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SAA Launches getMETAsmart! Tour and PhotoMetadata.org

SAA invites all to the launch of our getMETAsmart tour and PhotoMetadata.org. Partnered with the Library of Congress and supported by industry partners, the SAA Photo Metadata Project is on a mission to promote industrywide use of standard photo metadata in every digital image file. With our free live events and online resources, we’ll show you the many benefts of using photo metadata and how easy it is to do.

SAA PLUS Packs Calculator - Resources

Learn more about PLUS Packs™
and SAA's Calculator

Introductory Guide to the PLUS Packs™Calculator
This should be the first document you read if you are not already familiar with the PLUS Packs™ standard, and if you are looking for an introduction to the Calculator. Download PDF

PLUS Packs™ Quick Reference Guide
This spreadsheet provides a description of the PLUS Packs™ standard and licensing process. Download PDF or Excel

SAA PLUS Packs Calculator

PLUSPacks Animation

PLUS Packs™ make RM licensing easier.

PLUS Packs™ are a new universal standard for a streamlined and simplified form of Rights Managed licensing. Developed and approved by the PLUS Coalition which has the broad support of the image licensing community, PLUS Packs™ simplify RM into a group of flexible, easy to understand packages of common types of use. A short set of parameters – duration and scale of use – further define a PLUS Pack™ license.

Stock image users get an easy-to-use, time-saving method for pricing and licensing PLUS Packs™ which helps to budget and plan projects. This should offer more confidence when working with licensors through a universal standard.

Stock image providers of all sizes – from major distribution channels to specialist and solo archives – can attract and better serve the needs of more customers, as well as benefit from cost savings due to an automated licensing process.

Stock artists gain greater exposure and opportunities for their Rights Managed imagery among customers who may have otherwise opted for Royalty Free licensing models due to the benefits of simplicity and automation.

SAA's Calculator brings PLUS Packs™ to life.

To help spur adoption, SAA developed the SAA PLUS Packs™Calculator. Based on the licensor's own pricing data, this free, open-source software tool automates the first step of the licensing process - selection and pricing of a Pack. On one screen, and with just a few clicks, RM licensing will be easier than ever.

Learn more.

These should be the first documents you read if you are not already familiar with the PLUS Packs™ standard.

1. Introduction to PLUS Packs™ provides a walk-through of the selection
and pricing process using SAA's Calculator. Download the PDF

2. PLUS Packs™ Quick Reference Guide provides a description
of the standard and licensing process. Download PDF or Excel

Download the Calculator now.

Our software package includes a comprehensive User Guide and installation instructions.
Download the Software Package

The PLUS Coalition

Learn more about how this global coalition is poised to revolutionize image licensing through the introduction of global licensing and metadata standards. Visit the PLUS web site

Open Resources

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SAA [Key]Words: Stock Essentials
This complimentary ezine provides an introduction to essential stock photography business principles and practices, and offers you 50 pages of definitions, insights, resources and visual inspiration from SAA members who share their expertise about all aspects of the industry. ....more

Stock Releases
Q + A about Model and Property Releases,
and release forms in 11 languages. ...more

SAA PLUS™Packs Calculator
SAA and PLUS want to help make Rights Managed licensing quick and easy. PLUS Packs™ offer a streamlined and easily automated alternative to traditional RM licensing. SAA's PLUS Packs™Calculator is free, open source software developed by SAA that automates the selection and pricing of PLUS Packs. ...more

SAA Screencast Tutorials
View this series of screencasts for an introductory tour of the current IPTC standard for embedding essential photo metadata in your images. Other tutorials are available to SAA members only. ...more

Industry Reports & Analayis by The Stock Aslyum
SAA members have access to a five year archive of in-depth industry reporting and analysis from The Stock Asylum, a respected industry newsletter that ceased publication and donated its archives to SAA in 2008. Selected articles are available to registered users. ...more

Free PLUS Packs Calculator Released by SAA

SAA today announces the release of the SAA PLUS Packs Calculator. This free open-source software tool was designed to spur adoption of PLUS Packs, a new universal standard that offers an evolved form of Rights Managed licensing. SAA's Calculator streamlines the first step of the licensing process- selection of a PLUS Pack on one screen, with just a few clicks.