Jill Morgan Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Awhile back Alamy mentioned that we all would eventually have ftp upload choice and that they had begun to phase it in. Still not available for me. I was wondering if anyone of you guys have that as a choice now when you click on your upload button in My Alamy. Jill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Yarvin Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Nor me! I could have used it the other day too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickfly Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Nope, only for news pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoDogue Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I was wondering if anyone of you guys have that as a choice now when you click on your upload button in My Alamy. Jill I've had the news upload since the beginning and have never noticed any indication on the My Alamy page. Presuming the new ftp upload works the same way as the news upload, you'll need an ftp client to connect and upload images. fD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Ramsay Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Just tried it for 'Archive Stock', but can't make it work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Ramsay Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I take it back - they went through OK (though one of them twice, but I think that was my mistake) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Either I got it today or it's the first time I noticed it. I haven't tried it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Yarvin Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I got it today and I doubt I'll be shooting for Alamy again until later in the week. My typical bad timing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Morgan Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 Their ears must have been burning. Looks like its finally going live, although I still don't have it. http://discussion.alamy.com/index.php?/topic/3837-alamy-blog-ftp-a-faster-and-easier-way-to-send-images-to-alamy/#entry63224 Jill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broad Norfolk Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I had a submission ready this afternoon and used FTP for upload. Now awaiting QC. Good work Alamy for including this additional facility. Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearl Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I don't have it yet and can't see what all the fuss is about. The present upload works fine these days. Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Yarvin Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Pearl: I seem to be spokesperson for the fuss. FTP is a real improvement for the very many Alamy photographers who are uploading from connections that are substandard in one way or another. Some of us are lucky enough not to need it, others will find it very useful. I hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearl Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Pearl: I seem to be spokesperson for the fuss. FTP is a real improvement for the very many Alamy photographers who are uploading from connections that are substandard in one way or another. Some of us are lucky enough not to need it, others will find it very useful. I hope this helps. Thanks Brian, perhaps I'm just lucky then. I used FTP upload for submitting to another agency and much prefer the existing Alamy one. I hope they don't replace it entirely so we still have a choice. Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 My connection isn't all that speedy, so I'm looking forward to FTP-ing images to Alamy. I've found FTP to be faster and more reliable than Web uploading. Also, it will be great to have the option of FTP-ing directly from my PhotoShelter website. A big improvement IMO. I doubt very much that the existing uploader will disappear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyab Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 how do you know if you have it or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 how do you know if you have it or not? My guess is that the FTP option will eventually be there when we click on the "upload" button and then on "stock upload" on our "My Alamy" pages. It hasn't shown up on mine yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abiyoyo Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I have that option, but I have not use it yet. I will try in my next batch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 how do you know if you have it or not? When you click the upload button you'll get a number of options one of which is FTP upload. If you click on that it will give you information on how to set up your FTP client and which folders to upload to etc. I'm not sure it's going to be of great use to me at the moment. I have used FTP for another agency/library. The current Alamy upload is more straightforward as far as I'm concerned but then I don't upload huge numbers of images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Don't have it yet, but when I do I hope I'll be able to upload from my Android tablet (which doesn't support Flash Player) as well as the desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaZvone Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Any news about video FTP upload? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Yarvin Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Just did my first FTP upload. It was twice as fast and required no babysitting. Excellent Alamy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Just did my first FTP upload. It was twice as fast and required no babysitting. Excellent Alamy! Sounds good. Where did the FTP upload option show up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I now have the FTP upload facility but as my connection and small batch upload technique is fast enough I do not think I will use or need it. But just to be clear Alamy are suggesting five FTP clients. FileZilla (free), FirefTP (requires Firefox to be downloaded as well), WinSCP (Windows only - I am on OSX), Cyberduck (£17 from App Store) and ClassicFTP (purchase but freeware available). Out of those mentioned I would be looking at FileZilla or ClassicFTP free software. Question which FTP client for Apple computers do others use and why? Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Crean Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I now have the FTP upload facility but as my connection and small batch upload technique is fast enough I do not think I will use or need it. But just to be clear Alamy are suggesting five FTP clients. FileZilla (free), FirefTP (requires Firefox to be downloaded as well), WinSCP (Windows only - I am on OSX), Cyberduck (£17 from App Store) and ClassicFTP (purchase but freeware available). Out of those mentioned I would be looking at FileZilla or ClassicFTP free software. Question which FTP client for Apple computers do others use and why? Allan Not yet on FTP with Alamy…But am with others and have used Filezilla for about 5 years, on an iMAC. Works easily, with regular updates, never had a problem so never looked elsewhere Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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