Archive for January, 2010

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Win a free pass to Next Year’s ALT Design Conference!

Enter to Win a free pass to Next Year’s ALT Design Conference! Install the free “PicScout ImageExchange™ ” tool by Saturday, January 23 ….Good Luck!

We know how hard it can be for you Creative Professionals to license images found online to use in your work. So, once again, we’re promoting ImageExchange to make your image research and sourcing through the PicScout PicScout ImageExchange download icon fast and easy - and when you register you’ll be entered to win a FREE PASS to attend Altitude Design Summit 2011!

Three lucky winners will be picked from those who install ImageExchange™ between now and Saturday, January 23 to win a free pass to the Altitude Design Summit 2011.

Everyone is automatically entered to win when they install the free ImageExchange browser add-on now.

Click to register, then receive an email with a download link, and once you install the free ImageExchange tool, you will be able to see tens of millions of  every type of image - RM, RF, MS, and UCG - identified with an PicScout ImageExchange download icon and ready for licensing and immediate use!  …and you’re entered to win a free pass to next year’s Altitude Design Summit courtesy of PicScout.

Winners will be announced on Saturday, January 23.

Experience ImageExchange
Install the ImageExchange
add-on today and see first hand how fast, easy and useful the PicScout ImageExchange download experience can be.

Those who install ImageExchange find out first-hand how fast, easy and convenient image research and sourcing can be …and now is the best time to start using ImageExchange, especially if you want to attend the Altitude Design Summit 2011!

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Top Microstock Sellers of 2009—PDN points to themes and trends

ImageExchange Raises Awareness and Connection for Purchase, whatever the Trends may be!

PDN editor David Walker posted in his blog of January 20, 2010 that stock image purchases are a rough barometer of cultural trends and values, pointing to some of the best sellers of 2009 from iStockphoto, Dreamstime, and Fotolia.

We are very pleased to report that most of the highlighted images representing usage trends in green themes, nature/health, families, business topics, and Christmas themes (home-made cards to economize) are recognized by ImageExchange.  For beta users who have installed the Firefox add-on, the images are represented with the  PicScout ImageExchange download icon which allows the users to connect to the licensor in one-click.

With Image ExchangeTM, photographers through licensors - and soon via other platforms using ImageIRCTM - can raise awareness of their images and make them more immediately accessible to creative professionals and other image buyers to learn more and transact for rights immediately. ImageExchange images are inherently more visible to targeted audiences as they follow the latest trends, whatever they may be at any time or during any season.

Check out the PDN post and let us know what you think. Could ImageExchange help promote images as best sellers for 2010?  Request to be part of the ImageExchange beta, and you can judge for yourself!

While Every Image Gets Its Credit, Image Exchange recognized images may generate more sales, too!

Experience ImageExchange
Install the ImageExchange
browser add-on today and see first hand how fast, easy and useful the PicScout ImageExchange download experience can be.

Those who install ImageExchange browser add-on will be able to see tens of millions of every type of image-RM, RF, MS, and UCG-identified with an PicScout ImageExchange download icon and ready for licensing and immediate use!

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

The Web’s Next Layer of Innovation: Every image gets its credit….oh yeah!

Joi Ito’s comments for TechNewsWorld make it clear that PicScout ImageExchange  “…is allowing people who are searching the Web to very easily find out where the images are coming from to proactively pay or give attribution or whatever the photographer wants to do.”

It’s all over the web-this Executive Q&A with Joi Ito by Jack Germain.
The key to achieving digital image rights is clearly seen as a web layer, and PicScout does agree.

As Joi says, the technical issues have been made easy, now for the legal layer. PicScout ImageExchange and ImageIRC create the infrastructure to fingerprint every image, associate metadata wherever the image appears, and connect for rights usage immediately.  Make it legal and keep it easy; install ImageExchange!

Experience ImageExchange

Install the ImageExchange
browser add-on today and see first hand how fast, easy and useful the PicScout ImageExchange download experience can be.

Those who install ImageExchange browser add-on will be able to see tens of millions of  every type of image-RM, RF, MS, and UCG-identified with an PicScout ImageExchange download icon and ready for licensing and immediate use!

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Congratulations to Our 7 Lucky Winners Going to Alt Design Summit Free on PicScout!

Hundreds of new users installed ImageExchange between January 7-11 and the winners are: Carrie Cocklin, Ryan Fitzgibbon, Julia Klise, Heather Carson, Rui Matos, Stephanie McNairy, and Marla Trevino – all have won free passes to this year’s Altitude Design Summit!

Remember - even if your name wasn’t chosen for this contest - you’re already a winner - not only do you now have a great tool that expands your creativity options, increases your productivity, gives you new confidence in your image selections, you will also have the chance to win future prizes - as PicScout runs periodic contests for both existing users and new users.

If you’re not yet a PicScout ImageExchange user, just install ImageExchange add-on and watch for future contests, because you will have more chances to win!

We hope to see you next week at Altitude Design Summit January 21-23!  Amy Love, PicScout VP of Marketing and Business Development will be there giving away MORE FREE PASSES to next year’s Alt Summit.

Amy also is on a great panel at Alt this year:  Credit Where Credit is Due at 1:45 pm on Friday, January 22. Be sure to look for Amy at Alt Summit and say hello. She wants to know what you think of ImageExchange, and she can let you in on some great features that are perfect for designers.

Experience ImageExchange

Install the ImageExchange browser add-on today and see first hand how fast, easy and useful the PicScout ImageExchange download experience can be.

Those who install ImageExchange browser add-on will be able to see tens of millions of every type of image—RM, RF, MS, and UCG—identified with an PicScout ImageExchange download icon and ready for licensing and immediate use!

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

PicScout and Altitude Design Summit Promote ImageExchange™ for All

Have you been hoping to attend this year’s Altitude Design Summit? Install ImageExchange between January 7-11 and Enter to Win 1 of 7 Free Passes!

Thinking about installing the ImageExchange add-on so you can find out first-hand how fast, easy and convenient image research and sourcing can be?

Here’s a great reason to do it now: Seven people who install ImageExchange will win a free pass to this year’s Altitude Design Summit January 21-23!

Maybe you’ve been longing to attend Altitude Design Summit and enjoy a bit of the Sundance film festival and maybe some skiing, too. PicScout is making that possible for 7 lucky winners who enter to win when they install the free ImageExchange™ browser add-on between now and midnight Pacific Monday January 11.

Everyone who installs the ImageExchange browser add-on is able to see tens of millions of every type of image—RM, RF, MS, and UCG—identified with an PicScout ImageExchange download icon and ready for licensing and immediate use! …AND now everyone who installs ImageExchange before midnight January 11 will be automatically entered to win a free pass to this year’s Altitude Design Summit!

Winners will be announced on Tuesday, January 12.

Experience ImageExchange

Install the ImageExchange browser add-on today and see first hand how fast, easy and useful the PicScout ImageExchange download experience can be.

Those who install ImageExchange find out first-hand how fast, easy and convenient image research and sourcing can be …and now is the best time to start using ImageExchange, especially if you want to attend the Altitude Design Summit, January 21-23.