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« on: May 26, 2010, 14:51 »
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Alamy change the rule about minimum uncompressed size of upload photo from 48 MB to 24 MB.

I think it is good news for all. Dont need upsized  photos. What do you think ??

Here is original blog from alamy http://www.alamy.com/Blog/contributor/archive/2010/05/24/4819.aspx
« Last Edit: May 26, 2010, 14:56 by Wampa »


Dook

« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2010, 14:57 »
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At last.

« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2010, 15:00 »
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Very interesting !!  I may start uploading again !?  :)

« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2010, 15:15 »
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That will save us precious time.  And their storage.

I guess this means they will be much pickier about sharpness now?

Fotonaut

« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2010, 15:16 »
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Finally Alamy will fit into my standard workflow. Great news.

lisafx

« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2010, 15:20 »
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Good news.  Thanks for posting :)

« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2010, 15:32 »
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Read the blog post, it's interesting to notice they will be still accepting upsized 48MB files. How would this affect a buyer, after having selected a couple of images and having the choice of some at 24MB and others at 48MB? In the case he wants high resolution images, I mean.

microstockphoto.co.uk

« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2010, 15:47 »
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If I were a buyer, I'd prefer a true 24 MB picture compared to an upsampled 48 MB

I'm sure very few photographers use a native 48 MB camera and it never made much sense to me to ask us to upsample pictures (while all other sites are rightly telling us NOT to upsample). So it's a smart decision from Alamy.

Now it would be even smarter if they stopped saying 24 MB and started saying 8 Megapixels as most humans do

PS: Maybe this normalisation is also a move towards micro?
« Last Edit: May 26, 2010, 15:56 by microstockphoto.co.uk »

« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2010, 15:51 »
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finally yeah.  Glad that they finally changed this.  I still haven't figured out why they wanted us to upsize images.  Glad we don't have to anymore.

« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2010, 15:52 »
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There is another way for journalist photographer. http://www.alamy.com/registration/archive_upload_apply.aspx here you can contribute as journalist photographer and upload 5MB uncompressed photo. These photos must be news photos taken in the last 48 hours or reportage or historical.

« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2010, 15:55 »
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And exclusive creative program http://www.alamy.com/registration/creative_upload_apply.aspx here. I think there will be only high standard photo as microstock photos no documentary or reportage photos.

donding

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« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2010, 15:56 »
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wow that's great. I haven't  uploaded to them in a very long time because of the time consuming task of upsizing. As a matter of fact I'd deleted almost everything off there. I wonder if they are still going to reject batches or just one picture. If they got that down then I'm sure more would upload. There headed to microstock.

ShadySue

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« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2010, 16:53 »
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Well, how ironic is that. I slave away at the micros just so that I could earn the gear I needed to submit to Alamy without upsampling. I thought Alamy was my 'natural' niche. How wrong was I? 4 sales in 14 months, and less $$ altogether than almost every week on iStock; and now they're accepting pics that I could probably have submitted with my original camera. Huh - talk about backing the wrong horse!!!  :o
IN the interests of transparency I should say that I got my 5th Alamy sale today  ;D - but still far from payout  :(
« Last Edit: May 27, 2010, 11:06 by ShadySue »

« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2010, 17:15 »
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What was so difficult about upsizing?  It takes me about 3 seconds.  If it was putting people off uploading, that was probably a good thing.  They allready have 19 million images.  I just wish they had started a microstock collection, separate from the macro images, looks like it is too late now.

« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2010, 17:50 »
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I'm really glad they made this change. :) Coming from a print background, it's usually a TERRIBLE idea to upsize a photo. I might start uploading again too, was having problems getting my upsized photos accepted before.

ShadySue

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« Reply #15 on: May 26, 2010, 17:51 »
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Repeat post: sorry
« Last Edit: May 27, 2010, 11:02 by ShadySue »

« Reply #16 on: May 26, 2010, 17:52 »
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What was so difficult about upsizing?  It takes me about 3 seconds.  If it was putting people off uploading, that was probably a good thing.  They allready have 19 million images.  I just wish they had started a microstock collection, separate from the macro images, looks like it is too late now.

For me, it wasn't so much the time of upsizing, I also use an action for that. It's the whole new workflow and the taking of yet more space on my hard drives.

I may start uploading again too!

donding

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« Reply #17 on: May 26, 2010, 17:59 »
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What was so difficult about upsizing?  It takes me about 3 seconds.  If it was putting people off uploading, that was probably a good thing.  They allready have 19 million images.  I just wish they had started a microstock collection, separate from the macro images, looks like it is too late now.

For me, it wasn't so much the time of upsizing, I also use an action for that. It's the whole new workflow and the taking of yet more space on my hard drives.

I may start uploading again too!

The hard drive issue is mine also...it was always more hassle than it was worth.

« Reply #18 on: May 26, 2010, 20:24 »
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For me, it wasn't so much the time of upsizing, I also use an action for that. It's the whole new workflow and the taking of yet more space on my hard drives.
Yes, and now I can get rid of the "Alamy" folder!

« Reply #19 on: May 26, 2010, 22:15 »
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Upsizing is not problem, only uploading process is time consumption btw Panther and iStock...

« Reply #20 on: May 27, 2010, 00:34 »
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I'm really glad they made this change. :) Coming from a print background, it's usually a TERRIBLE idea to upsize a photo.

When done by the clueless, you can have quite a disaster on your hands. I have seen some of those. Ouch! I could never quite understand why they required it either. SO that anything could automatically go full page or a spread I guess.

« Reply #21 on: May 27, 2010, 02:49 »
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For me, it wasn't so much the time of upsizing, I also use an action for that. It's the whole new workflow and the taking of yet more space on my hard drives.
Yes, and now I can get rid of the "Alamy" folder!

Not if u only have a 10MP camera !!   Still need a separate folder and some up-sizing !  :(

« Reply #22 on: May 27, 2010, 02:59 »
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Big hard drives are cheap now and when the re-sized image is uploaded, is there any point in keeping it?  It will save a bit of time uploading but I still fear that the site is now going to be swamped with microstock images and sales will be diluted.  I am uploading my microstock portfolio now, I have resisted so far but this has changed my mind.

« Reply #23 on: May 27, 2010, 03:26 »
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For me, it wasn't so much the time of upsizing, I also use an action for that. It's the whole new workflow and the taking of yet more space on my hard drives.
Yes, and now I can get rid of the "Alamy" folder!

Not if u only have a 10MP camera !!   Still need a separate folder and some up-sizing !  :(

I don't think so - surely a 10MP image is about 28MB, uncompressed?

« Reply #24 on: May 27, 2010, 03:35 »
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For me, it wasn't so much the time of upsizing, I also use an action for that. It's the whole new workflow and the taking of yet more space on my hard drives.
Yes, and now I can get rid of the "Alamy" folder!

Not if u only have a 10MP camera !!   Still need a separate folder and some up-sizing !  :(

I don't think so - surely a 10MP image is about 28MB, uncompressed?

You are so right !!  Silly me !   :-[

For some reason I had it in my head it was 18MB !?  Wrong !!!

Must have been thinking of my old 6MP camera.    Thanks for that :)

But will they sell when also available on SS and others ??  That's the question !


 

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