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iStockphoto introduces CopySpace search feature
Although I normally find this sort of news to be very boring, iStockphoto has announced a new feature that I think really enhances iStockphoto’s already user-friendly search capabilities. The new feature is called CopySpace™ and it allows designers to indicate exactly where on an image they need to insert text or branding. CopySpace then searches all of iStockphoto's 475,000-plus files and returns only images that offer copy space where the designer has requested it. CopySpace can be combined with keyword, color, and/or image size searches, so the resulting images are even more specific to the advertisement, brochure or other marketing collateral being created. I have to say that these features seem a bit like unnecessary bells and whistles at first but together they make for a very pleasant search experience. The one complaint I might have is that the CopySpace feature is not very intuitive and you actually have to read the instructions (Ugh…who wants to read directions) to use it but once learned it seems to work pretty well.
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