Permalink24 May 2010 at 12:51 by Alan Capel - Head of Content
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© Photos 12 We will shortly be changing our minimum submission guidelines and introducing 24MB* (uncompressed) as the new minimum image size that we require for standard submissions.
As a result of the change our online upload tool will shortly be accepting images as long as they are at least 24MB.
We are making the change for a number of reasons. It's clear that for a lot of photographers it will simplify their workflow by reducing the need to upsize. We've also looked at the requirements of our customers and looked at submission standards elsewhere. We believe that by setting the minimum level at 24MB we can offer an even more user friendly route to market for photographers without compromising on quality.
We are not relaxing our view on the suitability of certain cameras and our recommended camera list and our unsuitable camera list remain largely unchanged. Photographers who have a good spec camera will not have to upsize if they don't want to. We see a large number of QC failures as a result of poor upsizing, this move gives photographers an opportunty to submit images at their native resolution or with minimal upsizing.
We'd like to empahsise that although we have lowered the bar photographers shouldn't "downsize" to this size.
Clearly a high quality 48+MB file is still the ideal solution for customers, it offers the full range of file sizes and gives end users greater scope. There is no need for you to change your workflow if you don't want to. The difference now is that it's not a mandatory requirement for the images to be at that size, we will leave that decision up to you.
We'd like to also make a polite request to make sure all your contact details on Alamy are up to date. We will interpolate images for customers if necessary but we may need to contact you if a client needs a larger image. It would be a shame if you missed out on a sale because you have out of date details with us.
*When we say uncompressed we mean if you were to open up the image in an application like Photoshop for example, this is the size we use (the compressed size of these files are usually around 3 to 4 MB).
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