) November 3, 2008 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, today announced the landmark addition of its 5 millionth image to the company's extensive collection of premium stock photos. Thanks to its popular subscription-based model, speedy review process, and consistent stream of quality submissions, Shutterstock continues to hit new industry growth milestones while maintaining high standards of image quality.

Shutterstock continues to thrive, adding over 70,000 high quality stock images per week.

) September 10, 2008 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, announced a major milestone for the stock photo industry today: 60 million stock photos, vectors and illustrations have been downloaded from its library since 2005, reinforcing the company's status as the top online resource for quality, royalty-free images at affordable prices.

Shutterstock announced 60 million stock photos, vectors and illustrations have been downloaded from its library since 2005.

) October 20, 2009 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based stock photo agency, announced today that it will legally guarantee every file in its vast library by providing up to $10,000 to cover legal costs and direct damages for claims arising from the use of an image or footage clip licensed through Shutterstock.

Thanks to Shutterstock's thorough and selective review process, the agency has become a global leader in providing affordable, high quality images that comply with the highest legal and ethical standards in the industry.

) February 26, 2009 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, just reached another milestone as it added the 6 millionth image to its rapidly growing library of premium royalty-free stock images. In less than four months, Shutterstock has added over one million images, reinforcing its status as the fastest growing site for high quality, royalty-free images.

Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, reached another milestone today as it added the 6 millionth image to its rapidly growing library of premium royalty-free stock images.

) August 19, 2009 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based stock photo agency, announced today the launch of Shuttertweet, a new tool for Twitter that empowers stock image and stock footage submitters by instantly sending out messages (or "tweets") announcing when new images and footage clips have been added to their Shutterstock portfolios.

Credit: Shutterstock

) March 9, 2009 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based stock image agency, announced today that as a benefit to stock video customers, it is extending all Shutterstock Footage® subscription terms from 30 days to a full year at no additional cost. Now creative professionals subscribing to Shutterstock Footage have the flexibility to download royalty-free clips anytime they need them over a one-year period.

) August 12, 2009 -- Shutterstock®, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, is emerging as a leader in one of the key areas for making money online in today's Web marketplace: affiliate marketing.

Photo: Patrizia Tilly/Shutterstock

) April 17, 2009 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, is sponsoring Free Arts NYC, a New York based charity organization that delivers creative art programs to underprivileged children throughout the city.

Shutterstock Public Relations Manager, John Mackin, helps Tahlia, one of the children that Free Arts NYC serves, create one of the many fun art projects at the Shutterstock Free Arts Day.

) February 16, 2010 -- Today Shutterstock® announced the addition of its 10 millionth image, a milestone that underscores the company’s rapid growth and commitment to high quality, crowdsourced visual media.

Credit: Matthew Jacques/Shutterstock

) June 9, 2009 -- In an economic climate where graphic designers are often asked to produce more with fewer resources, a new survey by International Communications Research (ICR) shows that over 40 percent of designers are using more stock photography to lower costs in 2009 compared to last year.

Credit: 3d_kot/Shutterstock

Increased Demand for Affordable, Royalty-Free Celebrity and Entertainment Stock Photos Fuels the Growth of Shutterstock's Editorial Image Library, Now over 100,000 Images

) March 4, 2010 -- Bigstock, one of the world's leading online royalty-free stock image agencies, announced today the launch of its eagerly anticipated website overhaul, www.bigstock.com, built to provide the best online experience for buyers looking to purchase high quality stock images via affordable credit-based payment options.

Bigstock Logo

) November 21, 2008 -- BigStockPhoto.com, one of the world's largest online, royalty-free stock image providers, today announced that editorial images and photos are now available to all users. Images of celebrities, politicians, current events, news events, live music, sports and fashion events and other commentary worthy images are now available for instant download--enabling online and offline newspapers, magazine publishers, bloggers, fanzines and other news outlets to obtain current, high quality editorial images for a fraction of the cost charged elsewhere.

) November 12, 2008 -- As the result of an acquisition, microstock innovator Can Stock Photo Inc. is now an affiliate of stock photography pioneer Fotosearch. As part of the new relationship, Fotosearch will distribute Can Stock Photo imagery, allowing Can Stock Photo's contributors access to the robust worldwide distribution network Fotosearch has built over the past 10 years. Can Stock Photo contributors will be able to present their stock photos to millions of Fotosearch visitors every week.

