharp rocks do not always look sharp and need a little extra sharpening boost. But that's not what I find out of place in this image. It's the very large shelf of a rock covering most of the bottom of the image. It's nature's equivalent of photo-bombing. 😉 ... View more

One more thing: Avoid the 1:1 ratio which is the default for most AI platforms. Give potential buyers the option to crop their purchases if they see fit. 8:10, 5:7, 16:9, 24:20...there are almost an endless number of variations to choose from. ... View more

Oh...and there are watermarks at the top of the first image as well. Watermarks in AI are automatic rejections, no matter how well rendered. ... View more

For the first image, you have the remnants of a watermark at the bottom left and right corners of the tree. The second one could use some sharpening. ... View more

If you aren't already doing so, I would recommend that you upload at least two to three images daily, rather than post a few and then wait for them to be reviewed (which, again, maybe you are doing). It's just a theory, but I believe from my own experience that this helps maintain ones place in the queue, since every day that you wait to submit again puts you that much further back in the line and the waiting process starts all over. ... View more

That's what baffles me. I can't imagine how someone can submit hundreds of AI images on a regular basis and NOT have them contain hundreds of quality issues. In my experience as an AI designer and retired photographer, AI actually requires as much if not more editing time than photographs. Not to mention the added steps required to upscale AI images while maintaining a high level of quality. Then again, the fact that I specialize in photo realistic AI and not robots or aneme or what have you may have something to do with the fact my AI requires more editing than average. Oh, well. It is what it is. I have over 400 images waiting for review, with the oldest at this point being around two months. And, like other AI contributors (and photographers), it took a good two months for my first group of images to be accepted (and rejected, as I've learned a lot during those first few months of submitting AI). My motto now is: One is only as good at creating AI as the number of results one consigns to the trash. 😉 ... View more

But I was under the impression that accounts are being blocked for spamming when this happens with AI submissions. As an AI contributor myself, I would hope that anyone doing so would have their accounts summarily blocked without a moderator so much as taking a peek at the first image in a group of such uploads. On the other hand, I've had 85 images accepted over the past 7 work days, with only 1 rejection. As of today, I think my streak has been broken, but I ordinarily have images accepted every 2 to 3 working days (and sometime 4 or 5 if one counts weekends and holidays). So something appears to have changed. ... View more