Digital Asset Management – MediaBank

Your files become assets, when they're too valuable to lose

Overview

With our Digital Asset Management system, you have a centralised library to store all of your assets. This isn't necessarily just for images, videos or creative work in progress, but also for other departments across your business to store documents such as briefs, presentations and artwork. With everything in one place your team know where to go to find material, and all approved users can access, browse, search and download what they need.

Ingestion of content into MediaBank is as simple as dragging-and-dropping. MediaBank will then automatically generate all the Previews, Thumbnails, and any Transformations defined upon the cataloguing process. This also holds true when it comes to searching, downloading, sharing, modifying, or any other expected asset management function.

Key Features:

• Everyone who touches the brand has what they need to do their best work
• Entire solution is web-based, requiring no special software or hardware and very little training
• Intuitive system, making it easy to share assets both locally and globally
• Intuitive interface and editor's platform means that minimal training is required to use the system
• You have full control over who has access to what, making it a secure workplace
• Send files to external clients for approval
• Efficient working and reporting

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Content Management

Our IMS technology combines information processing and management tasks into a single integrated environment

Key Features:

• Customisable solution to fit your business and processes
• Content can be imported from a variety of formats, including Word, InDesign, epub and legacy databases
• The entire solution is web-based, removing the need for numerous DTP software licenses
• Intuitive interface and editor's platform means that minimal training is required to use the system
• Password controlled access enables you to have full control over who can see and edit what content is converted automatically to XML, without the need for expert knowledge or coding
• Red lining enables full version comparison and control, with roll back a standard feature
• Make full use of XML workflows to enable you to work smarter and manage your critical path
• Scheduling tools facilitate efficient deadline management across all departments
• Web access makes collaborative working quick and easy
• Instant soft proofing reduces production costs and improves efficiency
• Instant output to Word, ePub, html and InDesign and the click of a button

ePublishing

We can convert your digital content into an eBook that is compatible with modern eBook Readers!

Key Features:

• Conversion of existing files to most eReader formats
• Flexible range of conversion methods from reflowable to fixed layout picture books with read aloud audio
• Upload of finished ebooks and metadata to your distributors
• Strict quality control procedures ensure that final output matches quality of original dependant on ebook format required

About PDQ Media

A little bit about us.

History

PDQ was born in 1992, and over the years we've built up an enviable reputation in digital media. We count among our clients some of the biggest names in publishing and print, alongside them, we also work with small, local businesses, helping them to squeeze the most out of their modest budgets.

We've many years of experience providing the complete creative and pre-press solution for publishers, printers and agencies. Our investment in digital asset management brings together image/data capture and storage technologies from the best available in the world, and has been developed out of our work for clients who increasingly require the efficient control of everything from raw-photographs to high end HD-Video. However, we've not neglected our traditional skills. We still have our in-house scanning department.

Prepress & Reprographics

From digital image scanning to press-ready FOGRA certified PDF output and proofing

Key Features:

• Graphic design and layout - From concept to printed product.
• Photography - Our small studio is great for pack shots, and we'll happily arrange commissions off-site.
• Artworking - Our team of artworkers check every fine detail ensuring that every last element is passed for press.
• Scanning - Specialising in high quality scanning, digital capture and retouching.
• PDF creation - Our processes enable us to produce press ready pdfs which have been checked by industry standard software.
• XML conversion - Enables us to convert freely between text and XML formats. This allows a straightforward interchange between print and web designs.
• Advanced photoshop - Image manipulation and colour correction.
• Large format printing - We can output up to 42 inches wide on a range of materials.

