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This week’s imaging webinars and events: Photo Finale, Taopix, Print Refinery, MorePhotos Events 

This week’s imaging webinars and events: Photo Finale, Taopix, Print Refinery, MorePhotos

Four webinars this week for the imaging industry: Photo Finale is hosting the What’s New & Holiday Prep Webinar, Tuesday, Nov. 14. Register here. TaoPix is hosting a webinar called “From Concept to Cash” on Tuesday, Nov. 14. Register here. IPI is having a webinar about its Print Refinery licensed business model this week, Wednesday, Nov. 15. Register here. MorePhotos is... Read More
PhotoFinale announces APM Kiosk v10 with mobile transfer and HEIF support News Press releases 

PhotoFinale announces APM Kiosk v10 with mobile transfer and HEIF support

New Release: APM Kiosk v10 with mobile transfer, Image USB, rush fee and HEIF support APM v10 is now available for download from our Releases Blog. We encourage everyone to install version 10 so that you can handle HEIF format photos and use the new phone-to-kiosk universal mobile uploader. HEIF support: APM v10 handles Apple’s new HEIF format, as will the... Read More
Photo Finale response to HEIF roll-out News Opinion Sponsored post 

Photo Finale response to HEIF roll-out

The Dead Pixels Society asked leading kiosk vendors to respond to the challenges posed by the new HEIF image-file format. Here is the response from Photo Finale: JPEG has long been the image format of choice for the imaging industry, for superior compression and easy-to-use format. However, as the imaging world has moved towards motion, transmission speeds are vital and... Read More
UPDATED: What the HEIF is going on? Opinion 

UPDATED: What the HEIF is going on?

Updated: Vendor responses below New file format could pose challenge to photo retailers With the debut of new iPhone 8 models and a VR-driven iPhone X, Apple has more than doubled-down on its smartphone platform as an imaging device. Boasting 12MP cameras and a host of new portrait modes, all three new iPhones promise new photo frontiers. But, when it... Read More
New Photo Finale App Upgrade includes built-in photo editing New Products Sponsored post 

New Photo Finale App Upgrade includes built-in photo editing

New App Upgrade Available! Features: Creative Product Ordering & Built-in Photo Editing We are excited to bring you a big new 4.0 release for your iPhone/iPad ordering app. This opt-in upgrade includes: Full creative product ordering Adobe Creative Cloud photo editing Spanish and French translations Improvements to the quantity picker Bug fixes and performance enhancements The 4.x track of releases-to-come... Read More
Photo Finale introduces Proofing Gallery News Press releases Sponsored post 

Photo Finale introduces Proofing Gallery

Introducing Photo Finale’s new Proofing Gallery: beautiful, simple sites designed for professional photographers to store and share photos from shoots, and to present them to clients for proofing and print/product purchase.  A Proofing Gallery site allows for products, pricing, and branding distinct from your main PF site, but feeds into your existing Lab 50 for easy production. Just like a main... Read More
Retailers helping retailers, using Photo Finale Marketplace Sponsored post 

Retailers helping retailers, using Photo Finale Marketplace

Photo dealers are scrappy people. They cherish their independence. But there comes a time when going it alone isn’t the best idea, especially when it comes to choosing new photo products. That’s where experimentation and idea-sharing can make a big difference. Retailers who are in touch with their markets instinctively know what products work and what don’t, but there are... Read More
Independent retailers embrace Photo Finale Enterprise Sponsored post 

Independent retailers embrace Photo Finale Enterprise

Modern technology lets photo retailers compete with the big players The online photo business has change a lot over the past few years. Mobile-enabled responsive sites are now a requirement, not a luxury. Modern UI and backend reliability can make the difference between getting an order and losing out to a competitor. Features that were once just “nice to have,”... Read More
Photo Finale Launches Prestige Books Press releases 

Photo Finale Launches Prestige Books

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Premium quality books now available exclusively through Photo Finale dealers July 11, 2016.  McLean, VA – Photo Finale Inc. unveiled an addition to the photo book product catalog: Prestige Photo Books. These premium-quality books are distinguished by MDF-backed photo covers for extra stability and warp resistance. Prestige Books all feature the unique, vibrant MDF-backed photo cover and... Read More
Marathon bid for Shutterfly signals end of an era News Opinion 

Marathon bid for Shutterfly signals end of an era

Over the last year, Shutterfly management has faced activist shareholders who are pressing for greater stock performance from the leading online photo-product company. Shareholders are understandably concerned about lower net income returns, low stock performance and increased expenditures. Last fall, Silver Lake Partners said it was planning to spend $2 billion to take private the Redwood City photo giant. Shutterfly management even... Read More