Category Archives: editing

EyeEm renews with its Festival, this time in New York

computer vision, content, editing, editorial, EyeEm, Instagram, interview, mobile, photojournalism, PhotoTech, research, Social Media, UGC July 30, 2015 Paul Melcher 2 Comments

EyeEm is the photo app photographers’ love. Not only it offers the expected gamut of editing tools we have now become accustomed to, it delivers it in an environment particularly friendly to image creators. Unlike older sister Instagram, EyeEm seeks to help its members generate revenue with their creations, making them as successful as they are. In this spirit, the Berlin-based company announces today the second EyeEm festival, to be held in New York on September 18, 2015. Located in a 19th-century textile warehouse, the festival…

10 questions to a founder : Imagewiki

advertising, content, Content Recognition, editing, interview, license, photo sharing, PhotoTech, Search, Social Media, technology July 24, 2015 Paul Melcher 6 Comments

With billions of photos uploaded and shared daily on a variety of photo sharing sites, monitoring copyright is a nightmare for both visual companies and content owners alike. On one side, photo sharing platforms cannot physically police every upload and on the other, content creators cannot spend their days policing the web for illegal usages. While legislators are starting to reconsider the text of the law, a Los Angeles startup might just have the right automated solution to make everyone’s’ life easier and generate revenue…

10 questions for a founder : Bespoke

content, editing, Interface, photo sharing, PhotoTech, Pinterest, Search, Social Media, tablet July 22, 2015 Paul Melcher 1 Comment

You discover, you save, you share. What should be a series of simple 1-2-3 tasks on your mobile devices can become a real hassle, especially if you are running iOS. Each step requires you to close and open different apps with the risk of losing it all in the process. Newly launch mobile app Bespoke eliminates all the technological roadblocks, allowing users to focus solely on inspiration and creation. Via a dedicated browser, users can now simply navigate back and forth from curating, sharing and browsing…

Survey Reveals Photo Editing Habits of Men and Women

content, editing, Facebook, filter, Instagram, mobile, photo sharing, Social Media July 17, 2015 Paul Melcher 6 Comments

PicMonkey, the leading photo editing website, in conjunction with LEWIS, recently conducted a survey with over 2,000 respondents about the photos they edit and post on social media. Respondents were asked questions regarding photo quality and personal preference and use. Not surprisingly, 91 percent of all respondents said they have posted pictures to social media within the last year. However, when it came to gender, it turns out that men have posted photos nearly as often as women within the last year (87 percent vs.…