Category : Stock Buying Advice

New Visual Similar Image Search At Stocksy

Stock image buyers are short on time.  Anything to help find exactly the image they need is a huge plus for them.  Read on to find out what Stocksy United added last week…

‘Tis The Season At Stocksy

With all the holidays coming up, Stocksy United has decided to give you an early present! 

Adobe Unveils Stock Image Interface

Big news this morning as creative application giant Adobe announced their new stock content service, which comes handily integrated into Adobe CC programs and which sources images from the Fotolia database.

Stocksy Adds New Advanced Filtering To Search

As part of a long-worked-on project, last week Stocksy United revamped it’s “advanced filtering” options for it’s search, as well as adding two new sorting methods.  Let’s take a look at the cool new options.

Stocksy Makes It Easier To Buy Extended Licenses

When you license a stock image for use in your work, you’re really entering into a contract that allows you certain rights to use that image.  This week, Stocksy United did a revamp of their image pages that makes it easier for you to purchase the rights you need for your project.  Let’s take a look…

iStock Leaves Small Buyers Behind

With their recent changes, iStockphoto has essentially left smaller buyers (the occasional buyer, small businesses, churches, students, etc.) in the dust.  Read more on this “strategy” here: http://www.michaeljayfoto.com/agency-news/the-new-istock-is-live/ .  The buyers aren’t being quiet about their discontent.

While iStockphoto Is Unavailable …

iStockphoto is currently having downtime and is unavailable because they’re putting into place their new pricing/credit/purchase scheme.  At the time of this writing, I believe it’s been down about 9 hours so far.  If you’re needing an alternative for licensing royalty free stock photos, may I offer some alternatives?

iStockphoto Raises Main Collection Pricing

Less than a year ago, iStockphoto did a big shakeup on their collection structure and pricing, details of which can be found in this article : Half the Price Forever, Really? Well, it’s been almost a year, and in the last few days, they’ve raised the pricing of the Main collection of images.

“Free” Images From Getty – Why It Matters

Several days ago, Getty Images announced that it was making a large portion of the creative work it represents “free” for certain “non-commercial” websites to use.  While many bloggers applauded the move on Twitter, most photographers across the internet decried the move, despite Getty’s comment to the contrary.   What should you know about this move and why should it matter to you, as a contributor or as a stock image user?

iStockphoto Raises Prices

As many rang in the new year, iStockphoto took the opportunity to raise the “credits per image” pricing on its Signature, Signature+ and Vetta collections.  As well, the buyer got a double hit with an increase a month or so  ago in the “cost per credit” they are paying!

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