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@ 7 October 2009 at 12:27 by QC Team
The Quality Control (QC) team see images from a vast range of digital cameras. In our recent 'Alamy Recommended Digital Camera List' blog we listed our recommended cameras. We have now compiled a list of cameras which will never produce images of the required standard to pass QC. More...
@ 8 September 2009 at 13:11 by James Allsworth
We often tend to get emails and calls from contributors worried because they have seen an image being used without it yet showing up on their sales summary. In order to help alleviate those worries we'd like to let you know of the typical lead times associated with certain types of publications. More...
@ 16 July 2009 at 16:32 by James Allsworth
It's that time of year again where you can apply for royalties from the Design and Artists Copyright Society's (DACS) Payback scheme and after speaking to DACS themselves, we have advice for you on how to make a claim from your Alamy sales. More...
@ 25 June 2009 at 11:11 by Ben Gray
There have been a few complaints recently from customers regarding excessive similar images. More...
@ 12 June 2009 at 13:57 by Alan Capel - Head of Content
As previously announced we can confirm that the description field is no longer searchable. More...
@ 19 May 2009 at 16:55 by QC Team
The Quality Control (QC) Team come across a huge variety of digital cameras used by contributors who submit to Alamy. This varies from compact cameras through DSLRs to medium format digital backs. More...
@ 9 April 2009 at 14:35 by Ben Gray
We have previously blogged about ensuring all images submitted to us have the correct permissions More...
@ 10 March 2009 at 11:02 by Alan Capel - Head of Content
As there are no longer any fees associated with your payments from Alamy, there hasn't been a better time to opt to be paid by funds transfer. More...
@ 2 February 2009 at 10:32 by Patrick Ashby and Rob Singer - QC team
As a follow up to the "New QC procedures as a result of persistent failures" blog (July 2008), we are now going to start freezing online upload privileges for a period of 30 days for those contributors who continually fail QC. More...
@ 19 December 2008 at 16:39 by Alexandra Bortkiewicz + Picture Research team
This month’s picture needs covers situations related to the New Year and coinciding with availability of props and timing of actual celebrations. As with Christmas requests we recommend contributors to look at current home and décor magazines like Country Homes, Ideal Homes and Fashion magazines (for UK and US markets), to see the contemporary styles that are popular and which will be somewhat dictated by trends in interior design. More...
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