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drupa, PRINTING United announce partnership Events News 

drupa, PRINTING United announce partnership

The leadership of drupa, the European printing trade fair, and PRINTING United Expo, announced a partnership, with no details revealed at this point other than a pledge to make their respective events “more relevant.” According to the announcement: “Both organizations, with their customer-centric focus, will look to make all their events even more relevant and beneficial to both attendees and... Read More
Peakto Search v.1.1, the instant search plugin for Lightroom and Capture One, is enhanced with Metadata Search News Updates 

Peakto Search v.1.1, the instant search plugin for Lightroom and Capture One, is enhanced with Metadata Search

CYME unveils Peakto Search v1.1, its plugin for Lightroom and Capture One, with new features. In addition, to search by description and similar images, Peakto Search now allows metadata search. It thus becomes the “Finder” dedicated to Lightroom and Capture One, always accessible from the menu bar, offering photo previews and a video player, capable of displaying the searched content... Read More
HP,  Canva announce design and printing partnership News Partnerships 

HP, Canva announce design and printing partnership

HP Inc. announced a strategic multi-year global partnership with Canva, the visual communication platform, to connect HP Print Service Providers (PSPs) and the worldwide Canva community, enabling anyone creating content on the Canva platform to design and print within a fully integrated system seamlessly. This multi-year deal will enable Canva users “to design anything and print anywhere,” according to a... Read More
The Customization Group releases Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Progress Report News Sustainability 

The Customization Group releases Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Progress Report

The Customization Group (TCG), formerly Picanova, shared its 2023 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Progress Report. Here some highlights, from the company’s viewpoint: Environmental Sustainability: On-Demand Production: TCG model promotes responsible consumption and production, reducing waste and minimizing our environmental footprint. Tree Planting Initiatives: TCG planted 30,000 trees in Latvia, enhancing our commitment to reforestation and biodiversity. Sustainability Certifications: TCG have... Read More
Gelato releases its 2023 Sustainability Report News Sustainability 

Gelato releases its 2023 Sustainability Report

Printing platform Gelato has released its 2023 Sustainability Report.  With Gelato, personalized products are produced on demand and as local to the end consumer as possible. That means, a product is only made when it is sold, with 99% of products produced and delivered within the same region as the end customer, and 87% within the same country. This eliminates... Read More
Flam raises $4.5 million pre-Series A funding News 

Flam raises $4.5 million pre-Series A funding

YourStory.com reports Flam, the AI-powered mixed reality (MR) publishing platform, has raised $4.5 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by TurboStart, Twin Ventures, Alphatron Capital, along with other angel investors and family offices. Other existing backers including San Francisco-based Inventus Capital Partners, SVQ, and 9Unicorns also participated in the round. The company said the raised funds will be... Read More
ME Group divests Sempa in strategic shift to core operations News 

ME Group divests Sempa in strategic shift to core operations

ME Group, a leader in instant-service equipment formerly known as Photo-Me International, has announced the divestiture of its subsidiary, Sempa, to Food Machine Invest, a French entity. The transaction, completed on May 20, 2024, saw ME Group GSS relinquish its entire stake in Sempa for a cash sum of €4.6 million. Acquired in 2019, Sempa is the leader in professional... Read More
Mastering Efficiency and Profitability in Sports Photography: Bob Kenward’s Journey to Success Marketing News Podcasts 

Mastering Efficiency and Profitability in Sports Photography: Bob Kenward’s Journey to Success

Discover the transformative journey of Bob Kenward from Fluvanna Sports Photography as he details his shift from action sports to mastering team and individual portraits. In a candid conversation, Kenward reveals the pivotal moments that turned his initial skepticism of team photos into a profitable niche focusing on smaller leagues, and how composite photography became a game-changer for his business. Listen as we uncover... Read More
Canva unveils new workplace products at Canva Create News 

Canva unveils new workplace products at Canva Create

At its first international Canva Create event in Los Angeles last week, debuted the platform’s biggest overhaul in a decade, alongside a range of new workplace products and services poised to redefine the way millions of people work. “We are excited to introduce a revamped Canva experience and a suite of new products to empower every organisation to design,” said Melanie Perkins,... Read More
Condé Systems assets going to auction June 4 Acquisitions News 

Condé Systems assets going to auction June 4

Hyperams LLC, Rolling Meadows, Ill, has announced a June 4 online auction for the assets of dye-sublimation products distributor Condé Systems, Inc., which announced on its Facebook page the company would be closing in April. In November 2022, the company announced the transition to an employee-owned company, with the pending retirement of David Gross, president. According to the announcement from... Read More
Australia’s Academy Photography Australia goes into liquidation, stranding 26 schools News 

Australia’s Academy Photography Australia goes into liquidation, stranding 26 schools

According to numerous published reports, a leading Australia volume photography company, Academy Photography Australia, has gone into liquidation, leaving 26 schools left with undelivered portraits that were paid for.  Liquidators were appointed for the family-owned Academy Photography Australia late on Friday, May 2024.  The abrupt closure also affects the upcoming Picture Day for 26 other Western Australian schools. In an... Read More
Adobe unveils Firefly-powered generative remove in Lightroom News Updates 

Adobe unveils Firefly-powered generative remove in Lightroom

Adobe unveiled Generative Remove in Adobe Lightroom, bringing Adobe Firefly directly into everyday photo editing workflows across Lightroom mobile, web and desktop surfaces. Generative Remove is Lightroom’s most powerful remove tool yet, giving everyone the power to remove unwanted objects from any photo non-destructively in a single click by intelligently matching the removed area with pixel perfect generations for high-quality, realistic and... Read More