meanderingemu Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 as further update, the image uploaded yesterday, and accepted, is now fully operational for customers and was found with simple search, so server gets updated on week-end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Uploaded pix at 5pm today, expected them to be QC'd tomorrow. They were passed within an hour... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) Fab, up to 5 stars this morning 😁. But it’s not retrospective: my uploads from Friday morning and three more Friday to yesterday are still in QC! No-one has mentioned any promotions to 4 stars yet: I wonder whether there are any now, or whether all promoted 3 star contributors have gone up to 5 stars? Presumably in future there will be a progression which will include 4 stars. I wonder whether the new system is a result of a rethink regarding live news restrictions? I lost live news privileges, along with many others, when the system changed, although I have had several later stock sales from former live news uploads. The withdrawal of immediate live news uploads has led me not to bother uploading a small number of images, the immediacy of which would be lost with a QC wait. We will of course still have to wait for the daily database update before our images can be found, but it does make the process a day or so quicker, which may give a better incentive to upload images of more immediate interest in the hope that they will still hit the target while the interest in the subject matter is still warm. Graham Edited December 2, 2019 by Graham 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) I thought it was a joke - but I also woke up to five stars this morning 😀 - any quicker QC will, of course, be an incentive to upload more newsworthy images this way. Will only have to wait for the daily update then, as Graham also states. Edited December 2, 2019 by Niels Quist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Crean Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 ***** 😁 Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanderingemu Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 29 minutes ago, Niels Quist said: I thought it was a joke - but I also woke up to five stars this morning 😀 - any quicker QC will, of course, be an incentive to upload more newsworthy images this way. Will only have to wait for the daily update then, as Graham also states. also the big advantage i found, is immediate access to the Image manager. i'm much more likely to fill it out effectively, with image available right away, so that should be a positive for Alamy since they claim it's useful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VbFolly Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 I just checked, and I'm also on 5 stars now. I think it will be great to get photos on sale the next day instead of after 2 days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Richmond Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Also on 5 stars. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Kirby Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 5 stars today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) Despite a recent careless QC fail I have a very good record especially given my large number of high ISO interiors. Just took and uploaded two pics to test and passed very quickly with 5 stars now awarded. Wondering a little about the reasons for this. Saves staff time/costs, hands trust to contributors, gets images on sale more quickly. There must be an increased risk of below standard images getting through but assume that this is now a much lower risk than previously ( quality of camera might be a factor?) and therefore manageable in terms of cost/benefit. Presumably frees up QC staff to concentrate on those who are having difficulties assessing standards and passing QC so improves overall efficiency and standards. Once or twice I have uploaded a 'borderline' single image to make sure that QC check it. Will have to be more disciplined in the future. A good, positive move. Edited December 2, 2019 by geogphotos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 How strange. I just uploaded a batch which went straight through under my new 5 star status - but the four submissions from Friday and the weekend are still sitting there awaiting QC! Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Ashmore Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 2 minutes ago, Graham said: How strange. I just uploaded a batch which went straight through under my new 5 star status - but the four submissions from Friday and the weekend are still sitting there awaiting QC! Graham Logic in back-end computer code probably looks at your star rating as soon as images are submitted and pushes them to one queue or another. Once assigned to a queue, they probably stay in that queue until processed as per the queue that they are in. The fact that your star rating just went up probably means that your new images got pushed to an instant pass queue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaniMarkus Hasa Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) Wonder if the five minute QC has something to with improved AI? With supervised machine learning it should be a doable thing. Then why not offer it to everyone? As no system is 100 % certain, it might make sense to offer this possibility only to contributors with the best quality history. Plus it is a loyalty program in itself; offering some privileges to your best partners and showing others that there might be something to gain if you keep your quality standards for long enough. Edited December 2, 2019 by JaniMarkus Hasa Added some articles before nouns quite randomly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Pleased to report I am now on 5 stars too. All images uploaded over the weekend still in QC though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webby Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) Yay, mine's changed to 5 star today....Working on an upload now, we'll see how quick that goes through. ..45 minutes later: uploaded via FTP - straight through. Very happy Edited December 2, 2019 by Webby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) I wonder if this sudden change isn't due in part to Alamy's expecting to be overwhelmed by floods of RM images being uploaded by former contributors to a certain biG stock agency that has reportedly gone RF. The new 5-star system will certainly help take a lot of pressure off QC. Edited December 2, 2019 by John Mitchell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Beastall Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Dam good show. Just recieved my ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ today and the images uploaded this afternoon have passed Q.C., but the ones uploaded last Friday are still in Q.C. May be they still have the ⭐⭐⭐ tag. Should pass in the next day or so. Looking on the bright side, sometimes when I have a load of keywording to do and my brain is getting a bit tired I may play a game, one of which is "Battle Supremacy" in which you are a tank commander and at the moment I'am a ⭐⭐ General with 10 million points. To get to become a ⭐⭐⭐ General requires 20 million points and by some rough calculations it should take me about 6 years to recieve this additional ⭐. So all is not so bad in the Alamy Q.C. world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanderingemu Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 (edited) note that my images uploaded today are now in QC queue. So it appears ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ still has QC, but on random batches, which i am fine with, as it will keep us honest. Thankfully these weren't as timely as the upload from yesterday. note: just uploaded one more image, and it also went in queue, so i guess i'm in QC for all my uploads today. Edited December 3, 2019 by meanderingemu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Clemson Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 I'm afraid my QC rank stays resolutely on three stars out of three, despite having never failed a QC check (and putting that in writing is surely tempting fate). I'll see if anything changes when I upload my latest batch of images later today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 2 minutes ago, Joseph Clemson said: I'm afraid my QC rank stays resolutely on three stars out of three, despite having never failed a QC check (and putting that in writing is surely tempting fate). I'll see if anything changes when I upload my latest batch of images later today. Mine only changed when I uploaded a couple of pics to see what would happen. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Harrison Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Perhaps it was all just a dream, it did feel like stepping through the looking glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanderingemu Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 2 minutes ago, LawrensonPhoto said: So, trustworthy, but not that trustworthy! 😂 or, oops the programmer made a mistake when introducing the ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 52 minutes ago, meanderingemu said: or, oops the programmer made a mistake when introducing the ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I did wonder that, but was afraid to say for fear of demotion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 1 hour ago, meanderingemu said: or, oops the programmer made a mistake when introducing the ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I did wonder that, but was afraid to say for fear of demotion. Edit: Just uploaded two images, straight to AIM, no QC. I received my promotion to five stars late, so maybe my plug will be pulled late. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Yates Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Just did a 5 star upload and also went straight into AIM. However i have 4 batches sitting in QC from a previous queue, uploaded at the weekend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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