PhotoVin
[Screenshots]
A Web Based Photograph Library Solution
Features
  • Browser based
  • Web based technology
  • Extremely fast search and display
  • Works on Local Area Network as well as wide area network
  • Intranet /Internet/Extranet based
  • No limits on the number of photos stored
  • Search based on
    • Full text search on headline, caption, category or any other descriptive text associated with the photo.
    • Date / Time range search i.e last 1hour, 3 hours, 24 hours, 7 days, and one month
    • Source based eg AP, AFP, Reuters, In-house etc.
    • Predefined keywords can be saved i.e. saved query search for convenience
    • The search keywords are highlighted in the search results
  • Display the search photos as:
    • Thumbnails
    • Mixture of thumbnails and headline/caption
    • Only headline and caption
  • Import of Internally generated photos on a regular basis
    • Scan your photograph
    • Using the upload feature upload the scanned photo to the photo library server
    • Enter the search keywords like headlines/captions, descriptive text etc and save
    • Photo is ready for search and display
    • You can also upload multiple photo at one shot and then give common search keywords to the uploaded photos
    • You can edit/delete the keywords and descriptive text.
  • Import of Agency photo
    • From news agency feeds e.g AP, AFP, Reuters etc
    • It automatically collects and extracts from the photo header (IPTC format) the keywords like headline, caption, date/time etc. Plus for display, thumbnail and preview photos are automatically generated. Finally the keywords, thumbnail, preview and the original photos are stored in the database for future reference
    • In case you decide to migrate from your existing photo library, we can to import all the photographs and the search keywords. Existing folder definition or keyword information in a csv file (excel or flat file) can be imported
  • Workflow ( Under Development)
    • Login for every user
    • After searching for required photos, the user can highlight a specific area of the photo (Redlining/Annotation) and put comments about the photo and action to be taken by another user.
    • Forwards this highlighted photo to another user
    • This user when logs in, can see the photograph with comments for further action.
  • Admin Features
    • Add/Modify/delete categories
    • Define preference of display – thumbnail, mixed etc
    • Define number of photos to be displayed per screen
    • Predefined search keywords
    • Import internally generated photos and add/modify search keywords
    • If required define the period the photos should be kept before deletion (automatic purging)
    • Define the folders and time schedule to pick up the photos received from news agencies like AP, AFP, Reuter.
    • Multiple selection for export and print
For more information contact nitin@nititelecom.com