Getty Images has acquired competitor Photolibrary.com, based in Australia. Founded in 1967 Photolibrary are one of the top five image and video libraries in the world. This is an attempt for Getty increase market share and expand into Asia and the Middle East.
Getty Images has acquired PicScout, a company that developed ImageTracker technology that scours the internet in search of unauthorised use of copyrighted images. In 2008 Getty Images itself was sold to a private equity firm Hellman & Friedman.
Tom Hogarty posted that Adobe Lightroom 3.4 and Camera Raw 6.4 are now available as final releases on Adobe.com and through the update mechanisms available in Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 3. These updates include bug fixes, new camera support and new lens profiles.
US newspaper the Columbia Missourian writes about the cost of archiving news. Executive Editor Tom Warhover asks what is the best medium: CD, paper, hard drive, server? The answer right now for large collections is microfilm. How should news organisations offset costs for digitising and storing news? And what about the archives of the newspapers … Read more
If your business sells a product or service and using stock images then you may be losing sales. Usability expert Jakob Nielsen’s research showed customers focus on images that depict real products and real people. Generic images are less attractive to customers who choose to ignore them and go to your competitor’s website. Nielsen’s summary: … Read more
Adobe have announced a Release Candidate for Lightroom 3.4 and Camera Raw 6.4. Mostly bug fixes with new camera lens profile support. Full list here. A Release Candidate means it is still not a final product and not (yet) supported. But if you have a new camera and/or lens and want to use Lightroom it … Read more
To celebrate Photo Mechanic’s 15th anniversary Camera Bits have a special price of $60 for version 4.6. Normally $150 with one year’s free updates to any version, this special offer (only) gets you updates to v4.6. This is a bargain for newcomers to Photo Mechanic who can still upgrade to v4.7 for $90 when it … Read more
For those who automatically add copyright and contact info as you download images (click here if you don’t!) – don’t forget to update your templates for 2011.
Season’s Greetings! Peter Krogh posted a couple fun and poignant video links on his DAM Book blog. The Backing up song is really catchy. So should be the practise of backing up! Looking for a new year’s resolution for 2011? How about establishing a back up system for your photos, videos, documents and all that … Read more
Adobe commissioned Robert Edwards to write a whitepaper on Digital Photography Workflow using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. If you’re serious about photography, you own Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite. It can do amazing things with images even if most of us only scratch the surface of its capabilities. Combine Adobe Photoshop with the visual Adobe Bridge media … Read more