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She sold again. Clearly I should take more goat pictures. High $$, TV, worldwide, within body of show.

This wasn't in my Firefox passwords. I may need to clear cookies.

Thank you Paulette, my memory these days is not that great either. ☹️ Great info & tips, MDM. Thanks

Seems the only way to get a comment from Alamy is to say something provocative and read the explanation of why the thread has been shut down. I'm considering it. As explained, Alamy seems to be dipping into the accounts of contributors to pay its business expenses- contributors who have followed its guidelines.

You can have two copies of the Adobe Photography package installed and activated. You sign in to Creative Cloud which manages everything. If you try to install on a third machine it will simply ask you to sign out of one of the machines it is already on.

Yes Classic is the correct version. Don't download Lightroom by mistake. Just copy the exixisting folder over on to your new machine. Lightroom will do all the upgrading and will leave a copy of the older version on your drive. It is extremely simple. I have never stored presets with the catalog but that should work fine. if there is anything that doesn't transfer, it is easy to do a manual transfer. The info is on the Adobe website. Yes of course you can use your existing G-Tech drive although it might be slower than using the internal drive or an external SSD - try it and see what happens. My internal drive is too small (1 TB) to keep my main catalog (massive because I keep the previews on it) so I have the catalog on a fast external SSD. I keep my images on a G-Tech TB external drive (although USB-C is just about as fast in practice I think). I sometimes transfer files I am working on to the internal SSD or an external SSD but the main difference is in the time it takes to generate previews.

I did all this a couple of years ago but my memory is not great so I'll just answer what I'm sure of. Yes, to Lightroom Classic. I was backing up my catalog to the external hard drive that also has my images. I used my last backup when the new Lightroom Classic asked (I think) for the catalog. I wish I could remember exactly how it went but I didn't find it difficult. Yes you can have Lightroom Classic on two computers. Someone more knowledgable will chime in, I'm sure. As you can tell, I am not an expert and I had no problems. Paulette

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I do suggest putting most important words in both the caption and as supertags. It can help the placement of your image. I congratulate you on getting those darn cats to hold still! I would use different words than you have in many cases. I don't know what you mean by "satup". I'd say simple and common expressions such as lying down or sitting, side view or front view. It looks like you have group tagged some images so kittens is in tag but not in image. Check that each image has very accurate tags that don't contradict each other. Good luck. Paulette

Lenses....plural. I dunnno! 😉

In a few weeks' time, I will try to carry out the following two tasks. To upgrade from my old iMac to a new Mac Studio. To migrate from LR6 to LR Classic (hope this is the right version) Is it just a matter of downloading and installing LR Classic on the new Mac, and open the old LR6 catalogue? Are there any conversion steps to follow? Or does LR Classic convert the old catalogue into a new format by itself? I feel a bit nervous about it in case I make mistakes. Can you also install LR Classic on a Macbook, too, so that I can work with LR while I am away (through import/export catalogue)? Currently, my LR6 catalogue file (*.lrcat), Priviews.lrdata, Lightroom Backups, my photos (majority in DNG format) and all my documents, etc are in a G-Tech external hard drive. So does this mean that I can just connect it to a new machine and start to use it as usual? Or do I still need to copy and paste presets, templates, etc in relevant folders in the new machine? I noticed today, in Lightroom6 Preference, Presets tab, ‘Store presets with this catalog’ is ticked. What happens if I untick this now? I would appreciate it very much if you could share your experiences. Thanks Sung

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I know Sony produce 18 -200mm lenses but I have not seen nor can I find a 12-300mm lens??? Allan

https://www.traveler.es/articulos/mercado-renacentista-san-sebastian-de-los-reyes Image ID:2WHJ1KA Contributor: David SAN SEGUNDO NAVAS / Alamy Stock Photo

Guardian Online https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/22/met-police-chief-praises-professional-conduct-officer-antisemitism-row PA Images https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/23/mother-trees-and-socialist-forests-is-the-wood-wide-web-a-fantasy Denys Bilytskyi Eddie Linssen TCD/Prod.DB https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/23/electric-and-hybrid-car-sales-to-rise-to-new-global-record-in-2024 Zeynep Demir Aslim https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/23/against-landlords-by-nick-bano-review-valuable-ideas-for-how-to-solve-britains-housing-crisis Patricia Phillips https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/apr/23/a-musical-tour-of-manchester-from-the-halle-to-the-happy-mondays Heritage Image Partnership Andrew Jankunas https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/21/louisiana-state-university-oil-firms-influence Composite: Alamy https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2024/apr/23/designer-nancy-gonzalez-sentenced-to-prison-for-smuggling-crocodile-and-python-handbags Sipa US https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/22/us-universities-fossil-fuel-investments-student-lawsuits Jeff Malet https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/20/a-heedless-dash-for-net-zero-will-waste-cash-and-later-votes Steve Rumford https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/22/belgian-man-whose-body-makes-its-own-alcohol-cleared-of-drunk-driving NobleImages

https://www.traveler.es/articulos/guia-pisa-que-ver-donde-comer Image ID:2C4678R Contributor: funkyfood London - Paul Williams / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID:JGHKPA Contributor: AGB Photo Library / Alamy Stock Photo Photographer: Ricardo Ribas Image ID:C2CD27 Contributor: Joaquin Ayllon / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID:KB8F1J Contributor: Timo Christ / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID:2PMN1BE Contributor: Juergen Ritterbach / Alamy Stock Photo

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240422-the-ultimate-book-lovers-stay-sleep-in-your-favourite-authors-home Image ID:2RFTHFK Contributor: horst friedrichs / Alamy Stock Photo Apart from the odd credit to PA it seems the BBC are shunning Alamy in favour of G these days. Hardly worth searching the BBC website anymore. Alamy still claim the BBC to be one of their principal "partners" on the website.

^ Cheers Avpics Steve 23/04/2024, Guardian, p11, Aigüestortes National Park, 2F47N8N, Sergi Boixader 23/04/2024, Guardian [Journal section], p3, pre-school children in Blackpool, F4MHY1, MediaWorldImages 23/04/2024, Guardian [Journal section], p7, Milky Way, M8P4P1, Denys Bilytskyi

Hehe, I had checked some time ago but they seem to only have Tech roles in South India. Of course I can't help thinking of the many ways the contributor experience can be improved, which should in turn generate more revenue for Alamy. On the other hand, users/customers always think of themselves as more important than what they really mean for the company, so it's possible that contributors are not a priority. Great feedback! I am also impressed at times. It still requires a joint collaboration with the human who took the photo though If it can divide by half the human keywording time, it's a success already. If it can lead to more sales, it's even better, but I've only made one sale from a photo uploaded in the week before the sale so my experience is anecdotic so far. If you make a sale with a jKeyworded image please share here! If not from Alamy, I wouldn't be surprised if stock tools like xpiks integrate something similar. All tech companies are trying to fit GenAI on their roadmap today, even without proper use case (if you've been nagged by the new Photoshop features ... it's still an impressive use case). As for monetisation, I don't think this niche use case is worth monetising (creating accounts, taking payments), but I'll have to think of what to do once my play credits on OpenAI are depleted (it already hit a halfway limit yesterday, sorry for those jKeywording requests that have been denied), feel free to make suggestions . Thanks, nice to hear!