Archive for February 5th, 2008
Adobe To Discontinue Stock Photos Service
February 5th, 2008 | 
Author: “We made this decision in order to focus our efforts in other areas…”
Adobe announced in an email to registered Creative Suite users that it will discontinue its Stock Photo Service effective April 1.
The text of the email follows:
As of April 1, the Adobe Stock Photos royalty-free image service will be discontinued. We made this decision in order to focus our efforts in other areas and we want to share this news with you and let you know how it affects you.
Over the next few months we will be making changes to Adobe Stock Photos. On March 4, search functionality will be disabled. You will be able to purchase images through our service until March 31.
To finalize your transactions with us, please follow these steps:
1. Complete your image searches by March 4.
2. Make final image purchases by March 31.
3. If necessary, re-download past purchases and print your purchase history by March 31.
4. When you’re ready, uninstall Adobe Stock Photos from Adobe Bridge in your Creative Suite applications.
Download the Windows Uninstaller now.
Download the Mac Uninstaller now.
Thanks for your support of Adobe and the Adobe Stock Photos service.
Sincerely,
The Adobe Stock Photos Team
Find out more about the discontinuation of service.
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PicApp Offers Free Photos to Bloggers
The new PicApp platform provides millions of copyrighted images from Getty Images to bloggers and other online publishers, completely free of charge. Based on proprietary, patent-pending technology, PicApp allows online publishers to select copyrighted imagery from PicApp content partners and post them in seconds to their web site or blog to illustrate their comments. Images streamed from PicApp’s partners carry non-intrusive advertisements related to the content. “By offering the breadth of content that Getty Images provides, we are making a huge amount of new material accessible to online publishers,” said Eyal Gura, CEO, PicScout. Interested bloggers can contact PicApp (http://www.picapp.com) about participating in the closed beta trial.
PicScout Press Release
PICSCOUT TO REVEAL FEATURES OF PICAPP PLATFORM AT MICROSOFT SHOWCASE EVENT DURING ISRAEL WEB TOUR
Platform Lets Bloggers Download Creative and Editorial Imagery from Getty Images
SAN FRANCISCO – Feb. 4, 2008 – PicScout will demonstrate its new PicApp platform this week during the Israel Web Tour, by showing the wide breadth of content that will soon be available free to bloggers and other online publishers – using art, cartoons, stock photography and even breaking news photos from events around the world. Millions of copyrighted images, previously illegal to use, will be available from Getty Images (NYSE: GYI), the largest provider of still imagery, footage and multimedia products.
PicScout will show PicApp for the first time this Thursday, Feb. 6, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Microsoft in Mountain View, Calif., as part of the Israel Web Tour 2008 Showcase, which is slated to highlight technology and applications from 15 of the most promising companies to recently come out of Israel.
“By offering the breadth of content that Getty Images provides, we are making a huge amount of new material accessible to online publishers,” said Eyal Gura, CEO, PicScout. “We’re interested in getting feedback that can help us improve PicApp’s usability, look and feel so we can continue to improve our offering.”
Currently available only to closed beta users, PicApp (http://www.picapp.com) makes the process of posting images to web sites quick and easy. Based on proprietary, patent-pending technology, PicApp allows online publishers to select copyrighted imagery from PicApp content partners and post them in seconds to their web site or blog to illustrate their comments. Images streamed from PicApp’s partners carry non-intrusive advertisements related to the content. Revenue is shared with the content partner.
“Getty Images is committed to protecting the livelihood and work of its photographers and this partnership enables our photographers to benefit from a new revenue stream,” said Brooks McMahon, vice president, business development, Getty Images. “Through PicScout’s innovative PicApp solution, this emerging customer segment is now able to legally license our award-winning imagery to bring their stories to life.”
Interested bloggers can contact PicApp (http://www.picapp.com) about participating in the closed beta trial.
About PicScout
PicScout is the leading technology services provider to the digital content industry. For years, the company’s flagship ImageTracker™ has been the industry standard application for helping visual assets owners control and monitor the distribution of their proprietary images across all media. Through its PicApp platform (http://www.picapp.com), PicScout allows online publishers to quickly and easily post creative and editorial images to blogs and web sites. PicScout headquarters are in San Francisco. The company has a development and operations center in Herzelia, Israel.