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Your creative talents and photographic knowledge have brought you this far on your journey. What you need to take your business to the next level is an all-encompassing solution that makes your operation more efficient, much easier to manage and stress free...enabling you to focus on what’s RECEPTION truly important: your photography.

Canon’s Studio Solution is powerful software that combines the functions of many of the separate software applications typically used in a professional photo studio. Moreover, it integrates all of your Canon hardware, image files, customer and business data, and studio management tools into a single, easy-to-use workflow application. PRINT Canon’s Studio Solution dramatically streamlines your business and helps to maximize your income, helping you make the most of the time and expense you invest in your studio.

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From Greeting to Invoice, a Smooth The cost for such setups is high, not only because during image processing. For JPEG shooting, export .csv files, you can save time by importing made directly via Workflow that Maximizes Your numerous software titles must be purchased, advanced Canon EOS Digital SLR camera tech- that existing database directly into Studio the Calendar. A Time, Boosts Sales and Ensures installed and maintained by trained operators, but nologies, such as in-camera DIGIC Image Solution. Employees can then be assigned specific studio manager Customer Satisfaction. also because their task-dedicated nature creates Processors, ensure superb image capture. Once roles — for example, photographer, manager, or can then assign Single/Onsite Studios Small Studios From the time your customer engages your services gaping inefficiencies in the workflow. Canon’s shot, or imported into Studio Solution, JPEG sales staff — which the software can then use to the required staff to the time the product is delivered and billed, Studio Solution puts an end to wasted time captures are handled non-destructively to maintain help you with task scheduling and controlling and reserve the Canon’s Studio Solution works with you to make and money by consolidating, integrating and the highest possible image quality. Studio administrative rights and permissions. You can also needed room or sure you and your staff are making the most efficient simplifying. The software has power built-in to Solution also gives you control over your Canon assign work hours to create ongoing staff schedules. space for the use of time. Workflow operations — from staff handle your studio’s many needs, yet it gives imagePROGRAF and PIXMA Pro printers, maximizing anticipated time scheduling to image capture, photo retouching to you a simplified, smooth interface designed to the remarkable capabilities of these printers to Large Studios Maintain and Fully Leverage a slot. An automatic printing, inventory control to supplies ordering, enhance your workflow, not get in the way. ensure just as remarkable output. Canon image Comprehensive Customer Database. confirmation call reminder feature makes a calendar client presentation and sales to invoicing — are processing comprises state-of-the-art color man- on multiple networked workstations. Start building As with employee information, entry one day prior to the shoot so that your staff all simplified and largely automated by Canon’s Canon Image Quality from Capture to Print. agement, which assures the most accurate and your customer base, or easily import information Studio Solution lets you enter or can contact customers to minimize no-shows. If Studio Solution software. Customer, employee and Canon’s Studio Solution image processing employs vibrant color rendition. ICC profiles can be updated from existing databases. Because the software is import customer information into you reschedule the booking, the confirmation call image information are maintained in a central nothing less than state-of-the-art, proprietary as needed (e.g., typically only whenever a new media server-based, network-friendly and completely its database. In addition to basic reminder will automatically update. The Calendar database for easy access and seamless integration. Canon technologies. You put these technologies type is added) to ensure consistent, precise color