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Manage Images v2.2 issues

@ 18 March 2010 at 13:26 by James Allsworth - Content Executive

We are currently investigating user issues with Manage Images v2.2. More...

The British Wildlife Photography Awards 2010

@ 12 March 2010 at 11:54 by Alan Capel - Head of Content

Announcing The British Wildlife Photography Awards 2010. A competition celebrating the diversity of the natural history of the British Isles. More...

Scheduled downtime this weekend

@ 3 March 2010 at 11:50 by Alan Capel - Head of Content

We need to undertake some essential maintenance on Saturday the 6th of March and Sunday 7th March. During this time the contributor facing elements (upload, manage images etc) of the site will be unavailable. The work is scheduled to run from 4.00 am (UK time) on Saturday through to 7.00 am (UK time) on Sunday More...

2009 summary by Alamy CEO James West

@ 23 February 2010 at 10:22 by James West - CEO

Quarter 4 2009 wraps up last year with a 13% drop in revenue from 2008 for the Alamy group, resulting in a better than expected figure from our 15-20% forecast. Our financial position remains strong however, with a 6.5% operating profit last year - just a couple of percentage points below our 'business as usual' number. More...

£8 Million to contributors in 2009 plus Alamy's top earners

@ 22 February 2010 at 17:41 by Alan Capel - Head of Content

Occasionally we'll read blogs and forums where the relative fortunes of photographers on Alamy and other sites are discussed. It's impossible to ever get a feel for reality from these anecdotal snippets, so we wanted to share some key facts with our contributors. More...

Forum issues - UPDATE - fixed

@ 29 January 2010 at 10:00 by James Allsworth - Content Executive

Some of you may be experiencing some issues whilst trying to log in and view the forum in the form of a message saying your account has been suspended. We have not applied these bans to accounts and are currently investigating the issue. More...

New York office update

@ 28 January 2010 at 14:36 by James Allsworth - Content Executive

It's been just over a year since our office in New York opened so although we do not have figures to share, we would like to give you a general update of how things are going. More...

Uploading Releases to Alamy

@ 8 January 2010 at 15:29 by Alan Capel - Head of Content

We will shortly be releasing a new version of Manage Images to support model and property release upload. For new images, if you say you have a model or property release, you will be prompted to upload the release before the image is made available for sale. More...

Soft or Lacking Definition

@ 21 December 2009 at 14:11 by QC team

When Quality Control (QC) applies failure reasons to images we try to be as specific as possible, giving reasons as to why a particular image has failed QC. Sometimes images fail for a combination of reasons, or quite simply the image looks unacceptably soft but there are no obvious indications as to why this is. On the occasions where it isn’t possible to pinpoint a definitive reason(s) for softness we will still use the failure reason ‘soft or lacking definition’. More...

Longer QC times over the festive period

@ 17 December 2009 at 10:06 by James Allsworth

Over the festive period Alamy will be closed on the following days, 25th, 26th, 28th December 2009 and 1st January 2010. More...

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