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Ken you see the Picture?

 

Image Grabber from Random Eye Technologies Inc. is one of the leading names in the business of quality image search over the Internet. The convenience of browsing for images online has never been simpler. With a one-stop interface allowing a search of multiple keywords, categorized search and a host of alliance sites, Image Grabber is by far a superior option, from among the best available on the Net. We caught up with Ken Davies, President – Random Eye Technologies Inc. to find out more about the product and what it has to offer to its end users.

As we thank him for his thoughts and his time, the team at ArtYears presents an extract from the interview:

What role does Image Grabber play in the search for quality images on the web?
Image Grabber is the fastest, simplest, way to search for images on the web. All major agencies are featured here and can be viewed at one site, enabling rapid selection and comparing of quality and price.

How would you describe Royalty-free images as compared to Rights-protected images?
The quality of Royalty-free images has improved so enormously that for many subjects there is often little difference in quality with Rights-protected images. Rights-protected images are important if the client wants a usage history and some element of exclusivity. Rights-protected collections are generally larger and more varied and overall have higher quality images than Royalty-free agencies do.

Rights-protected collections are generally larger and more varied and overall have higher quality images than Royalty-free agencies do.

Image Grabber has a growing list of alliance sites. How many associate sites do you have to date and what else does Image Grabber offer online, besides photographs?
Image Grabber is also on CreativePro.com. In addition, we have a companion assignment site called Artistfolios.com where Image Grabber users can go to, if they are thinking of hiring a photographer or illustrator.

After buying an image online, do designers have complete rights over the picture, to allow them to crop, distort or manipulate it as per their will?
This depends on the nature of the license as specified by the individual agency. Typically, there are some limits on image manipulation and there are always limits that concern the "moral rights" of the models.

Can you speak about any important addition we can expect on the Image Grabber in the near future?
Image Grabber will be expanding its searchable content in a number of specialist areas in the coming months.

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