scalable, it will work with you and help you make contact information, the software can also keep provides numerous useful views of your studio’s At every step along the way, to work the moment you output when using Canon professional printers. critical transitions as your business grows. track of your customers’ birthdays, and can schedule. Not only can you view events by day, Canon’s Studio Solution press the shutter release link family members. Because a high-powered week, month, etc., you can also call up customized gives you full control while button on your Canon EOS Customizable and Scalable to Fit the Needs Maximize Your Staff’s Time and Talents. relational SQL database engine is at the heart of views, such as “Fridays for the entire month.” enabling you to build a Digital SLR. Whether you of Your Studio, Today and Tomorrow. Employee management is an important part Studio Solution management tools, your customer seamlessly integrated, shoot RAW or JPEG, Studio Studio Solution can help you streamline your of running any business, and Studio Solution puts information is permanently linked to pertinent Reports to Help You Run a More highly efficient business. Solution provides a trans- business today, whether yours is a modest you in charge. Using a simple, intuitive interface, image, employee and calendar data for easy Profitable Business. parent, non-destructive operation or a larger studio with many employees. you can enter all pertinent employee information. retrieval and reporting. Because Studio Solution keeps track of inventory Save Time, Save Money. image processing workflow The software can be installed and used on a single Alternately, if you already have employee infor- and sales in addition to customer and employee Consider all the different that ensures outstanding personal computer, or it can be configured for use mation entered in another application that can Easy-to-Use Calendar-Based data, it can generate powerful reports that you software titles a typical photographs and a brilliant Work Scheduling. can use to analyze and streamline your business. photo studio might use for finished product for your The powerful Calendar tool in Studio Solution Such reports can help you make important its daily operation. Specific customer. With RAW simplifies important business functions and decisions, such as what products and services programs are required to images, Studio Solution provides many useful ways to view the work should be added or deleted from your offerings maintain customer and vendor databases and makes full use of Canon Digital Photo Professional schedule. Appointments and booking can be and what you should charge for them. enable scheduling. Other programs are required (DPP) technology. It comprises a processing for digital image capture and retouching. Still engine that employs Canon proprietary algorithms Full Control Over Rights and Permissions. others are needed for organizing and archiving to maintain the highest bit depth and widest color Studio Solution gives you, as system administrator, image libraries. Presenting the images to gamut. The resulting images are spectacular — complete power over rights clients, taking and fulfilling orders, and billing exquisite in resolution, dynamic range and tonal and permissions based on for your products and services also typically subtleties. The RAW workflow also gives you the roles you assign to your require additional software. Moreover, in many access to many easy-to-use tools and controls, staff members. For example, cases, these software tools run on separate like Canon Picture Styles, which greatly although a photographer on computers that do not “talk” to each other. simplify adjustments and enhancements your staff would be able to see the original shoot booking and any associated special customer requirements, Customer Database the level of access to the software would prevent them from making changes to the original order. Photo Library In this manner, you can fully control the studio Canon’s Studio Solution software has made running workflow in a networked environment, assigning functionality as required for specific staff roles. “my business a breeze. With great image control Reports and organization, as well as full-featured reporting, my studio runs more efficiently than ever! Canon has put my business

