Free · for stock contributors

Check your photos before the agency does.

Upload the photos you're about to send to Adobe Stock, Shutterstock or Getty. Stock Photo Checker checks each one the way a reviewer would — size, focus, noise, exposure, file and keywords, duplicates and similar shots — tells you what to fix, and sorts your folder.

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Example: a photo of a cyclist by a canal
Example result Likely rejected
  • 1
    Too small: 0.5 MP
    900 × 600 pixels. Agencies require at least 4 MP.
  • 2
    Heavily compressed JPEG
    Strong compression leaves blocky artefacts that reviewers reject.
  • Sharp focus found
  • Main subject in focus
  • Clean — low noise · good contrast

What it looks for

The reasons agencies give most often, measured from the pixels at full size.

Focus, and the main subject

The sharpest part at 100%, with a focus map, and whether the subject itself is sharp, not just the wall behind it.

Noise and exposure

Noise in smooth areas and shadows, blown highlights, crushed shadows, flat contrast, and whether the subject is well exposed.

Size, file and colour

At least 4 megapixels, JPEG quality and format, and the sRGB colour profile agencies ask for.

Duplicates and similar shots

Copies of your other photos, and similar frames of one scene grouped side by side, with the sharpest recommended.

Title and keywords

Brand names in embedded keywords, too many or repeated keywords, and titles that are just the file name.

Sort your folder

Approve or reject each photo, then a one-click script moves them into Approved and Rejected folders. A CSV report too.

Upload

Drop in the photos you're about to submit, full size.

Check

Pick Normal or Strict, start, and read each photo's verdict and what to fix.

Sort

Decide, then let the script sort your folder for submission.

How it works, step by step →

Your photos stay yours

Each original is deleted as soon as it has been checked; the report keeps a reduced preview and the findings until you delete the album. Every check runs on our own server, and your photos are never sent to an outside service. No adverts and no tracking. Privacy

Common questions

Coming soon

Stock Photo Checker is in early access: the technical checks above are open to everyone now. Still being built:

  • AI checks — logos, brand names, readable text, and people or property that need a release; and, for AI-generated images, malformed hands, garbled text and impossible objects.
  • Accounts — sign up to keep your albums and check your photos every day.
  • Credit packs for the AI checks — see Pricing. Payments are in test mode: nothing can be bought yet.