Canon PowerShot G11 Professional Products 2010 Brochure - Page 17

Canon Studio Solution Canon's Studio Solution combines the func- tions of many of the separate software applications typically used in a professional photo studio into a single, easy-to-use workflow application. Integrating all of your Canon hardware, image files, customer and business data, and studio management tools, your daily operations are all simplified and largely automated. Customer, employee and image information are maintained in a central database for easy access and seamless integration. At every step along the way, Canon Studio Solution gives you full control while enabling you to build a seamlessly integrated, highly efficient business. Whether you are a one-person studio running the software on a single laptop computer or a larger enterprise with multiple employees and networked workstations, the work- Single/Onsite Studios Small Studios flow is streamlined, easy-to-use and professional, reducing busi- ness-related costs while maximizing sales and profit poten- Large Studios tial. Because the software is serv- er-based, network-friendly and completely scalable, it will work with you as your business grows... enabling you to focus on what's truly important: your photography. Reception & Management Because a high-powered relational SQL database engine is at the heart of Studio Solution, your important customer information is permanently linked to pertinent image, employee and calendar data for easy retrieval and reporting. In addition to basic contact information, the software can also keep track of your customers' birthdays, and can link family members. A powerful Calendar tool provides numerous useful views of your studio's schedule, while the automatic confirmation call reminder feature makes a calendar entry one day prior to the shoot so that your staff can contact customers to minimize no-shows. Because Studio Solution keeps track of inventory and sales in addition to customer and employee data, it can generate powerful reports that you can use to analyze and streamline your business. Studio Solution also gives you, as system administrator, complete power over rights and permissions based on the roles you assign to your staff members. In this manner, you can fully control the studio workflow in a networked environment, assigning functionality as required for specific staff responsibilities. Shooting Studio Solution enables direct tethered USB capture from your Canon EOS Digital SLR, enabling Live View shooting via a computer monitor, or utilize a completely wireless workflow using a Canon Wireless File Transmitter (operating in FTP server mode) on the camera with a WiFi connection. You can also transfer image files from the camera by setting up a "hot folder" on your computer or network. Images captured on-location are easily imported into the Studio Solution library using a memory card reader. Imported images are automatically cataloged into the correct folder designated for the customer and job and become an integral part of your database. Studio Solution can then easily archive to hard drives, RAID arrays, servers or recordable media. Sales and Presentation Studio Solution's powerful sales presentation tools allow you to convert your images into a profitable order of products and services. Whether in 145 front of a monitor or viewed with a Canon REALiS projector, slide shows, easily and automatically created in Studio Solution, present your images in the best possible light - in high resolution and with brilliant, accurate color. You can even add background music to enhance the viewing experience. Studio Solution can even show how your customer's prints will look on different media, like on canvas or a matte surface, and how prints of different sizes might look in a room setting over a sofa or fireplace. Studio Solution includes a comprehensive collection of attractive borders and templates that you can easily add to your images. You can simply choose one of the many supplied borders or templates, or you can use the Border Workshop, where you can start with an existing border, modify it as desired, then save it to the library for future reuse. Combinations of templates and backgrounds can be used to create value-added items, like sports trading cards or calendars, and multipurpose the captured images. If you shoot your subjects in front of a green or blue screen, you can use Studio Solution's built-in chroma-keying features to quickly and easily add different backgrounds to your shots. Retouch Most image adjustments and retouching, if required, are easily accomplished within Studio Solution using the Photo Workshop and Retouch Workshop tools, where selective and global retouching and cropping can be applied manually or automatically to repair blemishes, red eye and more. You, or a member of your staff, can perform the most frequently needed corrections and enhancements - including background dropout on green screen shots - simply and without ever leaving the Studio Solution environment. If more complex work is needed, Studio Solution makes it easy to perform more advanced adjustments via a quick roundtrip visit to and from Adobe Photoshop® (available separately) without ever removing the image from your customer's database. Delivery As you add products, services and various packages into the integrated shopping cart, Studio Solution then fully automates the ordering and delivery process for you as well. When using multiple printers, load sharing algorithms are used to make sure all available printers are used in the most efficient manner, avoiding long print job queues whenever possible, and automatically routing specialized orders to the appropriate device. Using Canon imagePROGRAF printers, Studio Solution even adds print nesting capability to effectively minimize the waste of paper, and maximize your profits. Built-in support for and routing to outside output service providers enable you to produce and sell products you cannot fulfill in-house. Studio Solution can then automatically generate and print detailed invoices that include all packages and additional products and services ordered, plus taxes and shipping costs as appropriate. Studio Solution's easy and intuitive interface simplifies staff training requirements, and the cohesive modules lead you naturally and effortlessly from one step to the next, enabling you to manage a highly efficient, automated, profitable studio. And to ensure fast solutions if a problem does arise, live customer support is available toll-free. No matter the photographic enterprise, Studio Solution is tailor- made to streamline business so that photographers can focus on what they do best: taking pictures. 146