Author Topic: Files being removed from port (Read 3484 times)

Pacesetter · « **on:** April 10, 2025, 18:40 »

I've noticed one file was removed yesterday and another today from my Adobe port. That's only 2 files for now but how far and deep is this purge going to?

Yeh I read the email several week ago and so this should not be too much a surprise but personally I'm tired of the way all agencies are treating contributors now. Your mileage may vary but I'm no longer pursuing stock with anywhere near the dedication I use to.

gnirtS · « **Reply #1 on:** April 10, 2025, 21:30 »

Quote from: Pacesetter on April 10, 2025, 18:40

I've noticed one file was removed yesterday and another today from my Adobe port. That's only 2 files for now but how far and deep is this purge going to?

Yeh I read the email several week ago and so this should not be too much a surprise but personally I'm tired of the way all agencies are treating contributors now. Your mileage may vary but I'm no longer pursuing stock with anywhere near the dedication I use to.

If they go big on the new rejection of too many similar to others in the entire collection and then badly AI automate this check then a ton of people will lose a large chunk of their portfolio.

Given how badly it's screening similars already for new submissions it could be a total disaster.

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #2 on:** April 11, 2025, 14:43 »

I had 30 removed, and since we can''t filter on date, I have no idea which ones, but strangely I've found a bunch of weird one, including my bunny because an INTERNAL AUDIT something something.

Mir · « **Reply #3 on:** April 11, 2025, 15:52 »

I received an email with one file removed, incompatible with terms - It says it violates the content submission guidelines. It's a vector image of ribbon banners, submitted six years ago.

DiscreetDuck · « **Reply #4 on:** April 11, 2025, 15:58 »

Adobe has complete faith in the ineptitude of machines, into which they have programmed faulty algorithms. What contempt, what disrespect... And our submission doesn't bother them.

Danybot · « **Reply #5 on:** April 11, 2025, 16:33 »

Today I received an email showing a specific file as having been removed. It came with the usual inane link, "review and learn why," which in fact cannot find the supposedly removed file.

However, when I searched for it in my portfolio using keywords, it turned up as still being there.

The odd thing is that it was marked as "editorial use only," but this is a file that's more than 10 years old, before Adobe/Fotolia allowed editorial files. I'm thinking that they just reclassified it, rather than removing it, and the email message is simply an inaccurate notification of that fact.

I will check again next week to see if it is still there.

WendyT · « **Reply #6 on:** April 11, 2025, 18:05 »

I had 2 removed in the "audit" process, tells me that they are against the guidelines and a link to read. I did read and I have no idea how "dead trees in a drought affected lake" go against the guidelines. The other one was a "hemp plant ready for harvesting" again I dont see how it goes against guidelines.

To me these removals are clear as mud.

Actually the email said I had 2 removed, I look at my numbers and I have had 19 removed so far. All of them say "This content has been removed for violating Adobe Stock’s content submission guidelines. We have determined that this content is incompatible with the Stock Contributor Terms on the basis of an internal audit. "

So apart from the previous 2, there are mushrooms, a small frog, some ducks and I have no idea what else because there is no point in looking ...

gnirtS · « **Reply #7 on:** April 11, 2025, 18:46 »

Quote from: WendyT on April 11, 2025, 18:05

I had 2 removed in the "audit" process, tells me that they are against the guidelines and a link to read. I did read and I have no idea how "dead trees in a drought affected lake" go against the guidelines. The other one was a "hemp plant ready for harvesting" again I dont see how it goes against guidelines.

To me these removals are clear as mud.

Actually the email said I had 2 removed, I look at my numbers and I have had 19 removed so far. All of them say "This content has been removed for violating Adobe Stock’s content submission guidelines. We have determined that this content is incompatible with the Stock Contributor Terms on the basis of an internal audit. "

So apart from the previous 2, there are mushrooms, a small frog, some ducks and I have no idea what else because there is no point in looking ...

I guess they've started. I had an email saying 45 removed (out of about 22,500).It contained a shot of I guess what's been removed (an old head on photo of a Hawksbill sea turtle on a coral reef).
I click the link to see more but it just goes to my dashboard. The rejected items count hasn't increased so it seems theres no way to see what's been removed or why.

If they're deciding underwater shots aren't suitable I may as well close up shop at it's 50% of my portfolio.

I wonder if they're starting at oldest and working forwards.

The complete lack of clarity and transparency is the issue. Adobe used to be different. Now they're just like SS. Contributors are just an annoyance that have to be tolerated.

Pacesetter · « **Reply #8 on:** April 11, 2025, 20:21 »

They can find the time and resources to remove files but no time and resources to review submitted ones.

All these agencies are gonna end up with not only fewer but total crap submissions very soon with all experienced contributors calling it a day on this nonsense. I'm already seeing pro contributors on Pond5 packing up and removing their entire ports.

zeljkok · « **Reply #9 on:** April 11, 2025, 21:18 »

I also got one, with vanilla "Internal Audit". But when I checked, it's still in port. At any rate, here's the image and caption

Capilla Santa Cruz Catholic Church Building Exterior on Waterfront near San Miguel Downtown on Cozumel Island, Mexico

I'd agree with one of above posters: AI with faulty algorithms. That's all there's into it. (Including duplicate emails about Photoshop redemption)

U11 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 11, 2025, 21:35 »

Quote from: Pacesetter on April 11, 2025, 20:21

They can find the time and resources to remove files but no time and resources to review submitted ones.

I guess they run some "AI' tool

my removals are very random "Incompatible with Terms" but what exactly triggered the removal I can't guess

rkz91 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 12, 2025, 00:10 »

wow, they removing pictures like crazy. About 50 already from 4000 port. And

Anyka · « **Reply #12 on:** April 12, 2025, 01:26 »

33 removed here, and no idea if that is all or just the beginning ...

