ImprovedJuly 21, 2026
Camera movement, measured instead of guessed
Movement keywords buyers filter on — Panning, Tilt, Zoom In, Zoom Out, Tracking Shot — now come from actually measuring how your camera moved across the clip, not from an AI squinting at a few frames. That means the subtle moves get caught (a slow gimbal drift, a gentle push-in) while a locked-off tripod shot stays correctly silent, so you no longer get a movement tag your clip never had. It runs on your side before anything uploads, adds no cost, and your shoot notes still win if you name the move yourself.
NewJuly 20, 2026
Five frames for clips with complex action
Every clip is read at three points — start, middle, end — which describes one continuous action completely. But some clips do several things: a long take that moves through a scene, an activity that turns into another, a reveal at the end. Tick the new "This batch has complex action" option before dropping and we sample five points per clip instead, so the merged keywords describe the whole sequence rather than the parts three frames happened to land on. 1 extra credit per clip. On a short single-action clip it adds nothing, so leave it off.
NewJuly 18, 2026
Stop your own shots competing with each other
Shooting a set means near-identical frames, and near-identical frames used to get near-identical titles — so they split one search result between them instead of covering several. Tick the new "These are similar shots from the same set" option and every file leads with a different angle: five frames of one meeting can now rank for five searches. Frames that stand out from the shoot are still described on their own terms, and anything that ends up too alike is flagged in the review table so you can adjust it. 2 credits per photo, 3 per clip; leave it off for a mixed batch.
NewJuly 16, 2026
Write your shoot notes in any language
Type your shoot notes in whatever language you think in — Spanish, Russian, Chinese, German, Serbian and 40+ more — and the tagger still returns clean English titles, descriptions and keywords built for every marketplace. No switching to English in your head first, and the same controlled-vocabulary accuracy either way.
ImprovedJuly 10, 2026
Video pricing update: 2 credits per clip
Tagging a video now uses 2 credits (photos stay at 1). Every clip runs a three-frame vision analysis plus camera-movement detection — roughly triple the work of a photo — and 2 credits keeps that sustainable while remaining below the 3 credits per video that comparable tools charge. Credits you already own are unaffected and still never expire.
NewJuly 10, 2026
Export to Shutterstock, Pond5 and Dreamstime
Three new marketplace exports join Getty and Adobe Stock: Shutterstock CSV (with categories pre-filled from their official list), Pond5 CSV and Dreamstime CSV — each built to that marketplace's own columns and keyword limits, so the file imports on the first try. One tagging run, every storefront.
NewJuly 10, 2026
XMP sidecars for Lightroom and archive workflows
Download an .xmp sidecar for every file and read titles, descriptions and keywords straight into Lightroom Classic, Bridge or Photo Mechanic. Files you export from your catalog carry the metadata embedded — which agencies like Alamy, Depositphotos and 123RF read automatically on upload. Generated purely from the metadata: your originals never leave your computer.
NewJune 29, 2026
Built for illustrations and vector art
Tagging an illustration? Tick the new illustrations / vector art option and the tagger leans into the concepts buyers actually search — themes like innovation, teamwork and growth — instead of only literal objects. Vector batches also export with .eps file names, so they import into qHero without errors.
NewJune 29, 2026
Refine keywords you already have
Already keyworded your work? The new Refine keywords tool takes a list you paste in — no image needed — maps it onto Getty's controlled vocabulary, and tops it up with related terms that fit, so more of your keywords land as valid matches.
ImprovedMay 26, 2026
More consistent keywords across a whole batch
We tightened the way keywords are cleaned up so every file in a batch gets the same careful treatment, with no leftover filler phrases slipping through.
ImprovedMay 26, 2026
More accurate object and device recognition
We reduced cases where everyday objects and devices were described with the wrong term, so your keywords reflect what is actually in the shot.
ImprovedMay 26, 2026
Cleaner, less repetitive keywords
Near-duplicate and synonym keywords are now collapsed automatically, so each of your keyword slots goes to a distinct, search-worthy term.
ImprovedMay 26, 2026
More careful descriptions of people in photos
We refined how the tagger writes about people, avoiding assumptions and keeping descriptions accurate and respectful.