management and imaging control in Calendar one box...with the highest quality!”

— Michele Celentano Explorer of Light

4 5 Powerful, Timesaving Photographic Tools

Acquire Images Using a Choice of What You Shoot Immediately Becomes Part Shoot in Live View Mode with it automatically opens in the Photo Workshop into your workflow. You never have to exit Import Options. of Your Studio Solution Database. Remote Camera Control. module, where you can quickly and efficiently the Studio Solution environment, and your Once you’ve set up a customer session in Imported images are automatically cataloged in the When your Canon EOS Digital SLR perform desired enhancements. image enhancements are immediately Studio Solution, you can shoot with your Canon library folder designated for the customer and job is tethered to your computer via a incorporated and reflected in the Library, EOS Digital SLR as usual. The images you capture and become an integral part of your database. They USB cable, Studio Solution gives becoming part of your database. You never can be transferred to the software using any of are instantly available for processing and editing, you powerful shooting options. have to worry about “losing” images to four different methods. Your Canon EOS Digital SLR and you can tag your images with additional shoot Canon EOS Digital SLRs connected an external application. can be tethered to a Studio Solution computer data, such as keywords, to enhance identification via a USB cable are automatically *Adobe® Photoshop® software must be purchased and using a USB cable. You can also send images and narrow future database searches. A keyword detected by the software. installed separately on your computer. wirelessly from your Canon EOS Digital SLR to the can be used, for Moreover, the camera can feed software using a Canon Wireless File Transmitter example, to the live image to the computer, where it can be click, you can open the Retouch Non-Destructive (operating in FTP server mode) on the camera batch-perform a viewed in the Photo Workshop module of Studio Workshop, which gives you access to Image Editing. and a WiFi connection. With value-added service Solution software. When you’re ready to trip the familiar tools for advanced photo editing, such Changes you make either of these methods, Studio option, such as a shutter, you can do it at the camera or at your as clone, dodge, burn, paint brush and lasso. to your photos are Solution automatically grabs custom border, to computer using the spacebar. Quick and Powerful Image These tools are fast and easy to use, saving you non-destructive image files from your only a specific set of Enhancement and Retouching. time not only in image adjustment but also in within the Studio camera as you shoot, images identified by Simplified Image Management. The Photo Workshop module within staff training. With Studio Solution you can also Solution workflow. making it unnecessary to that keyword. Studio The images you shoot and import can be easily Studio Solution provides an easy way to make the perform quick global adjustments to multiple That means while your adjustments are saved take any additional transfer Solution can also accessed and managed within the Photo Library most common image adjustments, such as blemish images from a shoot. Such adjustments can also along with your image data and applied as steps before proceeding archive your photo module of Studio Solution. It is a centralized “bank” removal, red-eye reduction, sharpening, white be saved and automatically applied to future required, your original high-bit-depth, high-quality with image processing. files to pre-selected where you can browse your photographs, view balance and tonal corrections. You can even quickly images upon capture or import. capture data remains intact and unaltered. This You can also transfer image long-term storage histograms and other important image-related perform more advanced image editing operations, ensures the best possible image quality right files from the camera by media, such as network-attached hard drives or data, and organize them as you see fit. When you such as black-and-white, sepia tone, and duotone “Roundtrip” Adobe® Photoshop® through to prints, and you retain the option to setting up a “hot folder” on CD and DVD media. double-click on an image in the Photo Library, conversions, customized borders and text, and Image Editing. go back to your original image to change or your computer or network. vignettes. With RAW files, you can additionally For more complex image adjustment, redo adjustments at a later date. Images placed in the folder are then automatically use Canon Picture Style presets to make fast Studio Solution gives you one-click imported into Studio Solution. Finally, you can adjustments based on parameters such as lighting, access to Adobe Photoshop* for a “roundtrip” manually import images from any storage media subject type and personal preferences. With one editing session that is seamlessly integrated that you can access on your computer, such as memory cards through a memory card reader.

