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stockphotos
12-25-2005, 01:20 PM
Hello,
I´m thinking of building a stock photography website with all the features of www.corbis.com (http://www.corbis.com).
Does anyone here know which software package I need to do it?
I dont want to have to make thumbnails for every image, the examples need to be automaticaly resized and watermarked, with shopping cart and automatic download after payment.
Thanks
John.
stockphotos
12-25-2005, 04:51 PM
Thanks for the very informative reply!
Merry xmas.
lol
merry christmas
PrintDriver
12-25-2005, 07:20 PM
He laughs because Corbis is top of the line - owned by none other than Bill Gates himself. Someone had to at least scan the images (the watermark is added depending on how the comp is downloaded) and someone knew how to hand code that website. In case you hadn't noticed, Corbis also has royalty calculators, auto download ability, ability to email lightboxes to other designers and many many other features (and I still have to call my Corbis sales rep because the website doesn't 'do it all').
You don't sound like you want to do any of that by yourself but rather have it done 'for you' by software.
For something as complex as Corbis, you may want to hire a web developer who knows how to code. You aren't going to get it in a 'software package'.
You may want to shoot lower if doing it yourself.
I found this on Google:
http://www.lightboxphoto.com/site_map.htm
Merry Christmas.
stockphotos
12-26-2005, 10:49 AM
Thanks, I will look into that software package, it looks very interesting.
I found this on Google:
http://www.lightboxphoto.com/site_map.htm
Merry Christmas.
PrintDriver
12-26-2005, 06:18 PM
Google is your friend.
I've never used that software. Please return and tell us how it turns out.