Tuesday, February 07, 2006
I have to rectify my recent posting with regards to online printing services because I have found a better one than YourPIx.... well, in my previous posting I did state that YourPIx was the best consumer printing service and I guess that still stands, but if you're after something a little more professional, then you should head over to Metro Online.I found them by a chance introduction to the managing director of the company, Ben Richardson, outside my framers studio. However, I have since realised I knew of them anyway, but had never considered them as a print shop... why!??! Ben said he would match whatever I was paying at the moment and provide me with a much more professional service. He's done just that... one of the guys at Metro phoned me today and walked me through my new online account. With Metro Online you can edit, share and manage your images from anywhere, at any time. It provides a digital workflow which can be used to share your images with clients, download file formats of your choice, order retouching through Dialogue , order prints and proofs, and process your camera files from RAW. The Lightbox facility allows selections to be made and the secure archive protects your data and makes sure it is always available.
I love the share facilty with this. It's a brilliant utilisation of the Internet. Through my control panel I can set up another user and allow them access to image folders of my choice, from where they can download low res copies; or high res if I allow them. They can even specify which format they would like to download: jpg, tiff, gif, eps etc. They can alter the size of the image, the resolution and whether they want it sharpened. The software does all of these things regardless of the format of the oringinal upload. The file is then zipped up and downloaded to the users desktop.
Comprehensive, easy and secure... there will be no more unprofessional emailing of pics to clients only for them to say "Could we have them as jpg's please?" ARRGHHH!
Check 'em out.
posted by Finn at 6:39 PM
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