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Personalized print product market to grow
The overall market for personalized printed products in the U.S. is estimated to grow from around 113 million units in 2012 to nearly 158 million units by 2017, InfoTrends reports. Due to the...
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Serif speeds up PhotoPlus editor
English developer Serif says its updated photo editing software “allows photographers at any level to quickly and easily create outstanding images, at an affordable price.” PhotoPlus X6 is compatible...
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Got fisheye? proDAD Debuts Defishr
Slight curvature can be overlooked in a still image — but it can make me nauseous in a moving video. Thankfully digital video effects developer proDAD has come out with the Defishr — an automatic...
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New retail prints: Polaroid plans “Fotobars”
There’s not exactly a shortage of retail outlets at which you can make a standard print from a camera or phone photo. To move into the market you’d best be offering something at least a little...
View ArticleSee you next week at the Future Imaging Summit
With The Future Imaging Summit, the Association of Imaging Executives looks ahead into the next five years of imaging technology and its impact on the photography business. Sponsored by HP, this...
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Cewe Color reports sales over 500 million euro
Last month at PMA@CES, Cewe Color was one of the primary sponsors for our Future Imaging Summit — and now we see why CTO Reiner Fageth was so happy the whole time: the leading European photofinishing...
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Art.com acquires photographer service Zenfolio
Online consumer retail site Art.com acquired Zenfolio, a platform for photographers seeking to sell their shots. “Bringing Zenfolio into the Art.com family was very natural because of the synergy...
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Kodak to market memories
Our ol’ pal Gary Pageau spoke with executives from Kodak at PMA@CES last month, and reported on those talks over at Kiosk Marketplace. Kodak says its been meeting with potential buyers for its...
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Photographer’s Optimistic Outlook on 2013
Online service Photoshelter polled more than 5,000 photographers from its community in late 2012, to find their marketing and business goals for 2013. Among the findings: 73 percent of photographers...
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Canon tops patents, moves to “state-of-the-art” HQ
One Canon Park in Melville, New York is the new headquarters for Canon U.S.A. The “brand new, state-of-the-art headquarters” is a 700,000 square-foot facility and is located approximately 16 miles...
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New projectors from Epson, Sony
Hey, maybe these things are getting to a low enough cost that more of us will want to try one out for home picture- and movie-viewing… While not aimed at home use — Epson says its latest projectors...
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Nikon’s stock “Tumbles Most Since 1985”
While the overall quarter wasn’t that bad for Nikon, the stock took a beating, falling more than it had since 1985, reports BusinessWeek. After cutting its profit forecast because of slowing demand in...
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Preview best Pics: World Photography Awards
Want to take a gander at some of the best photos of the year? Then point your browser over here for the World Photography Organization’s 2013 shortlists for the Professional, Open and Youth...
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CEA study: print can prosper, and multi-purpose cameras will drive imaging...
Photographers across the U.S. still enjoy the permanence print photographs offer for memorializing personal occasions, providing an opportunity for consumer adoption (or re-adoption) of...
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PixelTone audibly edits images
The next time you talk to your computer while fixing a photo, it might not be because you’re losing it…. Instead, you might be directing your image editing app to carry our a command. A team of Adobe...
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Phase One offers introductory app
High-end photography developer Phase One released Capture One Express 7, raw image processing and editing software that offers features of its latest full package for a lower cost. Express includes...
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Photoshop on a phone: Adobe Touches Android and iOS
While most of us take plenty of pictures on our phones, how many of us want to extensively edit them on the tiny screen? Plenty, thinks Adobe. “Mobile phones are increasingly becoming the primary...
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Extreme video enhancement and editing from Corel
It’s rare when a technology product announcement is an understatement — but when debuting its latest video editing software, Corel says, “What used to cost users hundreds of dollars is now accessible...
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Pholium prints from photo eBooks
Can’t choose between a hardbound printed photo book and an ebook with all the multimedia bells and whistles? Why not have both? Dallas-based 58 North updated its free Pholium iPad eBook app with the...
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Google bundles Nik photo editing tool for 70% less
After acquiring Nik Software — and canceling the desktop version of the well-admired Snapseed software — Google is now bundling the complete set of previously-high-priced plug-ins as the Nik...
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iStockphoto investigates mobile
While I don’t think we need another term for taking pictures — “pocketography” is worse than “iPhonography” — it is useful to get a good overview on ways imaging is evolving. User-generated imagery...
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Evolve Elements into full Photoshop?
Adobe’s Photoshop Elements is a well-designed image editing program I enjoy using myself sometimes — but it’s no full-fledged Photoshop, despite having much of the same underlying core technology....
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MyPublisher makes books on iPad
Working with a touchscreen can somewhat emulate real objects — and now MyPublisher says its iPad app that “mimics the natural feeling of moving pictures around a page to make an album. KeepShot lets...
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Profit sharing: iStockphoto founder launches Stocksy co-op
Why non-competes have limited time frames: The founder of iStockphoto (now a Getty Images brand), launched his new competitive stock photography service, Stocksy. There’s a twist here, however: the...
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Photo Industry Reporter evolves into Digital Imaging Reporter
In order to “address the broader digital imaging market that has emerged over the last few years,” the publishers of Photo Industry Reporter have upgraded and renamed their magazine and website. “The...
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ICanHasCheezburger? RPI to print internet memes
Today, “people crave a connection with tactile objects to accompany their virtual experiences,” says private-label photo printer RPI. And personalized products fill that craving, extending the...
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Found-object Christmas music in photo frame factory
It’s viral marketing at its finest, using one of the seasonal songs I don’t get tired of: The staff at Alphabet Photography’s framing shop “came together as a team this holiday season” for a special...
View ArticleKodak extends retail relationship with CVS
Relax, you’ll continue to be able to pick up prints and prescriptions at one location: Kodak announced it’s extended its relationship with CVS/pharmacy through 2016, adding that the four-year...
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Ilford offers… single-use black & white cameras?
Hey, I like niche products as much as the next guy… but every now and then comes an item where I have to wonder if the potential buying audience numbers only in the dozens…? But then, you might be...
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New Photoshop features in the Cloud
I haven’t even tried all the features in the last version, and now there’s more — but the latest features are only available to subscribers: Adobe Systems says its new Photoshop CS6 capabilities...
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