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Agency Based Discussion => Adobe Stock => Topic started by: stockVid on February 02, 2016, 14:48

Title: Fotolia Reviewers Have No Clue
Post by: stockVid on February 02, 2016, 14:48
I am now totally convinced that Fotolia reviewers have no clue what they are talking about.

Video Submission: Declined Quality Issue
Same Video Submission: Declined Type of Video
Same Video Submission: Accepted
Title: Re: Fotolia Reviewers Have No Clue
Post by: Dodie on February 03, 2016, 03:02
I don't agree with you, FT reviewers are the most reasonable IMO.
When they say "Quality issue", they are usually right, you just had luck with a more forgiving reviewer for the third time.
Title: Re: Fotolia Reviewers Have No Clue
Post by: mojaric on February 03, 2016, 03:10
sorry but is just spamming on forum without the examples of the rejection
Title: Re: Fotolia Reviewers Have No Clue
Post by: Chichikov on February 03, 2016, 10:46
I don't agree with you, FT reviewers are the most reasonable IMO.
When they say "Quality issue", they are usually right, you just had luck with a more forgiving reviewer for the third time.
Generally one batch is reviewed by one same inspector, so when on two videos of the same kind of quality and format, submitted together, one is rejected and the other is accepted I have some doubt about the capacity or the seriousness of the inspector…
Title: Re: Fotolia Reviewers Have No Clue
Post by: Dodie on February 03, 2016, 13:38
Generally one batch is reviewed by one same inspector, so when on two videos of the same kind of quality and format, submitted together, one is rejected and the other is accepted I have some doubt about the capacity or the seriousness of the inspector…

He doesn't mention anything about a batch. It could be that I didn't understand it right but I read it as it was the same video submitted three times, refused twice and accepted the third time.
As said above, this all is worth nothing without showing the file.
Title: Re: Fotolia Reviewers Have No Clue
Post by: bpepz on February 05, 2016, 07:07
I am now totally convinced that Fotolia reviewers have no clue what they are talking about.

Video Submission: Declined Quality Issue
Same Video Submission: Declined Type of Video
Same Video Submission: Accepted

There was probably something about your submission that made the reviewer uncomfortable accepting it, like it was some kind of borderline grey area either in image quality, or much more likely something to do with copyright or releases. Something as simple as a certain building in the background, a sign, a car, a portion of a person or something not blurred out enough. It probably was not enough of a glaring issue that they could confidently put a reason down, so they came up with something vague so they did not have to accept it.
Title: Re: Fotolia Reviewers Have No Clue
Post by: rod-09 on February 05, 2016, 08:59
I totally agree with the author of the topic.

They reject videos for all kinds of generic reasons, but they never say exactly what is the problem.

Recently they rejected a batch of videos, with model release attached, saying "Intellectual Property/Release Issue" , but they don't say what is wrong with the form....   >:(



Title: Re: Fotolia Reviewers Have No Clue
Post by: Chichikov on February 06, 2016, 06:31
Generally one batch is reviewed by one same inspector, so when on two videos of the same kind of quality and format, submitted together, one is rejected and the other is accepted I have some doubt about the capacity or the seriousness of the inspector…

He doesn't mention anything about a batch. It could be that I didn't understand it right but I read it as it was the same video submitted three times, refused twice and accepted the third time.
As said above, this all is worth nothing without showing the file.

I never told (wrote) he mentioned it

Personally it happened me three or four times to have one video, part a full batch, rejected for various inconsistent reasons (bad format when all the videos were processed in the same way and saved in a same format - Wrong audio encoding for videos without sound track - etc.)


I am now totally convinced that Fotolia reviewers have no clue what they are talking about.

Video Submission: Declined Quality Issue
Same Video Submission: Declined Type of Video
Same Video Submission: Accepted

There was probably something about your submission that made the reviewer uncomfortable accepting it, like it was some kind of borderline grey area either in image quality, or much more likely something to do with copyright or releases. Something as simple as a certain building in the background, a sign, a car, a portion of a person or something not blurred out enough. It probably was not enough of a glaring issue that they could confidently put a reason down, so they came up with something vague so they did not have to accept it.

Something vague is unacceptable! Rejection reasons should be precise because they can help to understand the problem and to correct it.