Since installing Canon’s Studio “Solution software, studio management and image processing have become much easier. All my images are tied to my customer info. The sales tools in Studio Solution encourage my clients to buy bigger prints which are now printed in- house, improving quality, control and revenue.”

— Clay Blackmore Explorer of Light

6 7 Profit Boosting Tools for Value Added Products

Upsell, Sell More. text. You can use templates in a similar manner opportunity to maximize sales of products and and choices. The presentation mode also Advanced, Automated Fulfillment detail staff activity, analyze sales by product Canon’s Studio Solution incorporates for custom products, such as sports trading services. Studio Solution incorporates advanced includes a 5-star rating system that can also be Capabilities. packages and services, or show business trends. numerous modules that enable you to cards, calendars, invitations, or business cards. presentation capabilities that help you upsell and used to facilitate print ordering. Sorting images Once an order has been placed, Studio Various reports can be exported as .csv files for easily create value-added products and services. Templates can be composites of multiple images maximize profits. You can quickly build a slideshow by the customer’s own ratings often speeds the Solution takes over many of the fulfillment func- use in other programs, such as spreadsheet or What’s more, the software includes sophisticated printed on a single page. You can add text and that enables your customer to view images in high- decision-making process. tions to make your life much easier. You can, for accounting applications. presentation tools that you can use to show even barcodes to templates. Moreover, templates resolution — on a dedicated example, use the auto-print function to send print your customers all of the possibilities. Using the can be two-sided, and you can modify front and monitor or Canon Integrated Shopping Cart for Fast, jobs to your in-house Canon printers. If you have software, you can even take orders as you present back sides separately. REALiS projectors, if Simple Ordering. multiple printers, the software can auto-select and your product packages, thus greatly simplifying you prefer. You can Studio Solution integrates the presentation and route the job to your different imagePROGRAF and the process of selling your work. Built-in Green Screen Capability with enhance the slideshow ordering processes not only to save time but PIXMA Pro printers based on factors such as print a Library of Backgrounds presentation using also to maximize your sales. At any time during size and workload. (You can also send print jobs to Fast Proofing. If you shoot your subjects in front of a green or special features, such as REALiS WUX10 Mark II a presentation, you non-Canon printers that are installed using standard If your customer wants a proof sheet from a shoot, blue screen, you can use Canon’s Studio Solution’s room simulations (which can show how prints of can add products Windows drivers.) Print jobs can also be saved as you can quickly print one from the Photo Library built-in chroma- different sizes and borders might look in a typical and packages to a “virtual printer” raster files for later output. Output module. Numerous options are available, keying features to room display situation). You can also elect to running, real-time files can also be automatically burned to CD or enabling you to customize the appearance of quickly and easily play background music during the slideshow shopping cart as DVD for your customers or sent to outside service Technical Support the proof sheets. Photos can also be proofed add different using the music files on your computer. You can your customer providers; as an example, for image sizes or and Product Training. on-screen if desired. backgrounds to even enhance your branding by including your makes ordering media formats you cannot accommodate in-house. An integral Help System your shots. Hue studio logo as a graphical element throughout decisions. Your product packages are those you’ve The software can also prepare detailed invoices guides you through the use and threshold the slideshow. pre-entered into your database, and individual automatically once the order is fulfilled. of Studio Solution. In addition, adjustments items can be enhanced by value-added services, product support Web links are included throughout simplify fine-tuning of the chroma-key, enabling Image Comparison such as custom borders or templates. You can Powerful, Exportable Business Reports. the Studio Solution user interface so that questions you to rapidly make clean, natural-looking Features that Facilitate opt to show or hide prices during this process. Studio Solution can help you run a more can be quickly answered. Live customer support drop-outs. As with borders, Studio Solution Ordering Decisions. When you’ve finished your presentation and the efficient business by leveraging its internal SQL is also available via a toll-free telephone call. includes a variety of backgrounds in its library, The Studio Solution shopping cart is complete, you can auto-generate database engine to produce highly useful reports. Those who seek product training can go online Glossy but you can easily add and use your own. client presentation a receipt for your client. You can, for example, auto-generate reports that to the Canon Digital Learning Center. Classroom- Polished You can combine green screens with custom mode includes a style training will also be offered in select cities Canvas backgrounds and templates to create — with highly useful image throughout the United States. Individual and group Built-in Library of Borders and minimum effort — unique and attractive comparison feature on-site training can also be provided. Templates. “upsell” products for your customers. that enables your Studio Solution includes a comprehensive collection clients to view photos side by side. A photo of attractive borders and templates that you can Sales-Oriented Client Presentation Mode. candidate can be “dog-eared” so that it remains easily add to your images. From within the Photo Sitting down with your client to show the results unchanged throughout the side-by-side sequence. Workshop module, you can simply choose one of of your work is an important step in the business A seemingly simple feature like this makes it much the supplied borders, or you can use the Border process, not least because it presents a golden easier for your customers to make comparisons Workshop, where you can start with an existing border, modify it as desired, then save it to the library for future reuse. You can change a border’s size, color and transparency, and even add custom

