Perfect Corp., Snap partner for AR beauty experience News 

Perfect Corp., Snap partner for AR beauty experience

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Perfect Corp., the self-described “beauty tech solutions provider” and creator of YouCam solutions, is collaborating with Snap Inc. to integrate AR beauty try-on experiences into the Snapchat platform. The partnership enables brands to bring digital and AR experiences that they’ve already created with Perfect Corp. into Snapchat and turn those experiences into Snapchat Lenses which will live on their Brand... Read More
Shutterstock launches WordPress plugin that suggests photos based on content New Products 

Shutterstock launches WordPress plugin that suggests photos based on content

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Stock content company Shutterstock, Inc. announced a new integration with the WordPress platform. The plugin, which is available in 21 languages, gives users access to 350+ million licensed images from within WordPress and automatically suggests relevant visuals based on a Smart Image Recommendations tool developed by Shutterstock. The WordPress plugin provides Smart Image Recommendations that will automatically suggest relevant images... Read More
APTech taps Innovatis Group for management expertise News 

APTech taps Innovatis Group for management expertise

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The Association for Print Technologies (APTech) has partnered with Innovatis Group, an association management company., joining other clients like Canon, Dell Technologies, and VMware. Innovatis Group is an association management company founded in 2014 and has offices located in Chicago, Nashville, and Washington, D.C. “The approach Innovatis Group takes to nurturing organizations is exactly what APTech needs right now,” says... Read More
Capture One releases Capture One 21 New Products 

Capture One releases Capture One 21

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Capture One, released its newest version, Capture One 21, featuring new features like Speed Edit for immersive editing and Dehaze. Capture One 21 introduces ProStandard Color Profiles color technology preserving authentic colors to overcome the challenge of unwanted hue changes when applying adjustments, plus new HEIC support. “Capture One 21 bridges our heritage to the future, carrying forward the achievements of... Read More
Tracer Imaging releases magnetic 8×8 photo tiles New Products 

Tracer Imaging releases magnetic 8×8 photo tiles

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Tracer Imaging released TilePix™ for iOS, a smartphone app for creating the company’s 8×8 photo tiles that snap to a wall with a  magnetic mounting system. TilePix can be easily repositioned. The TilePix magnetic mounting system uses a proprietary and patented Stick&Slide hanging technology. The centerpiece is an oversized, removable magnetic wall pad which holds the frame securely to the... Read More
Entourage Yearbooks announces winners of 11th annual national yearbook contest Events 

Entourage Yearbooks announces winners of 11th annual national yearbook contest

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Entourage Yearbooks announces winners of 11th annual national yearbook contest. Participants of the contest have told Entourage Yearbooks that the student designers have been motivated and inspired after seeing the end results, and have even included their participation on resumes. Grand Prize Overall Winner: NYOS Charter 2020 Yearbook Overall Yearbook High School Winners: 1st Place — NYOS Charter School 2020... Read More
Canon Production Printing launches online large-format graphics community News 

Canon Production Printing launches online large-format graphics community

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Canon Solutions America Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., announced Canon Production Printing, a Canon affiliate located in Venlo, Netherlands, has launched a new online community, graphiPLAZA. Free to access for customers, partners and employees, graphiPLAZA offers a network of expertise designed to help Canon’s channel partners improve their business practices, the company says. graphiPLAZA helps users stay... Read More
Canva study reveals creative photography on the rise Marketing 

Canva study reveals creative photography on the rise

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Global online design platform Canva has released new research revealing an enduring boost in individual creativity across the United States., as Americans find new ways to find fulfillment during the pandemic. The nationally representative study of 2,000 Americans, commissioned by Canva, reveals more than half (51 percent) of Americans have picked-up a new creative past-time, or revisited an old one, since... Read More
ShootProof named to Deloitte’s 2020 Fast 500 list News 

ShootProof named to Deloitte’s 2020 Fast 500 list

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ShootProof announced the company was recognized in Deloitte’s 2020 Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, and energy tech companies in North America. Companies are selected based on the percentage of fiscal year revenue growth for three years and must own proprietary intellectual property or technology that is sold to customers in... Read More
GoPro subscribers surge past 667,000 over Black Friday/Cyber Monday period News 

GoPro subscribers surge past 667,000 over Black Friday/Cyber Monday period

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GoPro, Inc. announced its GoPro subscriber count surged past the 670,000 mark due to record-breaking sales at GoPro.com during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday period. The company also said this week it sold its 40 millionth camera since the debut of its first HD model in 2009. “GoPro.com performed as we expected, handily breaking sales records over the Black Friday –... Read More
Jostens announces enhancements to Yearbook+ digital yearbook Updates 

Jostens announces enhancements to Yearbook+ digital yearbook

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Jostens announced enhancements to its exclusive Yearbook+ digital product, adding the ability to submit their portrait pictures directly to the yearbook. The company says, due to COVID-19, getting student portraits for the yearbook has been especially challenging. Each Jostens customer using the new portrait feature in Yearbook+ has access to a management site where the yearbook adviser has real-time access... Read More
Michaels reports third-quarter sales up 15% News 

Michaels reports third-quarter sales up 15%

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The Michaels Companies, Inc. announced a third-quarter fiscal 2020 net sales increase of 15.1% to $1.406 billion; comparable store sales increase of 16.3%; including e-commerce growth of 128.0%. “Michaels delivered strong third-quarter results highlighted by comparable-store sales growth of 16.3%, which was driven by robust consumer demand, improved retail execution and continued progress against our strategic initiatives,” said Ashley Buchanan,... Read More
In-person drupa postponed until 2024, virtual event to be held in 2021 Events 

In-person drupa postponed until 2024, virtual event to be held in 2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic claimed its second event this week, with the cancelation of the 2021 edition of drupa, the leading trade fair for the print industry. The next in-person event will be May 28 – June 7, 2024 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Prior to that, the organizers will offer “virtual.drupa”, a four-day digital event from April 20 – 23, 2021 during... Read More