FocusSpeed.com Beefs up their Portfolio while Lowering Cost for End-Users

Adding Images Every Week, FocusSpeed.com Specializing in Providing Stock Photos to the Graphic Arts Community

San Jose, CA – FocusSpeed.com. A resource for design professionals and photographers alike, Focusspeed.com (www.focusspeedcom) is an emerging low cost stock photography site in the highly contested overpriced royalty-free stock photography industry. It has a user-friendly model with new photos uploaded weekly, with a ever-expanding portfolio, FocusSpeed.com has become a destination for graphic, web, layout and power point professionals seeking quality images with a subscription and/or per a stock image prices that make sense. The low cost model makes it affordable for most anyone.

FocusSpeed works on a simple subscription model and/or per a photo. For 195usd per year, subscribers can download unlimited amount of images per a day – or 36 per month – to be used royalty-free, forever. Customers who need only a few pictures and can purchase them for 3:00usd per a photo.

For those looking for a vast collection of unique images, FocusSpeed.com has a tremendously diverse library of images. Easily searchable, stock images are organized into categories in all ranges. Subscribers can also create their own lightboxes, gathering images across categories to use as inspiration for a project. Subscribers can e-mail pictures to friends, colleagues and clients.

FocusSpeed.com’s collection is growing at a remarkable pace and is quickly gaining traction in the creative community.

About FocusSpeed.com
FocusSpeed.com was started in 2004 and is owned by Phaze-9 Corporation. FocusSpeed.com is a stock photo agency which allows the user the ability to purchase individual pictures or join as a subscription based member. Simply sign up for an affordable subscription plan and download unlimited images everyday with no hidden costs. Our collection of premium, royalty-free images contains photographs you won’t find anywhere else. Combined with a user-friendly model, FocusSpeed.com is your resource for quality stock photos on the web.
For more information please visit www.focusspeed.com

Please Note – Prices are subject to change

FocusSpeed.com Launches a New, More Convenient Source for Wine Related Stock Photos

The Growth in the Wine Market Has Generated a Need for Quality Communication Materials That Can Be Developed Quickly. Companies Seeking to Develop Marketing Materials Now Have a Graphics Photography Solution: FocusSpeed.com
San Jose, CA – FocusSpeed.com now offers quality wine related stock photos which can be used for marketing and editorial use. Graphic and Web Designers and Advertisers can select, purchase and download images to use in all their marketing material (including advertising and editorial captions). FocusSpeed.com’s large variety of available images include high resolution photos of wine glasses, bottles, barrels, corks, corkscrews, vineyards plus much more.
FocusSpeed.com is a good source for those who publish magazine and ads, brochures, direct response, internal communications materials, and websites. All the images have been pre-approved by FocusSpeed.com’s staff for quality and resolution, making them ideal to use for tradeshow marketing material, websites, print advertising and editorial use.
Customers can easily preview the Wine related photos, quality and size by going to FocusSpeed.com, clicking on Food / Drinks category (on the left navigation bar) and scroll down to Wine.

About FocusSpeed
FocusSpeed was started in 2004 as a stock photo agency which allows the user the ability to purchase individual pictures or join as a subscription based member. Simply sign up for an affordable subscription plan and download unlimited images every day with no hidden costs. Our vast collection includes premium, royalty-free photographs and images you won’t find anywhere else. Combined with a user-friendly model, FocusSpeed is your resource for quality stock photos on the web.

For more information please visit http://www.focusspeed.com

FocusSpeed.com Launches a New, More Convenient Source for Semiconductor Related Stock Photos

The Growth in the Semiconductor Market Has Generated a Need for Quality Communication Materials That Can Be Developed Quickly. Companies Seeking to Develop Marketing Materials Now Have a Graphics Photography Solution: FocusSpeed.com

San Jose, CA – FocusSpeed.com now offers quality semiconductor related stock photos which can be used for marketing and editorial use. Graphic and Web Designers and Advertisers can select, purchase and download images to use in all their marketing material (including advertising and editorial captions). FocusSpeed.com’s large variety of available images include high resolution photos of semiconductor wafers, chips, machinery equipment, components and people.
Uniquely specializing in industrial technology images, FocusSpeed.com is perfect for those who publish magazine and newspaper advertising, collateral, brochures, direct response, internal communications materials, and websites. All the images have been pre-approved by FocusSpeed.com’s staff for quality and resolution, making them ideal to use for tradeshow marketing material, websites, print advertising and editorial use.
Customers can easily preview the Semiconductor photos quality and size by going to FocusSpeed.com, clicking on Technology / Engineering category (on the left navigation bar) and scroll down to Semiconductor or Micro Electronics.