With Canon’s Studio Solution software, “workflow – printing in particular – is greatly simplified. The amazing thing is how Canon has incorporated top-notch image quality while simplifying the process. I can shoot, process, catalog and print my images as well as manage my customers and vendors with one intuitive application.”

— Eddie Tapp Explorer of Light

8 9 Canon Image Quality — The Choice of Professionals

Canon Professional Digital Imaging Canon EOS Digital advanced quality and performance to wide-format Canon PIXMA Pro Printers. pass. Capable of plotting thousands of ink droplets Products, Tightly Integrated for a SLRs — a Preeminent photo printing. The 12-color Canon LUCIA ink set Canon PIXMA Pro photo printers each second, the high-density nozzle pitch Streamlined, State-of-the-Art Studio Professional Choice. delivers a substantially wider color are redefining output quality, ensures fast, high-resolution Workflow. Today’s professional gamut than many other competitive performance and convenience. printing with sharper detail and Studio Solution is true “studio in a box” software photographers are, by necessity, digital imaging printers, thus ensuring a far greater Employing extraordinary ink less grain. that brings unprecedented efficiencies and a experts. It is telling, therefore, that many depend on range of available colors for richer, more and print head technologies, sophisticated drivers cohesive workflow to professional photography Canon EOS System more than any other system for vibrant prints. The ink set includes three levels with advanced color controls and compatibility Canon REALiS businesses of all sizes. And because it interconnects digital image acquisition. EOS Digital SLR cameras of gray — Black or Matte Black, Gray and Photo capability when outputting jobs to imagePROGRAF with a broad selection of papers and Projectors. and integrates Canon professional digital continue to push the technology envelope, enabling Gray — to deliver black-and-white photo prints printers. For example, when printing on rolls, you specialty media, Canon PIXMA Pro Canon products are imaging products — EOS Digital SLR cameras, not only still, but now also Full HD video capture of exceptional tonal detail. And because LUCIA can combine images of different sizes to make photo printers are meeting, and synonymous with optical excellence, advanced imagePROGRAF and PIXMA Pro printers, and with awe-inspiring image quality and spectacular inks are pigment-based, prints are fade-resistant the most efficient use of the printable area. This even surpassing, the expectations image processing and superb performance, REALiS projectors — the system confers all of versatility. The superb range of EF lenses, sophisti- and have excellent archival characteristics. feature alone can save photo studios significant of the most demanding professional and the Canon REALiS family of projectors is no the benefits of powerful Canon technologies. cated Speedlite flashes and a comprehensive Furthermore, because Studio Solution software amounts in media costs and printing time. photographers. They feature exception. REALiS projectors are compact, easily The completely Canon workflow, from capture array of system accessories empower uses the Canon Digital Photo Professional high-precision Canon FINE (Full- portable and deliver bright, high-resolution to output, maintains excellent image integrity, and inspire discern- image processing engine at its core, it photolithography Inkjet Nozzle images thanks to innovative ensures precise color management, and gives ing professional supports direct output of 16-bit image Engineering) print heads, each of which has LCOS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) and you access to a world-class and one of the most photographers to files to imagePROGRAF printers. thousands of nozzles that can release microscopic proprietary Canon AISYS light engine comprehensive systems of professional photo- discover new fron- Studio Solution can also take ink droplets as small as 1-picoliter in a single technologies. Their versatility and graphic tools in the world. When you combine tiers of creativity. full advantage of nested output exceptional image quality make them the powerful management and workflow features ideal for client presentations and many other of Studio Solution with its underlying Canon applications in professional photo studios. imaging technologies, integrated Canon hardware and software tools, you have a winning formula for success that you can begin using today. Canon imagePROGRAF Wide-Format Printers. Photographers seeking to produce their own Canon RAW Image Processing for gallery-grade inkjet prints have had limited Superb Quality. choices...until Canon answered their needs with With Studio Solution you can take full advantage the imagePROGRAF series printers. They feature of a RAW image processing workflow. You can use impressive new technologies that bring superbly a high bit rate (14 bits per color channel on the newest EOS Digital SLRs) to ensure a wide dynamic range and exquisite image detail and gradations. Because Studio Solution uses the Canon Digital Photo Professional RAW processing engine and algorithms, you are assured all of the image quality benefits of a wide-gamut color space and precision color management. Moreover, you can use Canon Picture imagePROGRAF Style presets to process your RAW Large Format Printer images, thereby greatly simplifying the process while ensuring outstanding final results.

