Before FotoWare:
What kind of archive and workflow solution did you use?
In 2002 the company started the migration from analog to digital cameras, but no solution was implemented to store the digital photos produced every day. We used the Digital Collections solution for the image workflow on the newspapers, but the cost to store all the photos was too expensive.
What problems or challenges did your organization experience before you started using FotoWare?
We wanted to store the photos in a less expensive media, but the archiving solutions did not allow this.
What were your counter arguments against implementing a more efficient workflow solution?
The cost and difficulties of implementing a new solution on an integrated workflow.
Why was FotoWare chosen?:
Which parameters were the most important when searching for a new solution?
- An acceptable cost of the solution
- A short time of implementation
- A possibility to insert the new solution in a preexistent workflow.
What triggered the choice of buying a FotoWare solution?
- The short time to configure and implement the solution.
- The possibility to use offline medias (like DVD) to store the images and be able to index and to make searches on these indexes.
FotoWare Solutions in use:
FotoWare installation and other software integrated in your archive and workflow system:
- 2 licenses of Color Factory Enterprise 5.5, Index Manager Enterprise and FotoWeb and 1 license of Distribution Manager.
- The FotoWare installation is integrated with Digital Collections and the ImWIP server.
Which people in your organization are using FotoWare?
Photographers;
- The Photograph Editor
- The archiving professionals
- The news agency professionals
And what functions are they using the most?
- Adding IPTC info on the photos
- Indexing of all digital photos that are made by the photographers.
- Indexing of offline images (stored in DVD)
In what way does FotoWare meet your expectations?
With regards to the problems or challenges you had before FotoWare?
It made a big change for the news agency (Agência O Globo), because after FotoStation, they have much broader range of images to sell, with a great quality. No photos are lost, so the digital photos archive of Infoglobo is one of the best in Brazil.
Are there problems solved now that you previously were not aware of?
If yes, what kind of problems:
The news agency uses the FotoStation to have more flexibility to generate various versions of the same photo, which offers different options to the clients.
The documentation area is using FotoStation and Index Manager to start a project to digitalize and index the first pages of the newspaper, from the fist edition to present days and store de files on DVDs. It was impossible before the FotoWare suite.
In what way has the daily work become easier?
FotoStation gives all the photographers much more options to view and edit the photos they make. They act as editors to their own material.
The automatic processes of Color Factory and Index Manager save time of the areas that work with digital photos in the newspapers.
Would you be willing to you give FotoWare a testimonial?
The FotoWare suite was a great investment. It changed entirely the way that digital photos were manipulated and created new ways to work and sell the material we generate every day.
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