cheramu Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Hi, Have some questions mostly about 'QC' (failed the first QC due to Excessive similars, "Series of similar images with almost identical compositions or only slight differences"). I expect /hope that most of it is a automated checking process? Just curious as a developer If you failed on an image, does that mean that the images before that image passed all 'alamy-qc-failure-reasons.pdf'? Nice to know, and will re-read again the qc pdf if it is not true. Before i try to upload the second time. Is 'Excessive similars' for only the submission in one batch, of for every photo you upload (you're gallery)? Red a post while searching for 'Excessive Similars' about it to save it for future submissions. 'Image Option' Opt in, is that in already in use? I think what would be great is to have manual image options, that allows identical compositions, with differences e.g. mono, color, etc. And when some one searches for bird mono or bird blueish, it could show the most relevant image option. Kind regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Ashmore Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 13 hours ago, cheramu said: I expect /hope that most of it is a automated checking process? Just curious as a developer At Alamy, I get the impression it's all done manually. 13 hours ago, cheramu said: If you failed on an image, does that mean that the images before that image passed all 'alamy-qc-failure-reasons.pdf'? Nice to know, and will re-read again the qc pdf if it is not true. Before i try to upload the second time. No. Alamy randomly pick images to QC.. they don't look at every image. But if one image in the batch fails, they all fail. This is common practice in other industries. If they checked every image, QC would take much longer and be much more expensive which would ultimately effect what we as contributors get paid.. so it's a balance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariaJ Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 I think they look at every image in your first submission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Since you have no images showing I assume it was your first submission that failed. On the first submission all images are checked and any that failed have a reason for failure so any with no reason stated have actually passed. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariaJ Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 13 hours ago, cheramu said: I think what would be great is to have manual image options, that allows identical compositions, with differences e.g. mono, color, etc. And when some one searches for bird mono or bird blueish, it could show the most relevant image option. Kind regards As alamy is mainly an editorial picture library, I believe customers would tend to be looking for specific bird species, rather than doing general searches for "bird mono, bird blueish" etc. Maria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Searching for a bird by colour sounds like a m****s**** sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 1 hour ago, spacecadet said: Searching for a bird by colour sounds like a m****s**** sort of thing. Except blackbird perhaps (and yes, black is not a colour, I know - bluebird then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 OP... before you tell Alamy how to run their business, just send 3 (or is it 4, now?) very different, well-exposed, pin-sharp pix... and QC will present no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 You will be doing your own keywording so you can do what you want at that time. One option would be to use a nonsense tag in all and explain in additional information that people can see different versions using that search word. You can put the reference numbers of the other versions in your keywords. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheramu Posted January 23, 2018 Author Share Posted January 23, 2018 Thanks for all the answers. The last question was more about the additional revenue Image Option where you can opt in. I was wondering if it is already in use and of manual version of that would make sense. From the documentation Quote What is Image options? We’ll offer customers variations of the images you provide to give them a greater choice, for example creating an additional black and white version of a coloured image could be an image option in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normspics Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Passing the initial new contributor "test" QC is different to your future strategy as an accepted contributor, your best advice was from John Morrison just send three or four totally different subjects pin sharp (downsize if necessary), well exposed i.e. your best work. Get approved then send similars or whatever you think your future strategy will be. Best of Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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