focalSUITE™ for Photographers
A unique suite of tools created for photographers to organize, find and share their images. Create new gallery pages and blog pages instantly, online proofing allows you to set your own prices for reprints and other products to be sold, and manage your e-mail lists with our e-marketing tools.
What is Online Proofing?
Online proofing is showing your images from a shoot or event on the web. Many photographers outsource their online proofing to other companies and lose website traffic. With FocalSUITE™ , photographers can host their images right on your own website domain, keeping traffic on your website and helping to increase the volume of referrals.
How does focalSUITE work?
Your hi-res images are uploaded to our secure servers where they are organized into folders, “tagged” by you with descriptors that identify and catalogue the assets. These descriptors enable rapid search and retrieval of your assets and facilitates assembly for easy grouping, viewing and sharing. You may also upload entire folders or groups of assets at one time, creating duplicate organization of your assets instantly accessible online.
How can focalSUITE help my business make money?
focalSUITE gives you the ability to sell your images online, in various sizes as well as other products such as coffee table books and albums. You control the public display of your work and decide what is for sale, with the click of a mouse, you can add an item and remove others. This creates a “virtual photo lab” with the organization, tagged descriptors and distinct attributes that serve as your online inventory of your work for your own viewing and for sharing with others either publicly or privately, as you wish.
How long does it take to set up FocalSUITE?
Typical installation and set up takes approximately 24 hours. At this point you will gain full access to start uploading assets and building your SUITE. If you desire additional design and customization, a detailed estimate will be provided.
What kind of computer/connection do I need?
Our service is a web application. We host your SUITE and all your assets on our secure servers. Your SUITE will work with all modern web browsers on Macs and PC’s. Supported web browsers include; Internet Explorer 6 & up, Netscape, Safari, Opera, and Mozilla Firefox (Recommended for both Mac and PC). There is no local installation required.
What about training?
With your license fee you are entitled to 1 hour of training per user based on the # of users included in your license fee. Continued training is available upon request on an hourly basis.
What about security/privacy of my work?
focalSUITE gives you total control over who sees what. We provide you with the ability to assign viewing/editing permission as you determine appropriate.
Can you convert my hard media from analog to digital?
We offer scanning services upon request... Contact Us
Pricing and Features for Photographers
License Fee: One-time charge for installation, set up, user training and automatic product/security updates. Each user is entitled to one hour of product training, additional hours available.
Licensed User: A “licensed user” has administrative control over the focalSUITE software. They can: upload/download digital assets, assign passwords and create other user accounts, assign descriptors and tags, organize assets. *You may add users to your account, please contact us for more information.
File Storage: With focalSUITE your storage is permanent. Events are stored until you decide to delete them, you control your SUITE, we do not get involved with how long an event stays live, that is up to you.
Guest: A “guest” is given permission by the “licensed photographer” to view the designated digital assets. A “guest” has no administrative capability and, cannot control modify or download the assets.
Support Types/Fees: Monthly fee is paid on the 15th of each month. The fee pays for support, maintenance, file storage and hosting.
Support: Entitles you to phone and email support with response time of no more than 4 hours by a relationship manager.
*Custom Design: Our talented team of designers will custom design your SUITE to reflect your brand and corporate identity. Please Contact Us for more information.