REALiS Multimedia LCOS Projectors

PIXMA Pro Printers Studio Solution Software EOS Digital SLR Cameras 10 11 You can also choose to capture JPEG images to take advantage of the A Simple, Efficient and Profitable Workflow EOS Digital SLR’s superb internal image processing and make the best Enhance to Upsell Order Fulfillment use of memory card storage capacity. Studio Solution provides full Canon’s Studio Solution You can then enter an interactive presentation, during which you After you’ve finished refining your images and adding support for a JPEG-based workflow, using the same non-destructive gives you full control over From reception to invoicing, Canon’s Studio Solution gives you unprecedented integration and comprehensive show your customer how: all requested features, just tell Studio Solution to your daily operations while studio management in a completely scalable software package. Whether you are a one-person studio running processing to assure the best possible image quality. • Images can be enhanced by adding features, such as borders and templates. print the order, and the rest is done for you. If you have more dramatically simplifying Capturing images against a green screen backdrop is easy, letting the software on a single laptop computer or a larger enterprise with multiple employees and networked • Prints on different media, like canvas or a matte surface, might look. than one Canon professional printer connected to your network, your work and making sure The Studio Session you use later the powerful chroma-keying capabilities built into workstations, the workflow is streamlined, easy-to-use and professional, reducing business-related costs • Prints of different sizes might look in a room setting over a sofa or fireplace. Studio Solution will assign output in the most logical and efficient you run a more efficient Each morning, your photographer logs into Studio Solution and sees Studio Solution. way, sharing print jobs among several printers to save time, while maximizing sales and profit potential. The intuitive interface simplifies staff training requirements, • Combinations of templates and backgrounds might be used to create value- business. Your studio projects, from start to finish, are managed the day’s jobs and every assignment on their own calendar. It tells added items, like sports trading cards or calendars, and multipurpose the and automatically routing specialized orders to the appropriate more easily, using an intuitive workflow that takes you from one and the cohesive modules lead you naturally and effortlessly from one step to the next, enabling you to them not only the time of each shoot but also the designated studio, On Location captured images. device. Using Canon imagePROGRAF printers, Studio Solution step to the next. Studio Solution empowers you to deliver the manage a highly efficient, automated, profitable studio. the nature of the job, and any special customer requests or require- even adds print nesting capability to effectively minimize the highest quality product to your customers in the most timely Over the weekend, the assignment was a wedding, and while you Throughout the presentation, as your customer makes purchase ments. This enables the photographer to choose the best equipment waste of paper, and maximize your profits. manner. It maximizes sales potential and helps you build the could have easily shot wirelessly into your laptop using Studio decisions, you add products, services and various packages — all for the job and ready any needed setups, such as a props or green The digital delivery (image files on a CD/DVD) portion of the order trust on which you depend for future business. It is, decidedly, Solution, you chose to travel light and shoot everything to memory previously entered into the database — into an integrated shopping screen backdrops, well in advance of the customer session. is placed and the images going to an outside lab are prepared. a winning proposition. cards. Studio Solution can handle this workflow as effortlessly as cart. Your customer decides on a package comprising different print At the beginning of the session, the photographer simply tethers the if you were shooting in the comfort of your own studio. Making the Sale sizes, several extra prints with special border treatments, a family The Booking Canon EOS Digital SLR to the studio computer using a USB connection. calendar, a quantity of holiday greetings cards using custom back- Retouching This not only enables Live View shooting via the computer monitor, Images captured on-location are easily imported into the Studio Within moments after the last shot is taken, Studio Solution’s With Studio Solution running on your computers, you’ve grounds and text, and a CD of image files suitable for use on a Web site. Now you’re ready to use Studio Solution to take the but also immediately transfers every shot directly into the Studio Solution library using a memory card reader. Once transferred, they powerful sales presentation tools allow you to convert your already entered all of the basic data crucial to running When you’ve finished with the sale, you can immediately, and auto- steps necessary to fulfill your customer’s order. Solution Photo library. There, the images are automatically cataloged are automatically cataloged and added to your customer’s database, images into a profitable order of products and services. your business — you’ve entered studio information and matically, print a detailed receipt for your customer to confirm the and added to your customer’s database, ready for processing. where they await any further processing within Studio Solution, Most image adjustments and retouching, if required, are company logo, you’ve imported your client contact lists, After a quick edit, you’re ready to sit your clients down in front just as with the directly transferred studio images. order. This receipt includes all packages and additional products easily accomplished within Studio Solution using the entered staff members and their roles, along with all of If you need more freedom, Studio Solution also makes it easy to of a monitor — or better yet, a Canon REALiS projector — for a and services ordered, plus taxes and Photo Workshop and Retouch Workshop tools. You, or a the products and services you offer. capture images wirelessly into the computer over WiFi using one of the slide show of their images. The show, easily created in Studio shipping costs as appropriate. member of your staff, can perform the most frequently Canon WFT Wireless File Transmitter. Images are quickly transferred Solution, presents your images in the best possible light — in Now, merely by entering your new customer’s contact needed corrections and enhancements — including into the Studio Solution database, and are then immediately available. high resolution and with brilliant, accurate color. You can even information — along with any special requests or background dropout on green screen shots — simply and without add background music to enhance the viewing experience. notes to your staff — you’ve started the process. Studio Solution fully supports the capturing and editing of ever leaving the Studio Solution environment. If more complex Studio Solution both follows your customer and Canon RAW files, making it possible to take advantage of You can use Studio Solution’s presentation features, such as work is needed, Studio Solution makes it easy to perform more leads your staff from beginning to end, taking you the higher bit depth, advanced Canon image processing side-by-side image comparison, and a 5-star rating system advanced adjustments via a quick roundtrip visit to and from step by step through a smooth workflow that will algorithms and the non-destructive editing capabilities to help your customer narrow down their choices and make Adobe Photoshop (must be installed on your computer) without get the job done with supreme efficiency. built into Studio Solution. their final decisions. ever removing the image from your customer’s database.

