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The approval process

The approval process

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The approval process

- Once you start submitting content, it'll need to be approved. Let's talk about the process, what happens, and what might hold it up. First up, they're gonna be checking for legal standards. Do you have the proper release forms? Are there any intellectual property issues? They're also gonna look at technical qualities like focus, noise, white balance. The reviewer will take a look at title and keyword accuracy. Is the way that you're describing the image accurate or are you trying to mislead people? They'll also evaluate if the images have commercial value. In other words, is this the type of content that they want to sell? They'll look at aesthetic properties and it is possible that they might refuse an image based on its appearance. And they're gonna look to see if the file is unique or too similar to other things that you've already submitted or content in the library. If you've uploaded thousands of images that are similar, you're probably gonna be blocked. If you try to put up…

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