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https://www.alamy.com/contrib-browse.asp?cid={9D68EC9A-D80E-4FD9-8591-0D7FEBD45F18}&name=daniel+briston
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What is meant by "Additional Info"?
skylineboy replied to Scott Gese's topic in Alamy Quality Control and technical talk
thanks for bryan directing me here! those that do use this field, do you use it like key words or more of a structured writing. any examples? eg i'm a motorsport / car shooter so would it be best to just say names and teams etc or write "lewis hamilton won 1st place at x with y team" or just "lewis hamilton, winner, podium, success, team x - etc etc?- 14 replies
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hi all. im going through a keyword frenzy at mo, and just wondered about the additional info. i'm mainly a car / transport / motorsport shooter, so of course theres additional info that i do give to other clients as part of my "pic research" such as any info on engines or sales figures or where the car was made or lil snippets of info there, such as 0-60 times and "top trumps" kinda info. is this worth doing on alamy in this field or is that overkill / unwanted info? and should i just let the image be there and leave it down to the final user to do their own
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hi, thanks for replies and sorry about the confusion i will clear it up now.. 1. infringement (if indeed its classed as such) - a car parts site, foreign. using a pic of mine which DID get licenced a while ago (hence why it was being looked for by myself i like to see where they may end up), and its there a pic of the car advertising a part, its an alamy thumbnail with the ref on bottom etc. i assume these arent the genuine licensee. 2. an image again advertising a car, but this time on a "commission based" sales site, aka they sell the car take a chunk for doing s
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i have just noticed that a commercial site is using one of my images, to sell products. it is an alamy thumbnail with the ref on etc, does this constitute a breach? also last week an image i DID sell through alamy, was found and contacted them and got told, as it wasnt exclusive to alamy (it was on my site, heavily watermarked however, and i have never sold that image from my site) that they couldnt persue, despite them not having a usage for that site, and i told them ive never sold it myself, is this right for them to do? also does anyone have any experien
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On what basis does Google pick up Alamy pics?
skylineboy replied to Bryan's topic in Alamy Quality Control and technical talk
if your signed into a google account, such as in an android phone, or pc, like i am on both counts, they filter out self searches for ranking purposes. -
doesnt the same also apply for people such as police / fire etc, in the course of their normal business, as long as they are public location too? ive read some horror stories about the terrorism act being used by police with some friends of mine, i stand on the, no they are wrong if its in public its fair game side of the coin. they have been subdued though, through fear of prosecution.
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yea it reads to me (never having had a refund before or know the alamy way, as well as many on here), that they have put both through and the lower sale could be an extension price maybe, as all details bar my summary above are identical. i too would have expected a cancellation /refund then "corrected" sale almost immediately after. of course i'll keep updated on situation. either / or both a nice sale
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i got a sale on the 5th, very happy with it. licence dates are: Start: 05 April 2018 End: 05 April 2023 but then today for the same usage the dates are: Start: 09 April 2018 End: 09 April 2028 Duration is life of the edition but for a lower amount (a good 40% difference). - still a nice number though. any ideas if this will result in a refund? how common are they? it seems to me that they are getting a better deal for a lower price, given its longer and has the extra note about duration on. both still showing as
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a little tip, in windows you can search for file type, i shoot jpg and raw, so to delete the jpgs. i search for "*.jpg" and it will only show those files with .jpg extension. leaving only RAW behind. i also just today used *.mp4 search to delete some movie files from a mixed SD that had some short clips on.
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i'm keywording images, and to be honest it's the first time i've got to grips with the new AIM properly, having had to take time off and let my current images until now earn "passively". noticed the additional info under optional tab, is there any ranking / search benefit to including information in here? im thinking it may be suitable to include info on the subject, eg say of a football game, including the attendances or the score / other info, or say of an aircraft its top speed or cruising height etc or passenger carrying number etc? kind of like ready made picture research