Global ad spending in 2011 is expected to be up 5.4% to $411.7 billion
according to MagnaGlobal, but the trend for the print segment of the
business in the Western world is not so rosy. Most growth will be in Asian markets and media that does not have a big overlap with stock photography.
Munich-based footage company Framepool has launched a people collection. The unusually titled “Cats at the Cream” offers modern lifestyle motion content in high definition.
If you are absolutely convinced that all stock images must be licensed based on how they will be used, “Weekend With Bachmann” on March 4-6 in Orlando, Fla. may be for you.
At first glance, PicScout’s new
ImageExchange interface that isolates images that are easily licensable from any Google or Yahoo! search, and displays them in a right-hand panel next to all the returns delivered by these search engines, would seem to be a very helpful tool for professional users looking for images they can license legitimately.
In fact, the returns delivered may be more misleading than useful.
With the introduction of The Costco Art & Image Gallery, Corbis and Costco will sell individual prints and posters as retail products. The images offered are a select group of some 20,000 professional pieces of fine art, photography and illustration from the Corbis collection of more than 6 million images.