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Carl Zeiss 50mm ZE f/1.4 Planar T for Canon

06/24/2007 03:32:36 PM · #1227

Is there any reason to not "Join Alamy Distribution"? Is that what most of you do or just stick to the Alamy site and the higher commission rate?

PhantomEWO

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

06/24/2007 05:43:30 PM · #1228

I let them sell them anyway they can. I had one sale to a travel industry magazine in Greece through the distribution program that I would not have had without it. Most have been UK or USA sales but why limit it. Seems like sales have slowed significantly the last six months.

Originally posted by yanko:

Is there any reason to not "Join Alamy Distribution"? Is that what most of you do or just stick to the Alamy site and the higher commission rate?

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical DF for Nikon

06/24/2007 06:10:14 PM · #1229

SLOW. I think they are at a standstill for everything. I have "Media Received" since May 31. Just changed to "Processing" today, with "May take 16 days." Holy Crap. Be over 40 days if that is true. Plus I am still not UPLOADABLE. :(

doug61853

Nikon D80

07/01/2007 10:21:18 PM · #1230

I joined Alamy, and now need to submit my test photos. A couple quick questions that I haven't seen addressed here yet. My jpg photos at taken with 10 megapixel camera is 240dpi. I believe they want 300 dpi submissions. Does Genuine Fractile change the dpi to 300, or do I do that in Photoshop before I use the upsizing software. Also, do you upsize a TIF and then covert it to jpg, or just upsize the jpg file and save it. thanks!!
--doug

PhantomEWO

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

07/01/2007 11:02:09 PM · #1231

What I do is shoot everything in RAW, make changes, fix, adjust and save to TIFF. When all is good and the TIFF is at least 48Mp then convert to JPG highest setting to submit. I do not use JPG out of camera because Alamy and many stock companies will not accept any submission that has been sharpened. Normally JPG from camera is set to a certain amount of sharp and if Alamy looks at EXIF data and it shows sharpening they may reject it without even looking at the photo. If you don't like RAW then I would immediately save as a TIFF, do all the processing and same as before, convert back to JPG only one time. Best of luck. Alamy is getting real picky lately and also sales seem to have slowed down conciderably the last few months. Good luck!

Originally posted by doug61853:

07/01/2007 11:04:46 PM · #1232

While reading through AlamyPro, the 240 vs 300dpi does not really seem to matter ( to them). What matters is it be 48MB (in 8 bit mode, 96.1MB in 16 bit-which comes to about 5025 pixels on the longest side at 300 dpi or 6282 pixels on longest side at 240dpi) and then SAVE AS jpg at 12 (the highest "non" compression). You should come out with a jpg between 4 and 15MB.

You shouldn't have to use Genuine Fractals to upsize with the 10MB camera.
I shoot in RAW and convert the Flagged photos to 5120x3404 pixels, even though my normal setting is at 3008x2000 pixels, plus having one step bigger if it ever comes to that.
I shoot RAW, DL photos, annotate them in iView, Flag shots, white and color balnce (do all the adjustments if needed), Batch convert them in PS (at the size above) as PSD's, then finish editing them for Alamy, batch convert them to jpg, ready to burn.

Message edited by author 2007-07-01 23:05:54.

07/01/2007 11:07:57 PM · #1233

Originally posted by PhantomEWO:

Alamy is getting real picky lately and also sales seem to have slowed down conciderably the last few months.
--doug

And damn slow!! They had my last submission from May 31st to June 30th, before approval. May be due to the Upload (which is taking a few days, by my reading).

PhantomEWO

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

07/01/2007 11:15:11 PM · #1234

Pathetically slow. I send a DVD in on 29 April. It showed up as received on 10 May. On 25 May it showed at 91 photos read error. I actually called then on about 24 June and asked what had happened. They will not try to re-read DVD ( I double checked in on two computers before mailing to them). So 2 months to find out they have a bad dvd reader and I need to re-submit. I have heard from others on Alamy Pro that it happens alot and they are getting slower over the last several months. They are also getting very picky, 1 or 2 rejected photos and they reject the entire disk. I have not had that problem but many others seem too. Don't expect approval to happen fast and don't think you will pay for a new camera quickly either.

Originally posted by dacrazyrn:

Originally posted by PhantomEWO:
Alamy is getting real picky lately and also sales seem to have slowed down conciderably the last few months.
--doug

And damn slow!! They had my last submission from May 31st to June 30th, before approval. May be due to the Upload (which is taking a few days, by my reading).

