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MEMAT 2.0 is an online picture library management system which powers online picture libraries of any size - from an individual photographer through agencies with numbers of contributing photographers, to whole media markets which represent a number of agencies. MEMAT 2.0 has functions that solve the problems of managing a picture library as well as enabling picture sales through the internet. Whether you are still considering a website or already have one, the functions of MEMAT 2.0 can make your job a whole lot easier. What sets it off from other systems is it allows photographers to put their entire library of high resolution images online making them available to buyers around the world 24/7. It is ecommerce enabled and puts the complete control for the management of pictures in the owner's hands. The price calculation system is designed for rights managed picture libraries where prices are calculated per use according to standards set by the SA picture libraries association. This can, however, be adapted for Royalty Free libraries. The owner can determine the input values for the local (R or another local currency) and international markets (€ or $) from which the calculations are made. Photo features, portfolios and tear sheets, products, and exhibitions can all be dynamically compiled and presented as thumbnails and slideshows and sold online. The system can also host listserves/html newsletters, has the functionality for photographers or buyers to compile several light boxes, save them, email them to others as thumbnails or email a link, or print them out. Regular buyers can also be given an account on the system and rights to download the high res files direct. The owner is notified automatically and the system keeps a record. Designed on a Linux platform it can be hosted locally or in New York which offer broadband download speeds. The system is the culmination of five years of development in collaboration with some of Africa's top photographic agencies. The first franchised professional online picture library management and sales system in Africa, MEMAT 2.0 uses the International Press and Telecommunications Council (IPTC) subject category system. The IPTC is the world body setting the standards for professional news transfer around the globe and has buy-in from the world's biggest press agencies including AP, AFP, Reuters and the New York Times. MEMAT 2.0 also uses the IPTC system of embedding metadata in jpeg files, a system which Adobe Photoshop uses. Because of this the system works seamlessly with offline library management systems such as Canto Cumulus and iView Media Pro. Without doubt MEMAT 2.0 is the most powerful picture library management and online picture marketing system available to professional photographers and photo libraries in Africa today. Libraries currently using the system include South Africa's foremost social documentary agency South Photographs and award winning photographers Guy Stubbs and Cedric Nunn. Find out more... If you would like to know more about the MEMAT 2.0 system, please send us a short message, click here. AfricaMediaOnline is the developer of MEMAT 2.0. |