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Photo Link Shortener Picz.us adds Cutcaster – Supports Referral codes

Cutcaster is happy to announce that you can now use the Picz.us link shortener to share your Cutcaster URLs on social media services like Twitter and Facebook. This makes it very easy for you to add your referral code to any link so your visitors to browse and purchase related images from your online stock [...]

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Where are good places to find photos for your blog?

“Where can I find images or clip-art I can use on my blog?” We hear that question a lot on Twitter, Facebook and Myspace, so we wanted to add some helpful information and tips about it to our design and photography blog. Most bloggers or authors begin their photo search on Google Image Search by [...]

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3 Simple Reasons to Search Cutcaster’s Photo Library

First Class Photos. Tap into a wide-ranging collection of editor-reviewed imagery, including professionally shot and user-generated photos, vectors and illustrations. Cutcaster adds thousands of pictures and clipart each day. More bang for your buck Our flexible buying options stretch your budget as far as your creative imagination. You’ll get flexible payment plans, discount codes for [...]

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Get great photos for e-learning courses

Do you ever need eLearning backgrounds, blank promotional signs or people photos for your courses? Lately, our creative director and review team have been creating Cutcaster lightboxes full of unique photos and clipart specifically for the e-learning community. Think of e-learning as internet-enabled learning that encompasses training, education, just-in-time information, and communications. Cutcaster photos are [...]

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Cutcaster Image Pricing Algorithm

What is the Cutcaster Pricing Algorithm? Cutcaster’s proprietary pricing algorithm maximizes your content’s revenue by changing its price to match the demand in the marketplace. The more your image is in demand, the more you should be paid for it.  The algorithm is based on metadata and search variables surrounding your content and also how [...]

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Cutcaster Highlights July 2010

Summer is here, you need some extra cash, Send us new content or referrals, we’ll earn you money in a flash… Want to see the content Cutcaster needs and photo buyers are requesting? We can help you upload and submit any content to free up your time, if you email us at upload@cutcaster.com. In addition, [...]

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What’s the difference between JPEG, GIF and PNG files?

* JPEG (Joint Photographics Experts Group) – pronounced ‘jaypeg’ and you will sometimes see it shortened to just JPG. This format is ‘lossy’ in that the more you compress the image and thus reduce file size, the greater you will lose clarity and detail. JPEG graphics can render in full colour and are ideally suited [...]

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Find and Download Google Background Images at Cutcaster

So Google has changed up their website and now displays a background image on their white homepage. Want to get a great images for your Google background? Find amazing background images, photos and illustrations for Google. Spice up your Google homepage with one of our background images. Search over 600,000 royalty free images and illustrations [...]

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How can I use a stock photo I find online?

A lot of times when you find an image online that you want to use it might not be that clear what you need to do in order to legally license the image and use it for your creative project. Whether there are questions surrounding the license type, the usage, any restrictions, who the actual [...]

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Hot off the Press – Microstock Photography Survey Results

Thanks to Tyler Olsen, the fearless leader of the rowdy forum for microstockers called Microstock Group for publishing their Microstock Survey – 2009 Results. 413 market research panelist respond to the survey, giving a relatively small sampling of microstockers creating remarkable imagery today. Tyler explained where the participants came from. The majority of respondents came [...]

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