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Cash for bloggers with Fotolia and WordPress Plug-in
by Jess on Feb.04, 2010, under blog, microstock, photo agency, royalty-free, social media, visual content, website
New York, NY, Feb. 02, 2010. Microstock entrepreneurs Lee Torrens and Amos Struck teamed up to launch the Microstock Photo Plugin for WordPress. Based on Fotolia’s most powerful API, bloggers can now instantly search from 8-million royalty-free images on Fotolia and add them to their posts without leaving WordPress. What’s even better is that the application suggests photos based on blog tags. All bloggers have to do is select the image they want and it’s automatically inserted into the post.
Introducing Thinkstock: a New Kind of Image Subscription
by Jess on Feb.02, 2010, under Getty Images, Jupiter Images, iStockphoto, microstock, photo agency, stock images, visual content
New York, NY, Feb 01, 2010. Getty Images, Inc., the world’s leading creator and distributor of visual and digital media content, today launches Thinkstock (www.thinkstock.com), a new image subscription product that provides one of the most complete offerings available in the marketplace. Developed for value-conscious creative professionals, Thinkstock is one of the only subscription products to offer this level of quality, simplicity and value all in one place, with world-class legal protection.
Turkey marks new Territory for Fotolia microstock
by Jess on Nov.05, 2009, under microstock, photo agency
New York, NY, Nov. 03, 2009. The next wave of microstock continues as Fotolia becomes the first major microstock agency to launch localized web service in Turkey. www.fotolia.com.tr has affordable high‐resolution stock photographs, illustrations, vectors, and HD videos. Fotolia is the leading European resource for corporations, designers, editors, and not‐for‐profit organizations looking for high‐quality images for projects such as website design, brochures, promotional materials and products, as well as print, billboard, and television advertising.
Stock Photographers Power Up Their Social Media Activity With iSyndica
by Jess on Nov.02, 2009, under asset management, microstock, photography, social media, stock images
iSyndica’s latest release gives stock photographers a powerful tool to leverage social media
NASHUA, N.H., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ — iSyndica’s latest update gives stock photographers the ability to distribute their images with custom watermarks to popular social media sites such as Facebook and Flickr. The custom watermarks can be applied to portfolios automatically, saving users hours of processing and uploading duplicate images for public use. The service also lets photographers resize their images to guarantee that the images they publicly share can’t be reused for unauthorized commercial purposes.
Dreamstime Ups Collection of Free Images
by Jess on Oct.30, 2009, under Dreamstime, microstock, photo agency, photography, picture research, royalty-free, stock images
Nashville, TN, Oct. 29, 2009. Serban Enache, CEO of Dreamstime, one of the world’s leading digital image stock photography agencies, announced the company’s initiative to up the number of images made available ABSOLUTELY FREE.
In January 2007, Dreamstime made available an assortment of images under its FREE umbrella. The FREE selection—an original and revolutionary sector that has attracted bargain hunters from around the globe—is a successfully proven concept that has secured Dreamstime’s footprint in the industry as one-stop-photo-shop giant.
Creative Freedom With New Fotolia Add-in Designed Exclusively for Microsoft Office 2007 Applications
by Jess on Oct.28, 2009, under application, illustrations, microstock, photo agency, royalty-free, stock images, visual content
image courtesy of Fotolia, LLC
LONDON, October 28/PRNewswire/ –
Fotolia, LLC is releasing a new add-in ribbon for Microsoft Word 2007 and Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 that gives customers easy access to an enormous library of easy-to-search, high-resolution images and vectors. The Fotolia ribbon provides instant image solutions to complement personal and professional projects. The downloadable ribbon is available on www.fotolia.com/ribbon and features controls that allow users to login, view accounts and search Fotolia’s library of over 7-million high-resolution files without leaving their Microsoft Office document.
Gold Level Photographer Jim DeLillo Cancels iStock Exclusivity, First Stop … Fotolia
by Jess on Oct.22, 2009, under microstock, photo agency, photographer, royalty-free, stock images
New York, NY, Oct. 20, 2009. Jim DeLillo, a Gold Level contributor (10,000 downloads) has ended his exclusivity agreement with the microstock giant iStock. A New Jersey photographer, DeLillo is ranked 1267 worldwide by http://istockcharts.multimedia.de/ and is credited with over 11,000 downloads. He has uploaded his entire portfolio to Fotolia. 
Full artist Exclusivity on iStock means images, video or audio files cannot be sold on other royalty-free sites or businesses, with the exception of Getty Images.
The agreement restricted DeLillo to selling his royalty-free (RF) stock images only through iStock. The benefits of such an agreement can include increased payout rates, higher upload limits, quicker approval times, and some additional marketing exposure.
Although canceling the agreement means losing some benefits, going non-exclusive empowers DeLillo to sell RF stock photography through whatever outlet he chooses. The microstock market is growing at an amazing rate, as there are over thirty-three commonly known microstock agencies.
Reflex Stock® Innovates with New Recession Busting Stock Photo Range
by Jess on Oct.20, 2009, under microstock, photo agency, royalty-free, stock images, visual content, website
Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland (PRWEB) October 19, 2009 — Reflex Stock®, one of the world’s leading independent stock photography distributors has re-launched its website with an enhanced collection of over 15 million quality stock photo images to suit every budget and brief in the advertising, design, editorial and corporate markets. Prices for royalty free stock photography start from as little as 14c per image.
Dreamstime Debuts New Canvas and Poster Formats for Images
by Jess on Oct.19, 2009, under Dreamstime, imaging, microstock, photo agency, royalty-free, website
Nashville, TN, Oct. 14, 2009. Dreamstime, one of the world’s leading digital image stock photography agencies, has introduced a new service to deliver decorative display prints right to your door. The ultimate outlet for quality images (in all shapes and sizes, and for any creative purpose), Dreamstime photo-shoppers can now also purchase ready-made prints in poster and canvas format for home or office use.
Shutterstock Announces Acquisition of BigStockPhoto
by Jess on Sep.23, 2009, under microstock, photo agency, royalty-free, stock images
Move signals Shutterstock’s expansion into the credit-based stock photo market
NEW YORK, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ — Shutterstock, the world’s largest subscription-based stock photo agency, announced that it has acquired BigStockPhoto, a leading credit-based stock photo agency, headquartered in Davis, California. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