BIG question here: what figure will Adobe use to calculate if you're eligible for the annual free Creative Cloud subscription next year? Your number of added files, or your "growth" after deduction of removed files?

bestravelvideo · « **Reply #13 on:** April 12, 2025, 03:21 »

Is it so hard that they directly point us to the rejected file in our portfolio?
Instead, we have to go through our files individually to find which one was rejected.
Sometimes, you can't even find the file.
Did they ever think of that?
It's like saying:
Here's a screenshot of the file that was removed. Good luck finding which one was in your portfolio!
I don't dispute the rejection, I just can't find it and see why!

cobalt · « **Reply #14 on:** April 12, 2025, 04:40 »

In the discord the removed files include simple color backgrounds that supposedly break adobes terms and other weird examples.

What is the point of that?

synthetick · « **Reply #15 on:** April 12, 2025, 06:10 »

I thought ahead and I took a screenshot of my Not Accepted page back when they sent me an email about duplicate removals. I don't see any new rejected files so far.

John W. · « **Reply #16 on:** April 12, 2025, 06:21 »

I got the email today. It said 38 files were removed and it showed 1 example file. I went through all the rejections and a total of 90 have been removed. So the email I got stated an incorrect number or this is an ongoing purge..

Artist · « **Reply #17 on:** April 12, 2025, 08:08 »

Looks like its their AI system which is taking decision and with some cases have messed up and rejected incorrectly.

MPfoto71 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 12, 2025, 08:37 »

Quote from: cobalt on April 12, 2025, 04:40

In the discord the removed files include simple color backgrounds that supposedly break adobes terms and other weird examples.
What is the point of that?

In my case 36 files were removed and the example image shown is a background of an old wall with some paint and structure on it.
(see screenshot)

This does not make any sense at all :-?

kuriouskat · « **Reply #19 on:** April 12, 2025, 10:21 »

Quote from: MPfoto71 on April 12, 2025, 08:37

Quote from: cobalt on April 12, 2025, 04:40
In the discord the removed files include simple color backgrounds that supposedly break adobes terms and other weird examples.
What is the point of that?
In my case 36 files were removed and the example image shown is a background of an old wall with some paint and structure on it.
(see screenshot)

This does not make any sense at all :-?

Content isn't just being removed for compliance reasons, but also because it is similar to other content you have submitted.

I had one removed yesterday for 'similar' reasons, and was quite cross, as the only other image I'd submitted from this location was quite different. However, when i checked a little more carefully, it was removed because I had accidentally submitted, (and had approved), the same image twice over.

DiscreetDuck · « **Reply #20 on:** April 12, 2025, 10:28 »

Quote from: WendyT on April 11, 2025, 18:05

I had 2 removed in the "audit" process, tells me that they are against the guidelines and a link to read. I did read and I have no idea how "dead trees in a drought affected lake" go against the guidelines. The other one was a "hemp plant ready for harvesting" again I dont see how it goes against guidelines.

To me these removals are clear as mud.

Actually the email said I had 2 removed, I look at my numbers and I have had 19 removed so far. All of them say "This content has been removed for violating Adobe Stock’s content submission guidelines. We have determined that this content is incompatible with the Stock Contributor Terms on the basis of an internal audit. "

So apart from the previous 2, there are mushrooms, a small frog, some ducks and I have no idea what else because there is no point in looking ...

Photographs of real nature are against the guidelines now. There is no risk for tons of fake representations of artificial nature to be accepted. Adobe society is already directed by a robot, maybe.

Faustvasea · « **Reply #21 on:** April 12, 2025, 10:37 »

37 files were removed from my port. I don’t understand why. No information given at all.

I think I will give up on all this crap. What’s the point to try to take perfect images if these will be removed .

everest · « **Reply #22 on:** April 12, 2025, 11:58 »

Adobe Stock is going bonkers and removing every day a few video files. Going the same distasteful route as Getty and Shitterstock......no humans to ask questions....there is a reason Matt disappeared from this forum.....it is going to get worse with this corporations.......the treatment these companies have with their contributors is shameful...hopefully they go all under for once and for all and something new with better treatment to contributors come along...A big fat 0 to how Adobe is behaving......hope it bites them back as it did with SS and Getty

RalfLiebhold · « **Reply #23 on:** April 12, 2025, 12:13 »

Hello Adobe,

why don't you openly say that you're not interested in us contributors anymore?
What's with this pathetic, pointless communication?

I am very disappointed.

As a tech company, you should be ashamed of yourselves. Incidentally, I am also (was) a customer of Adobe products.

zeljkok · « **Reply #24 on:** April 12, 2025, 13:05 »

I am not Adobe hater & think they are doing lots of things right. But what bothers me is arrogance. Whole review process is disrespectful; it wouldn't be hard to add couple of rejection reason boxes reviewer could tick (i.e "exposure" "focus" "metadata" etc) instead of vanilla "quality". Black hole where uploads disappear; list goes on.

Then this removal issue with zero explanation why, and in many reasons inaccurate as contributors are reporting files still in port.

I watched YouTube clip couple of years ago. Technical conference (akin to Apple Developer Conference). Lead Developer demonstrates new Photoshop feature, while Business guy watches. Ensuing conversation:

Business Guy: "Wow. How did you do that?"
Devoloper: "It's just an algorithm"
Business Guy: "What's an algorithm?" (with resentful look on his face, implying 'what a geek, can you explain this')

That is likely one of reasons for what we are experiencing; high-level product management with direction to advance AI, but technically inept and out of touch what's happening below

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U11

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Anyka

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