Generate and Upload Your First 10 Adobe Stock Images Free

Before you start

You need Chrome and an active Adobe Stock Contributor account. If you only have a regular Adobe login, finish setting up the Contributor account first.

The free offer appears when the StockPhotoScout account and the Adobe account shown in the extension have not completed StockPhotoScout Auto Upload before. An older StockPhotoScout account can still qualify. Each StockPhotoScout and Adobe account can be used for the offer once.

1. Install and open StockPhotoScout

1. Add StockPhotoScout to Chrome.
2. Select the Extensions icon in the Chrome toolbar, then pin StockPhotoScout.
3. Select the StockPhotoScout icon. The extension opens in Chrome’s side panel.
4. Choose Get 10 free images if you are new. Choose Log in if you already have a StockPhotoScout account.

2. Sign in to the Adobe account you want to use

Use the same Chrome profile for StockPhotoScout and Adobe. This lets the extension see the Adobe account you just opened.

1. In the extension, select Open Adobe Stock.
2. Sign in to the Adobe Stock Contributor account that should receive these images.
3. Keep the Adobe tab open and return to the StockPhotoScout side panel.
4. Wait while the extension checks the account. If it asks which Adobe account to use, confirm the account name before continuing.

3. Choose how you want to receive the 10 images

Both choices create the same 10 images with titles and keywords. Choose based on whether you want StockPhotoScout to send the files to Adobe for you.

4. If you chose Auto Upload, connect Adobe once

Adobe calls its file-transfer login SFTP. You do not need to install an SFTP app. StockPhotoScout only needs the username and the password that Adobe generates for uploads.

1. On the Connect Auto Upload page, select Open Adobe upload window.
2. Below Adobe’s blue upload area, select Learn more.
3. Copy the SFTP username shown by Adobe.
4. Select Generate Password in Adobe, then copy the new password. This is not your Adobe sign-in password.
5. Paste both items into StockPhotoScout and select Verify & connect.

5. Complete the security check and start the 10-image task

You do not need to choose a theme or quantity for this first task. The extension sets the quantity to 10. The progress bar remains available if you close and reopen the side panel.

1. Select Start security check if the extension asks for it.
2. Complete the check in the StockPhotoScout tab, then return to the extension.
3. Select Generate and upload 10 free images for Auto Upload, or Generate 10 free images for download.

6. Review the files and submit them in Adobe

StockPhotoScout prepares the files and information, but only you can submit the images to Adobe for review.

1. If you used Auto Upload, select Review in Adobe Stock after the extension says the images were uploaded.
2. If you chose download, select Download image package, unzip it, and upload all finished images to Adobe Uploaded Files.
3. Wait until the images appear in Adobe. Return to the extension and select Add metadata to add the prepared titles and keywords.
4. In Adobe, check that each title and keyword set matches its image. Confirm the AI-generated label, category, and any release requirements.
5. Select Submit for Review in Adobe.

If something stops, continue from that step