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04/24/2006 11:23:01 PM · #776 |
Originally posted by idnic:
Alamy me! Alamy ME! JUST got my "passed QC" I've prepared CDs about 3 times and put off submitting for months... but passed on first one I actually mailed! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY! |
HURAH!!!! :0)
and since I missed this earlier...
Originally posted by muckpond:
woohoo!!! first sale was last month and i totally missed it!! i still haven't even sent in more shots...all i've got out there are my QC images.
image i sold
my piddly list of images
woooohooooooo!!!! i'm so glad i didn't go the microstock route! |
HURAH TOO!!!! :0)
Makes me want to get off my butt and send in something bedides my QC! :0P
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04/25/2006 06:15:24 AM · #777 |
| I also passed QC, just got an email from them HURAH!!!! |
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04/25/2006 06:44:42 AM · #778 |
Congrats to idnic and maggieddd! May many sales be right around the corner for both of you!
Doug
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04/25/2006 09:17:53 AM · #779 |
| OK, now I have a dillema. What kind of licensing most of you guys use? |
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04/25/2006 09:32:52 AM · #780 |
hello everyone.
i passed the QC on 25th January then i sent some more pics, Alamy received it 30 March 2006 and they''re still awaiting QC...
Maybe it's due to teh Eastern holidays? ;))
pfolio
Message edited by author 2006-04-25 09:34:11. |
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04/28/2006 12:00:15 PM · #781 |
| Yay! My next round made it through QC... about time! =] Still no sales, but I'm off to keyword... |
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04/28/2006 12:13:20 PM · #782 |
They say the approvals for further submission will be done in 14 business days but usually mine take just short of a month on the last several dvd's. Alway a thrill to see them pass, now need the thrill of some sales ;)
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04/28/2006 12:47:36 PM · #783 |
| is there a way to tell what sells on Alamy and what doesn't? |
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05/02/2006 02:04:59 PM · #784 |
| Does anyone have any experience selling graphics/illustrations on Alamy? Do they do well? |
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05/02/2006 10:26:22 PM · #785 |
Originally posted by maggieddd:
is there a way to tell what sells on Alamy and what doesn't? |
Every two months they publish a newsletter with some examples and sales info. A little vague, but some good insights. In it, they also publish a "picture needs" list for new images. In general, I think their sales are about 80% editorial / 20% commercial.
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05/10/2006 07:14:01 AM · #786 |
Just a question for muckpond (or anybody else with sales):
Does Alamy inform you of your sale in any way? Or do you have to go check your account very often?
It's been almost two months from my initial submission, still waiting on them sales :D |
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05/10/2006 07:19:24 AM · #787 |
They do email you but, much like their submission emails, it takes a few days to work through their system.
I tend to glance at my account every now and then, especially when I've got a submission in the queue so I can get them on sale asap. I'm especially checking my account a lot at the moment cos I'm waiting for my %^&* sale to clear so that they send me a cheque :-)
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05/10/2006 10:11:04 PM · #788 |
Hi everyone, new here.
I have been reading this thread with interest. I have just sent my 2nd disc to Alamy. The first was rejected, the thing was that they singled out for criticism the images that got my highest ratings on Photographers Direct (go figure). They felt they were too soft (this at over 60 MB after upsizing). I have used new pictures on the new disc but am not sure how to proceed. I did lower the 2nd group to 49 MB each.
I have made several attempts with Genuine Fractals 3 (which came with my scanner) and they look okay to me but are a lot of people having this problem? I use a D70 but the upsizing is really hard. I've been accepted at Photosource Group also, just wondering what the alternatives are.
Thanks
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05/11/2006 02:37:22 AM · #789 |
| I upsize mine from the 17mb file the D70 produces also. My philosophy is to upsize no more than necessary (to about 49mb, like you said you did on your second batch). I use Fred Mirandas Stair Interpolator Pro and I have never had a rejection yet. Do you shoot in RAW? If not, are you being careful with the JPEGs. Every time you "save" a JPEG, you lose a little information. As I just heard recently, Alamy will now accept JPEGs, but the size requirements are the same. |
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05/11/2006 02:37:25 AM · #790 |
sorry, somehow the post showed up twice.
Message edited by author 2006-05-11 02:38:19. |
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05/11/2006 09:18:02 AM · #791 |
Originally posted by roseha:
Hi everyone, new here.
I have been reading this thread with interest. I have just sent my 2nd disc to Alamy. The first was rejected, the thing was that they singled out for criticism the images that got my highest ratings on Photographers Direct (go figure). They felt they were too soft (this at over 60 MB after upsizing). I have used new pictures on the new disc but am not sure how to proceed. I did lower the 2nd group to 49 MB each.
I have made several attempts with Genuine Fractals 3 (which came with my scanner) and they look okay to me but are a lot of people having this problem? I use a D70 but the upsizing is really hard. I've been accepted at Photosource Group also, just wondering what the alternatives are.
