Recent Stock Photo Industry Press Releases

Adobe Releases Photoshop Lightroom 2

Major Software Upgrade Further Simplifies Photography Workflows

San Jose, CA, July 29, 2008. Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 2 software, the photographer's essential toolbox for managing, adjusting and presenting large volumes of digital photographs. With new enhancements such as dual-monitor support, radical advances in non-destructive localized image correction, and streamlined search capabilities, Lightroom 2 is a compelling upgrade that simplifies photography from shoot to finish.

As Adobe’s first application to support 64-bit for Mac OS X 10.5 Macintosh computers with Intel® processors and Microsoft® Windows® Vista® 64-bit operating systems, Lightroom 2 also provides improved memory performance for dealing with large scale images.

Corbis Celebrates Women in Sports with New Futuristic Imagery

Acclaimed Celebrity Photographer Jason Joyce Creates Out-of-this-world Look

London, UK, July 29, 2008. Corbis (www.corbis.com), a leading visual media provider for the creative community, today announced the addition of futuristic sports imagery to its collection. The imagery by acclaimed photographer Jason Joyce is featured along with photography of iconic athletes, contemporary champions and action shots from a host of leading sporting events on Corbis’ sports microsite www.corbis.com/sports.  

The new imagery from Joyce features women fencers, swimmers, archers, weight-lifters, soccer players and others in high concept futuristic settings. The images have been carefully retouched to give the photos a clean, vibrant and surreal look.

FeaturePics.com Announces New Search Tools

Fremont, CA, July 18, 2008. FeaturePics.com today launched a new online image resource and released new search tools for photographers and designers who have been looking for assistive technology that easily classifies image products, and makes it easier for everyone to find and use textures and backgrounds, that are categorized by subject and quality.

According to FeaturePics.com representatives, demand for textures and backgrounds increases daily. This is driven by the designer’s need for creating rapid concepts and modern designs for the Internet industry. There is an increasing number of successful web sites that use clip-art type images which are obtained from FeaturePics.com.

Thought Equity Motion Recognized for Game-changing Technology and Market Value

Denver, July 21, 2008. Thought Equity Motion, the world leader in providing access to high quality film, video and music content, has been named an AlwaysOn Global 250 Top Private Companies winner. AlwaysOn annually picks and recognizes private companies developing the most disrupting technologies set to ignite market opportunities the world over.

Thought Equity Motion was selected by a panel of industry experts in the online technology, media, entertainment, enterprise and greentech sectors from around the world. Thought Equity Motion was recognized for its superior technology platforms and innovative strategies that are reshaping the video content industry.

Idée's PixID Image Monitoring Service Adopted by World's Leading Editorial Photo Agencies

Idée's PixID service monitors over 25 million client editorial images

Toronto, CA, July 24, 2008. Idée Inc. today announced that The European Pressphoto Agency (EPA), Matrix Photos, Capital Pictures and Feature Flash have selected PixID to track their photographs in print publications worldwide. Since its launch in 2007, Idée's PixID image monitoring service has been adopted by the world's leading news, celebrity and entertainment photo agencies. Idée monitors thousands of publications for over 25 million client editorial images and performs up to 55 trillion image comparisons each month.

New StockMaps.com Web Site Offers Royalty-Free and Rights Managed Maps

Comprehensive Geographic Licensing Resource Provides Online Searchable Archive With Thousands Of Image Files

Lancaster, PA, July 14, 2008. Life just became a little easier for creative professionals who need a ready source of high-quality maps and geographic images for publications, advertisements and the Web. GeoNova Publishing, Inc., a Discovery Communications company and the leading custom publisher of private label geographic products, today announced the launch of StockMaps.com, an online, e-commerce based destination for licensing premium stock map content.

Gorilla Nation to Exclusively Rep Getty Images’ JAMD

World’s Largest Collection of Celeb Photos Popular with 5 Million Users

Los Angeles, CA, July 23, 2008. Gorilla Nation, the world’s largest online ad rep firm, today announced that it has been selected to exclusively represent the entire online ad inventory of JAMD.com, the consumer website of Getty Images, featuring the largest assembly of celebrity, sports and current events photos in the world.

JAMD offers users continuously updated professional photography and allows the community to create personalized stacks of their favorite images, and upload, share, and blog. The site delivers an 80% female audience with 5 million unique visitors per month and 27 million page views.

a21, Inc. Signs Non-binding Letter of Intent with Applejack Art Partners, Inc.

Transaction Would Result in Applejack Owning a Majority Stake in a21

Jacksonville, FL, July 22, 2008 [related news here]. a21, Inc. ("a21") (ATWO.OB), a leading online digital content marketplace, today announced that it has entered into a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with Applejack Art Partners, Inc. (Applejack). Pursuant to the LOI, Applejack would purchase all of a21’s outstanding notes (an aggregate principal amount of $18,000,000) from the holders of such notes and also purchase all of the shares of a21 common stock owned by a21’s note holders (an aggregate of approximately 41 million shares). a21 would then exchange approximately 110 million newly issued shares of its common stock with Applejack in satisfaction of approximately $13,000,000 of such notes.

PhotoShelter's Shoot! the Day Generates Hundreds of Thousands of New Images

Thousands worldwide take photos, while hundreds gather for New York City event with image buyers from magazines and ad agencies, including TIME, Travel + Leisure, Hill Holliday New York

New York, NY, July 22, 2008. PhotoShelter Inc., the leading online destination where more than 37,000 photographers sell stock photography and access powerful solutions for e-commerce and image storage, today announced an estimated quarter million stock images were captured during its Shoot! The Day event, held July 20, 2008, many of which will be available to be licensed beginning this week.

It is believed to be among the largest single-day contributions to the stock photo supply in history. Shoot! The Day also established a new connection between the image-buying community and thousands of talented photographers worldwide, launching a collaborative conversation designed to revitalize the pipeline of fresh new images in specific areas of greatest buyer demand.

Dubai Photographers Agency Launches Middle East Celebrity Photo Collection Celeb Arabia

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 21, 2008. Celeb Arabia, subsidiary of Dubai Photographers Agency, the source for authentic celebrity images, today announces the launch of its Middle East Celebrity Photo Collection at CelebArabia.com.    

Based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, CelebArabia.com focuses on sophisticated entertainment coverage via the red carpet, portraiture and assignments. Updated daily, this new source of entertainment photography will round out Photoshot's already diverse image collection and provide you with a new source for A-list celebrities from around the word. CelebArabia.com is part of Dubai Photographers Agency (PhotoModa.com)