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text. You can use templates in a similar manner
for custom products, such as sports trading
cards, calendars, invitations, or business cards.
Templates can be composites of multiple images
printed on a single page. You can add text and
even barcodes to templates. Moreover, templates
can be two-sided, and you can modify front and
back sides separately.
Built-in Green Screen Capability with
a Library of Backgrounds
If you shoot your subjects in front of a green or
blue screen, you can use Canon’s Studio Solution’s
built-in chroma-
keying features to
quickly and easily
add different
backgrounds to
your shots. Hue
and threshold
adjustments
simplify fine-tuning of the chroma-key, enabling
you to rapidly make clean, natural-looking
drop-outs. As with borders, Studio Solution
includes a variety of backgrounds in its library,
but you can easily add and use your own.
You can combine green screens with custom
backgrounds and templates to create — with
minimum effort — unique and attractive
“upsell” products for your customers.
Sales-Oriented Client Presentation Mode.
Sitting down with your client to show the results
of your work is an important step in the business
process, not least because it presents a golden
opportunity to maximize sales of products and
services. Studio Solution incorporates advanced
presentation capabilities that help you upsell and
maximize profits. You can quickly build a slideshow
that enables your customer to view images in high-
resolution — on a dedicated
monitor or Canon
REALiS projectors, if
you prefer. You can
enhance the slideshow
presentation using
special features, such as
room simulations (which can show how prints of
different sizes and borders might look in a typical
room display situation). You can also elect to
play background music during the slideshow
using the music files on your computer. You can
even enhance your branding by including your
studio logo as a graphical element throughout
the slideshow.
Image Comparison
Features that Facilitate
Ordering Decisions.
The Studio Solution
client presentation
mode includes a
highly useful image
comparison feature
that enables your
clients to view photos side by side. A photo
candidate can be “dog-eared” so that it remains
unchanged throughout the side-by-side sequence.
A seemingly simple feature like this makes it much
easier for your customers to make comparisons
and choices. The presentation mode also
includes a 5-star rating system that can also be
used to facilitate print ordering. Sorting images
by the customer’s own ratings often speeds the
decision-making process.
Integrated Shopping Cart for Fast,
Simple Ordering.
Studio Solution integrates the presentation and
ordering processes not only to save time but
also to maximize your sales. At any time during
a presentation, you
can add products
and packages to a
running, real-time
shopping cart as
your customer
makes ordering
decisions. Your product packages are those you’ve
pre-entered into your database, and individual
items can be enhanced by value-added services,
such as custom borders or templates. You can
opt to show or hide prices during this process.
When you’ve finished your presentation and the
shopping cart is complete, you can auto-generate
a receipt for your client.
Advanced, Automated Fulfillment
Capabilities.
Once an order has been placed, Studio
Solution takes over many of the fulfillment func-
tions to make your life much easier. You can, for
example, use the auto-print function to send print
jobs to your in-house Canon printers. If you have
multiple printers, the software can auto-select and
route the job to your different imagePROGRAF and
PIXMA Pro printers based on factors such as print
size and workload. (You can also send print jobs to
non-Canon printers that are installed using standard
Windows drivers.) Print jobs can also be saved as
“virtual printer” raster files for later output. Output
files can also be automatically burned to CD or
DVD for your customers or sent to outside service
providers; as an example, for image sizes or
media formats you cannot accommodate in-house.
The software can also prepare detailed invoices
automatically once the order is fulfilled.
Powerful, Exportable Business Reports.
Studio Solution can help you run a more
efficient business by leveraging its internal SQL
database engine to produce highly useful reports.
You can, for example, auto-generate reports that
detail staff activity, analyze sales by product
packages and services, or show business trends.
Various reports can be exported as .csv files for
use in other programs, such as spreadsheet or
accounting applications.
Technical Support
and Product Training.
An integral Help System
guides you through the use
of Studio Solution. In addition,
product support Web links are included throughout
the Studio Solution user interface so that questions
can be quickly answered. Live customer support
is also available via a toll-free telephone call.
Those who seek product training can go online
to the Canon Digital Learning Center. Classroom-
style training will also be offered in select cities
throughout the United States. Individual and group
on-site training can also be provided.
Upsell, Sell More.
Canon’s Studio Solution incorporates
numerous modules that enable you to
easily create value-added products and services.
What’s more, the software includes sophisticated
presentation tools that you can use to show
your customers all of the possibilities. Using the
software, you can even take orders as you present
your product packages, thus greatly simplifying
the process of selling your work.
Fast Proofing.
If your customer wants a proof sheet from a shoot,
you can quickly print one from the Photo Library
module. Numerous options are available,
enabling you to customize the appearance of
the proof sheets. Photos can also be proofed
on-screen if desired.
Built-in Library of Borders and
Templates.
Studio Solution includes a comprehensive collection
of attractive borders and templates that you can
easily add to your images. From within the Photo
Workshop module, you can simply choose one of
the supplied borders, or you can use the Border
Workshop, where you can start with an existing
border, modify it as desired, then save it to the
library for future reuse. You can change a border’s
size, color and transparency, and even add custom
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Glossy
Polished
Canvas
Profit Boosting Tools for Value Added Products
“
With Canon’s Studio Solution software,
workflow – printing in particular – is
greatly simplified. The amazing thing is
how Canon has incorporated top-notch
image quality while simplifying the
process. I can shoot, process, catalog and
print my images as well
as manage my customers
and vendors with one
intuitive application.”
—
Eddie Tapp
Explorer of Light