From the slew of press announcements coming in this week:

• Adobe is discontinuing its royalty-free stock photo service; customers must make their final purchases by March 31 and download an uninstaller.

• Corel is now shipping its CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4, with tools for page layout, illustration, photo editing and tracing.

• Mohawk announced the winners of its Strathmore Letterhead Contest for Q4 of 2007: Jenni Undis of Minneapolis printer Lunalux picked up the Gold (and also the 2007 Grand Prize) for her identity for Post-Luxury Accessories. Christine Mathison of Lindsay Hill Design won a Silver for her Lineplot Productions identity; Judy Kohn of JK Design scored the Bronze for her I.D. for High Meadows Fund. Entries for the Q1 2008 contest are being accepted now through March 31.

• CTI Paper has revamped its Splendorlux brand of cast-coated colored papers, with new heavier weights, new finishes and new colors. A new swatchbook is available; email samples@thepapermill.com.

• CreativeHub.com is a new online marketplace that connects freelance creatives and the companies who want to hire them.

• International Paper's Accent Opaque Smooth text and cover papers are now certified to run on HP Indigo and Kodak Nexpress printers.

• The Art Directors Guild and California State University, Long Beach, are teaming up on an October conference called 5D, which will explore visual storytelling and design technology across all media.