Alamy Quality Control is really, really strict. You have to examine every
pixel at 100% and it takes forever! You can always work on them and
resubmit.
Good luck!
Tina
On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 7:54 AM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, my Autumn shots (4 of them) were rejected for “Soft or lacking
> definition”. Sigh!
>
> Chris
>
> > On 25 Nov 14, at 16:02, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > By the way, one tip for Alamy uploads:
> >
> > Space your batches out so you have only one mass waiting for QC at a
> > time. If you get a rejection on one upload, it will tank all the
> > others in the queue. Along with this, keep your upload quantity down.
> > It only takes one rejected photo to have the entire batch rejected.
> > And like I said, it will not only tank that batch but usually all
> > pending batches.
> >
> > Once you have a relatively stable run of QC passed photos, they
> > accelerate yours through faster. If you have a history of QC
> > rejections, you get punished with slower QC approvals.
> >
> > Mine are currently in the slow lane because I've not been very active
> > over the past year. That's the other thing that will stall QC. Those
> > who are not consistent uploaders will get punished.
> >
> > Of course, "punishment" is relative. Alamy is really very easy to work
> > with and "slow lane" means a couple of days.
>
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