Recent Stock Photo Industry Press Releases

THE ART ARCHIVE Announces Representation Of The Sylvan Barnet And William Burto Collection Of Japanese Calligraphy And Painting

Now accessible through THE ART ARCHIVE website at www.picture-desk.com

New York, NY, August 31, 2006. Over the past forty years American collectors Sylvan Barnet and William Burto have lovingly assembled a private collection of Japanese masterworks including painting and calligraphies by zenga artists, the writings of early Zen monks, secular poems and letters, Buddhist sutras as well as several major Buddhist and Shinto paintings.

SellFolio™ First Flash Portfolio Software For Photographers– Endorsed by Halden Krog, FujiFilm™ Photographer of the Year

August 31, 2006. Many photographers want a stunning portfolio in Flash that keeps their photos from theft or copyright infringement. However, most photographers don’t have the ability to program in Flash. Now SellFolio for Client Projects-Merchandising allows photographers to build unlimited, royalty-free Web & CD-ROM portfolios and presentations — without programming.

Corbis Appoints Guy Cooper As Global Director Of Photography, News And Sport

August 30, 2006. Corbis today announced the promotion of Guy Cooper as the Global Director of Photography, News and Sport. In this role, Cooper will have overall responsibility for developing imagery for Corbis’ world-leading News and Sports product lines. He will nurture and grow existing relationships with all Corbis News and Sports media partners, and recruit new and established photojournalism contributors from around the globe. He will place a strong emphasis on developing imagery for EMEA and Asia, viewed as particularly strong editorial growth opportunities.

Photoshop and Lightroom Education Road Show Begins September 5th

August 30, 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced that the U.S. leg of its Project: Photoshop and Lightroom education road show will begin on September 5 at over 25 colleges and art schools across the nation. In collaboration with Colin Finlay, a world-renowned documentary photographer and four-time Picture of the Year Award winner, the road show will give students and educators direct access to Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Adobe Lightroom public beta, the new digital workflow solution for professional photographers.

Getty Images Adds AP Archive to Its Rapidly Growing Film Collection

AP Archive Brings Global News and Personalities to Getty Images' Customers; BLOOMimage and FilmDisc Offer Expanded Range of Royalty-Free Content

SEATTLE, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Getty Images, Inc. today announced a distribution partnership with AP Archive, the third new major film collection added to the company's growing roster in the past month.

Adobe Executive to Give Sneak Peek of Upcoming Photoshop Technology During Photoshop World Conference Keynote

Photoshop World Conference & Expo - Sept. 7-9, 2006, Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino

Aug. 29, 2006. Traditionally, Adobe Systems Incorporated has used the opening keynote at the Photoshop World Conference & Expo (produced by the National Association of Photoshop Professionals), as a platform for showcasing new and emerging Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) technologies, and this year’s conference (the largest Photoshop educational event in the world, held Sept 7-9 in Las Vegas) is no exception.

Third Light Releases Web-based Picture Library System IMS v5.0

Specialist image library software company, Third Light, have released v5.0 of IMS, incorporating an all-new printing solution.

Cambridge, UK — 1 September, 2006 — Third Light has released v5.0 of IMS: a web-based picture library system designed for businesses wishing to store, exhibit, search and sell their images using the internet. IMS has been continually improved to match changing market conditions since it was first released in 2002. This latest release includes a wide range of enhancements, particularly aimed at businesses selling prints online.

John Mark Karr Makes the World Stop

August 25, 2006  - DANA POINT, CA. Christmas 2006 marks the 10th anniversary of one of the most infamous murders in history. JonBenét Patricia Ramsey (born August 6, 1990) was found strangled, sexually assaulted and beaten to death in the basement of her Colorado home on December 26, 1996. Earlier in the day her mother, Patsy Ramsey had discovered a ransom letter concerning her daughter's disappearance. It was her father John Ramsey who later discovered the body.

Microstock Widget Retrieves Earnings, Downloads

Seattle, WA, August 24, 2006. Bedouin Ventures, LLC, (www.bedouinventures.com) today released MicroStock Watcher™, a widget that allows microstock photography contributors to quickly retrieve earnings for up to six microstock sites. MicroStock Watcher™ is Bedouin Ventures’ second software release. MicroStock Watcher™ is a widget that runs on both the Mac OSX 10.4 (Tiger) and Microsoft XP Yahoo! Widget (a/k/a Konfabulator) platforms. The Mac OSX Tiger Dashboard version is available immediately, and the Yahoo! Widget version will be available soon, according to Bedouin Ventures.

Dreamstime.com Introduces New Subscription Plans and Now Offers RAW and Vector Format Files

NASHVILLE, Tenn., August 24, 2006. Dreamstime.com, one of the top 10 stock photography companies in the world, is pleased to announce that it will now offer RAW and Vector format files as well as four new subscription plans. With nearly 600,000 photos available, Dreamstime.com has enhanced its service to offer RAW images (accepted formats include CRW, DNG, NES, RAF, DCR, MRW, ORF, SRF, PEF, J6I, X3F, PMP, CR2 and CMT) as well as images of the Vector format (including CDR, AI, and EPS).