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Leading Photographer Associations Urge Congress to Amend Orphan Works Legislation

Association representatives seek solutions to the problems of unidentified creative works and missing creators, while preserving constitutional protections for intellectual property.

How to Follow Up with Potential Clients

What your prospects say, what you hear, and what they mean are often three very different things. Here's how to know what's really going on and when to follow up to clinch the deal.

Open Text Acquires Media Management Division of Corbis

Artesia_emotion adds digital media capabilities for Enterprise 2.0.

Marware Inc. announces Project X 1.5 Update

Project X 1.5 takes a redefined approach to traditional project management by focusing on collaboration, communication, and management while minimizing the burden of tedious data entry and cumbersome workflows. Add resources for your project straight from your Mac Address Book and integrate the assignments into iCal.

Review: Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional

Even with so many applications and operating systems exporting decent PDF files, Adobe has pumped just enough new features and online services into Acrobat 9 to keep it useful, and perhaps even compelling.

New Book: Essential Principles of Graphic Design

Written by Debbie Millman and published by HOW, this book is an excellent resource.

HerGeekness Says: Convert a File, Any File

When clients hand you files so ancient or obscure that they're unreadable, don't despair. Part 1 of my file conversion survival kit will have you repurposing those files lickety split -- without asking the client to lift a finger, and without forcing you to buy every application under the sun just to open the occasional weirdo document.

reddot Awards Registration Ends July 11

It's your last chance to enter the red dot award: design concept 2008.

Getty Images Announces Completion of Acquisition by Hellman & Friedman

Getty Images, Inc. (NYSE:GYI) today announced the completion of its acquisition by an affiliate of the private equity firm Hellman & Friedman. Getty Images announced on February 25, 2008 a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Hellman & Friedman in a transaction valued at approximately $2.4 billion.

Why You Need a Different Kind of Scanner

No, not another scanner for artwork. An automatic document feeder can clean up your life -- or at least your office.

Alaska Stock Partners with National Geographic Image Collection

Geographic's image collection includes more than 10 million items.

Introducing Slife 2.0, Time Tracking For Individuals And Teams

This next-generation time and activity management application is for Mac OS X.

Keedup: Tide Turning In Favour Of Outsourced Keywording

The tide is starting to turn from in-house to outsourced keywording if the recent CEPIC convention is anything to go by, says Keedup managing director Kevin Townsend.

Digital Asset Management Products Lacking Key Enterprise Features

New CMS Watch research finds vendors falling short in workflow, DRM.

Learn Wedding Photography from the Pros

What gear do you need? What settings are best? What shots are must-takes? And how do you protect your media and your business? Three professional wedding photographers spill their secrets.

Workamajig Announces Drag and Drop Gantt Chart Capabilities

Workamajig, formerly Creative Manager Pro, Ad Agency Software and Project Management Groupware for Creative and Design firms, has announced new drag and drop capabilities in the online timeline and and online Gantt chart, along with updates for Apple's latest Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.3.

Get Creative Video: News for the Week of June 23, 2008

Batch-apply Photoshop Actions; weekly podcast from Bert Monroy; free software audit tools; it's raining word clouds.

Survey Says: Dress the Part

Forty-one percent of U.S. employers more likely to promote employees who wear professional attire.

One in Four Workers Plan to Work While on Vacation

CareerBuilder.com’s annual survey reveals that 15 percent gave up vacation time in 2007.

Kodak and WhatTheyThink Explain Why Sustainability is the New Green

Free webinar helps attendees understand the bigger sustainability picture for the printing industry.