ITN Source Adds Content to Education Clip Library

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 66 Words | Posted 6/8/2010 | Comments
U.K. motion stock offering expands to include English Language Learning content.

Creating Photos for Social Networks

By Jim Pickerell | 754 Words | Posted 6/8/2010 | Comments
James Cavanaugh recently posed this question to members of Linkedin’s ASMP group: “A client wants you to create photographs that they can use on social sites so they can ‘go viral’ to promote their company. It means potentially countless people may use your copyrighted work. How would you approach such a request?” I suggest handling the job as an all-rights assignment.

Reflex Stock Expands to Brazil

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 88 Words | Posted 6/7/2010 | Comments
U.K.-based Reflex Stock has set up a franchise in São Paulo and is seeking additional partners in all regions of the world.

Shutterstock Introduces Real-Time Search, Other Upgrades

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 74 Words | Posted 6/7/2010 | Comments
New York-based subscription micro Shutterstock has announced several search upgrades, including what it calls a real-time search engine that indexes new images within seconds.

Blend to Launch Motion

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 46 Words | Posted 6/7/2010 | Comments
Multicultural specialist will introduce  motion product at this week's CEPIC Congress in Dublin.

Stock Agency Revenue Survey

By Jim Pickerell | 404 Words | Posted 6/7/2010 | Comments
In an effort to obtain updated information on revenue trends in the stock photo industry, we will be conducting a revenue survey at the 2010 CEPIC International Congress and New Media Conference, which that takes place in Dublin on June 9–13. In a blind survey, we will be asking representatives of every stock agency and stock image distributor to answer five brief questions on behalf of their company.

Creating Photos For Social Networks

By Jim Pickerell | 792 Words | Posted 6/7/2010 | Comments
On LinkedIn’s ASMP group James Cavanaugh outlined the following client request, “A client wants you to create photographs that they can use on social network sites so they can "go viral" to promote their company. It means potentially countless people may use your copyrighted work,” and he asked “How would you approach such a request?”
This story provides my answer.

IPTC to Make Two Announcements at Dublin Photo Metadata Conference

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 280 Words | Posted 6/4/2010 | Comments
The International Press Telecommunications Council is holding its fourth international Photo Metadata Conference on June 9 in Dublin, in conjunction with the CEPIC Congress 2010. IPTC plans to announce two upcoming metadata product releases at the event: new tools that integrate IPTC and PLUS metadata into CS3 and CS4, as well as a proposal for a controlled vocabulary system.

Image Demand – Images Licensed Annually

By Jim Pickerell | 1016 Words | Posted 6/4/2010 | Comments
How does demand for images compare to what many agree is an oversupply?

Alamy Integrates Cut-Outs

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 68 Words | Posted 6/3/2010 | Comments
Alamy has introduced an image search filter that delivers images on white backgrounds

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