One fails they all fail

[travelhops01]

Does anybody know the reason that one failed submission causes all other photo's in the submission to fail ?

 

With modern technology I would have thought that the platform could differentiate each image and flag them appropriately. It also appears that unless a filter is applied, failed submissions (or accidental duplicate submissions cannot be deleted and remain in the system - again, it seems a little odd that the system would do that ?) - I (maybe naively) assumed that Alamy was a bit more on the ball (as is shutterstock?)

 

A final question, for a large batch of uploads (an knowing the above), is it possible to create multiple single submissions and is the platform savvy enough to know that they are all separate ?

 

Many thanks

Travelhops

 

 

[M.Chapman]

If one image fails, then all images in that submission, and any other submissions in the Alamy QC queue will also fail. So there's no benefit in single image submissions. Alamy use human inspectors, not AI, giving much more reliable standards.

 

Also see this thread

 

Mark

Edited September 7 by M.Chapman

[Mr Standfast]

On 03/09/2024 at 16:04, travelhops01 said:

Does anybody know the reason that one failed submission causes all other photo's in the submission to fail ?

 

With modern technology I would have thought that the platform could differentiate each image and flag them appropriately. It also appears that unless a filter is applied, failed submissions (or accidental duplicate submissions cannot be deleted and remain in the system - again, it seems a little odd that the system would do that ?) - I (maybe naively) assumed that Alamy was a bit more on the ball (as is shutterstock?)

 

A final question, for a large batch of uploads (an knowing the above), is it possible to create multiple single submissions and is the platform savvy enough to know that they are all separate ?

 

Many thanks

Travelhops

 

 

 

 

Many many explanations in the forum.

 

Please feel free to search.

 

[Martin L]

On 03/09/2024 at 16:04, travelhops01 said:

 I (maybe naively) assumed that Alamy was a bit more on the ball (as is shutterstock?)

 

 

I wasted far more time in my brief dalliance with Shutterstock, having to resubmit images to a human that their AI machine rejected because it didn't really understand rain wasn't noise etc (maybe it's better, it was a few years ago)

Alamy is a different (to me a preferable) beast.

I feel a little more trusted in what I submit, follow the QC rules, understand that in general product quality control, if one fails, the whole batch does and you'll get used to it

[Klinger]

On 03/09/2024 at 10:04, travelhops01 said:

Does anybody know the reason that one failed submission causes all other photo's in the submission to fail ?

 

With modern technology I would have thought that the platform could differentiate each image and flag them appropriately. It also appears that unless a filter is applied, failed submissions (or accidental duplicate submissions cannot be deleted and remain in the system - again, it seems a little odd that the system would do that ?) - I (maybe naively) assumed that Alamy was a bit more on the ball (as is shutterstock?)

 

A final question, for a large batch of uploads (an knowing the above), is it possible to create multiple single submissions and is the platform savvy enough to know that they are all separate ?

 

Many thanks

Travelhops

 

 

 

I personally believe the reason is, then people will self review and not just upload hundreds or thousands of images, to see what passes. This means less reliance on humans to go through and review every image, individually, less cost.

 

The problem with some other places is, they rely on AI to do the first review. I don't mean simple things like size, format, suitable camera, but they might have AI look at contrast and sharpness. Yes, "some places" will reject water, leaves or sand as lacking sharpness. I had a rejection for crooked horizon, where it's flat as can be. Because the AI saw the subject and some clouds and trees, but didn't seem to see, everything was level. Alamy has humans, which should work to our benefit.

 

Just consider this, and it's a positive point as far as I'm concerned, Alamy does not reject for content. No "low commercial value", no "we have too many like this", no "we don't think it will sell" kind of rejections. And they don't drop your images into some digital asset collection, when it's rejected, so they can sell it for AI training.

 

You can shoot a round brown rock, on a brown sandy beach, and if the image is sharp and properly exposed, it will pass.

 

The answer for anyone new, is IMHO do not submit large batches, until you have some experience with what Alamy accepts or rejects. Self review. Don't send in anything that's marginal or might pass. Less is More. 😉 

 

Just in case someone else comes upon this, if you submitted 100 images and one was rejected, Alamy moves that image, to the front so you know which image was rejected and why. You don't have to go digging and guessing, which one was it.