About FocusSpeed
FocusSpeed was started in 2004 as a stock photo agency which allows the user the ability to purchase individual pictures or join as a subscription based member. Simply sign up for an affordable subscription plan and download unlimited images every day with no hidden costs. Our vast collection includes premium, royalty-free photographs and images you won’t find anywhere else. Combined with a user-friendly model, FocusSpeed is your resource for quality stock photos on the web.
For more information please visit www.focusspeed.com

VX30 Voted #1 Video Streaming Technology by Independent University Study

In a recent study among five (5) streaming video technologies currently available, VX30 was voted #1, outperforming Flash, Microsoft Media, Real Player and Quicktime. VX30 is a player-less, Java-based, cross-platform software application that takes digital files and converts them into a format ready to be streamed from any standard HTTP web server. Different from their competitors, VX30 requires no downloading, installing or upgrading of different media players or plug-ins on an individual’s computer, which can be costly, complicated, time consuming and frustrating. Due to VX30 relying solely on HTTP, videos can be viewed from any Java-enabled web browser running on any host including Solaris, Linux, OS X, and Windows workstations.

Dr. Edgar Huang, lead author of the August 2006 study states, “Our study shows that VX30 has the best potential to become an ideal technology for video streaming…it is the number one streaming technology.”*

“VX30’s unsigned Java applet requires no intervention from the user to instantly load and has the highest security restrictions of any applet,” states Jonathan Miller General Manger of VX30. “This ease-of-use, coupled with high security restrictions also helps in eliminating headaches caused by what has now become a prime target for viruses — media players”

Some of the key features of VX30 include:
? Easy to Use, Player-Less Viewing – Player-like capability, with no media player to download or maintain on a user’s computer. This eliminates the headache of constantly installing, upgrading, or adding plug-in software to users’ computers.
? Scalability/Server Technology -VX30 does not require specialized server configurations or software to operate which helps save money, time and effort. VX30 video files reside on-demand on the server and are linked to web pages just like a .JPEG or .GIF file.
? Easy-To-Encode – The VX30 encoder has an intuitive user interface. Even a novice can quickly create the files necessary to stream video from a website.
? Bandwidth Detection – The VX30 Java player applet has built in bandwidth detection algorithms that automatically choose the best quality video stream for a client’s network capability
? Secure SSL Video Streaming – Video streams can be sent over SSL (Secure Socket Layer) for highly secure transmission.
? Quality Audio – VX30 uses AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)

Some examples of VX30 companies using the streaming media technology are Yellowstone National Park, who chose it to power their award-winning web site www.yellowstonepark.com. Also, Maui’s Visitor Channel 7 www.mauionline.com chose it knowing media player compatibility will not be an issue for their viewers when they are watching live television shows.

About VX30
With headquarters in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, VX30 has been integral in advancing the world of player-less streaming media. As a new Sun Microsystems Partner, VX30’s Java-based platform looks to be a universal leader in the streaming media software community. For more information, please visit www.vx30.com or call (866) 661-5699.

Link to the independent case study – *“Searching for An Ideal Streaming Technology” (www.iupui.edu/~nmstream/index.php) by Dr. Edgar Huang

Master Colors Teams Up with FocusSpeed.com to Offer Their Customers Stock Images at an Affordable Price.

Master Colors LLC a Boulder ,Colorado www.master-colors.com,  based company that developed the HVC Color Composer, plug-in for Adobe products  teams up with FocusSpeed.com a stock image site to give their customers discounted pricing. Master Colors customers will be able to have 50% off downloads from FocusSpeed.com for the entire year of 2008.

 

The HVC Color Composer, Master Colors’ award-winning plug-ins for Photoshop and InDesign, offers designers ,photographers and digital artists in every field the satisfaction of having control of all colors in their work, whether it is a graphic design involving several colors or a highly complex work involving hundreds or even thousands of color choices.

