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Masterfile Offers Royalty-Free Subscriptions

Jess — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:37:28 +0000

Toronto/Düsseldorf, July 27, 2010. Masterfile Corporation, one of the world’s leading independent stock photo agencies, has added a royalty-free subscription service to its product line. Subscription plans allow clients to download a fixed number of royalty-free images in a set resolution for a flat fee. Masterfile now offers 4 different subscription plans: low, medium, super-hi resolution plans, and one which allows for mixed resolutions in a convenient and flexible “combo” pack. All subscriptions are available on monthly or yearly terms.

Masterfile is a privately-owned company founded in 1981 and is globally recognized in the advertising, publishing and stock photography community as a leading rights-managed and royalty-free licensor. Images available via Masterfile’s subscription service have been hand-picked from the company’s collection of almost 2 million premium royalty-free images.

“We wanted to give value-conscious clients who regularly require a large number of images a budget-friendly alternative to licensing several single images at the same time,” said Geoff Cannon, Executive Vice-President of Masterfile.

Subscribers can download up to 50 images a day during the length of their subscription. “We’re allowing clients a high daily download limit because we want them to have the freedom to work more naturally,” says Tomas Speight, Masterfile’s Senior Vice-President, International. “Designers working on big projects can get all the images they need quickly and easily, without being forced to spread their downloads over multiple days.”

Clients who buy royalty-free subscription plans from Masterfile will also enjoy 25% off any single images they purchase while their subscription is active. “Our automatic discount will allow subscribers to purchase any single images not available through their subscription at a reduced rate,” said Geoff Cannon. “Licensing all their images from one source will make their image buying experience quicker, easier and more economical.”

Masterfile’s subscription service, which is available in major markets now, includes a growing selection of royalty-free images, with content updates every week.

ShotSpy Launches Revolutionary Stock Photo and Video Search Engine

Jess — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:23:06 +0000

Vancouver, July 09, 2010. The lives of all creatives, from marketing managers to video editors to entrepreneurs, just got easier with the launch of ShotSpy, the Smart Stock Search Engine. This video and photo search engine enables users to search the contents of multiple photo libraries and video stockhouses simultaneously. The site is now the largest marketplace for stock available today, delivering over 37 million images, according to ShotSpy.

The video and stock photo search engine says the site saves users time, energy, and money by aggregating the content of the leading photo and video microstock sites, such as Fotolia®, 123RF®, Dreamstime®, Crestock®, and ClipCanvas®. The content delivered is royalty-free and ranges from $1 – $70 per clip or image. Users can refine their search and save their favorite images and clips in their personal ShotBox.

“I used to spend hours searching site after site, trying to find the ideal image for my client,” said Shelley Dubois of Candid Communications, “but now I can see all the photos and video clips the best sites have available in one simple search.”

“We travel a lot and use sites like Expedia® and Orbitz® to see all our flight options quickly,” said Tiffany Steeves, cofounder of www.ShotSpy.com. “We wanted to create something that could mirror the ease and efficiencies of those search engines, but apply it to the stock photo and video industry.”

“The prices for the images and clips are incredible,” said company co-founder Sabrina Heinekey. “The photos and video clips on these sites are almost identical to those on the ‘macrostock’ sites, where the prices are literally a thousand times as expensive.”

The technology behind the engine was created by Fantom Design and a team of leading developers and designers.

For more information on ShotSpy, please visit www.ShotSpy.com. ShotSpy is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any of the aforementioned companies.

Veer Introduces Redesigned Website with Uncomplicated Shopping Experience, Affordable Images and Font

Jess — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:50:39 +0000

CALGARY, Alberta, July 13 /PRNewswire/ — Veer (www.veer.com), a provider of affordable and reliable creative elements that makes it easier to be creative, today announced the launch of its redesigned website, veer.com. To celebrate, people who complete a full registration on Veer.com (see website for details) will receive 10 free Veer Credits that can, for example, buy 10 extra small images, or a font, a small image and an extra small image.

Veer now has more than 1.5 million creative photos and illustrations covering a broad range of subject categories, over 12,000 different contemporary and classic fonts and a selection of clever creative merchandise. Veer’s creative elements are priced so affordably that nearly anyone can add style to business, marketing and personal design projects ranging from websites and blog posts to business presentations and ad campaigns.

Simplified Veer.com Provides an Uncomplicated Shopping Experience

Veer.com now features a prominent search box on the homepage and a powerful search engine to make it fast and simple for people to find relevant images and fonts to meet nearly any budget.

