Illustrations

Finding The Right Image Gets Harder For Creatives

By Jim Pickerell | 707 Words | Posted 2/28/2019 | Comments
Did you know it takes Creatives twice as long to find an image that will work for their project as it did just 4 years ago? This is one of the facts that was uncovered in Visualsteam’s Annual Survey of Creative Pros. This 35-page report is packed with other information and insights that should help image licensors and image creators as they plan for the future. The report can be purchased for $69.95 by contacting fnyrf@ivfhnyfgrnz.pbz

Bridgeman Images Represents Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana Collection

By Jim Pickerell | 234 Words | Posted 12/11/2018 | Comments
Bridgeman Images is very excited to announce that, thanks to the partnership between Mondadori Portfolio and the Ambrosiana, Bridgeman now represent the amazing Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana collection, which is comprised of over 6,000 images and contains some of the most important works of literature and fine art in the world.

Illustration Segment Of Stock Image Industry

By Jim Pickerell | 891 Words | Posted 8/16/2017 | Comments
A readers recently asked what I believe the illustration segment of the stock photo industry is worth. A very good question. Since, I've spent most of my career as a photographer, I tend to think of the stock image business in terms of photography, but the reader is right that a huge percentage of the business involves the licensing of graphics and illustrations, not photos. Let me see if I can break it down.

iStock Contributors: Average Download Per Image

By Jim Pickerell | 5397 Words | Posted 10/5/2016 | Comments
For the last 5 years I have conducted a semi-annual analysis of the number of downloads and images in the collection of 432 of iStock’s leading contributors. There may be some newer contributors that are now among the top iStock earners, but I don’t think very many. It takes time to build a significant collection and begin to get volumes of sales. These 432 probably represent one-third of all iStock single image downloads since the company began.

Adobe Stock Makes Sharing Images Easier For Teams

By Jim Pickerell | 377 Words | Posted 9/16/2015 | Comments
Adobe has made it easier for companies with multiple designers (a creative team) to access, manage and license images from one shared Adobe Stock subscription at no extra cost. The service called “Pooled Images” allows an unspecified number of team members to have access to the same Adobe Cloud account.

Textbook Prices Climbing, But Not Image Use Fees

By Jim Pickerell | 826 Words | Posted 10/15/2014 | Comments
For those licensing images to textbooks National Public Radio published an interesting report recently that is worth a listen. It was pointed out that prices for college textbooks are often over $300 and climbing faster than the cost of food, clothing, cars and even health care.

VideoBlocks/Shutterstock Comparison

By Jim Pickerell | 833 Words | Posted 7/31/2014 | Comments
Can usage fees continue to drop? Most videographers think that Shutterstock’s prices for video clips at $19 for web use, $49 for an SD file, $79 for HD and $299 for 4K are about as low as prices could go. Any lower and videographers would no longer go to the trouble of creating new clips.

VideoBlocks: New Trends In Content Acquisition

By Jim Pickerell | 892 Words | Posted 7/29/2014 | Comments
Last week we published a story about AudioBlocks a new platform licensing royalty-free music by subscription. Today, I want to examine the parent company, VideoBlocks, that was launched in 2010 and licenses royalty-free video clips by subscription.

Alamy Offers Vector Graphics

By Jim Pickerell | 307 Words | Posted 1/20/2014 | Comments
Alamy has announced that it will add vector graphics to offering as part of its strategy to provide a full service to image buyers. The company is launching with a collection of 500,000 vectors from leading suppliers including YAY media AS, Matthew Britton and Pavel Konovalov.