From Capture to Delivery- presented by DigitalFusion

Submitted by Nathan_Bennett on Fri, 02/27/2009 - 9:44pm.

ASMPNorCal Event

Start: 03/10/2009 - 6:00pm

End: 03/10/2009 - 9:30pm

Please join us for an evening of in depth exploration on the workflow of digital capture with Gurus from DigitalFusion.

March 10th (Tuesday)

Social 6:00-6:45

Event starts promptly at 7 PM and will end at 9:30 PM

ASMP Members- FREE

Students with id- $5

Affiliates- $10

General- $20

AT BLUESKY STUDIOS, 2325 3rd Street, Studio #434 (4th floor), SF. Ca 94107

The first hour will focus on current industry standards being used for on-set capture

in two scenarios; 1. Full Service Rental, Capture & Tech service; 2. Self-owned

camera and capture set-up. The session will cover all current specifics regarding

cameras, capture software, computer hardware, and various techniques used on set

such as tethered shooting, color correction & file management and back-up.

The second hour will cover Delivery in the same two scenarios of service bureau vs.

single user experiences regarding file back-up and management, RAW processing,

Online file posting, online selection editing, client delivery methods, and long term

archiving and retrieval strategies.

Summary Outline of Program

I. Production Capture (45 minutes)

A. Full Service Rental, Capture & Tech service

1.Pre-production: What you need to know

2.Service Expectations & Standards

3.Redundancy & Gear

4.Workflow & Software

5.Training & Support

6.On-Set Experience

a)Pre-production

b)Shoot Day

c)Post-production-wrap

B. Do it Yourself Production

C.Own the Gear - Hire the Tech

II. Delivery

A.Client Communication & On-Set Change Orders

B.File management & Back-up

C.RAW workflows & processing

D.Online file posting via DFStudio

E.Film editing and internet based proof delivery

F.Final client submissions

G.Short and Long Term archive strategies and access

III. Open Question & Answer (15 minutes)

We will be have a full advertising capture package with both 35m and Medium

format cameras onsite, as well as the laptop set-up for the do it yourself scenario.

DigitalFusion Company Overview
DigitalFusion is a leading provider of high-end digital photography services serving
professional photographers, major publishers, film entertainment companies
(television and movie studios), leading advertising agencies and photography
syndication services as well as other digital photography service providers such as
traditional professional film labs and retailers. Founded in 1999, as a digital
alternative to conventional photo-chemical processes being used by professional
photographers, DigitalFusion has become a premier digital photographer rental and
post-production center.
DigitalFusion specializes in state-of-the-art services and products for the
photography industry through the following service areas:

Capture, Rental & Sales– Complete equipment rental services for digital

photography equipment including specially trained DigitalFusion capture

technicians; Equipment rental for professional digital photo shoots; Reseller

for Phase One medium format camera systems and other digital photography

equipment.

Post-Production – Post-production services including retouching, color

correction & custom printing, cmyk swop certified proofing, image

compositing, CGI rendering services, photographic & fine art printing,

traditional film scanning & large format art work capture services, Web &

traditional design and layout services.

DF Studio – Custom developed and commercialized web-based software
solution designed specifically for the needs of professional photography
workflow and the long-term management and storage of digital images.
Services also include RAW image processing, posting and ingestion into the
DF Studio archive system.

When combined, DigitalFusion’s services provide the professional photography
community and corporations that deal with commercial photography assets a
complete end-to-end solution from on-set capture to long-term archiving for digital
images. By focusing its efforts on the professional photography workflow and
coupling this foundation with a variety of complementary innovations, DigitalFusion
has been able to develop and deploy DF Studio, a robust, efficient and secure
online digital solution that links together digital lab services with online delivery and
archive management.

AT BLUESKY STUDIOS, 2325 3rd Street, Studio #434 (4th floor), SF. Ca 94107