IPTC and PLUS have released a Photo Metadata Toolkit for Adobe CS3 to CS5. It includes a User Guide for the already built-in IPTC panels of CS5 and adds IPTC Extension and PLUS fields to Adobe Bridge CS3 and CS4 by an ea... Read full description

Everything you need to know to keep your company profile updated (Full and Associate members) How to select categories for the online Image supplier listingsLog... Read full description

These guidelines—provided as a Quick Guide—aim to clarify the issues affecting accurate reproduction and management of digital image files. The guidelines were created to establish photographic standards and prac... Read full description

This survey was designed to look at the variety of generic keywords used by our industry; keywords which often classify parts or the whole of collections. Clients using one agency may well get used to using one word for ... Read full description

BAPLA Chairman Paul Brown has conducted on BAPLA’s behalf a survey to assess the most generic keywords used by BAPLA member organisations; not to try and set any standards, rather to analyse the main generic headings in ... Read full description

BAPLA and the Pic4Press Committee of the PPA (Periodical Publishers Association) have identified recommended metadata fields for use in the picture supply and publishing industry. This has lead to the development... Read full description

BAPLA and the Pic4Press Committee of the PPA (Periodical Publishers Association) have identified recommended metadata fields for use in the picture supply and publishing industry. This has lead to the devel... Read full description

The aim of pic4press is to provide best practice guidelines to help improve the predictability and consistency of digital images for both the commissioning party and photographers. The guidelines are based on the... Read full description

The goal of this White Paper is to devise a way for improving photo workflows with the help of consistent use of metadata, which is summarised by these statements:   Metadata is essenti... Read full description