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Customer Information Automatic Reminder Wired and Wireless Shooting be entered for later use in database searches and Sales Presentation Tools interface that shows images in the best possible light. Photo Workshop Non-Destructive Image Editing Workflow Templates Efficient Printing size and media surface so that, for example, a job that Photoreflect, enable you to produce and sell products you Customer information is easily entered and automatically Entries for reminder calls are automatically generated, Canon EOS Digital SLR cameras can be connected to batch processing operations. Take advantage of powerful built-in sales presentation Simulated Effects The Photo Workshop module provides easy-to-use, The non-destructive image editing workflow ensures Templates for high-demand In-house print orders are automatically handled by requires glossy paper is not sent to a printer that has cannot fulfill in-house. linked to appointments, staff assignments, images, enabling you or your staff to contact clients in advance Studio Solution via USB cable or WiFi wireless* using Full Integration with Database tools to maximize sales of products and services. Simulate print paper types to show your clients the immediately accessible, image adjustment controls, that your original high-bit-depth, high-quality capture specialty products — such Studio Solution using the most efficient, cost-effective only matte paper loaded. Invoices sales history and billing. of a scheduled shoot. This minimizes studio downtime. a simple camera setup interface. Full integration of the SQL Database throughout the Custom Product Packages effects of print options, such as borders and paper such as exposure, contrast and white balance. data remains intact and available for future re-editing. as sports trading cards and method, based on the printers you have set up for use Color Profiles Invoices (which can include shipping costs and tax) can be Contact and Employee Information Relational Database * Requires an optional Canon Wireless entire Studio Solution workflow ensures that your Custom product packages and textures. More Options Easy-to-Use Interface holiday cards — are supplied on the network. The underlying Canon image processing engine uses automatically generated once an order is placed. File Transmitter attached to the camera. Existing contact and employee information can be A powerful relational database engine maintains customer’s original images, finished orders and pricing; this information is Dog Ear Feature Frequently used corrections and enhancements — Consistent, simple interface from module to module and pre-installed in the Printer Management ICC profile-based color management to maintain the Archiving quickly imported from the databases you already have. client information and tightly links all job elements Live View Shooting invoice information are never separated from your added to the database and Images can be easily compared — the “dog ear” feature red-eye reduction, sharpening, black-and-white/sepia (Photo Library, Photo Workshop, Retouch Workshop) maxi- library for immediate use. In-house Canon imagePROGRAF and PIXMA Pro printers most accurate rendition and widest color gamut. By Upon job completion, all image and work files (catalogs) USB-tethered EOS cameras enable Live View Customer Databases throughout the workflow. customers’ databases. used during the shopping cart creates a reference image for side-by-side comparison tone/duotones and vignettes — can also be performed mizes ease of use and provides a non-disruptive workflow. Custom Templates are automatically assigned jobs by Studio Solution on updating profiles only when needed (e.g., whenever can be easily archived to offline media to free up space on composition at the computer screen with remote AF Business-building customer data, such as birthday SQL Database RAW and JPEG Workflows ordering and invoicing process. to facilitate photo selection. within Photo Workshop. Enhance to Upsell Templates are easily customizable — using composite the basis of optimized load sharing, required media a new media type is added), you can ensure the your primary workspace drives. Archived catalogs are fully and shutter release control. tracking and links to family members, can be entered Use of a standardized SQL (Structured Query Language) Both Canon RAW and JPEG workflows are supported. Slide Shows 5-Star Rating System Retouching Capabilities Numerous built-in photographic enhancement tools images, text and even barcodes — and can be saved in size and type and other customizable factors. best possible color reproduction, especially when searchable and can be easily recalled for repeat business. Import Image the output is to Canon professional printers. and used to generate reminders in a timely manner. database enables powerful reporting capabilities for JPEG Shooting Quickly and easily create high-resolution slide shows Images can be tagged using a 5-star rating system for Retouch Workshop is one click away. It provides enable fast creation of high-quality, value-added the border library for reuse. Image Nesting Business Reports With USB- or WiFi-connected cameras, images are business analysis. For JPEG shooting, advanced Canon EOS Digital SLR for client presentation. Slide shows can be viewed on subsequent sorting and purchase decision-making. additional easy-to-use tools for advanced photo products for “upsell” opportunities. Fine-Tuning Studio Solution print jobs sent to Canon imagePROGRAF Non-Canon Printers Studio Solution can generate comprehensive business automatically imported into Studio Solution. Business Reports camera technologies, such as in-camera DIGIC Image a dedicated monitor or via a projector. Logo Incorporation editing, including: Package Offerings Easily “drop-out” green or blue screen images onto printers can take advantage of image nesting, which Studio Solution supports output to non-Canon printers, reports that help you analyze your operation, maximize Business reports can be exported to external Hot Folder Processors, ensure breathtaking image capture. REALiS