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The Easy to Use Database

Foto SF has been created in the award winning software Filemaker. Designed by a photographer for photographers from the ground up, this easy-to-use database will help you run your business in a productive way like never before. Here is a software which will give you a bird's eye view of your business. Foto SF gives you the tools you need to easily manage people, events & weddings, assets and much much more. Foto SF includes a full version of Filemaker 9 worth £219.00. Compatible with both Mac & PC.

 
Filemaker Pro
Filemaker Pro 9
Foto SF comes with a full version of Filemaker Pro 9 worth £219.
The #1 selling database for Windows & MAC. It's easy to install, learn and use.
 
Get started quickly
No need to read heavy manuals and go through long training sessions. Foto SF is quick and easy to set up and get started. Import existing data or start from scratch. You can be up and running in no time.
Customise & personalise
Whether you operate in London, Paris, New York or Sydney, setting your own currency & taxes is a breeze. Set any currency you want, whether your local tax is VAT, State Tax or Sales Tax, you set the tax label and your current Tax Rate. It couldn't be simpler!
 
Your Office, anywhere, anytime...
With Foto SF your office can be with you wherever you are 24/7. Away from your office at a shoot, stay connected or access your data over a network or the internet. Its simple...
 
Task / Reminders
Never forget any task or things to do anymore. Manage and assign tasks to individuals in your business. Keep track of all the things you need to do by date and priority.
 
Marketing
Target your marketing with graphic oriented HTML emails and newsletter. Write letters & print labels instantly. Create your direct mail or email campaigns for your existing clients or reach out for new ones. Its never been so easy & before.
 
Contacts
Communicate and stay in touch with your contacts. These could be your customers, suppliers, or prospects. Attach an image to a contact, track sales invoices, assign ratings to your clients, you've got all you want to keep all the information about your contact in one place. With virtually unlimited ways to search and view your contacts, there's never been an quicker way to find that contact!
 
Events
Quote, book & track events. Send professionally laid out quotations & confirmation PDFs in seconds. Keep track of your on-line and on-site sales. Every minute detail of an event is logged and recorded. Look instantly which photographer is booked for an event, how much is his/her day rate & commission, raise sales invoice for that event with just a click, quickly see where the images of a particular event have been backed up i.e whether on a DVD, CD, a server or at parent's home.
 
Sales Orders
Creating and tracking a sales order is simple and easy thanks to Foto SF. Create sales invoices complete with any discounts, tax and P&P. Each sales invoice is designed with an integrated label. No need to spend money on expensive labels or wasting time on creating mailing labels. Check delivery status of orders, enter payments received against the invoice, impress your clients with delivery advise sent via emails so they know their order has been despatched. Your complete and comprehensive sales order processing is here to help you keep things tidy.
 
Diary
Allows you to keep track of your bookings and appointments with easy to view day, week and month calendar views of your data.
 
Weddings
Stay ahead of the game at a wedding. The wedding module is specifically designed with wedding photographers in mind. Have a complete snapshot of the day in your pocket. Just print 'The Wedding Sheet' and you'll have everything you need. Address of venues, emergency contact numbers, bridal party details, shot lists & schedule of the day. Armed with all this info printed on a easy to read layout sheet, you'll concentrate more on your shooting rather than sweating on what's gonna happen next!
 
Products
Know your best selling products & packages from the slow movers. Generate reports by day, month or year.
 
Inventory
Ever wondered how much camera gear, computer equipment & software you have. Do you know where you have all their serial numbers, warranty certificates, proof of purchase and value of equipment ? Don't worry, now you have all this info organised in one place and to hand whenever you need.
 
Internal
Log each and every car journey you make for your work, enter all expenses like petrol, food, hotel bills, magazines, etc quickly. Remember the panic at every end of VAT quarter, no need for that with powerful reporting facilities. Just press print!
 
Reports
Easy to read & understand reports gives you a complete snapshot of your business. See who is spending the most with you, negotiate better discounts & terms from your suppliers on the basis of knowing your spending with them, view and track how many enquiries and leads you receive, print your VAT return, view sales of each event, track each photographer's sales at any event and much much more...
 

Mac Universal

Mac OSX

System requirements

Mac OS X 10.4.8 *
PowerPC G3, G4, G5 or Intel-based Mac
256 MB of RAM

Windows XP Professional, Home Edition (Service Pack 2) *
Pentium III 500MHz or higher
256MB of RAM
SVGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution video adapter and display

Windows Vista Ultimate, Business, Home *
800 MHz 32-bit (x86) or higher
512 MB of RAM
SVGA (800x600) or higher resolution video adapter and display

* Version stated is the minimum requirement. The software may also work with later versions certified by FileMaker, Inc.






REVIEWS

FileMaker "The power of FileMaker comes into its own when combined with a specific domain expertise. The FileMaker Business Alliance (FBA) is a network of independent solutions developers who deliver such expertise. SF Digital are member of the FBA and Uzair Kharawala as a respected and experienced photographer, has combined his real world knowledge as a working photographer with the power of FileMaker to create Foto SF which will enable you to manage your photographic work and service your clients, as efficiently as he does."
   
  Tony Speakman, Filemaker Int. Ltd.
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Nikon "A simple and very effective database which has been designed in a very logical way. No more excuses for any part of your business being disorganised! This is a powerful piece of software which will immensely increase your productivity."
   
  Jakki Moores, Nikon UK
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Mitsubishi "Foto SF is the complete back office solution for the professional photographer. The software is capable of managing nearly everything in your photographic business. Foto SF puts together all the essential tools needed to run your photography business in one easy to navigate package."
   
  Sean Kelliher, Mitsubishi Electric UK
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"Foto SF which runs on Mac or PC and makes previous studio management software seem like a mental assault course. Foto SF is a thoughtfully designed client database

Oz Kharawala continues to amaze us. His studio, SF Digital, is successful; he conducts training courses for Nikon; he has produced a DVD explaining wireless flash location lighting for events and social photography.

Now he has harnessed the power of the best database ever designed, FileMaker Pro, to create a standalone application called Foto SF which runs on Macs or PCs and makes previous studio management software seem like a mental assault course. Foto SF is a thoughtfully designed client database which can be set to prompt all the necessary reminders (anniversaries, birthdays, seasonal shoots) and deliver well designed mailings or e-mail shots without using additional word processing or web design programs.

It includes modules for organising events and weddings - pre-shoot planning - as well as all the post-shoot selling and production. Oz has written this to meet his own exacting requirements and in the process delivers a 21st century update to all those photo business management progs which updates to Mac and Windows systems seem to have stymied.

Foto SF will also handle some basic sales and purchase ledger functions, replacing manual book keeping and raising very tidy looking custom designed invoices. But it is not an accounting program, does not offer an audit trial or deal with depreciating assets, Euro VAT, payroll and similar things. The idea is to use Foto SF to record all routine income and expenditure, control credit and stay on top of cash flow. The reports are suitable to passed to an accountant for VAT and annual returns. It is possible to try Foto SF free by downloading the runtime application. When purchased, you also receive FileMaker Pro 9.0, which comes with templates for dozens of other tasks and can even run a photo library."

   
  Master Photo > Digital Magazine
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  "A well thought out and logical piece of software which will increase your productivity and profitability. Foto SF includes powerful features that automate repetitive tasks and speeds data entry. Runs seamlessly on a Mac and PC and can be run over a network."
£345.00 ex VAT

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