We’re pleased to help students identify what the regulations are regarding legitimate image use, and also provide them with a free tool that enables them to easily comply with many of the regulations. By downloading the free ImageExchange add-on, students who search for academic project inspiration using Google, Yahoo, or other web pages can now legitimately use images consisting of Creative Commons Non-Commercial, Rights Managed and Royalty Free licenses from agencies participating in ImageExchange.

In total, professors and teachers from more than 150 higher education institutions and 75 high schools with graphic design programs received a combination of personal calls and emails which provided this link (www.picscout.com/education.html) to obtain a print/email ready PDF for use with their students.  This simple 1-page educational handout addresses many key areas of confusion for image users and provides a link to the PACA site for more educational resources.

So for students and teachers alike -  If you use Google Images for inspiration, never fear! You can now license them by using ImageExchange. Find out everything you need to know here and help spread the word to your fellow students.

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We all know the KISS principle. The general consensus is that this is good practice which one should aspire to deliver. While simplicity can’t be overrated, it can be overdone. Getting simple just right can be tricky, as even Albert Einstein cautions, “Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.” So, how far can you take simple and still achieve the desired result? We think the PicScout icon is a model of simplicity for image buyers– one glance tells you an image can be licensed, and one click connects you to license and use. Simple actions, but with extraordinary results! …and we will continue to make simple better and better with the help of our users.

PicScout has been beta testing ImageExchange since October 2009. We’ve watched how our closed beta users install it; we’ve asked for their feedback to refine and improve the tool; and we know when, how and why it’s used. Our beta users provide the insights needed to continually improve ImageExchange to make it an even more elegant, yet simple, tool for image users of any and all types. We have learned much in our quest to provide robust simplicity, and we want to learn even more about image user engagement and gain more insight from more users to understand all that motivates them at the point of the image experience. We encourage everyone to install the free ImageExchange tool now to experience images in a new way and participate in this landmark internet movement that facilitates image use by presenting ownership with every image.

New users join current beta users in resounding enthusiasm for ImageExchange:

Moving to Open Beta of ImageExchange means we’re opening ImageExchange to a wider audience and enlarging our scope of ImageExchange use and users to sharpen our insight. Now, many new image users can experience a new simplicity and freedom in their work, the kind of satisfaction that early beta users continue to express in their feedback to PicScout. 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 icon and ready for licensing and immediate use!

Help us celebrate this by sharing the good news. Invite your friends and colleagues to install the free ImageExchange. Registration for the add-on is no longer required – users can simply download the ImageExchange add-on directly for use with their FireFox browser.

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REMINDER: PicScout and PhotoShelter will hold a special webinar just for photographers on Tuesday February 23, Noon pacific/3:00 pm eastern. Photographers will see first-hand how they can be part of the new image economy that gives credit and promotes their images anywhere they appear online.  Plan to attend and register now: http://bit.ly/d0XT6T

Learn:

• How PhotoShelter and PicScout can help you to make money
• How every image gets credit
• How image buyers/users find your images
• How you can enroll your images for search and sale
• How to promote your images for recognition and immediate sale

See: ImageExchange in action selling your images wherever they are seen online!

Be sure to Experience ImageExchange add-on today and discover how fast, easy and useful the  experience can be when you need to buy or license an image.

Those who install ImageExchange find out first-hand how convenient image search and sourcing can be when you can connect immediately with the owner/seller…and now is the best time for you and your colleagues to start using ImageExchange, especially if you want people to recognize and use a favorite photographer’s images wherever you may go online.

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