Auto Studio Posted June 12, 2023 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Hi I am uploading 3 images for testing by QC and each time i get a Failed note for excessive similars reason!! The images aren't similar: First image for front view of the car, Second image for side view of the same car, Third image for back view of the same car. What's going on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sooth Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 (edited) . Edited October 19, 2023 by sooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 For instance, 3 different subjects like 1 of the car, closeup of the bark of a tree you know the name/scientific name of, and a cup of hot coffee/tea. Those are just examples. If you pay attention to focus, noise, sharpness, etc. you’ll fly through. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorilla Dave Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 I have posted this before but it’s still good for a laugh ! Try this search term in full… The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extent. Landscape gardening; Trees. Alloy …use the whole string – it matches in with the caption of more than one thousand very very similar pics. GD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Gorilla Dave said: The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extent. Landscape gardening; Trees. Alloy Good point... well made. WTF?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 (edited) Looking through that agency's images, I'm speechless. It's quite insulting to have mountains of old crepe like that- 1.3 MILLION of them- polluting the library. Edited June 13, 2023 by spacecadet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 3 hours ago, Gorilla Dave said: I have posted this before but it’s still good for a laugh ! Try this search term in full… The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extent. Landscape gardening; Trees. Alloy …use the whole string – it matches in with the caption of more than one thousand very very similar pics. GD Boss: "How did you get on today?" Minion: "Great Boss!! Really good, got 1505 uploaded today!" Boss: "Well done, keep up the good work!" 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 3 hours ago, Gorilla Dave said: I have posted this before but it’s still good for a laugh ! Try this search term in full… The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extent. Landscape gardening; Trees. Alloy …use the whole string – it matches in with the caption of more than one thousand very very similar pics. GD Random! Well, kind of good. Means Alamy probably has much less than 360 million images in reality... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 23 hours ago, Auto Studio said: Hi I am uploading 3 images for testing by QC and each time i get a Failed note for excessive similars reason!! The images aren't similar: First image for front view of the car, Second image for side view of the same car, Third image for back view of the same car. What's going on? If the QC inspector sees a concern then he or she then has to express that concern using a limited number of pre-defined categories. Your submission has been rejected as too many similars. This may just be a way of saying you haven't given QC enough variety to make a decision on. Don't worry just try again. 🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StokeCreative Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 3 hours ago, Gorilla Dave said: I have posted this before but it’s still good for a laugh ! Try this search term in full… The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extent. Landscape gardening; Trees. Alloy …use the whole string – it matches in with the caption of more than one thousand very very similar pics. GD That's hilarious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca Ore Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 I'm not sure what the strategy is for people posting 1500 files of the exact same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 56 minutes ago, Rebecca Ore said: I'm not sure what the strategy is for people posting 1500 files of the exact same thing. Presumably it is all automated. Jeff G mentioned that some of these public domain harvesters are Alamy top earners. Presumably it rewards the effort put in, especially if that effort is done by AI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 (edited) On 12/06/2023 at 16:54, Auto Studio said: Hi I am uploading 3 images for testing by QC and each time i get a Failed note for excessive similars reason!! The images aren't similar: First image for front view of the car, Second image for side view of the same car, Third image for back view of the same car. What's going on? I'm surprised that you are getting failure for excessive similars if there are three different images of the same subject. Probably best to ask Alamy about this. Edited June 13, 2023 by geogphotos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Rebecca Ore said: I'm not sure what the strategy is for people posting 1500 files of the exact same thing. 1500 separate submissions. 😝 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 I'm in Liverpool and I only have 251 Beatles-related images . . . so far. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 1 hour ago, geogphotos said: I'm surprised that you are getting failure for excessive similars of there are three different images of the same subject. Probably best to ask Alamy about this. QC probably wants images of three different subjects for the initial test submission, which is reasonable. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 7 hours ago, John Morrison said: Good point... well made. WTF?? This one comes to mind. 😁 wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alamy Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 22 hours ago, Gorilla Dave said: I have posted this before but it’s still good for a laugh ! Try this search term in full… The art of beautifying suburban home grounds of small extent. Landscape gardening; Trees. Alloy …use the whole string – it matches in with the caption of more than one thousand very very similar pics. GD Hi All, Thank you for flagging this! We're now reviewing this account and removing all similars. Thanks, Louise 1 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ognyan Yosifov Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 20 hours ago, spacecadet said: Looking through that agency's images, I'm speechless. It's quite insulting to have mountains of old crepe like that- 1.3 MILLION of them- polluting the library. The last submission's ref. starts with "R". Probably the agency still operates under different names. Alamy, I'm available to volunteer on this as I'm good at researching and investigating... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Very good that Alamy is reviewing this account, Hopefully they will review the 'Public Domain' arena more widely. I have nothing against those who find and upload appropriate PD images - I have done a few myself - but this sort of spamming is just our of order. There is also the issue of a ridiculous degree of duplication of the most popular PD images with no oversight at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 2 hours ago, Alamy said: Hi All, Thank you for flagging this! We're now reviewing this account and removing all similars. Thanks, Louise Yikes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 31 minutes ago, Ed Rooney said: Yikes! Look busy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 47 minutes ago, Ed Rooney said: Yikes! Don't worry it is not your account. Allan (Nor mine -just to keep the record straight.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 18 hours ago, Ed Rooney said: Yikes! In this case they're not similars, they're identicals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 I try not to do any similars. But I do revisit the same subjects. I trust that's okay? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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