Design & Typesetting

From concept to finished product

Key Features:

• Regardless of the size of your project, timescales for delivery or complexity, our creative team will always ensure that your projects are completed to the highest quality and that your business objectives are met.
• Our creative group covers a vast array of services, which we believe are key to providing the best overall package.
• Graphic design and layout - Doing what we do best. We'll create and develop the concept through to the final product giving you the upper-hand over your business competitors.
• Creativity - Our group of creatives are always on the lookout for a new challenge. Our professional training and experience enables us to put a smile on our client's face, which for us is priceless.
• Typesetting - Our pricing is extremely competitive giving us the ability to compete with the overseas market.
• Artworking - Our team of artworkers check every fine detail ensuring that every last element is passed for press.
• Communication - Knowing that all client's requirements are completely different, we aim to understand your needs both from a personal and corporate level. We'll listen to you every step of the way ensuring that we are working with you at all times.

Web Design

We understand that a website is essential to build upon reputation and how customers perceive you. Therefore, we will take the time to understand your business and create a strategy to fulfil your long-term objectives.

Strategy:

• We involve you in each and every step, to get your concepts onto the web. This means talking to you, asking you difficult questions and throwing out some ideas along the way.
• Together we turn the brief into a story that allows us to get started on how the users will interact on the site.

User Experience (UX):

• Blending ergonomics and utility, we make certain that users are well-served no matter how they reach your website or online content.

Design:

• We outline a timeframe for your website project, so that you know when it will be launched and when you can expect to see great rankings on Google.
• By using your styling and design preferences, we will produce a unique design tailored to your business and requirements.

Development:

• We battle with browsers to ensure the site looks good across the board. In terms of testing, we make sure to resolve any bugs that may be lurking as we go - rather than waiting till the end of a project.
• We'll make sure that your design automatically knows what type of device you're using, and adjusts itself accordingly, to save you and your users from zooming in and out to see all your content.
• We use PHP, MySQL, Javascript and HTML/CSS to build all our sites.

E-commerce:

• Whether you are thinking about starting a new business or you want to make changes to an existing one the thought of selling online can be tricky.
• We examine what motivates people to buy from you and tailor our work around this.
• By working with differing businesses we have a lot of experience with reducing the admin tasks of online retail through our CMS.
• We use SagePay and PayPal as platforms for conducting payments.

Legal Stuff

Also known as the small print, terms and conditions and company policy

1. DEFINITIONS

In these conditions (unless the context otherwise requires)

1.1 "Contract" shall mean the contract between the Company and the Customer for the supply of Work, and these conditions of business.

1.2 "Company" shall mean PDQ or any subsidiary thereof (which expression shall have the meaning ascribed to it by section 736 of the Companies Act 1985) as shall contract with the Customer for the supply of work.

1.3 "Customer" shall mean the person, firm or company contracting for the Work.

1.4 "Work" shall mean the services undertaken by the Company for, and goods supplied to the Customer from time to time, and shall include, but not be limited to, the production and supply of materials and goods (together with all ancillary service related thereto).

2. ACCEPTANCE OF ESTIMATES

Estimates given by the Company shall be deemed to be withdrawn unless the Company receives notice of Customer's acceptance in writing within 30 days from the date hereof.

3. COST VARIATION

Estimates are based on current costs of production and are subject to amendment by the Company on or at any time after acceptance to meet any rise or fall in such costs. Additional charges may be made to cover any extra work involved where copy supplied is not clear or legible.

4. VALUE ADDED TAX

Where applicable Value Added Tax will be charged whether or not included in the estimates or invoice.

5. PRELIMINARY WORK

Work carried out at the Company's request whether experimentally or otherwise will be subject to an additional charge.

6. PROOFS

Author's and Customer's corrections, including alterations in style, and the cost of additional proofs necessitated by such corrections will incur an additional charge unless specifically included in the estimate. Proofs of all work may be submitted for Customer's and/or author's approval, and in that event no responsibility will be accepted for any errors in them not corrected by

the author or Customer as the case may be.

7. DELIVERY & PAYMENT

7.1 In the absence of the express written agreement of the Company to the contrary and in consideration of the Company accepting instructions from the Customer which first places an order, such Customer will be primarily liable for all sums due to the Company in respect of such order irrespective of whether or not such Customer is acting as principal or as agent.

