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@ 16 January 2013 at 11:43 by Rob Singer - Contributor Services Executive
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@ 11 December 2012 at 12:16 by Alamy QC Team
We've put together a list of tips that we hope will help solve some of the most frequent reasons contributors fail Quality Control (QC). We hope you find them useful More...
@ 29 October 2012 at 08:29 by Alan Capel - Alamy Head of Content
Following the recent changes to the search options we wanted to give you an update and to clarify some points. More...
@ 19 October 2012 at 11:21 by Alamy
We’ve been working on a project aimed at engaging creative buyers while making life easier for our editorial customers. We want these buyers to be able to see creative images without having to search through editorial images at the same time. But we don’t want editorial customers to lose the great Alamy experience they have always had, and so we have added some improvements for all buyers. More...
@ 12 July 2012 at 13:47 by QC team
At Alamy we are incredibly proud of our extensive contributor base and the high standard of imagery that we have available on our site. With 90% of submissions received passing Quality Control (QC), this demonstrates that the vast majority of contributors have no problem getting their images through our QC procedures. More...
@ 11 January 2012 at 15:10 by Rob Singer - Contributor Services Executive
Gathering some recent feedback from client visits, we would like to share a picture needs request that has been put to us, specifically the need for more images depicting social issues. More...
@ 5 December 2011 at 14:42 by Rob Singer - Contributor Services Executive
The need to have releases for your content is becoming increasingly important to clients in today's market, but carrying around print outs and pens on top of your camera gear can be an added hassle that you just don't need. More...
@ 21 July 2011 at 16:22 by Rob Singer - Contributor Services Executive
Exclusive offer to Alamy contributors from one of our recommended scanning companies Colour4colour Ltd. More...
@ 1 July 2011 at 09:20 by Rob Singer - Contributor Services Executive
In May 2010 we reduced our minimum file size for submissions to 24 MB (uncompressed). We have noticed that a number of contributors are still interpolating (upsizing) their files, when this is not necessary. More...
@ 16 June 2011 at 15:50 by Rob Singer - Contributor Services Executive
Have you failed QC? Maybe you are you trying to submit images to Alamy using an unsuitable camera. More...
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