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Posts Tagged ‘photos’

Images for profile pages, websites and blogs

Want to download a great graphic or image for your Twitter page, Myspace profile background, StumbleUpon site, website, personal or business blog or WordPress blog that won’t cost you an arm and a leg but will add a level of uniqueness or professionalism to your online presence. Just visit Cutcaster, do a keyword search for [...]

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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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35 Creative Photos to Inspire you this week

It’s Monday and everyone is dragging a bit. To kick-start the week off right, Acris Design posted a great selection of Photo-shopped art that will make your eyeballs love you and your mouth water with excitement. If you need a little inspiration to kick off the week check out these 35 Photos to jump-start your [...]

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Can an iPad app edit your IPTC metadata?

David Riecks over at Controlled Vocabulary, sent out an email talking about a “MetaEditor,” or an application to “edit IPTC metadata info on your iPad.”  Not a good thought. He notes, that the details of the application’s review from Cyril Godefroy’s blog are a bit sketchy, because it’s not clear whether this is IPTC only, [...]

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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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Blurb, Photography Book Now Contest

We recently told you about a Photo Contest put on by our friends at Blurb, called Photography Book Now, that focuses on creating self-published photobook designs where you can win a ton of cash and get judged by world class experts in the photography world. There’s just a few weeks left to submit your book [...]

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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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