) October 1, 2008 -- Reflex Stock, the leading independent supplier of royalty free stock photography, images and illustrations has today (October 1, 2008) launched a new collection of rights managed editorial images.

Copyright Reflex Stock/Heritage: Muhammad Alis fight against Karl Mildenberger, Frankfurt, Germany, 10 September 1966.

) December 3, 2008 -- AbsolutVision Stock Photo, the Internet's first JPEG2000 stock photography service is offering a 40 percent discount on annual subscriptions through Jan. 5th, along with a newly created one-day subscription plan of 10 pictures for $4.95.

Founded in 2002, www.absolutvision creates and sells royalty free JPEG 2000 digital images to both consumers and businesses. The company's successful subscription-based model is cost-effective and allows users to download thousands of quality pictures for a fraction of the cost and time typical in gathering images for commercial or personal use.

) November 11, 2008 -- BrightQube (www.brightqube.com), the award-winning online stock photography destination, is now offering image buyers the most efficient way to find royalty-free stock photos from its collection of more than three million images with new and enhanced features to its revolutionary Web site. Fast becoming the go-to creative resource for designers, BrightQube continues to anticipate its customers' needs for every project and budget by offering a range of helpful navigation options to quickly pinpoint and purchase stock photos faster than ever before.

) July 31, 2009 -- iSyndica announces today that it has reduced its subscription prices. The new prices, which start at $4.99/month, will help attract even more customers to iSyndica's growing distribution platform. To date, iSyndica has already distributed more than 110GB of photos and 60GB of videos to stock photography and footage sites. As a complement to its new pricing, iSyndica has also introduced an affiliate program designed to encourage existing users to promote iSyndica to their friends and colleagues.

iSyndica's photo & video syndication interface

April 10, 2008 --
Houston, TX, April 10, 2008. - Royalty-Free stock photo library Inmagine Corp LLC is now accepting submissions from image suppliers and professional photographers into its IRIS (Inmagine RM & RF Image Submission) collection. Set to be launched in the second quarter of 2008, IRIS will represent the best Royalty-Free and Rights-Managed works from their respective portfolios.
“We've been in the stock photo industry for nearly a decade and we know how professional photographers feel about their work. We believe with Inmagine Submissions, we can directly offer suppliers and photographers 3 essential values – Control, Transparency and Service Assurance!” says Stephanie Sitt, VP of Sales and Marketing for Inmagine Corp LLC.

) July 1, 2009 -- MediaFocus.com, a supplier of high quality, royalty-free stock photography, just added "image credit packages" as a new option to license stock photos, making it one of the most versatile stock photography agencies on the market. At MediaFocus graphic designers, advertising professionals, and anybody in need of professional stock photography can license stock photography fitting their personal purchasing style and budget.

Aboutvision.com, the internet's first JPEG2000 stock photography subscription site; known for offering the best compression quality available has launched not one, but two new and exclusive collections of high quality image collections to their already impressive resume of royalty-free photos. These new collections; as well as the substantial collective galleries already at AbsolutVision.com; are now being offered to subscribers at all time low cost proving once again why AbsolutVision is the leader in the stock photography industry. (PRWeb Aug 4, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/08/prweb2708484.htm

Jupiterimages, a part of Jupitermedia Corporation which is a leading provider of original images and information for creative, business and IT professionals, is all set to commence its India operations by April 2008. The India office will cater to the creative needs of South Asia and Dubai. For this, Jupiterimages has roped in Ramji Ravindran as Sales Director, South Asia and Dubai. He moves from Visage Media, which represents Getty Images in South Asia, where he was National Sales Head, South Asia. Ramji have overall more than 10 years experience in Advertising and Media.

) April 28, 2009 -- Snapixel (www.snapixel.com), a new photography site that combines elements of the photo sharing site Flickr and the popular stock photography site Istockphoto, announces Openstock(TM), an innovative system that provides photographers with an easy-to-market solution to sell photos.

"The Snapixel model extends selling power to all levels of photographers. While not every image belongs in a stock photography marketplace, our ultimate goal is to widen the creative spectrum of traditional stock photography, without decreasing the value." said Ivan Wong, COO and Co-founder of Snapixel.

) November 18, 2008 -- Productiontrax.com, a leading provider of royalty free music and stock sound effects, today announced the launch of their Economic Stimulus Package.

The recent economic recession has tightened budgets for many multimedia projects, leaving producers with few options for quality production music, as custom music options can cost thousands of dollars. This has created a demand for high-quality stock production music that producers can use as an inexpensive alternative to custom music.

