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Photography Production is moving to the Cloud

NEW YORK, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ — Industrial Color Software today announced the release of GLOBALedit® version 3.8, the latest version of the company’s flagship online photo collaboration software for creative production professionals. With major improvements in image processing speed, secure high-speed file delivery, application performance, and image review, version 3.8 leverages the power of cloud computing technology to deliver powerful, easy to use production tools to photo production groups through a standard web browser.

Improvements to Industry Standard Photo Collaboration Technology

Already widely adopted by many of the world’s leading creative groups including Victoria’s Secret, Warner Bros., McGraw-Hill Companies, Turner Broadcasting, Gap / Old Navy and others, GLOBALedit® software has led the transition from desktop to collaborative photo production tools. Thousands of users at leading photo production organizations provide regular feedback and analytics to help the Industrial Color Software engineering team design and deliver useful enhancements.

Performance Improvements Enable Faster Photo Review and File Delivery.

Version 3.8 includes a newly engineered image processing engine with the ability to upload 2,000 files in under 10 minutes. Other performance enhancements include a streamlined Job Upload Wizard, Drag-and-Drop Library Manager, batch high-resolution file delivery support, and a rebuilt image editor. Photo editors often review thousands of images each day for composition, color, and focus. With new and enhanced features including the first of its kind Image Zoom, Bookmark Tool, and Grid View, photo editors can power through the production workflow faster and with greater accuracy and security.

Powerful Software Available From Anywhere Through a Standard Web Browser

“The browser is a powerful way to deliver software,” says Aaron Holm, Industrial Color Software’s VP of Development. “We can provide specialized tools and interfaces for technical and non-technical users on the same system at the same time. The most exciting idea is that GLOBALedit® just keeps getting faster, and with Cloud software architecture the traditional access and scalability limitations of desktop software are eliminated. Version 3.8 represents a new level of speed and collaboration and we’re very pleased to bring this technology to market.”

Pricing and Availability

GLOBALedit® is available as a service for hosted customers or as deployed software that can run in client environments. Hosted service can be purchased for small workgroups or enterprise production teams with studio accounts starting at $450 per month for 5 users and 100 GB of storage and Enterprise Accounts starting at $1,950 per month for 25 users and 250 GB of storage.

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