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Roseha |
Photographers Direct does not eveluate your images from the technical point of view. After all how can you from a 500px medium quality jpg they require? They look at the composition and perhaps exposure but that's it. Alamy looks at technical aspects. They look at the highest quility picture you provided them. They do not reject pictures for composition (most at least). So being accepted at one but not other does not mean anything.
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05/11/2006 09:47:28 AM · #792 |
Do you shoot in RAW? If not, are you being careful with the JPEGs. Every time you "save" a JPEG, you lose a little information. As I just heard recently, Alamy will now accept JPEGs, but the size requirements are the same.
Hi, yes for the 2nd submission I only sent images shot in RAW. I was careful to look close up. I guess I'll see. I actually ran them first through the Fred Miranda software and then (from scratch) through GF after reading that Alamy preferred it and did not recommend "step interpolation." FWIW the results looked the same to me.
Does anyone know if they look at all 10 from the QC, or only the ones they notate? Some of the others appeared sharp to me but I didn't know what to think so I sent in a complete new group.
And are there other softwares that might help? Thanks R
Message edited by author 2006-05-11 09:48:31. |
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05/14/2006 09:54:32 AM · #793 |
Originally posted by roseha:
Hi, yes for the 2nd submission I only sent images shot in RAW. I was careful to look close up. I guess I'll see. I actually ran them first through the Fred Miranda software and then (from scratch) through GF after reading that Alamy preferred it and did not recommend "step interpolation." FWIW the results looked the same to me.
Does anyone know if they look at all 10 from the QC, or only the ones they notate? Some of the others appeared sharp to me but I didn't know what to think so I sent in a complete new group.
And are there other softwares that might help? Thanks R |
I believe in the initial QC all images are looked at closely, but if they find a lot of them are bad, they'll just reject the whole bunch. Once you pass the initial QC they don't scrutinize subsequent submissions as closely.
Initially I used Genuine Fractals just to get up to 48mb, but then switch to Fred Miranda's Resize Pro (for D70). His comparisons to GF convinced me to switch. So far I haven't had any rejections at Alamy. Most of those started as jpegs. |
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05/14/2006 11:23:07 AM · #794 |
| the new Alamy policy is if one gets rejected they all do- and they look at every image in the QC at full size. I use the stair interpolation (upsizing 10%) and you shouldn't apply any sharpening. :0) |
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05/19/2006 11:52:56 AM · #795 |
Originally posted by oOWonderBreadOo:
the new Alamy policy is if one gets rejected they all do- and they look at every image in the QC at full size. I use the stair interpolation (upsizing 10%) and you shouldn't apply any sharpening. :0) |
Not sure that's true...
The submission I sent in February and that was approved on 10 March had 140 images pass and 2 fail... one was too soft and one I'd cocked up the upsize and it was too small for them.
I suspect that if they come across submissions where, on going through the first handful, they notice there is a high % of failures, they just fail the lot rather than have to waste time going through each one in that level of detail... They just don't have time...
I do my best to self edit before I send and that means that some I think about sending I leave off the disk...
My last lot sent (just 24 images) were all approved today...
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05/19/2006 12:21:45 PM · #796 |
| sorry, unclear. I was refering to the QC as roseha was asking about... |
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05/19/2006 05:56:22 PM · #797 |
Oh, I see... yes I don't know about the very first QC - perhaps they treat that differently - but they do continue to Quality Control every image you submit so... it may be a similar thing. E.g. I wonder if someone sent 10 images and only 1 failed whether they'd really reject the whole lot or not... don't know the answer, perhaps they would.
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05/19/2006 06:12:11 PM · #798 |
Originally posted by Kavey:
Oh, I see... yes I don't know about the very first QC - perhaps they treat that differently - but they do continue to Quality Control every image you submit so... it may be a similar thing. E.g. I wonder if someone sent 10 images and only 1 failed whether they'd really reject the whole lot or not... don't know the answer, perhaps they would. |
I seem to remember reading in their conditions that its 1 out all out in the first QC! however, they tell you the problem and allow you to resubmit.
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05/19/2006 06:38:38 PM · #799 |
Originally posted by Ecce Signum:
Originally posted by Kavey:
Oh, I see... yes I don't know about the very first QC - perhaps they treat that differently - but they do continue to Quality Control every image you submit so... it may be a similar thing. E.g. I wonder if someone sent 10 images and only 1 failed whether they'd really reject the whole lot or not... don't know the answer, perhaps they would. |
I seem to remember reading in their conditions that its 1 out all out in the first QC! however, they tell you the problem and allow you to resubmit. |
Ah, fair enough - I must have just missed reading that but I guess if they ensure people can get the entire set right for initial set there is more chance will be same in later sets?
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05/20/2006 03:05:57 AM · #800 |
Unless they have chaned their conditions since last August, that's not the case. When I sent in my initial submission of 15 images, a few of them got rejuected because I screwed up the resize. The rest of them were accepted though.
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