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

07/02/2007 12:32:31 AM · #1235

Originally posted by PhantomEWO:

They are also getting very picky, 1 or 2 rejected photos and they reject the entire disk.

this is actually ONE rejected and ALL SUBMISSIONS in the "Q" go bye bye. IE: you send 3 discs in, weeks apart, and they don't get around to them soon and they pile up. One rejected photo and they toss out ALL three, without looking at the others.

Message edited by author 2007-07-02 00:33:07.

ganders

Canon EOS-40D

07/02/2007 06:12:31 AM · #1236

Originally posted by dacrazyrn:

Now hang on a second. The dpi of an image has nothing whatsoever to do with the pixel dimensions. It's a meaningless (and arbitary) figure until you're at the print stage; this are of confusion is precisely why they (along with every other digital-based stock library) talks in pixel terms rather than inches.

Seriously, if you're prepping stuff for Alamy totally ignore the dpi; it's the pixels that count in terms of dimensions, nothing else.

ganders

Canon EOS-40D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

07/02/2007 06:14:04 AM · #1237

Originally posted by dacrazyrn:

Originally posted by PhantomEWO:
They are also getting very picky, 1 or 2 rejected photos and they reject the entire disk.

this is actually ONE rejected and ALL SUBMISSIONS in the "Q" go bye bye. IE: you send 3 discs in, weeks apart, and they don't get around to them soon and they pile up. One rejected photo and they toss out ALL three, without looking at the others.

It depends, I suspect, on your track record. Very occasionally we'll get one picture kicked off a disc but they'll process the rest - I imagine if it's your first or second submission, or if they're finding they have to reject stuff from every batch, then they'll get a lot more draconian.

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

07/02/2007 07:55:12 AM · #1238

Originally posted by ganders:

Might check the site. They have a "No Tolerance" rule now.

Alamy does not care about the dpi or pixels...only that it is 48MB in uncompressed form. Whatever dpi or pixel width it come to, they seem not to care. I would think they would require a pixel width, but what do I know. :)

Message edited by author 2007-07-02 07:57:00.

ganders

Canon EOS-40D

07/02/2007 12:38:19 PM · #1239

Well they do care about the pixels; that 48MB figure comes from requiring 16M pixels in the image. The reason they don't give precise dimensions is because it obviously depends on your aspect ratio.

The new "No Tolerance" rules do sound a little ... overenthusiastic, however!

DianeS

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

07/05/2007 05:32:20 PM · #1240

Wooohoooooo! My AlamyUpload is enabled! No more sending DVD's.

EducatedSavage

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II

07/06/2007 12:39:34 AM · #1241

Me too! They sent me an email to notify me! Woooo!

spydr

Nikon D850

Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 200-400mm f/4.0G IF-ED

07/06/2007 01:18:37 PM · #1242

Originally posted by EducatedSavage:

Me too! They sent me an email to notify me! Woooo!

Me too. Uploaded my first batch last night. 45 images. Went very smoothly. Says it could take up to 25 days to get them approved. Still way faster than the mail. I'll post when they get approved/rejected.

Message edited by author 2007-07-06 19:00:26.

idnic

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

07/06/2007 01:44:34 PM · #1243

Bah! My uploader is still disabled. *Throws a fit and runs out screaming*

_eug

Nikon D50

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

07/06/2007 02:20:41 PM · #1244

Originally posted by idnic:

Bah! My uploader is still disabled. *Throws a fit and runs out screaming*

Hehe Cindi's not getting her way.

idnic

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

07/06/2007 02:32:25 PM · #1245

Originally posted by _eug:

Originally posted by idnic:
Bah! My uploader is still disabled. *Throws a fit and runs out screaming*

Hehe Cindi's not getting her way.

Message edited by author 2007-07-06 14:32:55.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

07/06/2007 02:50:40 PM · #1246

Originally posted by ganders:

The good news is that they are now only asking for an initial QC submission of 4 images, rather than the ten they used to ask for.

Has anyone tried submitting a stitched panoramic image?

07/06/2007 06:20:35 PM · #1247

Originally posted by idnic:

Bah! My uploader is still disabled. *Throws a fit and runs out screaming*

Same. Runs out watching Cindi's behind....errr...runs out behind Cindi, doing same. ;)

07/06/2007 06:39:10 PM · #1248

Just read that they are going to start having the QC online..with just 4 images. So, I guess you guys that have been waiting, should give it a shot and you can get Upload NOW

snaffles

Nikon D7100