Adobe axes stock photo service

Adobe is shutting its royalty-free image service in order to "concentrate its efforts in other areas", the company has announced.

The Adobe Stock Photos royalty-free image service, which offered over one million images from leading stock photography providers, will be discontinued from 1 April.

Adobe Stock Photos was available with its software programs including Creative Suite Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe GoLive. Adobe announced the service's axe in an email to registered users.

The email said: “As of 1 April 2008, the Adobe Stock Photos royalty-free image service will be discontinued. We made this decision in order to focus our efforts in other areas, and we want to share this news with you and let you know how it affects you.

"Over the next few months we will be making changes to Adobe Stock Photos. On 4 March 2008, search functionality will be disabled. You will be able to purchase images through our service until 31 March 2008."

There are uninstallers for Mac and Windows that let you remove Adobe Stock Photos.

Adobe has also released a new version of the Adobe Reader today. According to security company Secunia, 61 per cent of all users need to apply the security update. Download the latest version of Adobe Reader.

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