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01/18/2007 06:22:46 PM · #1076 |
Send what you want to send. I guess they can't reject ANYTHING for "not sharp enough" then. :)
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01/19/2007 04:37:57 AM · #1077 |
They can you know; one of the 5 rejects we've had was for 'soft of lacking definition (looking, another was for exposure and the other 3 were processing errors on our side...)
As I understand it their main issue with sharpening is that it's best done once, and their client (understandably) would rather be the ones to do it so that they can decide how far to take it.
This underscores to me the huge difference between the macro and micro markets - micro customers seem to expect images to be ready to go as soon as they've downloaded it, while macro customers understand that they're buying more of a raw product. You'd never get away with not sharpening micro stuff... |
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01/20/2007 09:19:11 AM · #1078 |
YEAH! 7 days to receive this submission (or maybe the first one). RE waiting starts again.
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01/20/2007 10:22:38 AM · #1079 |
| I hate the waiting. I wish they would get the online upload process done already! They are so behind the times! |
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01/20/2007 02:10:16 PM · #1080 |
could someone please explain me why it is like this??
when I resize photos (in PS) and save them as tiff they have nice 60-70-80 Mb, but when I save the same photos as jog after (Alamy only support jpg, right? they become only 7-8 Mb:(((
should I just continue resizing until also jpg become 60 Mb or am I doing something wrong?
thank you! |
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01/20/2007 02:16:40 PM · #1081 |
Originally posted by silverfoxx:
could someone please explain me why it is like this??
when I resize photos (in PS) and save them as tiff they have nice 60-70-80 Mb, but when I save the same photos as jog after (Alamy only support jpg, right? they become only 7-8 Mb:(((
should I just continue resizing until also jpg become 60 Mb or am I doing something wrong?
thank you! |
JPEG has pretty serious compression. So, no, your doing nothing wrong. If you were to upsize to where your JPEGs were 60MB, you'd have HUGE uncompressed files and you'd also have a LOT of pixelization.
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01/20/2007 02:20:37 PM · #1082 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
JPEG has pretty serious compression. So, no, your doing nothing wrong. If you were to upsize to where your JPEGs were 60MB, you'd have HUGE uncompressed files and you'd also have a LOT of pixelization. |
thank you Leroy!
but what files do they need? my compressed jpegs? which were 70-80 Mb in their previous life as uncompressed tiffs? |
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01/20/2007 02:20:52 PM · #1083 |
JPEG is a compressed format -- specifically designed to make the file smaller on disk.
They only care about the size of your uncompressed TIFF or Photoshop image. It doesn't matter how much smaller it gets when you save as JPEG, as long as you use the highest-quality setting.
You can also save as a TIFF file with the LZW option selected -- that will also make the file smaller without losing quality. |
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01/20/2007 02:29:07 PM · #1084 |
thank you  GeneralE, so I should write my jpegs on the cd to alamy now:)? how would they know what size my photos had when they were uncompressed? this must be a very silly question...sorry!
I just was a bit confused, they said: send us minimum 48 Mb JPEG files.
oh, and I forgot to ask one more thing: the photos look awful after resizing. I don't use any sharpening, almost no editing, jsut crop. but when I look at them at 100% they all become bricks and dots. is it the way it should be?
Message edited by author 2007-01-20 14:32:06. |
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01/20/2007 02:47:03 PM · #1085 |
Yes, it's the JPEGs you are burning to CD.
Now as far as the other question goes...
How are you resizing them? can you crop a section of the file and upload it to your workshop, so we can see what you are talking about at 100%?
Also notice that you said some of your UNcompressed files were 60-70-80 MB you probably can get better results by only going to the required minimum of 48MB.
Message edited by author 2007-01-20 14:48:11.
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01/20/2007 02:48:05 PM · #1086 |
When they say "48MB" they mean the uncompressed size.
They know how big it is by opening it -- that uncompresses the data back to its original state. |
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01/20/2007 03:12:16 PM · #1087 |
aaha, so they can go the same way back and uncompress it! :)
here's a crop of 100% of my Rai photo 
upsized to 50 Mb tiff
 - cropped
yes, they wer 60-70-80 because I was going to get at least 48 for my compressed files :)) |
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01/20/2007 03:41:49 PM · #1088 |
That is kinda blotchy. How are you resizing the photos?
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01/20/2007 03:45:57 PM · #1089 |
:/ in a weird way:
in PS cs2:
resize image
resize for print
choose cm and add 1 more cm every next time (so it takes a long time:(
LPI = 200
level of image quality 1.5x
is it bad? |
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01/20/2007 03:56:49 PM · #1090 |
Since you are using PS CS2, try doing it in one pass, you'll get better results. Make sure to use Bicubic Smoother as the resample option.
If the file isn't large enough, undo the resize and try again with a larger size increase.
BTW, you don't have to save the file to see how big it is. Just look down in the bottom left corner and it'll say something like Doc: 40MB / 40 MB.
Message edited by author 2007-01-20 16:00:08.
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01/20/2007 04:21:25 PM · #1091 |
thank you Leroy,
but I won't try it:)
they haven't accepted any of my photos on all the stock sites I've sent them to so I don't have any desire to send anyhting to alamy now.
but thank you so much for your advice!
Message edited by author 2007-01-20 18:18:18. |
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01/20/2007 05:13:50 PM · #1092 |
So anyone who currently submits to Alamy, have you seen a difference in sales since they rolled out AlamyRank last October? This is supposed to hurt those who do keyword spamming and post too many similars.
I noticed one of mine that sold recently now comes up on the first page out of a few hundred (depending on the keywords searched).
- John |
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01/21/2007 11:01:38 AM · #1093 |
I haven't been with them that long to know the difference. Maybe someone else will have an answer.
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01/21/2007 12:15:59 PM · #1094 |
Alamy humbled me yesterday. I had 47 images awaiting QC. Yesterday all 47 were rejected. (I didn't think that they worked on the weekend, and I was suprised that they reached QC about 2 weeks faster that my last submission.) Of the 47 images, 4 were old shots of a local golf course that I took with my D70 and 18-70 lens. All 4 had a dust bunny in one corner that I missed during editing. Alamy spot checked 3 of 47 images. Guess which 3. Yep. So they shot down the whole disk. That's what I get for not taking the time to look at each image at full size. In a way I'm glad. I don't want flawed images in my portfolio. But, there were some good shot on that disk that I will now have to resubmit, and wait a month for.
Still no sales.
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01/22/2007 12:21:52 PM · #1095 |
Woo hoo just got a batch of 50 photos approved and online!
Click Here :)
Message edited by author 2007-01-22 13:31:58. |
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01/22/2007 12:27:10 PM · #1096 |
Originally posted by silverfoxx:
they haven't accepted any of my photos on all the stock sites I've sent them to so I don't have any desire to send anyhting to alamy now.
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Awww, don't give up... I love your work.
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01/22/2007 01:32:01 PM · #1097 |
thank you so much Leroy!
I won't, I'll just try harder:) |
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01/22/2007 02:02:56 PM · #1098 |
Originally posted by doctornick:
Woo hoo just got a batch of 50 photos approved and online!
Click Here :) |
congrats! what was your reasoning behind going licensed for everything? |
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01/22/2007 02:22:01 PM · #1099 |
Originally posted by silverfoxx:
thank you so much Leroy!
I won't, I'll just try harder:) |
:-)
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01/23/2007 04:56:04 PM · #1100 |
Alamy says no fashion photography... what exactly do they mean?
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