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Software
Category: Software
Make: PKZSoftware
Model: PhotoLibrary 1.0
Street Price: $49.95
PhotoLibrary is a cataloging and labeling software with a lot of
capabilities. This software lets you catalog, label, sort and search
your images in a very efficient way.
There is room for a lot of information for every image entered into
the system but there's no need to enter data that is unnecessary for you
since you can customize the software to pretty much any way you want it
to work.
PhotoLibrary works with or without digital thumbnails of your images
and that is a nice feature. In other words, even if you don't have
digital thumbnails, you can still build and manage a fully searchable
database of all your images.
The things I personally like most about PhotoLibrary is that it can be
customized, easily, to fit any needs and that it is big enough to store
lots of information which is necessary for large collections and
collections that are growing. The software is versatile and professional
and in combination with a very attractive price, this makes for a great
product. At this time, PhotoLibrary works only with windows platforms.
PhotoLibrary offers a free demo that can be downloaded from their
website.
http://www.photolibrarysoftware.com
Category: Software
Make: Cradoc Corporation
Model: FotoBiz with FotoQuote
Street Price: $199.95
FotoBiz with FotoQuote is the ultimate pricing guide for all kinds of stock photography, including editorial stock. This is a "must have" item for most serious stock photographers, since it will give you the tools you need to make sure your prices are accurate.
When using a pricing guide, be it a book or software, you must, however, always remember that this is a guide. The prices are not set in stone, and many newcomer just breaking into the marketplace often find that the prices in the guides are a bit too high. Look at the guides as a way of finding out what CAN be charged for a certain usage once you are established, and adjust your own prices accordingly. If as a newcomer to selling stock, working with a buyer for the first time, you price your images too high, chances are that you'll price yourself out of a sale.
The pricing guides in FotoBiz with FotoQuote allow you to find a price for all kinds of usage quickly and with ease, and this is definitely something your clients will appreciate. Quite often photobuyers need a quote from you rather quickly when they are interested in your images, and for help in those situations, FotoBiz is absolutely unbeatable.
The software also helps you with invoicing, estimates, delivery memos and much, much more. It also has a labeling and organizing feature built in called ImageLog. The pricing guides are highly accurate, and when you look through it for the first time you might very well find that you have not been charging as much as you could for certain usages.
FotoBiz with FotoQuote is available for both Windows and Mac platforms.
http://www.fotobiz.net
Category: Software
Make: PerfectNiche Software
Model: Cradoc Caption Writer 6.0
Street Price: $69.95
Just like the name implies, this is a labeling, captioning and
sorting/organizing software for your images. Cradoc Caption Writer is an
extensive and advanced labeling system that will help you with your
labeling and captioning needs.
The software is fully customizable with custom label sizes, color
text, custom number of user buttons and date and time setting. There is
also an unlimited Undo/Redo buffer which really comes in handy when
labeling a large amount of slides.
Cradoc Caption Writer is available for both windows and Mac platforms.
http://www.perfectniche.com