Joto website enables online ordering
Joto Paper is promoting its new website. It enables customers to place orders online, view the company’s entire product offering, and download instructions and supporting documents. Also, Joto’s 2010 full-color catalog is now available in digital format. “Not only will browsing our catalog be easier and always current, but by cutting down on our printed [...]
Xeikon expands label production capabilities with technology to offer no-label look
Xeikon, a division of Punch Graphix, said its latest label presses offer converters higher productivity with its one-pass opaque white toner to create the no-label look on transparent labels. “Clearly, an increasing number of brands are recognizing that they can achieve a higher impact on the shelf with this ‘no label or label-less look’, as [...]
Report says Agfa sees sales growing, thanks to graphics unit
According to a Reuters report, Agfa-Gevaert, Brussels, Belgium, expects revenues to grow 7 percent in 2010 spurred by its graphics unit, with sales of printing systems continuing to improve particularly in the United States. Business at the company’s graphics unit was picking up after being hit hard by last year’s financial crisis, the company said. [...]
Tiffen offers handful of new products for pro use
The Tiffen Co., Hauppauge, N.Y., debuted a number of new products. First, the Steadicam Phantom is a low cost big rig that performs like the top-of-the-line Ultra2, the company said. At $44,950, the base system starts with a 29- to 49-inch telescoping carbon fiber post coupled to the Ultra2 stage – with a patented +/– [...]
New Nik Software offers photographers new imaging toolkit for HDR enhancements
Nik Software, Northport, N.Y., introduced HDR Efex Pro, a new HDR imaging toolkit designed to help photographers achieve the full spectrum of HDR enhancements from the realistic to artistic. High dynamic range photography is a process in which multiple exposures are captured, aligned and merged to generate a single image that enables a much wider [...]
Kubota Image Tools offers new package of Vintage Delish Lightroom Presets
Kubota Image Tools, Bend, Ore., has made available its latest package of presets for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Fully compatible with Lightroom 3, the Kubota Lightroom Presets – Vintage Delish offers photographers pre-programmed short-cuts to create popular image effects. Using these new tools devised by photo industry veteran Kevin Kubota, professional photographers will save time in [...]
Dirt be gone! Studio Saver keeps dirt from shoes off the studio set
JTC Services Inc., Minnetonka, Minn., launched the Studio Saver, a product for the photography and videography industries. The company says the Studio Saver prevents studio set wear-and-tear with the use of a convenient sticky mat. The Studio Saver, which works like a sticky mat on the floor, removes dirt and light grit from the soles [...]
Canon offers new projector for use in large venues
Canon U.S.A. Inc., Lake Success, N.Y., introduced a high-performance XGA-resolution LV-7590 Multimedia Projector. Delivering 7000 lumens of brightness and a contrast ratio of 1800:1, this new projector offers five optional lenses that enable it to be customized to a variety of front or rear projection applications. This flexibility makes the LV-7590 Multimedia Projector ideal for [...]
Alaska Stock Images expands global market distribution
Alaska photo stock agency Alaska Stock Images announced a strategic distribution partnership with DIOMEDIA. “Alaska Stock is looking forward to being able to expand its distribution to an agency that is uniquely global,” said Gina Bringman, Alaska Stock International Distribution Coordinator. DIOMEDIA develops and operates an advanced platform providing digital media to creative and editorial [...]
Fotolia celebrates two milestones
Fotolia is celebrating two milestones: 10 million images and 2 million members. Since entering the market five years ago, Fotolia has provided HD photos, vectors, and videos. Co-founder and CEO Oleg Tscheltzoff credits Fotolia’s success to key competitive advantages, saying, “Localized and custom sites provide our customers with content and styles relevant to their regions. [...]
