I am currently facing similar rejections even though the topic of the work is different.
I tried to connect with Adobe and they said they cannot help as its the decision of reviewing department.
These rejections are only increasing and is concerning now.
AI or traditional photos/videos?
I have had one single rejected video out of hundreds submitted the last few months. It was deemed too similar to existing content in AS library. I must say I agree with that particular decision.
Apart from that, I have yet to experience mass rejections. But, from hearing from others experiences, it could happen sooner than later.
I have the same problem. Images that are unique, and not represented in the collection in any way, are rejected as being 'similar'. It seems pretty random, to be honest, and emails to support just get 'blah, blah, blah' replies without actually addressing the issue.
Edit: Mine are traditional photos, and not AI submissions.
Quote from: kuriouskat on August 24, 2025, 08:01
I have the same problem. Images that are unique, and not represented in the collection in any way, are rejected as being 'similar'. It seems pretty random, to be honest, and emails to support just get 'blah, blah, blah' replies without actually addressing the issue.
Edit: Mine are traditional photos, and not AI submissions.
Yes, I also feel so, maybe they are automating their reviewing system through AI maybe?
The rejections are random, if some real human will view them, he will surely see the difference.
And if they are real humans, then I must say they need to update themselves.
Quote from: kuriouskat on August 24, 2025, 08:01
I have the same problem. Images that are unique, and not represented in the collection in any way, are rejected as being 'similar'. It seems pretty random, to be honest, and emails to support just get 'blah, blah, blah' replies without actually addressing the issue.
Edit: Mine are traditional photos, and not AI submissions.
I had multiple images rejected for "similar" where I was convinced that I had a really great and unique idea and upon searching in the Adobe database I found 0 images with the exact same topic.
To me it is very clear that these are some kind of AI rejections with some poor AI that just scans images for factors like "similar composition" and "similar color sheme", etc. but it cannot really properly recognize what is in the image and therefore doesn't understand whether it is really a similar image or not and a person holding a tennis ball might look the same as a person holding a green apple to it. But obviously customers searching for tennis photos will not just be satisfied with images of apples instead.
It's a faulty system that still lets through countless similar images, while at the same time rejecting unique topics. But Adobe doesn't seem to care.
AI is still far from being reliable so if that's what AS uses then it makes sense that it's making a lot of mistakes.
same for me !
... whatever they did to their review system, they make it worse and unacceptable! I`m done with it...
Wow, they again rejected a big chunk as similar, even though they are different.
Same batch has been accepted by other major player.
Quote from: kuriouskat on August 24, 2025, 08:01
I have the same problem. Images that are unique, and not represented in the collection in any way, are rejected as being 'similar'. It seems pretty random, to be honest, and emails to support just get 'blah, blah, blah' replies without actually addressing the issue.
Edit: Mine are traditional photos, and not AI submissions.
Im getting that with images even when (i) nothing of that topic/place in my collection at all and (ii) not many AS wide either. Im not getting it for video.
My partner contributing images independently is seeing exactly the same to the extent in some batches its a 90% rejection rate (but the next one can be 90% acceptance. Totally random)
Quote from: gnirtS on August 26, 2025, 23:28
Quote from: kuriouskat on August 24, 2025, 08:01
I have the same problem. Images that are unique, and not represented in the collection in any way, are rejected as being 'similar'. It seems pretty random, to be honest, and emails to support just get 'blah, blah, blah' replies without actually addressing the issue.
Edit: Mine are traditional photos, and not AI submissions.
Im getting that with images even when (i) nothing of that topic/place in my collection at all and (ii) not many AS wide either. Im not getting it for video.
My partner contributing images independently is seeing exactly the same to the extent in some batches its a 90% rejection rate (but the next one can be 90% acceptance. Totally random)
bulk rejections have been common for awhile now. but my rejects for similar have gone down - everything is rejected for 'quality' but they dont say what
earlier they would reject an entire series because it was the same subject(eg a seabird) even though they werte action shots - in surf, varying groups, flying, etc
They've just reviewed another batch of mine.
So we have lighthouse shots, rejected for similar.
