Dexter Lane - New York
Graeme Cookson - London
JavaScript programs developed by Graeme Cookson
In
2003 Graeme released ImageAUDIT,
a free, comprehensive image file
technical checker, or "preflight" program. This, and other free
productivity JavaScripts for photographers were released in the UK, and
occasionally found their way to the US.
Also in 2003, Dexter initiated PACA's (Picture Archive Council of America) first working committee to address the subject of Digital Standards in the Stock Photography Industry: the Digital Image Standards Committee (DISCo).
Before their joint-presentation on digital standards issues at the 2006 Prague CEPIC conference, Graeme described his ongoing JavaScript project to Dexter, and the full idea for ImagePASSPORT was born.
ImagePASSPORT, at first provided by consultation only, involves complex sets of image processing routines to update and standardize image collections and libraries. Using ImageAUDIT's comprehensive report on image file technical data, clients could learn the work needed for their collection. They would then engage the ImagePASSPORT services to perform in days what could otherwise take weeks or months to do "by hand."
Comprehensive data adjustment capabilities were added to ImagePASSPORT in 2007. Metadata clean-up, spreadsheet adjustment and reformatting, innovative means of inserting data, and repair of spreadsheets damaged during export are major areas covered in this functionality.
In 2007, ImageVISA was developed to give Photographers a distilled version of ImagePASSPORT's power: state-of-the-art image processing in software that doesn't require programming knowledge to operate. It is based on a cut-down version of PASSPORT, and standardizes files for one Photo Agency. ImageVISA PRO, added in 2010, runs on processing instructions to specified standards.
In 2009, ImageTEXT, a metadata entry template that forces archiving to an Agency's standards, was introduced.
In late 2009, ImagePASSPORT itself was modified for use directly by our clients. It has the full image and metadata processing power of the original ImagePASSPORT, yet runs from instruction-sets customized to client specifications, on their computers.
Ongoing projects include a data-handling program tailored to the unique needs of professional keyworders. Among its features is automated multi-level keyword placement.
Also in 2003, Dexter initiated PACA's (Picture Archive Council of America) first working committee to address the subject of Digital Standards in the Stock Photography Industry: the Digital Image Standards Committee (DISCo).
Before their joint-presentation on digital standards issues at the 2006 Prague CEPIC conference, Graeme described his ongoing JavaScript project to Dexter, and the full idea for ImagePASSPORT was born.
ImagePASSPORT, at first provided by consultation only, involves complex sets of image processing routines to update and standardize image collections and libraries. Using ImageAUDIT's comprehensive report on image file technical data, clients could learn the work needed for their collection. They would then engage the ImagePASSPORT services to perform in days what could otherwise take weeks or months to do "by hand."
Comprehensive data adjustment capabilities were added to ImagePASSPORT in 2007. Metadata clean-up, spreadsheet adjustment and reformatting, innovative means of inserting data, and repair of spreadsheets damaged during export are major areas covered in this functionality.
In 2007, ImageVISA was developed to give Photographers a distilled version of ImagePASSPORT's power: state-of-the-art image processing in software that doesn't require programming knowledge to operate. It is based on a cut-down version of PASSPORT, and standardizes files for one Photo Agency. ImageVISA PRO, added in 2010, runs on processing instructions to specified standards.
In 2009, ImageTEXT, a metadata entry template that forces archiving to an Agency's standards, was introduced.
In late 2009, ImagePASSPORT itself was modified for use directly by our clients. It has the full image and metadata processing power of the original ImagePASSPORT, yet runs from instruction-sets customized to client specifications, on their computers.
Ongoing projects include a data-handling program tailored to the unique needs of professional keyworders. Among its features is automated multi-level keyword placement.
Corporate
Sponsor of PACA
Picture
Archive Council of America
Corporate Member
Museum
Computer Network
ImagePASSPORT, LLC
12
50th St., Ste. 2
Weehawken,
NJ07086