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The Digital Photographer's Software Guide
Pixagent ITP Professional
Vendor: Pixagent
Purpose: Workflow-oriented FTP server for wireless image transmission
Description
Pixagent ITP Professional is a workflow-oriented FTP server that enables the professional
photographer to get greater benefit from the use of wireless image transmission.
It fully supports Nikon WT-1 and WT-2 and Canon WFT-E1 wireless standards, while
also supporting DICE America’s Wi-Pics.
ITP can generate full-screen displays of images as soon as they are received by the server
—ideal for checking composition or for displaying your images to an audience. You can
shoot in RAW+JPEG, leaving the RAW files on the memory card while displaying the
JPEG image, but it also has a RAW-only workflow, with processing carried out via the
use of Photoshop droplets. Its image analysis modes alert you to any potential exposure
problems and allow you to deal with them while you are still shooting. Other features
include batch renaming, to replace the DSC_ portion of the filename with variables to
allow multiple shooters access to the same directory while keeping files separate.
You can configure your camera to access ITP over the Internet, although this is a more
complex procedure than doing so over a local network, as it requires manual configuration.
You also need to know your home network’s IP address, another potential problem
as service providers often allocate dynamic IP addresses that can change at any time.
If you want to set up the system for frequent transmission, it is far better to acquire a
static IP address.
Another product from the same developer is PocketITP, a PDA-based FTP server that
shares the same server code as an earlier generation of the desktop version. It lets you
administer the server directly from the PDA, mostly with one-handed operation without
putting down your camera.
Comments
Created by Canadian developer Thomas Sapiano, Pixagent ITP Professional has
features that make it almost indispensable if you use Wi-Fi for workflow acceleration.
For example, one new feature on the Pro version allows you to automate repetitive
processing tasks while you are continuing to shoot other material. Documentation is
good (there is an 80+ page manual) and the product itself is easy to use with an excellent
reputation among event photographers.
Version: ITP 2.0 (2008)
OS: Windows 98 or later
RAM: 15MB