Projector Enhance your studio branding by incorporating your Large pre-installed library of borders and templates different backgrounds using simple hue and threshold creates composites of different-sized prints across provided they are installed via standard Windows drivers. efficiency and stay in front of the competition. Image files can also be imported via a “hot folder” • Exposure • Contrast • White balance adjustments that enable fine-tuning of the chroma-key applications, such as spreadsheets and for use in RAW Processing Workflow Using a REALiS Projector, images can be projected and logo on presentation screens. can be easily modified or expanded to create new roll media to make the most efficient, waste-free use Printer Alerts setup or manually, such as via a memory card and • Tonal Corrections • Sharpness • Blemish removal effect, facilitating clean, natural-looking edge transitions. Report Types: many accounting programs. Use of Canon Digital Photo Professional image processing presented “life-size” showing the customer how they Integrated Shopping Cart product and package offerings. of available media. Image nesting typically requires The software will alert you whenever a printer requires card reader. • Red-eye removal • Selection options • Dodge and burn Permissions and Rights engine assures the highest image integrity — resolution, would look in their home. Use the integrated shopping cart to build your customer’s Borders Picture Style the addition of sophisticated printer RIP systems. attention — such as for paper change or ink replenishment. • Employee Activity • Employee Activity Export • Clone tool • Custom brushes • Soft focus effect • Employee Export • Employee Schedule Permissions and rights based access to the program facili- Photo Library color and dynamic range — in RAW workflows. Background Music order as you are presenting photographs and package Borders can be easily modified, for example, by changing Full access to Canon EOS Picture Styles Canon imagePROGRAF printers using Studio Solution Constant monitoring of printers by an operator is, • Employee Schedule Export • Event Categories tates employee management, prevents operational errors Imported images are automatically cataloged, Enhance the mood with background music. You can options. The integrated shopping cart is automatically size, color and/or transparency, and by adding text. provides customizable, convenient image incorporate this nesting capability to save money, therefore, not required. Your staff essentially needs Chroma-Keying Batch Editing • Event Categories Export • Orders Summary Export organized by job and linked to the customer and select your own slideshow background music from a updated with custom product and service packages Newly created borders can be added to library for easy processing, delivering superb photo- time and maximize profits. only attend to ink and paper replenishment. and assures business security. The system administrator Shoot on green or blue Batch editing is also possible: perform quick global • Package Export • Package and Products session within the database. folder on your computer. previously added to the database. You can elect to future reuse. graphs with less time and effort on RAW workflows. can define and assign employee roles, and limit access screen to drop subject adjustments to multiple images from a shoot. You can Queue Management Digital Delivery Options • Products Export • Sales by Package Picture Style Saturation Sharpness to specific studio operations based on those roles. Automatic Renaming into different back- Proofing show or not show pricing in the shopping cart. also save and automatically apply your adjustments to Built-in Library When using multiple printers, load sharing algorithms Customers can order digital delivery options, such as • Session Trends • Tasks by Type Export Standard High Slightly high Cataloged images can be renamed (with automatic file grounds using Studio Built-in proofing feature makes it possible to create Receipts other catalogs. Choose from a built-in library of green screen back- are used to make sure all available printers are used in a customized slide show on disc or auto-resized image Scalability Portrait Slightly high Slightly low renaming) for easier identification and to facilitate on-the-spot client proofs and “contact sheets” in a the most efficient manner, avoiding long print job files for later use on Web sites. The Server-based system design makes the software Solution’s built-in, A receipt can be automatically generated when the sales Roundtrip Editing grounds or import your own photographs and templates. Landscape HIgh green - blue High Export .csv (Comma Separated Value) File Assignments completely scalable to fit the size of any studio opera- subsequent searches. easy-to-use green variety of customizable formats. presentation and ordering are finished. “Roundtrip” editing with Adobe Photoshop enables more Combine Backgrounds and Templates Neutral Low None queues whenever possible. Outside Providers The internal SQL database engine produces reports that Staff and studio (shooting room) assignments can be tions, small to large. Additional workstations can be Keywords screen (chroma-keying) Sales Presentation Routing Orders complex image manipulation without having to exit Combine backgrounds and templates (with added text, if Faithful Low None Image-Medium Synchronicity Built-in support for and routing to outside output can be exported as .csv files to other programs, such as easily made via the intuitive calendar interface. added at any time via standard Windows networking. Photographer information, including keywords, can capabilities. Sales presentation mode uses a clean, uncluttered Orders are immediately routed for fulfillment. Canon’s Studio Solution workflow environment. desired) to create highly customized offerings for your clients. Monochrome None (monochrome) Slightly high Automatic routing of print jobs takes into account print service providers, including Labtricity and spreadsheet and financial applications.

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