Shesatart Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Hiya I'm a newbie here. I have uploaded the 4 test images, all have failed QC - the first 3 had reasons given. Does that mean they haven't bothered to look at the 4th image because the others failed, or can I resubmit the 4the one as a "passed" image? Sorry if this is a daft question, but I can't find the answer anywhere. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 It does probably mean that the 4th image is OK. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 It does probably mean that the 4th image is OK. John +1 But - should you have any - any future failures will only give a reason for the first found image not up to scratch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin P Wilson Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 It may well be OK but still check it closely at 100% especially with respect to the other failure reasons and for all the other failure modes in the contributor guidance. Might be worth making yourself a checklist especially at the start: dust, SoLD, noise, ... Use it with each image until it is second nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TokyoM1ke Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Hiya I'm a newbie here. I have uploaded the 4 test images, all have failed QC - the first 3 had reasons given. Does that mean they haven't bothered to look at the 4th image because the others failed, or can I resubmit the 4the one as a "passed" image? Sorry if this is a daft question, but I can't find the answer anywhere. Thanks Being a bit new to this myself, may I ask what you failed on? Just curious as 3 fails out of 4 seems to point to there being areas that you have to be careful about. Waiting with baited breath over current pending batch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shesatart Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 Hi, sorry i'm a bit late in replying. The first 2 failed on Interpolation artifacts, and the third on soft or lacking definition. I am currently getting some more images together, and understand I can resubmit the 4th image that passed QC. I hope you can breathe now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TokyoM1ke Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Hi, sorry i'm a bit late in replying. The first 2 failed on Interpolation artifacts, and the third on soft or lacking definition. I am currently getting some more images together, and understand I can resubmit the 4th image that passed QC. I hope you can breathe now! Thanks... interesting to know. Not entirely sure how you end up with interpolation artifacts though... increasing image size? I've not had a fail yet (touching wood... twice) and am breathing again... for the moment. The sensor had a lump of something nasty on it and the lens got very dusty. The big question I suppose is whether anyone will every want black and white photographs of an air show... in Malta... (50mm lens, no zoom... etc.)? I was disappointed to hear that news will only take colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gervais Montacute Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 It does probably mean that the 4th image is OK. John ))))))))) That must be a hugely comforting thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TokyoM1ke Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 It does probably mean that the 4th image is OK. John ))))))))) That must be a hugely comforting thought. Brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shesatart Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 Thank you all - and I think the interpolation error must have been from resizing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchiquin Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 Thank you all - and I think the interpolation error must have been from resizing. Hmm... that sounds a little worrying. Alamy's minimum size requirement is so small these days that I'm wondering what camera you are using that needs resizing. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 In 2012, I had an un-interpolated (i.e. full size) image fail for "interpolation artifacts." Member services tried to help me, but I never did find those ghostly artifacts. Hasn't happened again, thankfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearl Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Thank you all - and I think the interpolation error must have been from resizing. Hmm... that sounds a little worrying. Alamy's minimum size requirement is so small these days that I'm wondering what camera you are using that needs resizing. Alan My thoughts exactly. Nobody should be interpolating now unless an image has been seriously cropped. Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Thank you all - and I think the interpolation error must have been from resizing. Hmm... that sounds a little worrying. Alamy's minimum size requirement is so small these days that I'm wondering what camera you are using that needs resizing. Alan My thoughts exactly. Nobody shoul be interpolating now unless an image has been seriously cropped. Pearl Doesn't the term "interpolation" also refer to downsizing? Plenty of contributors do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Allison J Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 In 2012, I had an un-interpolated (i.e. full size) image fail for "interpolation artifacts." Member services tried to help me, but I never did find those ghostly artifacts. Hasn't happened again, thankfully. Same happened to me on my trial submission - never did find the interpolation artifact. Reverted to exporting as jpeg from raw in Aperture [after a little post ] and no problems since [at least with that fault.] I did not crop, downsize or upsize and the image was taken in excellent light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shesatart Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 I had done some downsizing and I think that was probably the main problem. I will try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 I had done some downsizing and I think that was probably the main problem. I will try again. I've never had QC issues with downsized images, and I don't remember anyone ever reporting any on this forum. Make sure to use the "Bicubic Sharper" setting if you downsize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shesatart Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 Thank you for the advice, I am still learning! I have uploaded 4 more images so am waiting with baited breath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shesatart Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 Success! I have now had my 4 images pass QC so am on my way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Allison J Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Success! I have now had my 4 images pass QC so am on my way. Congrats ! And now the fun starts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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