Veer® images are available in six standard sizes ranging from extra small to extra, extra large. Image search results can quickly be sorted by price and file size, as well as other more advanced options if needed, to help people find the right image for their project at the best possible price. Once people find an image they like, they can easily buy (download a clean version), try (download a “watermarked” file to see how it looks) or save (put in an album to refer back to later).

Veer offers affordable single fonts starting at just $10. Veer has classic fonts, new releases from small foundries and independent designers, plus Veer Exclusives not available anywhere else.

Flexible Payment Options and Worry-Free Licenses

Customers can now conveniently purchase all images, fonts and merchandise either one at time with a credit card or with Veer Credits. Veer Credits are a prepaid option for shopping at Veer that provide savings of up to 56% over individual credit card purchases. Veer Credit packs come in nine different sizes, varying from 12 to 2,000 credits, with increasing savings for customers who buy bigger packs. Veer.com has examples of what can be purchased with different amounts of credits.

All images come with, at minimum, a Basic license, which provides an individual with unlimited web use up to 600 by 800 pixels as well as print reproduction rights up to 500,000 units. Customers can easily extend the license for multiple users, unlimited reproduction or product resale with a few clicks.

Veer is one of the safest places to buy images online. All Veer images are intensively reviewed by Veer’s experienced Content Editors for visual and technical quality as well as model and real property releases. Every image is protected by the Veer Customer Protection Plan, which provides customers free protection up to $10,000 in legal costs or damages if a claim is ever filed against an image.

Veer Creative Community

Veer also hosts the Veer Ideas community, a place for creative people to play, interact and share ideas with peers. Creative people can build personal profiles, share their work, connect with friends, join groups, and browse other portfolios to discover new artists. People can read the latest design news on The Skinny blog and post on the community blog, The Fat. Veer Ideas also has a wide selection of free Wallpaper downloads for personal use.

“We have built on Veer’s heritage in stock images and design to completely re-imagine how creative people of all kinds buy affordable and reliable images and fonts,” said Nairn Nerland, General Manager of Veer.com. “We created an uncomplicated shopping experience that lets people stay focused on what matters most: their creative work.”

People can make purchases on Veer.com in U.S. dollars, Canadian dollars, British pounds and Euros, and the website is available in English and German.

Contributors interested in submitting imagery to Veer can earn between $0.35 to $103.25 (USD) for every image sold, depending on image size and extended licenses. To learn more and become a contributor, visit the Veer submissions page.

Veer on Twitter (for customers): @VeerUpdate
Veer on Twitter (for contributors): @VeerContributor

Thinkstock Launches New Image Pack Subscription Service

Jess — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:51:14 +0000

Seattle, WA, July 9, 2010. Thinkstock, an image subscription site from Getty Images, today announced the introduction of image packs. This new product offers value-conscious creative processionals pre-paid access to imagery and an even greater choice, value and flexibility in licensing imagery.Customers can now choose to license 5, 25, 100 or 250 high-quality royalty-free stock photos and vector illustrations from Thinkstock’s collection of more than five million images.

Collections are sourced from the industry’s leading providers including Getty Images, iStockphoto and Jupiter Images. Customers can download their images anytime within a year with prices starting at as little as $59 a pack. Image packs are ideal for customers with smaller budgets or those whose needs are project-specific, and they include the same complementary legal protection as Thinkstock’s monthly and annual subscriptions.

WHY: Thinkstock developed the image pack options to meet the ongoing needs of creative professionals who want the best image quality they can get and the ability to find those images quickly and easily. Image packs enable customers to quickly and easily access and license the highest-quality, most relevant, cost-effective royalty-free imagery.

WHERE: www.thinkstock.com

WHO: Thinkstock is committed to changing the way that creative professionals think about stock image services by providing the most relevant offerings available in the marketplace.

Reflex Stock Partner With Fogstock & Vico Images to Distribute New Innovative and Stylish Royalty Free Stock Photography Collection

Jess — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:29:59 +0000

Reflex Stock, the award-winning international stock photography company is pleased to announce a new partnership with Fogstock & Vico Images, enabling Reflex Stock to distribute their wide ranging collection of 30,000 high quality stock photos through its global image library.

The Fogstock and Vico Images is an inspiring and provocative royalty free image collection. They provide new content across a wide range of subjects, styles, genres and the collections commitment to quality stock images fits perfectly with the ethos of Reflex Stock.

Dwyer O’Neill CEO of Reflex Stock says “In 2010 we have continued our search for new stylish content because we see that there is still a very healthy appetite for quality stock photography. Our goal is to continue to provide greatstock photos for our clients. Fogstock & Vico Images is high in quality and style covering many popular stock photography themes and we believe that it will be a successful addition to our royalty free library.”

