Set up Auto Upload, themes, and CSV metadata step by step

Auto Upload tutorial

Step 1: Register an account

If you already have an account, sign in and skip this step. Use a real email address because task notifications and account recovery depend on it.

Step 2: Add your Adobe Stock account

Go to Adobe Stock account management and add a new account. You only need to fill this information once.

Add your portfolio URL. In Adobe Stock, open My portfolio and copy the contributor page URL. It should look like https://stock.adobe.com/contributor/xxx/xxx.

Choose whether the account supports SFTP. If it supports SFTP, StockPhotoScout can upload generated images to Adobe Stock automatically. If it does not, you can still generate images and metadata, download the package, and upload manually.

If you choose SFTP support, fill in the FTP username and FTP password from Adobe Stock. Generate the password once and copy it into StockPhotoScout. Do not regenerate it later unless you also update it in StockPhotoScout.

When the account shows connected or manual download only, the account setup is complete.

Step 3: Start an upload task

After your Adobe Stock account is added, click the upload button for that account or open Auto Upload.

The current upload page has four main settings:

1. Upload account: choose which Adobe Stock account should receive the images.
2. Theme source: choose system-recommended themes or a Custom Themes batch generated earlier.
3. Image model: choose Flux for lower-cost test batches or GPT when image detail and consistency matter more.
4. Quantity: start small, confirm the account, CSV, AI labels, and image quality, then increase volume.

After submission

After you submit the task, watch the In Progress tab. Queuing can happen. You can close the page and come back later; task completion is also sent by email.

For SFTP accounts, the task enters the automated upload flow. For non-SFTP accounts, StockPhotoScout generates an image package and CSV for manual upload.

Final preparation

1. For semi-automated tasks, download the image package and CSV as soon as the task finishes. For automated tasks, download the CSV only because the images have already been uploaded.
2. In Adobe Stock, semi-automated tasks require uploading images first, then importing the CSV. Automated tasks only need the CSV metadata import.
3. Mark AI-generated files as Created using generative AI tools. When AI-generated people or property appear, complete the corresponding fictional people/property or release settings.

Connect Custom Themes to the upload flow

A Custom Theme includes an AI image prompt, English title, keywords, Chinese note, and theme category. Generate a small batch first, review whether the theme fits your contributor account, then use it in Auto Upload.

1. Choose how many themes to generate.
2. Choose a source. System-recommended themes, lower-crowding directions, holiday ideas, and news ideas are different starting points for research. They are not revenue predictions.
3. Optionally add a parameter suffix for your image prompts. Do not add brands, celebrities, copyrighted characters, or content you cannot submit safely.

Notes

1. AI image quality varies. Rejections can still happen after upload; StockPhotoScout reduces repetitive work but cannot guarantee approval or downloads.
2. Adobe Stock controls how many files your account can submit, how quickly review happens, and the final review result.
3. Task completion time depends on queue size and selected quantity.

Check these 6 things before submitting for review

1. All images are visible in Adobe Stock, and semi-automated tasks uploaded images before importing the CSV.
2. CSV import matched filenames, titles, keywords, and categories to the correct images.
3. Each title clearly describes subject, action, and setting instead of stuffing keywords.
4. The first keywords prioritize subject, use case, setting, and industry without adding invisible objects.
5. AI-generated files are marked as Created using generative AI tools; people/property cases have the required fictional or release settings.
6. Obvious defects, brand traces, text errors, near-duplicates, and misleading keywords are removed before review.

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