) May 3, 2009 - Stock footage marketplace Pond5.com (http://www.pond5.com) announced today that it has marked a significant new milestone: it now offers video producers over 150,000 broadcast quality, HD and SD royalty-free stock video clips available for instant download. Its collection has been doubling in size every 6 months since opening for business in early 2006. The site is now the fastest growing collection of stock video footage on the web, with an enthusiastic global following at all production levels.

Fastest growing stock video collection on the web - doubling in size every 6 months.

) 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.

AbsolutVision.com; the Internet's Premier High Quality Photo Provider Announces their Breakthrough Stock Photography Collection Now Available Free to Registered Users! (PRWeb Sep 15, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/09/prweb2855774.htm

) September 17, 2008 --
A recent study of more than 1,000 people conducted by KRC Research and
iStockphoto, the world’s royalty-free
multimedia sales leader, revealed that 33 percent of Americans are using
downloaded digital content, but nearly 30 percent are unaware that
permission may be required for its use. This lack of awareness spikes to
38 percent among Americans in both the 18–24
and 65 and older age groups.

) February 25, 2010 -- Themusicase.com hosting 20.000 High Quality Royalty Free Music Tracks from well known production composers worldwide provides new features in the brand new website:

Stock Music for Productions
 

• New Advanced Search Options
• Free Music Supervisor Service
• Smart Navigation through tracks and styles
• Direct payments with VISA & MASTERCARD
• New Pricing Options

) October 28, 2009 -- LookStat announced today that it is offering a free trial of its new microstock keywording and uploading services to stock photographers who are active in microstock.

"We're committed to creating technology and services to enable stock photographers to streamline their workflow and to spend their time on what they do best - creating great images," said Rahul Pathak, LookStat's CEO & Founder.

Lakewood, Colo. Video Professor, the world leader in comprehensive self-paced computer software tutorials, launched its latest set of learning lessons offering consumers an in-depth look at Adobe Photoshop CS2 image editing software. Fuzzy photos, your days are numbered.
Through Video Professors proven "What-You-See-Is-What-You-Do" method of teaching, the new Learn Photoshop CS2 Essentials and Learn Photoshop CS2 Advanced tutorials cover many topics including how to restore aged or damaged photographs and optimizing images for printing.

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) December 22, 2008 -- The Lightbox Photo gallery software was launched in 2003 and since then, the development cycle has been aggressive and feature set expanded greatly.

"Lightbox Photo™ empowers photographers by allowing them to present their work how they want, where they want and when they want," comments Adrian Ellis co-founder of Lightbox Photo™. "It has a raft of features specifically aimed at photographers wanting to display and sell their work online. This is where our software plays a key role; allowing the photographer greater flexibility in the products and services that they offer, while maintaining full control over their images. It also gives them direct access to the customer who may need additional image research or want to commission a photo shoot."

) November 24, 2008 -- Lightboxeditpro.com has made several significant enhancements as well as added 4 selection workspaces to further simplify image selection including adding the ability for clients to upload files to the photographer.

This program, has saved me hours of time editing photo shoots as well as given me a highly effective tool to compare selects, share them with others, and communicate my final file requirements to the photographer -- quickly and easily.

) October 1, 2009 -- "Music expresses that which cannot be put into words," said the writer Victor Hugo. Never is the phrase truer than for business owners, television and film producers, or multimedia developers looking for just the right music track or sound effect to accompany a scene or presentation.

) February 25, 2009 -- Photo enthusiasts now have a website to learn the business of making money in photography. With Z58 Inc.'s launch of GetPhotosTraining.com, photographers get on-demand, entertaining video tutorials to help turn their passion into a photo business. Most photo education websites cover the fundamentals of shooting photographs. With a paid subscription to GetPhotosTraining.com consumers gain access to more than 50 exclusive interviews featuring top-earning, self-made professional photographers.

) June 23, 2009 -- Zimmerman Company and Status Productions unite to form GlamourKey, a strategic partnership to offer new royalty free stock footage to the advertising, broadcast and film industry.

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Templates.com – a provider of web graphics of all kinds - announces the adding of Royalty Free Music Library to its variety of products.

Color Experts International (CEI), an offshore USA based firm provides most professional services in Photoshop retouching and image manipulation, graphic design, desktop publishing, digital prepress, web design and development at a most compatible price range. Color Experts International is the service provider of the following firms; catalog companies, photo studios, printing and prepress companies, graphic design firms, stock and commercial photographers and more.