I can't be the only one that tinkers/optimises keywords offline in LR and then would like the ability to be able to batch-copy all of them to a particular, already accepted, image? I can't seem to find a way to quickly do that at Adobe, instead I'm left at entering keywords one by one - which I'm just not going to do.

Any suggestions, tips, tricks?

/Fox

For work, tablet (Wacom Intuos 4) and keyboard. Been using Wacom tablets since about 2004. In the beginning, just put the mouse away and force oneself to just use the pen. One or two weeks later and one is natural with it. Mouse only comes out to play for gaming.

Confused by the "sarcasm", but since the implementation of their exclusivity, and I have a fair bit of exclusive images, number of sales have increased significantly.

First quarter this year shows more than double the number of sales compared to the same period last year with only a modest increase in portfolio size. Healthy sales prices too. Alamy is one of very few things that are positive in this industry at the moment and actually looks good for the future, compared to most others.

First question - are the offending batteries Canon originals? Like proper originals, not fake genuine ones from eBay? Only ever had problems with "cheap" third party batteries. I've had LP-E6 that are old, from the Canon 5D MKII still going strong. A cheap "Jupio" that I got for free can go funny at times and show up as no juice in it - but swapping it's place in the battery grip and it comes back as full - never happens with the Canon originals though. Only every buy proper Canon batteries now-a-days, and not from marketplaces where they potentially could be counterfeit. I think it is a voltage issue, that lesser quality ones doesn't gives out or stable enough voltage, leading to underestimation of its capacity.

Secondly - you can check the health of the battery in the camera's menu systems - at least on the 5D MK IV.

Otherwise, I would try and properly drain it, try to get it as close to genuinely empty as possible and then charge it.

Good Luck!

Alamy's contributor relations (member services) are IMHO the best in the business - fast, friendly and very helpful.

[email protected]

For stock - always aRGB1998 and edited on a regularly colur calibrated wide gamut monitor - not everything is destined for the web and even web/consumer devices are rapidly moving towards wide gamut in the form of P3 colour profile that are already in newer Apple devices such as iMac, Macbook Pro, iPad Pro and some iPhones, as well as Microsoft Surface Studio computers apparently. Wide gamut P3 is/will be replacing sRGB and become mainstream/standard. aRGB1998 and P3 have more colors in common than either with sRGB.

If not having a wide-gamut monitor thus limited to only seeing sRGB (if that) whilst editing I would use sRGB, most important thing is to accurately see what one is delivering, being in control. Buyer can convert themselves into whatever colour space they need, but you would give them quite a bit "more" with aRGB1998 then if supplying sRGB.

If getting a new monitor, it's ability to display P3 would be an important criterion. Whatever colour space one choose to edit in, make sure that your monitor is capable of displaying 100% of it or as close to it as possible (98-99%).

Quote from: angelawaye on October 15, 2018, 14:27
I just deleted all my top-selling popular photos on Alamy and left a few that I wouldn't be too upset if given away for free. Too bad it takes 180 days to have them removed.

- There are way faster ways, at least to make them invisible to buyer's searches - just remove caption (might have to have "Abc") and keywords before hitting delete.

- Don't think that Alamy would have any great interest in giving images away for free. Sensibility tells me that it is for marketing purposes, to sell more. That is like eh what do they call it - the business idea?

- So where does your "top-selling popular photos" fetch better prices than at Alamy? It won't be Getty and I presume if they were placed on Alamy they are not suitable at any of the specialists. So where?

Been with Alamy since 2004. I've had a few bans through the years - personally prefer the Alamy way over other places where the shoddy stuff is accepted/refused without any consequence, at least for me it works as a bit of pressure to make sure everything is in order before uploading. I can't say hand on heart that I've ever had an incorrect rejection, an image could have been just on the brink, it could have been accepted elsewhere, but it didn't live up to Alamy's standards. Unfortunately they only spot check, wish it was more comprehensive to stem the flood and also as a measure to increase quality over quantity.

Also, if anything, with Alamy I've always had prompt, swift and timely communication if I had questions or issues. Recently James Allsworth personally saw to that an issue of mine was resolved - that happens like nowhere else, that someone "personally" takes responsibility and ensures that it gets resolved. So in terms of customer/contributor service satisfaction they are bar far the best one I've been dealing with during the last 16-17 years - IMHO of course.

- Re. discoverability score - don't really care about the actual score/color, but helped me catch a few images that had uploaded without captions and keywords - so it does have it's place.

- Re. QC stars - can't say that I care. Got three, inspection and on-line within 24hrs (bar weekends), I guess I've been a good boy.

- Re. sales - find them to be more stable than other outlets and actually the one that shows improvement/growth YOY 2017-2018.

Have a nice weekend!

Quote from: leaf on March 19, 2006, 08:35
How long do you think an image will sell for.

I am not sure what it would take for a landscape image to become unsaleable... perhaps megapixel size, but I am not sure what else.  But is the life of a landscape REALLY unending?

As for fashion, technology and such images, I wonder if 5 years is about a max life?  However perhaps after 15 years they will become markatable again,because they are then hot for retro images.

what do you think?

Have images that are heavily dated in my opinion (fashionwise) and still selling regularly. Come to think of it, I myself is quite dated when it comes to fashion and regularly wear t-shirts, jeans that are 10-15 years old - so perhaps dated images are viewed as true realism (which is the current trend)...