dScope Imaging

dScope Imaging is a large collection of interactive modules that can function individually or be linked together in powerful workflows to create solutions. Each of these modules can be registered seperately so that customers only need to purchase or rent those modules that are cost justified for their particular business.

The dScope Imaging modules are used in retail minilabs and prolabs, and in mass imaging operations such as Schools and Events photography.

dScope Imaging is a large collection of interactive modules that can function individually or be linked together in powerful workflows to create solutions. Each of these modules can be registered seperately so that customers only need to purchase or rent those modules that are cost justified for their particular business.

The dScope Imaging modules are used in retail minilabs and prolabs, and in mass imaging operations such as Schools and Events photography.

 
Retail Minilab And Prolab Solutions

dScope streamlines the workflow and improves product quality and consistency through the lab process. It can process unlimited numbers of images through the preparation stages and then bulk submit those images to your chosen printer. You can create and save any number of image treatments in the system and recall them as required. This provides a fast and easy process to prepare images to match the needs of specific customers or to produce specific output types.

dScope Imaging connects to all the major printer types, as well as for any printer that has a Windows standard interface. It can bullk submit through the native submission gateways for Fuji Frontiers, Konica Minolta, Agfa dLabs and MSC, and Noritsu (including the new dry labs). If can also submit print jobs to other print devices such as DyeSublimation printers via their inbuilt Windows interface.

dScope Imaging also includes tools for improving the quality and productivity of other devices such as wide format printers. Other tools can be used to extend the product range that can be offered to customers using techniques such as Chromakey, Packaging and Combifit modules.

For more detailed information about the Retail solution, click here, or to ask us questions directly, contact us here.

Schools Photography

dScope includes a full image management and workflow solution for Schools Photography. It covers all four stages of the Schools process.

Product Design

dScope supports a full range of product options including composites, group shots, portraits, packaged prints, books and gifting. A design module lets the operator build all thier own templates and then group those templates together to create all of the products required. There is no dependency on dScope for product templates, or any restriction on how creative or conservative you want to be with your product range. You can easily tailor the product range differentlty for every school in an attempt to best match the products with the shool demographics.

Data Preparation

In the preparation stage the system allows the import of all the schools data through standard interfaces, and the setup of that data ready to shoot images directly into the schools database. There are many tools for managing and manipulating the data that saves many hours of data entry and data editing. These functions automatically create all the shoot structures and all the required databases ready for the shoot. Once the data is obtained from the school, the data preparation process can have the full school ready for shooting in as little as ten minutes.
Shooting

The system has workflows that can be utilised for both tethered and untethered shooting. With tethered shooting the photographer can view and judge the images at the time of shooting. Images are immediately entered into the database and linked to the children being shot. There are three different shoot processes available depending on the style of shoot being undertaken. dScope can cope with fully structured shoots where the order in which the chidren are presented is tightly controlled, or with completely random shoots where there is no order involved.
Product ordering can be performed at the time of shooting or at many other stages of the process depending on your chosen work practice.
dScope also has a number of failsafe mechanisms built in to help manage problems that may occur such as power and hardware failures. There are also many tools built in to help photographers maintain the image and framing consistency which is vital for a sucessful and efficient schhols shoot.

Production
It is in the production stage where the dScope system dramatically reduces the time and cost in the schools photography process. Within minutes of shooting the last child, the first packaged products can be printing. The system takes full control of the connected printer to assure that the products are printed in a fully managed order. This means that all products for any child are printed together removing the tedious and costly sorting and collation stage our of the work process. Experienced dScope operators have been able to deliver full product back to the schools within 24 hours of the end of the shoot.

For more detailed information about the Schools Photography solution, click here, or to ask us questions directly, contact us here.

Kindergarten Photography

The Kindergarten Photography workflow retains all the capabilities and efficiencies of the Schools system, with some differences in the preparation and shooting modes. In most cases kindergarten shoots are far less structured, data is usually harder to obtain, and it is very difficult to shoot a kindergarten while the camera is tethered to a computer. dScope allows for these differences with a more flexible approach to shooting and an visual image matching module taht allows you to sort and group the images after the shoot. Once the images and grouped and prepared, the production and printing stages have all the same efficiencies and product flexibility of the schools system.

For more detailed information about the Kindergarten Photography solution, click here, or to ask us questions directly, contact us here.

Events Photography

The Events Photography system is used to photograph people in a totally unstructured environment. The most common uses for this system include parties, conventions, sporting events, competitions etc.. The Events workflow differs from Schools Photography in that there is no data available prior to the shoot and each customer must be treated as a single entity rather than part of a class. The system allows you to store full information on each customer, and to manage payments and invoicing at the time of shooting. The system can be used to manage the printing of product at the time of shooting, post shoot production and printing, or a combination of the two.

For more detailed information about the Events Photography solution, click here, or to ask us questions directly, contact us here.
Santa Photography

The Santa Photography solution uses the Events Module to cope with the unstructiured shoot process and the need to deal with both children and parents. It allows you to manage and control the process while maintaining an outwardly 'festive' process.

For more detailed information about the Events Photography solution, click here, or to ask us questions directly, contact us here.
Why Buy dScope??

 

The dScope solution is a series of modules that can

  • significantly improve the efficiency of your business,
  • greatly reduce your production time and/or staffing costs,
  • allow you to offer a wider range of product,
  • increase your product quality, and
  • support your efforts to increase your customer base.

All the modules are fully integrated so there is no jumping between programs to complete the overall task. The system is very flexible and can be tailored to meet your special requirements and workflows. The system is well supported and very aggressively priced. All modules in the system can be purchased, trialed or rented independently. Every installation includes all modules which means the modules can be activated immediately if the requirement arises.

Downloads
A trial version of the dScope Imaging system can be obtained from the Downloads Page. This copy of the system installs a fully functional version of all the modules with every module registered for a trial period.
Pricing
Every module within dScope can be purchased or hired independently. The "Core Module" must be part of every installation and some modules are interlinked. The Workflow Solutions for Schools, Kindergartens and Events photography consist of a series of modules linked together in a workflow. Full pricing of example solutions can be found on the Pricing Page, or you can ask us for a quote on your requirements by contacting us.