Author Topic: Did resubmitting the same image give you an issue? (Read 1821 times)

waitingonthestuff · « **on:** September 01, 2023, 04:12 »

Just wondering if resubmitting an image that you have, for example, noise corrected was acceptable?
If so, in most cases did it work out fine 2nd time around?

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #1 on:** September 01, 2023, 10:38 »

If you're asking about resubmitting after a rejection, it really depends on the image, the rejection reason, and whether it looks good after you made whatever changes you thought were necessary.

With noise, the issue is that removing it can result in overall softness unless you do it skillfully; sometimes downsizing can help.

There isn't a generic answer to this sort of question, but sites may issue warnings or block your account if you repeatedly upload content that gets rejected, so getting a handle on evaluating your own work prior to upload is pretty important.

waitingonthestuff · « **Reply #2 on:** September 01, 2023, 12:25 »

Thanks. I would only do it once (if at all) for the same image. If it was refused after the 2nd upload that would be it for that one

cascoly · « **Reply #3 on:** September 01, 2023, 15:19 »

ss is especially tough on sky noise - particularly with HDR images. other agencies accept them, but when rejected I either select & slightly blur the sky or do sky replace which does an excellent job with uneven horizons (trees, steeples, etc.)

dragonblade · « **Reply #4 on:** September 01, 2023, 19:08 »

Quote from: Jo Ann Snover on September 01, 2023, 10:38

If you're asking about resubmitting after a rejection, it really depends on the image, the rejection reason, and whether it looks good after you made whatever changes you thought were necessary.

The trouble is that AS are quite vague when it comes to rejection reasons for technical issues. They are not specific at all as to exactly why a particular image is rejected. It could be due to all manner of reasons - focus, noise, over processed etc. So it's hard to know exactly why a photo was rejected when they state 'technical reasons.' A lot of the time, I wouldn't know what to 'correct' since I'm left with a bunch of possible rejection issues. And sometimes none of them seem to apply to my particular image.

By the way, when I first started submitting photos to AS a few years ago, they were very strict with their review process. I had quite a few rejections but also quite a few accepted images also. Then later on, they appeared to be a lot less strict and most of my images were accepted nearly all the time. Well looks like they've become strict again just recently as my two latest commercial submissions were rejected. I don't see anything wrong with these images myself other than a bit of noise in the blue skies. I did do some noise reduction while retaining good sharpness. I also downsized the images somewhat. Maybe I should resubmit again with even smaller file sizes.

elliottcowand · « **Reply #5 on:** September 03, 2023, 15:46 »

For a second upload, include in the notes to editor "Previously submitted." If it applies, in the title, description & keywords say: deliberate soft focus, bokeh, shallow depth of field. focus is on ---, etc... Sky replacement and downsizing are also good ideas. For soft focus rejections I have had luck with just very minor increases to detail and structure.

Her Ugliness · « **Reply #6 on:** September 04, 2023, 03:47 »

Quote from: elliottcowand on September 03, 2023, 15:46

For a second upload, include in the notes to editor "Previously submitted."

Adobe does not have any option to include such a note to reviewers.
And I never understood what good the "previously submitted" option on Shutterstock does, other than telling a reviewer that another reviewer saw something wrong with the image and making him biased. If you ask me that's just making your chance of having the image approved smaller.

Roscoe · « **Reply #7 on:** September 04, 2023, 05:53 »

It depends.

When I'm pretty sure the review was wrong, I resubmit. Back in the days when reviews at Shutterstock were rather random, I resubmitted an image three times before it got accepted. That particular image took off and became my best-selling image so far. Of course, I knew there was nothing wrong with it, and the reviewing system was randomly rejecting images for no particular reason.

Sometimes I can see the reason why something got rejected, and then I correct wherever possible (e.g. a dust particle) before resubmitting, or don't bother to resubmit at all if I think the effort of correcting something and resubmitting is not worth it.

That said, I don't resubmit at Adobe as I always found their rejections to be fair. Until today, something seems to be off, yet I don't take the effort to resubmit. Not sure how they handle it, they might as well shut down my account when I'm too persistent :-)
Shutterstock on the other hand seems to take everything everywhere all at once nowadays. Same story for iStock.

Shuttershock · « **Reply #8 on:** September 04, 2023, 06:41 »

I have found Adobe's review process to be very inconsistent since AI was introduced, some weeks I received 100% approval other weeks 100% rejection, no differences, all similar imagines in terms of quality.....at least with SS you can email them and they are happy to approve if the reviewer made a mistake. Adobe just say upload image to Adobe community forum which is a waste of time as the 'experts' there are biased to Adobe.

Oewkio · « **Reply #9 on:** September 08, 2023, 06:48 »

No issue, except in 8 years not a single file of mine has ever been accepted after a resubmission. No matter if it was declined for quality, or keywords, and no matter how hard I tried to fix those problems. The system recognizes the file and rejects it automatically. The solution is to create a new file and copy paste the image.