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    Most of us don’t like small print and we’d rather have lawyers deal with contract and copyright issues. But there’s a danger you can find yourself with a pile of documents and no real idea what the lawyers have cooked up for you.  It’s better to do your homework first, and seek advice…

... by letting people find your treasures! At Easter many people go on treasure hunts, hide Easter eggs in the garden and cherish bunnies, other traditions are baking Easter breads and cakes and eating hot cross buns. Here at Capture we look for hidden treasures too, in under-used or invisible media assets. Deep in our…

Organising your data is part of the preparation for DAM. Remember the 80/20 rule? (Yes, it’s 80% preparation to 20% implementation time!)   It pays to think about your metadata in advance, so you know the software you choose will be up to the job. Some DAM systems have limits on the number of fields,…

We’ve all dreamt of the scenario - we sit on the beach while the computer does all the work. Coming back to earth, there are a few reasons to delay the sun bathing and get on with making your image collection earn its keep.  Having got your images online, it’s easy to run out of…

The visual media's favourite annual event rolls around again – fotofringe. For those who haven't been it's a low-key but fun talkfest for stock photography and footage agencies, as well as supporting organisations. This year Capture will be focusing on their new product DISTRIBUTOR which ensures rapid and effortless distribution of all digital assets and…

Now’s the time to slow down and think about the project in the round. As experienced hands know, there’s more to a digitisation project than digitising images. Here are some tips on planning so you have your ducks in a row when the time comes. Your Audience and Goals Think about your audience and ensure…

…and maximise your content assets It's March again, and the most astute Managers have a headache: they've excelled yet again in their financial management and there’s surplus budget to spend by End-of-Year close. Here's Capture's suggestion on how to spend it to gain long-term advantages: Create a media library Four reasons why you can benefit:…

If not, why not automate your royalty payments. “Money may not buy happiness, but I'd rather cry in a Jaguar than on a bus” said best-selling French author Françoise Sagan.  Undoubtedly she wrote this for reasons other than financial ones, but she was probably very pleased when her Royalty cheque came through the letterbox. For…

Saint Matthew, in the Bible, says, “Seek and you will find.” In the digital age, searching has got a lot easier, but there are billions of pieces of content. So these day’s archives need to make it easy for users to find their assets otherwise, they may as well be a black hole. The jargon…

In Ye Olden Times, around...say...1995...pictures were delivered by FedEx and motorbike courier. It took days and weeks even to get images from far-away countries. Now great content is accessible much faster, with digital downloads, but that brings its own problems. Capture has created its own modular workflow for fast distribution of images to whoever wants…

Humans are a pair-bonding species. The special bond between Capture and our clients is celebrated on February 14th each year, and we think that several important things make a good, long term relationship... That first meeting, where you see each other across a crowded CEPIC and think, suddenly, this company might be right to get…

Capture systems come as a package. There are always questions to be answered and users to be helped.  The basis of the support system at Capture is to take care of clients on an ongoing basis.  Some issues perhaps have a scope beyond even the ingenuity of a Capture techie:  "How do I do whatever,"…