Paul Watkins Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Went to bed last night at 1.40am leaving the laptop loading just over 100 images to QC and received an email this morning at 9.56am to say that the images had passed QC. Alamy's QC process gets a bit of a bashing sometimes on the forum so I just wanted to redress the balance and acknowledge and thank them for this very speedy turn around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 +1 They can be very good sometimes. But (despite my - thus far - excellent QC record) I can't help but get a little worried, as I have uploads outstanding since 6th November - which is a long wait for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Watkins Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 I wouldn't worry too much Danny. I had one outstanding from the 6th until about 10pm last night which was quite long for me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultanpepa Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Went to bed last night at 1.40am leaving the laptop loading just over 100 images to QC and received an email this morning at 9.56am to say that the images had passed QC. Alamy's QC process gets a bit of a bashing sometimes on the forum so I just wanted to redress the balance and acknowledge and thank them for this very speedy turn around! I've never been able to completely fathom how QC goes about this. I've never had (that I can remember) mine any quicker than 48 hours (ish). Currently waiting on a small upload from Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 My images almost always clear overnight (i.e. in less than 24 hours). Anything longer than 48 hours, and I know that I'm in for a vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin P Wilson Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Mine always seem to take two working days, sometimes three even though I have not had a QC failure in over 4 years (more luck than judgement I suspect, fingers crossed on current batch) but I don't upload stock as often as many (most of my uploads in last year have been news). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Chapman Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Went to bed last night at 1.40am leaving the laptop loading just over 100 images to QC and received an email this morning at 9.56am to say that the images had passed QC. Alamy's QC process gets a bit of a bashing sometimes on the forum so I just wanted to redress the balance and acknowledge and thank them for this very speedy turn around! Did you have another batch already in the queue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I wouldn't worry too much Danny. I had one outstanding from the 6th until about 10pm last night which was quite long for me too. All clear(ed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDoug Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Looking at the Alamy homepage, they say they have 30K uploads per day. Let's say one reviewer spends a minute per image on average. It would take a month, assuming weekends off. I find myself wondering how they do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustydingo Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Looking at the Alamy homepage, they say they have 30K uploads per day. Let's say one reviewer spends a minute per image on average. It would take a month, assuming weekends off. I find myself wondering how they do it. They have more than one reviewer of course , and have stated in the past (or was it that the forum speculated? . . . can't remember) that their reviewers are experienced at scanning heaps of images and identifying for closer inspection the sorts of images that might be problematic, in addition to choosing some at random for close inspection. It's standard quality-control practise that you check a small sample instead of checking all. EDIT: of course, images from contributors who fail lots are also going to attract more attention than those who don't, dd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDoug Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Yes, I know that they have a team of reviewers who spot check submissions. It's sort of like saying that putting 24K miles on a car is like circumnavigating the globe. I was thinking of what it would be like for one person to have to review 30,000 images. However they divide it up and however spotty the checking, it must be a daunting task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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