IDS Joins the FADEL Family

FADEL, leaders in rights management, combines our sophisticated content services, AI-powered visual search and image and video recognition with the power of rights management and content compliance for a complete brand compliance and management solution

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SaaS Services

Stay Ahead with IDS Solutions

Streamlined Workflows

With all owned and third party content in one place, IDS solutions are built to save time. IDS has created a range of tools and features developed with publishing workflows in mind.

Increased Revenues

Publishers syndicating their content through IDS PictureDesk see increased revenues from additional licensing sales via our platform.

Reduced Spending

As well as immediate IT cost savings, with the ability to easily find in-license images and owned articles, significant savings are being made by repurposing content across brands.

AI Technology

IDS offers automated solutions to many manual processes still in use today. Eliminating repetitive tasks such as billing mark-ups and keywording, frees up staff for more skilled work and can reduce head count.

Cloud-Hosted Content

IDS software is 100% cloud-based, 100% scalable and 100% secure; access to content is provided safely and reliably via web browser and our app.

Easy Integration

IDS solutions easily integrate with in-house CMS, workflow systems and publishing applications including Adobe CC Apps and WordPress. IDS supports third-party feed integration via API or ftp.

Delivering over 100 Million Licensable Images to Media Publishers Around the World

Founded in 1992, Image Data Systems (IDS) are renowned for providing essential and complete SaaS solutions to major publishers for nearly 30 years. Leaning on our extensive knowledge of the industry, we are dedicated to providing comprehensive, innovative tools for every publisher.

IDS PictureDesk, our flagship platform, is a universal content aggregator and provides publishers big and small with a one-stop shop for content acquisition, delivering content from over 100 photo agencies. After many years' experience working with media outlets, we have developed further services to unify and enhance workflows throughout the publishing process: IDS Pages, our AI Powered Visual Search and a suite of Apps and Plugins.

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IDS PictureDesk

The Universal Content Aggregator

Market leading search capabilities including Visual Search and StarTracker™
Live feed of great content from a range of specialist photo agencies
Transfer files directly to internal workflow servers
Shareable lightboxes and instant contact sheets
Upload content to your private IDS channel for easy storage and retrieval

IDS PictureDesk

IDS Pages

Published Content Platform with Linked Assets

Organise your published content into a fully searchable database
Retrieve, repurpose and syndicate articles or visual content. We make content syndication easy.
Linked files - instantly find all assets from a single page or article
Filter content by publication, year, issue and page
Automatic mark-up for easy billing

IDS Pages

IDS Plugins and Apps

Access Our Platforms From Your Workspace

Your IDS account made more convenient for you
Mobile Apps for Apple and Android devices
Adobe CC Extension available in Photoshop, InDesign and Premiere Pro
WordPress Plugin for accessing IDS lightboxes within the WordPress dashboard

IDS Plugins and Apps

AI Visual Search

AI-Powered Visual Search Capability

Use image identifiers to find similar content in both still and video archives
Focus on the details - isolate a feature and ignore the rest
Results returned in less than a second
Comprehensive API endpoints for easy integration to your website or DAM
IDS do not need to store your files

AI Visual Search

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