Digital Photographer's Software Guide - Bertemes - Net

Comments
The Timestone products are not as hard to use as a brief description might suggest.
Quite the opposite: they are tailored very neatly to the needs of school and sports photographers,
with the emphasis on speeding the workflow and eliminating logistical
errors. Although the development team is in Australia, the support level in the United
States is by all accounts very high, with direct North American representation. However,
there is no local support in the UK or Europe at the time of this writing. Potential users
of workflow software for these applications are strongly advised to shortlist Timestone
as an up-and-coming alternative to the market leaders.
Version: NeoPack/Professional 3.1.0, CapturePost 3.1.0, DataPost 3.1.0, OutPost 3.1.0 (2008)
OS: Windows 2000 and XP
RAM: 256MB
Supported file formats: Major formats
Price level: Prices on application from regional representatives
Address: Timestone Software, P.O. Box 26, Sassafras Gully, VIC 3787, Australia
www.timestone.com.au
QuickBooks
Vendor: Intuit
Purpose: General purpose accounting package for small businesses
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Description
QuickBooks, a general accounting package, is listed here because it is used by so many
professional photographers. It requires a lower investment than those packages designed
specifically for photo studios, although obviously it is not as closely tailored to the workflow.
That said, it is so superbly equipped with tracking facilities for sales, taxes, inventory,
employee time, expenses, and customer payments that it has most of the features
required.
For larger businesses, QuickBooks does a fine job of managing payroll and payroll taxes,
and keeping all the data organized in one place with Customer, Vendor, and Employee
Centers. In the Customer Center, you can instantly view any customer’s balance, transaction
history, and contact information; in the Vendor Center you can view your balance
with any supplier and see a list of purchase orders, bills, and payments; and in the
Employee Center you have instant access to all paycheck and contact information for
every employee. You can also add credit card processing, create shipping documents
from within the program, generate professional-looking forms, and import customer,
vendor, and product information via Excel data import templates.