Aerial castle shots. rejected for similar.
Farming and agriculture. rejected for similar.
Scenic landscapes and lakes. rejected for similar.
Ski resort shots. rejected for similar.
Summer beach shots. rejected for similar.
Yep, 100% of all my categories uploaded rejected for "similar in our collection".
At the moment its impossible to get anything accepted and with the complete absence of any communication from Adobe of exactly what its looking for/comparing against its impossible to even guess what they want. Although maybe a safe assumption is they dont actually want any more content.
Total waste of time uploading or submitting any images on any topic from any part of the world currently.
And then you look at the fresh accepted content and find thousands of files similar to yours accepted....so it can go into someone elses port and not into mine.
I spend a lot of time trying to fin unfilled niches and then produce what is missing.
But I am getting unqiue content that absolutely does not exist and is useful declined on Adobe.
So what am I supposed to do??
Unique content is not acceptable, but endless duplicates are?
What happened to business logic?
They could just lower upload imits even more to fit team capacity but then inspect for quality of ip like before.
IF THE QUALITY IS FINE, DON'T DECLINE
The community is max frustrated and confused
The same thing is happening to me — my images (vectors) have been increasingly rejected since the end of August for the reason 'similar content,' whether they're AI-generated or made the traditional way. I'm really frustrated because I used to have an acceptance rate close to 100%. :-[
I had done a bunch of work before what cobalt called "rejectiongate"...
Before that - usually I had a mininum of 70% approval, if not more like 90-95% approval rate...
So I had spent a couple months literally doing pretty much nothing by stock work (images/videos/keywording/etc)...
Had it all ready to go... submitted...
And to my shock (esp after all the work that was done), approval rate was anywhere from 10-30% (so at times 90% was getting rejected).
Not sure if is 'still' like that - but that was not really fun, so taking a short break from some of the submissions...
not for me. If you have some this is because you upload same or pratty same photo.
I have been getting quite a few "similar content in our collection" rejections at Adobe. Today, I got one for a photo of a unique (and quite attractive) 19th century building in a particular city. I searched in Adobe's collection, and they have zero photos of this building.
Ok, it's not a famous city, and perhaps they expect that nobody would want to buy this photo. However, if that's their reasoning, why don't they say it accurately? More likely, there is no clear reasoning, just some kind of fuzzy algorithm.
Quote from: Danybot on September 12, 2025, 20:41
I have been getting quite a few "similar content in our collection" rejections at Adobe. Today, I got one for a photo of a unique (and quite attractive) 19th century building in a particular city. I searched in Adobe's collection, and they have zero photos of this building.
Ok, it's not a famous city, and perhaps they expect that nobody would want to buy this photo. However, if that's their reasoning, why don't they say it accurately? More likely, there is no clear reasoning, just some kind of fuzzy algorithm.
AS is notoriously terrible in rejection 'reasoning' - mostly they say "rejected for quality - guess what is was?"
I am still seeing such similar rejections even with unique vectors. My approval rate at adobe previously stood at 95%+ but now they rejects some of the important and unique contents and this rate got to 70% now.
And fun part is that I am getting 100% acceptance on the other agencies.
Has anyone tried to connect with Adobe team regarding this?
Quote from: Artist on September 13, 2025, 09:51
I am still seeing such similar rejections even with unique vectors. My approval rate at adobe previously stood at 95%+ but now they rejects some of the important and unique contents and this rate got to 70% now.
And fun part is that I am getting 100% acceptance on the other agencies.
Has anyone tried to connect with Adobe team regarding this?
Yes, I wrote in about one unique image, that had zero similars on Adobe.
I got a generic answer about
"overly repetitive or highly similar to other content already available on Adobe Stock."I responded and pointed out that the image wasn't repetitive or similar, and that nothing from this particular location was available already.
My response was met by an exact copy and paste of the first response, so at this point I gave up trying.
Quote from: SuperPhoto on September 12, 2025, 16:28
I had done a bunch of work before what cobalt called "rejectiongate"...
Before that - usually I had a mininum of 70% approval, if not more like 90-95% approval rate...
