Corbis Digital Stock Announces Release of Six New CD Titles -- From "Retro" to Space.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 17, 1998-- Children, Travel Destinations, "Retro" and Exclusive, Space-Related Royalty-Free Royalty-free describes material (typically graphics such as stock photography and icons, but also sound such as music loop samples) that may be used for profit, without paying royalties. Imagery Satisfies Numerous Customer Requests Corbis Digital Stock, a premiere provider of royalty-free digital images, today announced the addition of six new CDs to its Master Collection. The new royalty-free material was created in response to customer demand for contemporary color, travel, and scenic panoramas. Exclusive imagery from space and monochromatic monochromatic /mono·chro·mat·ic/ (-kro-mat´ik) 1. existing in or having only one color. 2. pertaining to or affected by monochromatic vision. 3. staining with only one dye at a time. "retro" imagery is also featured in this release. Master Collection images are currently available for $249 per CD, a 30% price reduction, during a special summer promotion. "We offer our customers maximum versatility by providing these beautifully-composed and crafted images in a range of photographic formats and content," said Charles Smith Charles Smith may refer to: In basketball:
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The six new CDs announced today include:
-- Children At Play features color portraits and action shots of
children of all ethnicities at play.
-- Destination Europe was shot by The Purcell Team, world-renowned
travel photographers Carl and Ann Purcell. Fresh perspectives of
Europe, from popular European travel destinations to less
frequently traveled cities that are uniquely suited for travel
related projects.
-- Eye on Earth, available exclusively through Corbis Digital Stock,
contains images from space scanned directly from first-generation
NASA transparencies. Meticulous editing by Roger Ressmeyer,
Astronaut Jay Apt and a diligent team of NASA specialists makes
these images vastly superior in quality and color to more common
fourth and fifth-generation versions.
-- Retro Concepts and Ideas, with monochromatic conceptual imagery
from the turn of the century through the 1940's, lends the good
humor of a bygone era to creative projects that require unique
business and lifestyle illustrations.
-- Retro Home & Family, with monochromatic imagery from the turn of
the century to the 1940's imparts a "retro" flair to images of
children, couples, individuals and families.
-- World Panoramas, from the Corbis Collection, features dramatic
panoramas from such domestic and exotic locales as Tilghman
Island, Maryland and Adelaide River, Australia. Low-, high- and
ultra high-resolution images are available in six file sizes to
41.2 MB with output sizes to 20"x 8" at 300 pixels per inch.
These unique horizontal compositions are ideal for use in
displays, event signage, two-page spreads and wide format output.
-0- Images from the entire Corbis Digital Stock library are available by calling 800/545-4514, and are also available through resellers worldwide. Individual images are available for purchase and download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. at www.digitalstock.com. About Corbis Corbis is a privately-owned Privately owned may refer to:
adj. 1. Ranking among the foremost in the world; of an international standard of excellence; of the highest order: a world-class figure skater. 2. photographic images and state-of-the-art technologies, Corbis creates new and compelling ways for its customers to search for, shop for and experience images. The Corbis Collection -- 23 million images, with more than 1.3 million available online -- contains the world's most significant photography from more than 1,000 creative sources, including Ansel Adams Adams, town (1990 pop. 9,445), Berkshire co., NW Mass., in the Berkshires, on the Hoosic River; inc. 1778. Its manufactures include chemicals, textiles, and paper products. The Berkshire region attracts tourists year-round. , Bettmann, UPI UPI abbr. United Press International and the National Gallery in London. Delivering on its strategy to provide customers with one, integrated product spectrum, in 1998, Corbis acquired Digital Stock and Westlight, two leading providers of commercial photography worldwide. Corbis is based in Seattle, with offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , London, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and San Diego. For more information about Corbis and its products and services, call 800/260-0444, 425/641-4505, fax 425/746-1618, or visit its Web site at http://www.corbis.com/. Note to Editors: (c)1998 Corbis Corp. Corbis, Digital Stock and Corbis Digital Stock are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corbis in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.
CONTACT: Corbis Digital Stock
Shana Ehrlich, 760/634-6500
shana.e@digitalstock.com
or
Access Communications
Holly Rossetti or Sarah Bessette, 415/904-7070
ext. 264 or 218
hrossetti@accesspr.com
sbessette@accesspr.com
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