Masterfile’s new agency, Rethink Canada, has developed an new ad campaign that centers around Master Creative, whom the company describes as “ancient, all-knowing, wise-cracking guru of the advertising and design industries.” The campaign is designed to promote Masterfile’s Web site in North America and Europe.
The British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies has announced that its flagship event, the Picture Buyers Fair, will not return in 2011.
When Flash first came out, photographers used to print postcards and catalogs absolutely loved the print-like look-and-feel of Flash Web sites. Unfortunately, they soon found out that photo buyers absolutely hate Flash functionality, which—to oversimplify—is much more restrictive than basic HTML and CSS code. Add to that the fact that Flash sites are generally rather unfriendly to search engines, and it is no surprise that most smart photographers opted for the more basic technologies. But they still love the way Flash sites looked, due in no small part to the fact that Adobe's software brought typography to the Web in a way nothing else did. Until now.
Masterfile-owned Crestock Corp. has expanded its range of images and introduced several additional file sizes. The company statement takes a shot at other microstock providers: "One dollar means one dollar: Crestock has one of the simplest pricing models in the microstock sector."
Students and teachers needing images for research, term papers and projects can now get them from Britannica Image Quest, an online database of images sourced and provided by a London/Chicago-based Universal Images Group.
Veer has launched Free-For-All, a
series of four different one-week community challenges that aim to give
away $30,000 in prizes to participants who can try to win just by downloading free images, fonts, avatars, screensavers and wallpapers.