Fotolia New Version : What changed ?
We are very pleased to announce the new version of Fotolia. We have been working on this new version for about one year. If you think that this new version looks pretty the same, it is because we didn’t really focus on design (which is still pretty good ) but we totally rebuild the website core. We keep the former website organization and features and we changed the rest. Fotolia had been entirely recoded to reach new horizons. Opening, scalability and performances have been the basis of the new architecture.
This new version was long to come but we have now tools to make Fotolia become a major actor in the stock image industry. The next weeks will come with important announcements and new features.
Many improvements and changes have been done. You will discover them while browsing Fotolia. In the following line we will focus on some important improvement which could affect the way you use Fotolia.
Performance : Speed and Stability enhancement
Fotolia numbers slightly increased during the last year. Millions of people visited Fotolia per month and thousands of images are uploaded and download each day. We were aware that these sudden increase of traffic had bad consequences on site stability and speed. Priority number one has been give to performance in this new version. The structure has been completely rebuilt to offer you the last technologies and the better performance in term of stability, speed and usability. If performances have been improved everywhere, search has been particularly worked out. The search function has been enhanced to be more accurate, quicker and more comfortable to use.
The new server architecture has been chosen to support millions of new visitors and content without speed or stability loss. In addition to technical improvement, the new version is prepared for internationalization with respect of global standards and implementation of new language functionalities in order to continue our international expansion.
Fotolia Service : API
From the beginning of Fotolia we always focused on making partnerships and proposing solutions to make Fotolia exist not only trough fotolia website. Fotolia is the stock photography reference for many partners all over the world. This new version was for us the opportunity to reach the next step and to rebuild Fotolia to make it more connectable and open to outside. We implement an API (Application Programming Interface) to make possible for partner to integrate Fotolia in their application or products. Tens of partners (printers, portal and blog platform) are already in the starting block to integrate the Fotolia API in their services. In addition to that, the API is proposed to developer to build applications intended to improve fotolia experience (plugin, add-on, widget etc.). Lot of news to come about the API in the next few weeks.
Fotolia Accepts Vectors
One of the priorities for the new version was to be able to handle new graphic format in addition to existing one in order to fit new industry and creative needs. The new core is able to support new graphic formats. The first to be introduced is vector. It is now possible to buy and sell SVG vector to Fotolia. SVG is an open standards for vectors which is expanding a lot thanks to mobile and web industry. The uploading process is very simple, you just have to submit SVG file which will be handled by the system, no need to attach any thumbnail or upload any ZIP file. Vectors are very useful since they are graphic arts which could be resized without any quality loss. SVG is ( Scalable Vector Graphic) is the only accepted format for uploads, vector download will be possible in EPS or SVG. New creative content will soon be accepted for sale and purchase trough Fotolia.
More information about vectors >>
Galleries & Folders
As you might know galleries are categories which could be created in your lightbox. Galleries are used a lot by members to organize contents within the fotolia website. Galleries manager has been improved using some Ajax features to optimize galleries creation and management. For example, you will now be able to order images within galleries. On the same scheme, we also implemented a category system within the upload image panel so that contributors could also organize their contents. Thanks to this new organization, bulk changes will soon be possible on a folder.
Editing Process
Editing process has been slightly simplified and optimized. Categories are now optional ( even it is highly recommended) and keywording system has been changed. In order to avoid spelling mistakes, words which are not recognized by our dictionaries are colored in red. You can then decide if you would like to change/remove the word or leave like that because it correspond to proper name or not in dictionary word. Don’t forget to rank your word by pertinence; first keywords have to be the most pertinent for your images. In addition to that we also give you the possibility to manage your model released in an independent section. Under “My Files > Model released” you can know add, view, edit or delete existing and new model releases.
Miscellaneous
In addition to the features described above many other changes have been done and new features introduced like for example:
Flash Upload System:we replace the old upload java application by a brand new flash upload system which allows cool bulk uploads for those who don’t want to hear of FTP.
Zip File Download : What a pain when you buy 30 images and you have to download them individually. It is now possible to download all images in a zip file by just one click.
New License Introduction : we introduced a small size license perfect for web usage. It is called the S standard license and available for all files.
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