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.
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.
When “microstock” was born, it came about because of a frustration with the traditional stock houses and their tight membership. From free sharing between designers, a combination of pricing and sales increases brought the industry to a place where contributors could earn a living with some hard work. Now, photographers are experiencing the opposite with some agencies – case in point, a recent move by Fotolia that has many contributors declaring May 1 (today) as “D-Day”.
Fotolia misses the boat on trying to change the industry, if that is their intent.