So I had spent a couple months literally doing pretty much nothing by stock work (images/videos/keywording/etc)...
Had it all ready to go... submitted...
And to my shock (esp after all the work that was done), approval rate was anywhere from 10-30% (so at times 90% was getting rejected).
Not sure if is 'still' like that - but that was not really fun, so taking a short break from some of the submissions...
Just checked my AS acceptance rate in the 10 year its been in existence. 97%.
Just checked my AS rate for the last 2 months. 35%.
All rejections "similar in collection". Its patchy though. Ive had a batch of 42 all approved at one point and a few days earlier a batch of a similar size where only 2 got in.
Yes, and what about those photos queued for 4, 5 or 6 months without review?
Quote from: Yakystockero on September 22, 2025, 14:27
Yes, and what about those photos queued for 4, 5 or 6 months without review?
Or more.
I deleted them and re-uploaded them three times, but they still sit in the queue forever. Newer uploads (with recent last edit dates) are processed within a few days.
I am thinking that the review system may look at the last edit date when they process them, so older edits may always go in the back of the queue. This weekend, I will try to make minor edits, save them again (to record the current last edit date) and re-upload.
I'll let you know if this works (I feel that it will).
Still have 100% acceptance rate and assets are reviewed within 2-4 days
Quote from: Zero Talent on September 22, 2025, 20:55
Quote from: Yakystockero on September 22, 2025, 14:27
Yes, and what about those photos queued for 4, 5 or 6 months without review?
Or more.
I deleted them and re-uploaded them three times, but they still sit in the queue forever. Newer uploads (with recent last edit dates) are processed within a few days.
I am thinking that the review system may look at the last edit date when they process them, so older edits may always go in the back of the queue. This weekend, I will try to make minor edits, save them again (to record the current last edit date) and re-upload.
I'll let you know if this works (I feel that it will).
Same here, longest images are waiting to be reviewed for 10 months now.
I remember that last year Mat (when he was still active) told us that it was probably a mistake and we whould just resubmit the images, but the ones waiting for 10 monhts are already resubmitted versions. It just happens to the very same images again, so resubmitting does not help. Honestly, I have simply given up on these images.
The rejections continues, works which are very new are being rejected.. how demotivating it is.
I am not sure if they understand this or not but microstock is a penny market and being creative and extremely unique with every single asset is not possible as it is not worth at such a price and royalty.
Image rejected for "quality issues" has now sold multiple times on Shutterstock.
I find Adobe acceptance and rejection to be inconsistent and baffling. Which is the main reason I upload relatively little to AS.
Quote from: Zero Talent on September 22, 2025, 20:55
Quote from: Yakystockero on September 22, 2025, 14:27
Yes, and what about those photos queued for 4, 5 or 6 months without review?
Or more.
I deleted them and re-uploaded them three times, but they still sit in the queue forever. Newer uploads (with recent last edit dates) are processed within a few days.
I am thinking that the review system may look at the last edit date when they process them, so older edits may always go in the back of the queue. This weekend, I will try to make minor edits, save them again (to record the current last edit date) and re-upload.
I'll let you know if this works (I feel that it will).
A week ago, I deleted 8 photos pending in the review queue for several months, made small edits to change their file characteristics and the last edit date, and uploaded them again.
After a week, all are still pending review, while normally they should have been reviewed after a few days.
So my hypothesis about the review queue using a rank based on the last edit date seems to be wrong.
Weird.
Quote from: Zero Talent on October 03, 2025, 14:36
Quote from: Zero Talent on September 22, 2025, 20:55
Quote from: Yakystockero on September 22, 2025, 14:27
Yes, and what about those photos queued for 4, 5 or 6 months without review?
Or more.
I deleted them and re-uploaded them three times, but they still sit in the queue forever. Newer uploads (with recent last edit dates) are processed within a few days.
I am thinking that the review system may look at the last edit date when they process them, so older edits may always go in the back of the queue. This weekend, I will try to make minor edits, save them again (to record the current last edit date) and re-upload.
I'll let you know if this works (I feel that it will).
A week ago, I deleted 8 photos pending in the review queue for several months, made small edits to change their file characteristics and the last edit date, and uploaded them again.
