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PhotoCore is our fully managed online photo library product. For more information or a demonstration contact Paul Sharpe.
Turn your image library into a powerful, online searching and browsing tool that makes it easy for clients to find and license your images.
PhotoCore's search interface is simple but powerful so users can do their own searches and you can satisfy more clients. If your clients prefer to have you find images on their behalf, you can use the same interface and charge search fees.
Thanks to the underlying relational database technology, searches are faster than other comparable products.
The content manager provides all of the benefits of ContentCore so you can manage the content that complements your library and present a professional website.
Using features from CommerceCore, clients can buy images directly using a credit card or on account. The sales process can be customised to fit your business.
PhotoCore can automatically apply a user-defined watermark to images added to your library to prevent unauthorized use.
Rights information and terms of use can be displayed with each photo to maximise revenue and minimize legal disputes.
The client manager lets you specify which images each client can download, from a specific image to any image in your archive.
We can import your existing archive into PhotoCore, making it easy for you to switch from your existing software.
As users search and browse your archive they can add photos to a personal lightbox/album. This can be used like a shopping basket to allow users to select, purchase and download images.
The PhotoCore administration system allows you to manage your pictures, website content, users and clients. No specialist technical skills are required allowing you to devote more time to enhancing and promoting your library.
Because it runs in a web browser you can securely delegate library tasks to anyone on the Internet.
The photo manager allows you to add images and modify metadata (e.g. title, headline, byline, location). The extensive range of metadata stored by PhotoCore is they key its powerful searching and browsing features.
PhotoCore automatically extracts the industry standard IPTC and EXIF metadata from your images and adds it to the library saving you time and making your images available instantly.
Classifying your photos makes browsing by familiar categories easy so that users can quickly see what you have for sale.
Photocore allows you to define and use any classification scheme. For example, if you were providing photos to the news industry you might use the industry standard IPTC NewsCodes.
Keywords are words you use to describe an image. They make it easy for a user to find images containing specific things e.g. all images containing "David Beckham".
PhotoCore can automatically extract words from a headline or caption and assign them as keywords. This saves you time when adding new images or importing your existing archive.
Clients often want to see new images as soon as they are added to your library.
The client manager allows you to match classification codes within each image to client profiles to produce packages tailored to individual clients or client groups. For example, you might send a sport feed to all national newspapers or a music feed to music magazines.
The packages are automatically delivered to clients by FTP or email. Because this approach makes life easy for your clients' picture desk it maximizes your library's exposure and use in multiple, high-value settings.
Images can also be classified by event name and date, providing another way for users to search and browse your archive.
You will want users to register before they can buy images from you. PhotoCore allow users to register their own accounts and login to your website. The user manager lets you create users yourself and manage all registered users.
Knowing your users is key to analyzing and improving how your library is used and is fundamental to successful marketing. The user manager lets you define the data a user must provide when they register so you can learn more about your users and identify new sales opportunities.
You can edit a users registration data at any time, change their username and password and the groups they belong to.
Website features can be restricted by user and group. For example, you might only offer lightboxes and viewing thumbnails without watermarks to registered users. This helps you progress users towards becoming clients.
PhotoCore includes a comprehensive reporting facility that lets you analyze and capitalize on user activity trends.
Data can be exported to spreadsheets or accounting software or other software for online and offline marketing.
Draw your customers attention to specific images or image searches. This example of a Rugby World Cup album helped their clients find images suitable for magazines prior to the 2007 World Cup and generated sales... maybe.
PhotoCore can also be configured to allow your partners to add images to your library by FTP or email.
For example, a photographer armed with a digital camera, laptop, and mobile phone could take a picture, add metadata, upload and have photos online and available for sale in a matter of minutes.
This kind of real time update makes you highly competitive for news and event photos. By allowing you to distribute and delegate work you can significantly reduce your overheads.
Using our content distribution system you can create and deliver image packages to your clients by email, FTP and most other Internet protocols.
Adding incoming image feeds to your library is just as easy, allowing you to syndicate and sell images from partner agencies.
With all of the benefits of HostingCore you can be sure that PhotoCore is a resilient, responsive and scalable solution. By letting us manage the technology you can focus on getting the best out of your library.