David eastley Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 I am not convinced it works 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Norwood Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 I stopped looking at the Alamy home page when they put that awful video on it. Before then I would look most days to see the image they had chosen to highlight each day. Not impressed with a first glance at the new home page.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) I'm more interested in the new logo and text font... Trying to look fun and jaunty....? I'm not convinced, but then, no one likes change do they 🙃 At least the Dashboard remains an unchanged bastion of regular fonts... p.s. the green, arrggghhhh.... it hurts my eyes.... 😎 p.p.s. are they finally extolling the virtues of having high resolution images? There's a video of doing a crop on a cow picture on the main page. Edited October 19, 2021 by Steve F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Crean Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 That fluorescent green is horrendous; spoils an otherwise good redesign. Phil 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Is it me... or.. ? Previously, clicking on the loupe next to the search field was taking us to a screen with 'Advanced Search' where we were able to input a contributor's name. This is no longer possible, we have to input a keyword first which takes us to the results page. Then we have Advanced Search, but it means we can't see the contributor's complete portfolio as a filter keyword is needed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 The front page looks OK, though the words 'OWN THE BLANK PAGE' are in some almost unreadable font! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Richards Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 48 minutes ago, Steve F said: I'm more interested in the new logo and text font... Trying to look fun and jaunty....? I'm not convinced, but then, no one likes change do they 🙃 At least the Dashboard remains an unchanged bastion of regular fonts... p.s. the green, arrggghhhh.... it hurts my eyes.... 😎 p.p.s. are they finally extolling the virtues of having high resolution images? There's a video of doing a crop on a cow picture on the main page. 35 minutes ago, Phil Crean said: That fluorescent green is horrendous; spoils an otherwise good redesign. Phil I agree, the green is terrible. Something less garish would be better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taina Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 I thought I was accidentally directed to Stocksy. I really don't see how this new look would work for Alamy, or how it would sell my photography at all. Completely agree about the fluorescent green logo - it hurts my eyes! And I feel sorry for the poor cow on the front page... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorilla Dave Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Washed out ? Anyone else think the thumbnails and zoomed images looked a bit washed out ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celluloid Hero Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 That dreadful bilious green everywhere, makes me nauseous 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariaJ Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 I just received an email from alamy about the rebranding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celluloid Hero Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Just now, MariaJ said: I just received an email from alamy about the rebranding. Me too, now in the deleted box as I can't bear to look at it without wanting to throw up. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan_Andison Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) I couldn't quite place it to begin with... I knew I'd seen something very similar then it came to me.... Inov8 Running Gear. They use a lot of that green with a similar style website.... not just green but..... GREEEN Edit... the footers look very similar. When I'm on the Alamy page now, it keeps reminding me I need to buy some more merino wool Inov8 running socks. Edited October 19, 2021 by Duncan_Andison 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Park Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) As an ex-designer I find the choice of main typeface on OWN THE BLANK PAGE with distorted O H N & E somewhat bizarre, sorry, plain ugly (would have been interesting to sit in on the web designers "rationale" for the choice of typeface). Also the new condensed alamy brand logo hiding top left looking apologetic. The fluorescent green, yuck. However the image search no longer showing my full portfolio is a real backward and unhelful step for me, assuming it’s permanent and not a passing tech glitsch. On plus side the single front page image is cleaner than the old design. A few tweaks and the whole thing could look very good. I’ve checked out competitor sites and one stands out as very professional. Edited October 19, 2021 by Malcolm Park spelling edit. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariaJ Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, Malcolm Park said: As an ex-designer I find the choice of main typeface on OWN THE BLANK PAGE with distorted O H N & E somewhat bizarre, sorry, plain ugly (would have been interesting to sit in on the web designers "rationale" for the choice of typeface). Also the new condensed alamy brand logo hiding top left looking apologetic. The flourescent green, yuck. Agree, I don't understand the font. The same letter is both super wide and super narrow in different locations. Not very appealing to my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Clemson Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Whenever I see something new which I find baffling or unappealling nowadays, I assume its because I'm a OOTBOF (out of touch, boring old fart). I'm assuming this is the case with the Alamy redesign and the uneadable fonts and hideous green are a bold and imaginative innovation which will be at the cutting edge of Alamy's launch into a brave new world of selling ever more creative and illustrative media. 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Kirby Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) Cannot open Home page comes up with : 500 Internal Server Error. Anyone else. Nigel Nigel Edited October 19, 2021 by Nigel Kirby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariaJ Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) I can still see the home page. Edit: Just discovered if I hover over my image number to the left it turns green too. Edited October 19, 2021 by MariaJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Clemson Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, Nigel Kirby said: Cannot open Home page comes up with : 500 Internal Server Error. Anyone else. No problems seeing it here in Bolton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 23 minutes ago, Malcolm Park said: As an ex-designer I find the choice of main typeface on OWN THE BLANK PAGE with distorted O H N & E somewhat bizarre, sorry, plain ugly Yes, that typeface grabs my attention... and not in a good way. I'm staring at the page like a dog being shown a card trick (© Bill Hicks)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gaffen Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) Really don't like the green at all! Not too keen of the font/typeface either. All in all, I preferred it, as it was! Edited October 19, 2021 by John Gaffen 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imageplotter Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 My eyes hurt. It all looks a bit like a cheap and not so cheerful edition of "60 Minute Makeover" where Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is given 20 quid to re-design an entire house. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Kirby Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Green = Climate Change ?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Someone had better do something quick, doing a search on the home page produces no results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Green? I'm seeing tan. Anyway, I'm Irish. Green is my favourite colour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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