After a week, all are still pending review, while normally they should have been reviewed after a few days.
So my hypothesis about the review queue using a rank based on the last edit date seems to be wrong.
Weird.
Weird indeed. I thought your idea would do the trick actually. Unfortunately not, it seems. Was about to try it myself with some photos that are stuck even if I re-submitted them twice now. Maybe we should just give up on them like Her Ugliness did.
In my case, after creating and carefully checking some new original vector images for the first time in a while and submitting them, one was rejected on the grounds of being similar to another image. I searched Google Images just to be sure, but found no similar images. This phenomenon brings back nightmares from my Fotolia days. sigh...
As well wrong and disrespectful to redirect every time you want to see the earnings page to th Adobe advertisement page. You have to load the page again to see the earnings. Nothing useful on the ads page, but looks like a message.
I re-uploaded an image in a different format (png) that was previously an eps file rejected for "similar content" and it got accepted
It seems that their autoreject program is malfunctioning :o :o :o
Worst part is that Adobe is in the state of a denial that there is a problem with that.
Just had an entire batch of landscapes rejected for "similar items in collection".
At this point i think you could take and upload the first ever photograph taken on the surface of Mars by a human and it would still get rejected for "similar in collection".
I had 1 batch last week where somehow 60 out of 60 got accepted.
Ive had 2 either side of that with 39/42 and 20/20 rejected for "similar".
Quote from: gnirtS on October 19, 2025, 13:52
Just had an entire batch of landscapes rejected for "similar items in collection".
At this point i think you could take and upload the first ever photograph taken on the surface of Mars by a human and it would still get rejected for "similar in collection".
I had 1 batch last week where somehow 60 out of 60 got accepted.
Ive had 2 either side of that with 39/42 and 20/20 rejected for "similar".
Yes, I think it is in a big way because of the hordes of east indians, muslims, etc spamming now to "get rich quick"... so - they just randomly reject stuff now.
Quote from: SuperPhoto on October 21, 2025, 13:15
Yes, I think it is in a big way because of the hordes of east indians, muslims, etc spamming now to "get rich quick"... so - they just randomly reject stuff now.
Is this the main and only reason left now?
Quote from: Artist on August 24, 2025, 04:16
I am currently facing similar rejections even though the topic of the work is different.
I tried to connect with Adobe and they said they cannot help as its the decision of reviewing department.
These rejections are only increasing and is concerning now.
Not really many similar rejections for real photo, almost zero for last around 2 month. Different story for AI image, but tat is absolutely normal. Maybe upload more real images?
A simple line written in an algorithm could differentiate contributors based on their level of reliability, profitability and skill. But Adobe treats all its contributors equally, this is just ridiculous. And many rejections are abject incompetence.
The rejections for real photos and videos remain low.
Quote from: danielvisuals on October 22, 2025, 00:41
The rejections for real photos and videos remain low.
It is your own experience only, why describe here an absolute reality? ;)
we can read here many experiences from other people.
Sorry but I compare my acceptance rate to the 100% acceptance I have in other places. Plus, I was a
human reviewer in the past.
Quote from: DiscreetDuck on October 22, 2025, 09:22
Quote from: danielvisuals on October 22, 2025, 00:41
The rejections for real photos and videos remain low.
It is your own experience only, why describe here an absolute reality? ;)
we can read here many experiences from other people.
Sorry but I compare my acceptance rate to the 100% acceptance I have in other places. Plus, I was a human reviewer in the past.
Well obviously what anyone says in their post is based on their personal experience and opinion. Even my 7 yo son understands this.
Quote from: danielvisuals on October 22, 2025, 09:47
Quote from: DiscreetDuck on October 22, 2025, 09:22
Quote from: danielvisuals on October 22, 2025, 00:41
The rejections for real photos and videos remain low.
It is your own experience only, why describe here an absolute reality? ;)
we can read here many experiences from other people.
Sorry but I compare my acceptance rate to the 100% acceptance I have in other places. Plus, I was a human reviewer in the past.
