If your video was rejected with “Content does not meet our minimum quality standards.,” it may be because of one of the following issues:
Video exhibits fast motion or “combing”
Interlaced video features fast motion, particularly lateral motion, exhibiting combing where the presence of individual fields becomes noticeable and detracts from the clip
Interlaced footage is used primarily in analog formats and is not as widely used in digital video production. In progressive video, each frame is its own image. This means every second of video shot at 24 frames per second contains 24 individual frames. Interlaced footage utilizes two fields, one containing all the even pixels in a frame, one field containing all the odd pixels, captured at different times. A video captured at 50i displays even and odd frame lines 25 times each for a total of 50 fields per second.
Shutterstock currently accepts both interlaced and progressive footage, but interlacing cannot be distracting within a video clip.
The frame from this clip exhibits noticeable combing around the man’s body as he jumps into the pool. This interlacing issue detracts from the clip and is not acceptable.
Footage exhibits blurring due to frame blending
Action within the video is superimposed or doubled, creating inconsistent, blurry movement
Oftentimes, contributors will take interlaced video and convert it to a progressive video, which is known as deinterlacing. Though the transition can be smooth, it can also introduce issues such as frame blending or ghosting to make up for the lost information within the video.
We Recommend
Shoot in a progressive format whenever possible
Be mindful of converting interlaced footage to a progressive scan
Make sure that you are using an accepted codec while exporting interlaced video to a progressive format
If you don’t understand the reason for the rejection of your images or if you need additional clarification, you can always contact contributor support.