“Reflex Stock moves fast, has global reach and perfectly complements our content strategies,” says FogStock and Vico Images creative director Erik Palmer. “We make art that sells, and Reflex opens up new horizons for our premium RF collections.”

Fog stock & Vico Images are already available and you can preview this collection of stock images onhttp://www.reflexstock.com.

About Reflex Stock: Reflex Stock is one of the world’s leading independent suppliers of premium royalty free and rights managed stock photography. It provides its customers with access to a unique collection of over twelve million quality images in many countries.

Reflex Stock represents a unique selection of the world’s leading image collections and is continually adding new images to its site. The company recently launched a subscription collection of premium stock images.

As well as consulting on all aspects of image rights and licensing, Reflex Stock offers customers an experienced and professional picture researching service that is able to deliver images tailored to your brief and your budget.

Reflex Stock has offices in the UK, Ireland, the United States (New York City) and Brazil.

For further information visit the award winning website www.reflexstock.com

Masterfile Joins the Microstock Revolution

Jess — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:53:22 +0000

Toronto, CA, July 3, 2010. On July 1, 2010, the assets of Crestock, a Norwegian microstock agency (www.crestock.com), were acquired by Masterfile Corporation, a premium stock photo agency based in Toronto, Canada (www.masterfile.com).

Masterfile is a privately-owned company founded in 1981 and is globally recognized in the advertising, publishing and stock photography community as a leading rights-managed and royalty-free licensor. Crestock was founded in 2005 in Bodø, Norway, and is well-known in the microstock community with over 100,000 members and close to 1 million images.

Crestock founder, Geir Are Jensen, says: “Building Crestock was a great adventure. Like many young companies, we had reached the point where we needed additional investment. The scale and resources provided by an established player like Masterfile will enable Crestock to continue growing against powerful global competitors.”

Masterfile president, Steve Pigeon, says: “It’s no secret that microstock has revolutionized the global stock photo industry. Our acquisition of Crestock is a springboard for Masterfile to join the revolution. We looked at a number of opportunities in microstock, then set our sights on Crestock. In just a few years, Geir Jensen and his associates built an excellent image collection with a smartly-designed website and a business with tremendous growth potential. We believe that augmenting Crestock with the resources of Masterfile will benefit Crestock’s image contributors and its clientele. And having a solid position in the fastest growing sector of the stock image industry is not a bad idea either.”

Crestock will be run as a separate business unit with considerable support from Masterfile in management, finance, marketing and technology. Steve Pigeon will oversee the transition, drawing on Masterfile’s resources, while looking to recruit additional management talent and other personnel from the microstock sector.

Masterfile’s plans for Crestock include investment in marketing, globalization, content acquisition, improving the online image search and user interface, and expanding the licensing models. Pigeon adds: “We aim to make Crestock into a formidable competitor in microstock. At the same time, we remain deeply committed to Masterfile’s core business of licensing premium rights-managed and royalty-free images catering to the top tier of the market.”

123RF.com Launches Editorial Image Collection

Jess — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:06:43 +0000

Houston, TX, June 22, 2010. 123RF.com, one of the world’s leading microstock photography supplier and distributor, has achieved another milestone by adding a comprehensive array of Editorial images to its vast online library. Publishing houses, book writers, journalists, bloggers and Editors of newsrooms, will find the collection of Editorial content at 123RF.com growing steadily as 123RF.com has implemented procedures to speedily review and approve its crowdsourced submissions of new Editorial content in under 24 working hours.

Stephanie Sitt, the Chief Executive Officer of 123RF Limited says that, “Most of the standard fare at 123RF.com are images that are meant for commercial use and can be licensed under a commercial Royalty-Free license. However, now with the launch of our Editorial collection, we are able to provide users with a larger and current image library that comprises photos from newsworthy events. Our collection also offers a diverse selection to existing and potential clients to find the perfect picture that complements their stories at affordable prices.”

“Our Editorial collection was introduced as part of our ongoing efforts to cater to the diverse requirements of our growing clientele base. We are in the process of opening up more markets where customers demand highly relevant news-related Editorial content from our growing community of photographers. In addition, this exciting new image collection enables photographers to seize the moment to “snap” and document newsworthy photo stories as the events unfold, and then monetize their photos speedily through our platform.” adds Sitt.

Sitt goes on to explain that Editorial images can be used in print or broadcast media with Editorial purposes such as news broadcasting or commentaries on the subject of the image, and to a lesser extent parody. Sitt also cautions that the non-model released and non-property released Editorial images will not be available for commercial, trade, promotional and advertising usages as additional rights and permissions may have to be secured for these purposes. For Editorial terms and conditions information, readers may visit

http://www.123rf.com/license_summary.php.