Well obviously what anyone says in their post is based on their personal experience and opinion. Even my 7 yo son understands this.
Okay, I better understand now. So, direct your lessons to your son, young man.
I took a trip in October and, as usual, took a bunch of photos. Uploaded over two hundred to Shutterstock. Two rejected, one went into the data catalogue and the rest were accepted and are already earning me money. All were reviewed within two days of uploading.
Selected a subset of those photos which I thought would work well on Adobe. So far, seven accepted, two rejected for 'quality' and five rejected for 'similar'. I still have another 10 in review and I'm seriously questioning whether it's worth the time and work to upload any more.
Quote from: Jaggy on November 11, 2025, 20:44
I took a trip in October and, as usual, took a bunch of photos. Uploaded over two hundred to Shutterstock. Two rejected, one went into the data catalogue and the rest were accepted and are already earning me money. All were reviewed within two days of uploading.
Selected a subset of those photos which I thought would work well on Adobe. So far, seven accepted, two rejected for 'quality' and five rejected for 'similar'. I still have another 10 in review and I'm seriously questioning whether it's worth the time and work to upload any more.
Just wondering how you can have 200 photo's from one trip that you think are unique and salable. Would you like to share a link to your portfolio and we can all learn from it?
Quote from: SimonSays on November 11, 2025, 21:44
Quote from: Jaggy on November 11, 2025, 20:44
I took a trip in October and, as usual, took a bunch of photos. Uploaded over two hundred to Shutterstock. Two rejected, one went into the data catalogue and the rest were accepted and are already earning me money. All were reviewed within two days of uploading.
Selected a subset of those photos which I thought would work well on Adobe. So far, seven accepted, two rejected for 'quality' and five rejected for 'similar'. I still have another 10 in review and I'm seriously questioning whether it's worth the time and work to upload any more.
Just wondering how you can have 200 photo's from one trip that you think are unique and salable. Would you like to share a link to your portfolio and we can all learn from it?
You wrote what was also in my mind ;)
Quote from: SimonSays on November 11, 2025, 21:44
Quote from: Jaggy on November 11, 2025, 20:44
I took a trip in October and, as usual, took a bunch of photos. Uploaded over two hundred to Shutterstock. Two rejected, one went into the data catalogue and the rest were accepted and are already earning me money. All were reviewed within two days of uploading.
Selected a subset of those photos which I thought would work well on Adobe. So far, seven accepted, two rejected for 'quality' and five rejected for 'similar'. I still have another 10 in review and I'm seriously questioning whether it's worth the time and work to upload any more.
Just wondering how you can have 200 photo's from one trip that you think are unique and salable. Would you like to share a link to your portfolio and we can all learn from it?
and who said unique? AS is rejecting as SIMILAR when the images merely show the same subject
and SS obviously thought the 200 were salable
if you cant get 200 STOCK suitable images from a trip, microstock may not be for you..
and it's a bit presumptuous to ask to see someone's portfolio when you refuse to show your own
Quote from: DiscreetDuck on November 11, 2025, 22:34
Quote from: SimonSays on November 11, 2025, 21:44
Quote from: Jaggy on November 11, 2025, 20:44
I took a trip in October and, as usual, took a bunch of photos. Uploaded over two hundred to Shutterstock. Two rejected, one went into the data catalogue and the rest were accepted and are already earning me money. All were reviewed within two days of uploading.
Selected a subset of those photos which I thought would work well on Adobe. So far, seven accepted, two rejected for 'quality' and five rejected for 'similar'. I still have another 10 in review and I'm seriously questioning whether it's worth the time and work to upload any more.
Just wondering how you can have 200 photo's from one trip that you think are unique and salable. Would you like to share a link to your portfolio and we can all learn from it?
You wrote what was also in my mind ;)
Nope. I don't share that info so you're out of luck. Suffice to say that Shutterstock were happy with them and some of those shots have already sold.
Quote from: Artist on August 24, 2025, 04:16
I am currently facing similar rejections even though the topic of the work is different.
I tried to connect with Adobe and they said they cannot help as its the decision of reviewing department.
