Blurb has launched an online bookmaking tool designed to streamline the creation of photo books.

Features of Blurb's latest creation include a variety of themed layouts, 20 different fonts, and design elements, as well as the ability to drag and drop images directly onto a page. Once dropped onto the...

PrintedArt, an online fine art photography gallery and printing service, has announced the launch of its Studio Accounts program, which offers printing services to professional photographers.

Subscribers can now use PrintedArt to receive discounted shop display materials, as well as volume discounts for their PrintedArt orders. Aside from the standard materials offered, photographers have access to...

Vimeo has debuted Vimeo Video School, an online education hub that houses over 800 lessons, tips, and tutorials for beginning to advanced video makers.

Vimeo Video School includes Video 101, a series of videos for beginners that covers step-by-step instructions on choosing the right camera, shooting tips and simple editing techniques. The site also covers "how to" videos with an...

Video-creation website Animoto.com has released a collection of video styles exclusive to professional users. The elite membership gives users access to four new video styles in the Elegance collection. These new themes give pro users the ability to create simpler, slower-paced videos.

The company also recently launched a monthly subscription option for its business product, Animoto Pro, offering users the option of paying $39 per month or $249 per year.

The video-creation site Animoto has enhanced its customization options with a new set of creative video themes, the Elements Collection. Animoto users can further embellish their projects with a variety of artistic themes that now include the Elements Collection of air, wind, earth and fire designs. Air, which features elegant sun streaks woven between light, wispy clouds, became available this spring; the other themes will follow this summer. Besides the option of enhancing videos with Animoto's themes, the site offers...

Animoto, an online slideshow program, has upgraded its system to allow video clips to be incorporated into shows along with still images. Video clips can be taken from cameras or phones and can be enhanced with cinematic artificial intelligence technology that matches video clips, photos and text to a soundtrack. Slideshows can also be embellished with stock photos from Getty Images and iStockphoto.

Animoto produces videos that can be downloaded or shared online through...

ImageSpan has announced the addition of a new content tracker to its web-based LicenseStream Creator Pro service.

ImageSpan provides a digital-content licensing and billing settlement platform with the LicenseStream services for imaging professionals. The addition of the new tracker helps content creators find their digital content online and provides them with information on where and how the content can be used.

The company has also added automated options to convert...

Animoto Productions has recently released Animoto for Photography, allowing photographers to create professional-quality videos that can be distributed via e-mail, blogs and mobile devices as well as burned to DVD. Animoto for Photography is built on the Animoto for Business video creation platform.

Adding to features such as a royalty-free library of hundreds of precleared songs, Animoto for Photography incorporates two new features designed specifically for photographers: Photographers can easily adjust the speed of display for their photographs, and videos are made to include a call-to-action button at the end of the stream and function as...