The picture agency Masterfile and the system provider picturemaxx AG arranged a technical cooperation.

Masterfile, founded in Toronto, Canada in 1981, one of the world's leading independent photo agencies for commercial photography, will market selected images over the picturemaxx marketing platforms ?APIS network? and ?i-picturemaxx?.
Technically, the licence and server software picturemaxx opengate MPAI (Marketing Platform Access Interface) manages the communication between the Masterfile database and the picturemaxx systems.

Starting immediately, 250,000 rights-managed images can be accessed over the ?APIS network?. The collection is regularly updated with the latest images from the latest shoots. Customer?s care is located in Duesseldorf, Germany, at Masterfile?s European headquarters, where a team of employees representing customer service, artist relations, image acquisition, communication and art direction.