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Gary Pageau is principal of InfoCircle LLC, continuing his marketing communications career. InfoCircle LLC is a marketing and communications consulting firm, specializing in business-to-business markets. For nearly 25 years, he was with PMA International, serving most recently as Publisher, Content Development and Strategic Initiatives. His primary responsibilities included overseeing the Association’s editorial department, marketing research unit, education and corporate relations department.

Canon Solutions America announces line of dye-sub printers from DGI USA News 

Canon Solutions America announces line of dye-sub printers from DGI USA

Canon Solutions America, Inc. joined forces with DGI USA, a dye sublimation printer manufacturer, to deliver solutions combining DGI’s highly productive printers – including DGI POSEIDON, DGI FT-3204X, and DGI FH-3204, with Canon Solutions support services and market expertise. The DGI FT-3204X and FH-3204 offer a 10-foot wide hybrid dye-sublimation system with the flexibility to print either on transfer paper or... Read More
Flashpoint introduces the XPLOR 300 Pro TTL R2 Battery-Powered Monolight New Products 

Flashpoint introduces the XPLOR 300 Pro TTL R2 Battery-Powered Monolight

Flashpoint announces the XPLOR 300 Pro TTL R2 Battery-Powered Monolight, a portable, versatile 300 W strobe light built on the  R2 series of wireless flashes. The lightweight flash has a speedy, one-second recycle time, with a 328-feet R2 signal reception range and the capability to work seamlessly across all major camera systems. The Flashpoint XPLOR 300 Pro moonlight is available... Read More
Ohanaware updates HDRtist NX2.2 with 26 improvements, 20 fixes Updates 

Ohanaware updates HDRtist NX2.2 with 26 improvements, 20 fixes

Ohanaware Co. Ltd. has updated HDRtist NX to version 2.2, which includes 26 improvements and 20 fixes/workarounds. IHDRtist NX2 is the fourth major revision of their HDR software over the decade. Major features of HDRtist NX 2 90+ options for adjusting tonality, color & detail. Local adjustments to improve, fix or style areas of an image. Two comparison modes, Split-View... Read More
MailPix expands products and services available through 1 Hour Photo app New Products News 

MailPix expands products and services available through 1 Hour Photo app

MailPix announced new products and services for its popular 1 Hour Photo app. 1 Hour Photo is the convenient photo-printing app offering pick up at more than 21,000 locations among all five of the largest U.S retailers with photo services –  CVS, Walmart, Walgreen’s, Duane Reade and Target stores. 1 Hour Photo is available for iOS and for Android. Today, MailPix... Read More
GraphicConverter 11.2 updates imaging functions Updates 

GraphicConverter 11.2 updates imaging functions

Independent developer Lemke Software GmbH released GraphicConverter 11.2, an update to the image-editing utility for macOS. The utility can convert any of 200+ graphic file formats into any of 90+ other graphic formats. New features in version 11.2 include a Live Unskew effect, Dehaze filter, Bulging Eyes filter, and numerous other new and updated features, as well as bug fixes... Read More
Apparel company taps CEO to model new products due to COVID-19 News 

Apparel company taps CEO to model new products due to COVID-19

A custom team apparel company based in Columbus, Ohio, Emblem Athletic, launched a new service to make it easy for small businesses to order customizable face masks – but did so with a special guest product model: Mike Nemeth, their CEO. The new service, named Emblem Shield, launched quickly but without initial product photography because their usual models were unavailable... Read More
Apple updates 13-inch MacBook Pro with usable keyboard New Products 

Apple updates 13-inch MacBook Pro with usable keyboard

Apple updated the 13-inch MacBook Pro with the new Magic Keyboard for “the best typing experience” ever on a Mac notebook and doubled the storage across all standard configurations. The new lineup also offers 10th-generation processors for up to 80 percent faster graphics performance and makes 16GB of faster 3733MHz memory standard on select configurations, the company said. With powerful... Read More
B&H Photo lays off 400 staff members News 

B&H Photo lays off 400 staff members

B&H Photo and Video, the iconic Manhattan consumer-electronics store, has laid off about 400 of its 2,000 employees, according to published reports. The superstore at Ninth Ave. and West 34th Street closed in mid-March but, according to the Jewish Press, kept employees on staff through Passover. The store’s HR Director Izzy Friedman told staff last Wednesday the store had “waited... Read More
How to create photos for your online store Marketing Tips and tricks 

How to create photos for your online store

The key to branding your products on your online store is to create great product shots. Your customers can’t touch or feel your products. The only way to attract your market is by showing them photos in the best light possible. Professional and high-quality images will drive traffic to your website and even increase your conversions. Unfortunately, not all online... Read More
Onyx Graphics launches ONYX TruFit software Updates 

Onyx Graphics launches ONYX TruFit software

Onyx Graphics Inc., announced ONYX TruFit, the company’s new shape-based nesting software. Using artificial intelligence to search millions of combinations for the most precise nests and media utilization, the company says ONYX TruFit saves valuable print production time and reduces media usage up to 50 percent. Designed to work seamlessly across both Windows and Mac OS platforms and with any... Read More
Industry notes for the week of May 2 News 

Industry notes for the week of May 2

Industry Notes for the week of May 2 Adorama Wins Best Instagram Live” in the 12th Annual Shorty Awards Adorama won a Shorty Award for Best Instagram Live for its production, “Styling on a Budget for Fashion Photography with Lindsay Adler.” Lifetouch lays off 400+ workers in Maryland Lifetouch reported laying off 413 workers effective March 12, according to a notice filed on the Maryland... Read More