To access Editorial content on 123RF.com, simply perform a basic search with a relevant keyword, and then click on the “Editorial” tab on the Search Results page to display only Editorial images. Editorial images are denoted by “ED” icons below their thumbnails.

Shutterstock Announces Search Upgrades, Including Real-Time Search

Jess — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:57:54 +0000

NEW YORK, June 7, 2010/PRNewswire/ — Shutterstock, the leading global provider of stock images and footage by subscription, is investing aggressively in search technology with a series of innovations in the first half of 2010.

Offering more than 11 million images and 180,000 footage clips, with search supported in 10 languages, Shutterstock helps busy professionals quickly find the right royalty-free content for any project.

Shutterstock’s recent search enhancements include:

- Saved Search and Search Alerts, features that empower image buyers to
track topics of interest easily and automatically. Customers can
receive free e-mail notifications when new images match a saved search.
- People Search, which identifies images based on the number of people in
a photograph, as well as their gender, age, and ethnicity.
- An improved Similar Images Search, which recommends other images based
on qualities such as keywords, image colors and models.
- A Real-Time Search engine, which indexes new images within seconds,
rather than hours. Image and footage buyers will see fresh content
faster, including up-to-the-minute editorial images.

Additionally, Shutterstock continues to refine its proprietary “Most Popular” results algorithm, which weighs keyword relevance, image download frequency, and other customer behavior. The search engine produces more accurate results than competing stock sites, and is especially precise with searches involving multiple words.

Search improvements benefit artists as well. Shutterstock crowdsources the talents of photographers, illustrators and videographers around the world who earn money when customers download their content. Real-Time Search means approved images and footage will appear on Shutterstock faster, and a “Newest First” search results page will always display fresher and more varied content

Dream Group Launches New Stock Photo Site Stockfresh.com

Jess — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:23:40 +0000

Budapest, Hungary, June 1, 2010. After the success of the widely popular stock photography sites Stockxpert (stockxpert.com) and stock.xchng (sxc.hu), Hungary based Dream Group is entering the stock photo marketplace once again with Stockfresh (stockfresh.com) a brand new microstock offering. The new website aims to offer the best royalty free images in the market at prices everyone can afford – via a hassle-free, clean and easy to use interface.

At launch the Stockfresh collection features over 100,000 images for sale from top stock photographers and studios such as Yuri Arcurs, Ron Chapple’s Iofoto, Monkey Business Images, Dmitriy Shironosov and many more. They can be purchased through a wide range of pay per download and subscription plans available at highly competitive prices, and with Stockfresh’s exceptionally high artist commissions customers can always be sure that their money goes to the right place. In addition to this, the website’s easy to use, intuitive and uncluttered interface helps customers save time on their projects.

Stockfresh was founded by Peter Hamza and Andras Pfaff who have been in the stock photo industry for nearly 10 years and were also behind the highly successful free stock photo community stock.xchng and its microstock sister site Stockxpert. After working together with some of the biggest agencies they decided to become independent again and sold their shares in those sites to create something new and exciting from scratch along the values they believe in – in Peter Hamza’s words “simplicity, quality, fair pricing and last but not least fair commissions”. For more information visit http://stockfresh.com.

Reflex Stock Limited Announces Two New Ways to Buy Stock Images and Stock Photos

Jess — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:44:26 +0000

Dungannon, UK (PRWEB) April 22, 2010 — Reflex Stock Limited, a leading provider of royalty free stock photos and rights managed images, has today announced two new methods of purchasing stock photos and images.

The right images play a vital role in numerous industries, ranging from online marketing to web design, and everything in between. However, the problem has always been locating the right image, at the right price. Reflex Stock Limited has an innovative answer to those quandaries.

This stock photography website has deployed two unique options for those in need of stock photos or stock images. Their Microprice plan offers website members the chance to purchase images, photos and vectors for prices as low as $.85 each. This offers immense benefits for those on a limited budget, but unwilling to sacrifice the quality of their required images.

The second method offered is a new subscription plan. With the subscription plan, members are able to choose a subscription level and download up to 25 ultra high quality images per day. Prices for the subscription plan start as low as $.14 per stock image, photo or vector. With the ability to tailor their subscription, users are able to obtain an enormous quantity of stock images over a short period of time, without overspending their budget.

Of course, Reflex Stock Limited also offers other purchasing options, such as their Budget program, their Premium program and more. This allows users on any type of budget to easily obtain the high-quality stock images, photos and vectors required to create the impact they demand, regardless of the end application.

To learn more about how Reflex Stock Limited can help you, or to view their enormous range of stock images, stock photos and vectors, visit them at http://www.reflexstock.com.