These rejections are only increasing and is concerning now.
https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/how-to-submit-distinct-content.html
Quote from: Zero Talent on October 03, 2025, 14:36
Quote from: Zero Talent on September 22, 2025, 20:55
Quote from: Yakystockero on September 22, 2025, 14:27
Yes, and what about those photos queued for 4, 5 or 6 months without review?
Or more.
I deleted them and re-uploaded them three times, but they still sit in the queue forever. Newer uploads (with recent last edit dates) are processed within a few days.
I am thinking that the review system may look at the last edit date when they process them, so older edits may always go in the back of the queue. This weekend, I will try to make minor edits, save them again (to record the current last edit date) and re-upload.
I'll let you know if this works (I feel that it will).
A week ago, I deleted 8 photos pending in the review queue for several months, made small edits to change their file characteristics and the last edit date, and uploaded them again.
After a week, all are still pending review, while normally they should have been reviewed after a few days.
So my hypothesis about the review queue using a rank based on the last edit date seems to be wrong.
Weird.
Amazing news! After almost three more months since my failed experiment (making like 6-7 months total review time), all my old submissions have finally been reviewed.
Same here, maybe an early Christmas present...
Quote from: JuhaSa on December 19, 2025, 18:34
Same here, maybe an early Christmas present...
I have new images being reviewed, three batches, and passed, and two images sitting in limbo. I deleted them. After a month, I gave up. I haven't had similar rejections, which is fine with me.
I had eight photos sitting in the queue for well over a month. Three got accepted last night. Five others are still waiting. I really wonder why I bother uploading to Adobe.
Quote from: Jaggy on December 20, 2025, 17:28
I had eight photos sitting in the queue for well over a month. Three got accepted last night. Five others are still waiting. I really wonder why I bother uploading to Adobe.
Please, don't hesitate to share the good places where you upload your image.
Quote from: DiscreetDuck on December 20, 2025, 18:13
Quote from: Jaggy on December 20, 2025, 17:28
I had eight photos sitting in the queue for well over a month. Three got accepted last night. Five others are still waiting. I really wonder why I bother uploading to Adobe.
Please, don't hesitate to share the good places where you upload your image.
Yes, I'd like to know where things are better.
Watching how collection flooding with identical Ai crap every day while "organic" photos, illustrations, vector and videos getting rejected as "similar" is ultra demotivational :(
I uploaded 180 camera pictures, only 1 got rejected due to the intelectual issues.
FYI, I resubmitted some photos initially rejected because similars were already present in the collection, and basically all were accepted.
Quote from: Zero Talent on January 07, 2026, 14:29
FYI, I resubmitted some photos initially rejected because similars were already present in the collection, and basically all were accepted.
I wonder how their similar detector works, or doesn't work, or if it's a personal reviewer thing. I haven't ever had a similar rejection, or if I did, it was so long ago, I don't recall. But I trust what I read here from many people and they are getting rejections for similar. I can only say, it's not similar to only our own, it can be too many like this, already on Adobe. So, it's down to, reviewers personal opinion?
Quote from: Uncle Pete on January 07, 2026, 15:32
Quote from: Zero Talent on January 07, 2026, 14:29
FYI, I resubmitted some photos initially rejected because similars were already present in the collection, and basically all were accepted.
I wonder how their similar detector works, or doesn't work, or if it's a personal reviewer thing. I haven't ever had a similar rejection, or if I did, it was so long ago, I don't recall. But I trust what I read here from many people and they are getting rejections for similar. I can only say, it's not similar to only our own, it can be too many like this, already on Adobe. So, it's down to, reviewers personal opinion?
Yes, these were not similar to my previous submissions, but considered similar to other photos in the global collection.
I didn't change anything on these photos, not even the file name, and basically all went through after the second evaluation.
If human reviewers are involved then one would expect a degree of subjectivity which may explain why the same batch may be rejected first then accepted when submitted a second time.
Quote from: Zero Talent on January 07, 2026, 16:54
Quote from: Uncle Pete on January 07, 2026, 15:32
Quote from: Zero Talent on January 07, 2026, 14:29
FYI, I resubmitted some photos initially rejected because similars were already present in the collection, and basically all were accepted.