 

Due to Master Colors graphical focus their customers often use stock photos for layout and creative content  “Joining up with FocusSpeed.com to give our customers a place they can find quality stock photos at an affordable price is one more step to be customer orientated and help our customers achieve their business needs” says Seth Cohen COO

 

About COMPANY

Founded in 2000, Master Colors is the leader in color quantification technology. Our patented technology produces true harmonic color palettes organized at the fundamental level of combined HVC (hue, value, chroma) contrast. Master Colors’ HVC Color Composition System™ has revolutionized the field of color composition for designers, illustrators, artists, photographers and pre-press operators as well as producing more accurate color for final output on press.

For more information please visit www.master-colors.com

 

About FocusSpeed
Started in 2004 FocusSpeed is owned by Phaze-9 Corporation, this company is a stock photo agency with the ability to purchase individual pictures or as subscription based member. Simply sign up for an affordable subscription plan and download unlimited images everyday with no hidden costs. Our collection of premium, royalty-free images contains photographs you won’t find anywhere else. Combined with our user-friendly model, FocusSpeed is your resource for quality stock photos on the web.

For more information please visit www.focusspeed.com

FocusSpeed.com Launches a New, More Convenient Source for Semiconductor Related Stock Photos

The Growth in Semiconductor Market Has Generated a Need for Quality Communication Materials That Can Be Developed Quickly; Companies Seeking to Develop Marketing Materials Now Have a Graphics Photography Solution: FocusSpeed.com

San Jose, CA – FocusSpeed.com now offers large quality of semiconductor related stock photos which can be used for marketing and editorial use. Graphic, web, designers and advertisers can select, purchase and instantly download images to use in all marketing material such as advertising and editorial applications. Images include high resolution photos of semiconductor wafers, chips, machinery equipment, components and people. A variety of options to choose from.

Unique in concentrating on industrial technology images, FocusSpeed.com  are for those who publish magazine and newspaper advertising, collateral, brochures, direct response, internal communications materials, and websites All the images have been pre-approved by FocusSpeed.com’s staff  for quality and resolution making them ideal to use for tradeshow marketing material, websites, print advertising and editorial use.

Customers can easily preview the Semiconductor and other technology related photos quality and size by going to FocusSpeed.com, clicking on Technology / Engineering category on the left navigation bar and scroll down to Semiconductor or Micro Electronics.

 

About FocusSpeed
FocusSpeed was started in 2004 is a stock photo agency which allows the user the ability to purchase individual pictures or join as a subscription based member. Simply sign up for an affordable subscription plan and download unlimited images everyday with no hidden costs. Our collection of premium, royalty-free images contains photographs you won’t find anywhere else. Combined with a user-friendly model, FocusSpeed is your resource for quality stock photos on the web.

For more information please visit www.focusspeed.com

Now Graphic Designers & Photographers can Brush-up on Their Color Skills

Master Colors LLC, provider of innovative digital imaging tools, today announces the debut of its new course of color composition tutorials. Each features a downloadable Photoshop template from the works the great 20th century colorists, Pierre Bonnard and Henri Matisse.  Free tutorials, templates and a demo of the HVC Color Composer plugin for Photoshop and InDesign can be downloaded from the Master Colors website. (www.master-colors.com)

Master Colors, the leader in color quantification technology, develops plug-ins for Adobe® Photoshop® and InDesign® on both Mac and Windows® platforms.  In much the same way as a musician works within harmonic scales so the artist can now compose, control and organize colors within harmonic color progressions organized at the fundamental level of HVC contrast.  

“Now this indispensable Photoshop plug-in is affordable to every artist who wishes to become a master of color” Says Neil Murphy, VP Sales & Marketing.   This new information enables the artist to work within harmonic structures into which their ideas, feelings and intuition can flow with spectacular and highly controlled results.

Master Colors’ new color composition course is easy and fun to try, and takes you systematically through problems of flat graphic color design to highly complex painterly problems.

From the very first template lesson, using a wonderful design taken from Matisse’s famous cutout series, the artist gains a level of control and virtuosity never before possible until Master Colors’ HVC Color Composer became available. In the fifth tutorial, the artists can try to execute their own version of one of the great masterpieces of the 20th Century, The Almond Tree, by Bonnard.

