Download a Pixmac Summer Wallpaper – Hi Rez, Multiple Formats

Check out Pixmac’s Summer Wallpapers – 5 cool pics to pick from, in 4 sizes. Download your favorite today! “Doggy” - 960×640 iPhone 4, 1024×1024 iPad, 1280×1024 – 4:3, 1920×1200 – 16:10 Read more »

Interview with the Legendary David Airey – brought up on Merlot.

I’d like to introduce David Airey – a legend in the Design world and all round good egg. Tell me a little bit about yourself, where are you from, where do you live now. Do you have a basic design education or have you learned it on your own? I grew up in Bangor, Northern Ireland. It’s a small town with a population of around 60,000, located 12 miles outside the capital Belfast. My design education began formally in my [...] Read more »

Check out May’s Winner and Entries for Graphics.com’s Pixmac Design Challenge

Check out the winner of May’s Graphics.com’s Pixmac Design Challenge using a selection of Pixmac images: To view all the entries click here To enter the June competition – become a member with our friends at Graphics.com and follow these instructions – you could win a 1 month $199 subscription to Pixmac and a cool T-shirt Good luck and let your creative juices flow ! Read more »

Interview with Hugo De Wolf – CEO of Core[pics]

Tell me a bit about yourself. I like your name – ‘Hugo de Wolf’ sounds like a 1940′s movie star to me. A ’40′s movie star? Nah. I’d rather spent time behind the camera, than in front of it, although 40′s sounds about right, age wise. An Industrial Design Engineer by experience, and after a side step in New Business Development, I’ve spent the last 5 years as a full time photographer. I’m also a husband and father. I enjoy [...] Read more »

‘Life On White’ Collection Launched on Pixmac – 17,000 Really Cool Animal Pictures

You may have already noticed the fantastic new Life On White collection. Life On White is Eric Isselée and his team and a growing collection with more than 17,000 animal pictures, about 650 different species, and almost all photographed on a white background. Part of the sales revenue is donated to help stop animal exploitation worldwide. Read more »

Enhancing Microstock with Photoshop Plugins – the ‘PluginGalaxy’

The third Photoshop plugin we are showcasing from our friends at The PluginSite is the super cool ‘PluginGalaxy’ which  contains 7 effect groups, 160 image effects, 400+ presets and much more. (images are for illustration purposes only,  are from the Pixmac collection and subject to full copyright (c) from their original owners) : Read more »

The Big Day Has Arrived!

Pixmac wish William and Kate the best of health and happiness! Check our Kate and William collection for personal and blog use Read more »

Enhancing Microstock with Photoshop Plugins – the ‘ContrastMaster’

Looking at our second Photoshop plugin from our friends at the Plugin Site – we’ve put together some examples of the ‘ContrastMaster’ at work. It can add some striking definition to already cool images  (images are for illustration purposes only,  are from the Pixmac collection and subject to full copyright (c) from their original owners): Read more »

Lisa F. Young: My Love Affair with Microstock Photography

Lisa F. Young is one of the well known photographers actively participating in discussion forums.  Her collections around various themes sell well in the marketplace  and we’re delighted to welcome her at Pixmac. We’ve already been discussing a number of topics relating to the microstock marketplace and Lisa now adds some of her thoughts around a few more of my probing questions. Read more »

Pixmac Microstock Photography Launches Two New Exclusive Collections

We’ve launched two new exclusive collections to the marketplace. The first collection, by well-known illustrator Camxip is a collection of childlike inspired illustrations designed to evoke memories of yesteryear and of the simpler times of early life. Yesterday, a representative of Camxip, the highly-reclusive illustrator who resides in the mountains in Montana, said that “Camxip decided to release his illustrations into the microstock marketplace, after a fan of his art for many years suggested that they would be useful for [...] Read more »