I wonder how their similar detector works, or doesn't work, or if it's a personal reviewer thing. I haven't ever had a similar rejection, or if I did, it was so long ago, I don't recall. But I trust what I read here from many people and they are getting rejections for similar. I can only say, it's not similar to only our own, it can be too many like this, already on Adobe. So, it's down to, reviewers personal opinion?
Yes, these were not similar to my previous submissions, but considered similar to other photos in the global collection.
I didn't change anything on these photos, not even the file name, and basically all went through after the second evaluation.
Yes, they claim humans are involved, but we never know at what stage.
Quote from: danielvisuals on January 07, 2026, 22:22
If human reviewers are involved then one would expect a degree of subjectivity which may explain why the same batch may be rejected first then accepted when submitted a second time.
And some image reviews as well, for "Quality". When I put that one aside and waited a week, uploaded in another batch, passed with all the rest. Some reviewer didn't like something in the image, personally.
Quote from: Zero Talent on January 07, 2026, 14:29
FYI, I resubmitted some photos initially rejected because similars were already present in the collection, and basically all were accepted.
smae here -esp'ly for ilustrations - i've been checking for previously rejected images to resubmit - most now accepted
Im still seeing 80% or so similar rejections, even submitted 1 or 2 at a time from a batch with a week or more spaced.
Quote from: Uncle Pete on January 08, 2026, 17:13
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Quote from: Uncle Pete on January 07, 2026, 15:32
Quote from: Zero Talent on January 07, 2026, 14:29
FYI, I resubmitted some photos initially rejected because similars were already present in the collection, and basically all were accepted.
I wonder how their similar detector works, or doesn't work, or if it's a personal reviewer thing. I haven't ever had a similar rejection, or if I did, it was so long ago, I don't recall. But I trust what I read here from many people and they are getting rejections for similar. I can only say, it's not similar to only our own, it can be too many like this, already on Adobe. So, it's down to, reviewers personal opinion?
Yes, these were not similar to my previous submissions, but considered similar to other photos in the global collection.
I didn't change anything on these photos, not even the file name, and basically all went through after the second evaluation.
Yes, they claim humans are involved, but we never know at what stage.
Quote from: danielvisuals on January 07, 2026, 22:22
If human reviewers are involved then one would expect a degree of subjectivity which may explain why the same batch may be rejected first then accepted when submitted a second time.
And some image reviews as well, for "Quality". When I put that one aside and waited a week, uploaded in another batch, passed with all the rest. Some reviewer didn't like something in the image, personally.
With all due respect to you .....do you really think that housekeeper with elementary school education and ZERO photography skills and ONE WEEK of training can decide what is good photo ?
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Quote from: Zero Talent on January 07, 2026, 16:54
Quote from: Uncle Pete on January 07, 2026, 15:32
Quote from: Zero Talent on January 07, 2026, 14:29
FYI, I resubmitted some photos initially rejected because similars were already present in the collection, and basically all were accepted.
I wonder how their similar detector works, or doesn't work, or if it's a personal reviewer thing. I haven't ever had a similar rejection, or if I did, it was so long ago, I don't recall. But I trust what I read here from many people and they are getting rejections for similar. I can only say, it's not similar to only our own, it can be too many like this, already on Adobe. So, it's down to, reviewers personal opinion?
Yes, these were not similar to my previous submissions, but considered similar to other photos in the global collection.
I didn't change anything on these photos, not even the file name, and basically all went through after the second evaluation.
Yes, they claim humans are involved, but we never know at what stage.
Quote from: danielvisuals on January 07, 2026, 22:22
If human reviewers are involved then one would expect a degree of subjectivity which may explain why the same batch may be rejected first then accepted when submitted a second time.
And some image reviews as well, for "Quality". When I put that one aside and waited a week, uploaded in another batch, passed with all the rest. Some reviewer didn't like something in the image, personally.
With all due respect to you .....do you really think that housekeeper with elementary school education and ZERO photography skills and ONE WEEK of training can decide what is good photo ?
We have indeed entered a new world. :-\