At first this painting appears almost too complex to render in Photoshop. However, the tutorial breaks it down so that the artist can control the piece from beginning to end, while gaining mastery of various color composition techniques.
Master Colors’ products have a try before you buy policy.  Individuals are encouraged to download a free trial version from the Master-Colors web site (www.master-colors.com)
 
Master Colors is offering the HVC Color Composer at a reduced price. The Standard version can now be purchased for only $29.95 (originally $49.95), and the Professional version for only $59.95 (originally $129.95).  Master Colors summer discount will be available through the July 4th 2008 weekend.

About Master Colors®
Founded in 2000, Master Colors is the leader in color quantification technology. Our patented technology produces true harmonic color palettes organized at the fundamental level of combined HVC contrast. Master Colors’ products have revolutionized the field of color composition for designers, illustrators, artists, photographers.  Our products have received critical acclaim in top industry publications. (www.master-colors.com/press_room.php)

For more information please visit http://www.master-colors.com/

FocusSpeed.com Beefs up their Portfolio while Lowering Cost for End-Users

Adding Images Every Week, FocusSpeed.com Specializing in Providing Stock Photos to the Graphic Arts Community

FocusSpeed.com. A resource for design professionals and photographers alike, Focusspeed.com (www.focusspeedcom) is an emerging low cost stock photography site in the highly contested overpriced royalty-free stock photography industry. It has a user-friendly model with new photos uploaded weekly, with a ever-expanding portfolio, FocusSpeed.com has become a destination for graphic, web, layout and power point professionals seeking quality images with a subscription and/or per a stock image prices that make sense. The low cost model makes it affordable for most anyone.

Customers who need only a few pictures and can purchase them from 1.50usd per a photo.

For those looking for a vast collection of unique images, FocusSpeed.com has a tremendously diverse library of images. Easily searchable, stock images are organized into categories in all ranges. Subscribers can also create their own lightboxes, gathering images across categories to use as inspiration for a project. Subscribers can e-mail pictures to friends, colleagues and clients.
FocusSpeed.com’s collection is growing at a remarkable pace and is quickly gaining traction in the creative community.

About FocusSpeed.com
FocusSpeed.com was started in 2004 and is owned by Phaze-9 Corporation. FocusSpeed.com is a stock photo agency which allows the user the ability to purchase individual pictures or join as a subscription based member. Simply sign up for an affordable subscription plan and download unlimited images everyday with no hidden costs. Our collection of premium, royalty-free images contains photographs you won’t find anywhere else. Combined with a user-friendly model, FocusSpeed.com is your resource for quality stock photos on the web.

For more information please visit www.focusspeed.com

Master Colors Releases HVC Color Composer Plug-in for Photoshop and InDesign

Master Colors Releases HVC Color Composer Plug-in for Photoshop and InDesign

Master Colors LLC, Master-Colors has released the HVC Color Composer for Photoshop V1.3.2 for Mac V1.4.2 for Windows and V1.0 for InDesign.

Color selection is one of the biggest challenges for a professional artist. Master Colors HVC Color Composer offers both a scientific identification and selection system, where all of the relationships between all colors can be identified numerically and therefore can be organized and controlled when you apply the colors to your work.

There are a number of different ways to organize color. The most important, fundamental, objective way of organizing color is at the level of the combined Hue, Value and Chroma contrast (HVC Contrast), which is the only meaningful definition of perceptual contrast..

“Everyone in the design industry understands how costly and time consuming a project can be if there is a color blunder in final output. With Master-Colors HVC Color Composer we help give artists, designers and pre-press operators peace of mind that, they are scientifically choosing the correct colors.” Says Master Colors COO Seth Cohen

 

HVC is the natural way of thinking about color, and those three variables (Hue, Value and Chroma) must be accounted for to come up with an accurate numerical contrast between colors. Other ways of organizing color are important as well, such as cool and warm colors, close triads, far triads, muted or strong hues, etc. But the most important level of organizing colors is through the numerical organization of colors at this fundamental level of objective, numerical contrast. With this knowledge, all of the experience artists have acquired will immediately become more powerful, because artists can now place all of this intuitive knowledge into simple harmonic structures, which will enable anyone to take their artistic powers to new heights.

About Master Colors
Founded in 2000, Master Colors is the leader in color quantification technology. Our patented technology produces true harmonic color palettes organized at the fundamental level of combined HVC contrast. Master Colors’ products assist designers, illustrators, artists, photographers and pre-press operators choose colors more accurately for final output, avoiding costly out of gamut color errors which saves time and money.

 For more information please visit http://www.master-colors.com/