* 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 [...]
So Google has changed up their offering and now displays a background image on their once white homepage. The nerve you might be thinking… Don’t stress too much. Find amazing background images, photos and illustrations for Google. Spice up your Google homepage with one of our background images. Search over 500,000 images and illustrations which [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A ‘comp’ (short for complimentary) is a free, low-resolution, watermarked version of Cutcasters’ images. Buyers will generally download comps to evaluate an image’s suitability in a particular creative project or to evaluate varying page designs. ‘Comps’ may also be used by photo researchers or photo buyers who are doing research or purchasing images for a [...]
Here are just a few examples of how Cutcasters’ stock photos and stock illustrations have been used by some of our photo buyers. Just so we are clear, Cutcaster’s license covers your photo and illustration usage with regards to its use on websites, advertisements, commercials, mobile applications, invitations, set designs, multimedia presentations, displays for trade [...]
We want to hear from our photo buyers at Cutcaster and see how they are using our fantastic images in their creative projects. If you don’t mind sharing with the Cutcaster community how you used the image you bought from our marketplace we would love to feature some of your work and give you a [...]
The first step to bidding on images and naming your price at Cutcaster is to create an account at Cutcaster under the Register page. To bid on images and name your price you need to be a registered Cutcaster user. It’s free. Once you have selected the image you would like to bid for, you can [...]
We talk to 10-20 buyers a day and gather requests for content that they need now. If you have photos, illustration, or vectors that fit into the categories below, we need your work! Send in your best work and be included in clipfolders we send directly to customers! As with all submissions we are looking [...]
We are creating a large directory to help out visitors find the best photography related resources on the internet. If you would like to be added to this list, please contact us to request a link. To have your link added to our links page, you will have to provide a link back to our [...]