7.2 Due date for payment of Work shall be upon delivery of Work to the Customer or the Customer's nominee.

7.3 If payment is not made on the due date the Company, without prejudice to its other rights hereunder, shall be entitled to charge, in addition to any monies due hereunder, interest on the overdue outstanding amount at the rate of 4% above the base rate of Lloyds TSB plc from time to time in force from the date the monies first become due until the outstanding amount is paid.

7.4 Risk in the Work shall pass to Customer when delivered to Customer or on notification that the Work has been completed whichever first occurs.

7.5 Should expedited delivery be agreed and require overtime or any other additional costs an extra charge may be made.

7.6 Should Work be suspended at the request or delayed through default of the Customer for a period of 30 days or more the Company shall be entitled to payment for the Work already carried out and material specially ordered, and may terminate the Contract on giving the Customer 14 days notice in writing.

7.7 The Company reserves the right to issue invoices to the Customer for work completed or materials of Services purchased by the Company pursuant to the execution of this contract and the Customer acknowledges that such invoices shall become due for payment on the terms herein contained.

8. CLAIMS

8.1 Claims arising from damage, delay or partial loss of Work in transit must be made in writing to the Company and the carrier so as to reach them within 3 days of delivery and claims for non-delivery within 7 days of despatch of Work.

8.2 The Customer shall inspect the Work forthwith on delivery and any claim against the Company by reason of any defect in or damage to the Work shall be made within a reasonable time thereafter not being more than 7 days from the date of delivery.

8.3 All other claims must be made to the Company within 10 days of delivery.

9. LIABILITY

9.1 Customers exclusive remedy for damaged or defective Work (howsoever caused, and including negligence), shall be the Company's election, be limited either to the repair or replacement of such Work.

9.2 Other than as provided in this condition 9, the Company shall not be liable for loss or damage caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with this Contract, the Work or completing of the Work, and for any loss to the Customer from delay on delivery of the Work (howsoever arising).

9.3 Notwithstanding the provisions of this condition 9 or anything else contained in the Contract, in no event shall the Company's liability exceed the value of the amount of charges payable to the Company by the Customer with respect to the particular Work which is the subject to the claim provided however that nothing contained in these conditions shall have effect so as to exclude or restrict the Company's liability for death or personal injury resulting from its negligence.

10. STANDING MATTER

10.1 Metal, film, glass and other materials used by the Company on the production of type, plates, moulds, film setting, stereotypes, electrotypes, negatives, positives and the like shall remain the Company's exclusive property.

10.2 Type may be distributed and lithographic, photographic or other work effected immediately after the Work is completed unless written arrangements are made to the contrary. In the latter event rent may be charged.

11. CUSTOMER'S PROPERTY

11.1 Customer's property and all property supplied to the Company by or on behalf of the Customer will be held, and carried at the Customer's sole risk and the Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage to such property howsoever caused and the Customer should incur accordingly.

11.2 The Company may make a reasonable charge for storage of any Customer's property left with the Company before receipt of the Work or after notification to the Customer of completion of the work, whichever first occurs.

12 MATERIALS SUPPLIED BY THE CUSTOMER

12.1 The Company may reject any paper, plates or other materials supplied or specified by the Customer which appear to the Company to be unsuitable. An additional charge may be made if such materials are found to be unsuitable during production.

12.2 Where such materials are supplied or specified by the Customer responsibility for defective Work will not be accepted by the Company unless this is due to failure to use reasonable skill and care.

12.3 Quantities of materials supplied by the Customer shall be adequate to cover normal trialling, spoilage and wastage.

13. TERMINATION OF CONTRACT

In the event that in the Company's opinion, the Customer's financial position becomes unsatisfactory, or if the Customer ceases to pay its debts in the ordinary course of business, or cannot pay its debts as they become due, or being a company is deemed to be unable to pay its debts, or has a winding-up petition issued against it or being an individual commits an act of bankruptcy, or has a bankruptcy petition issued against them or the Customer is in breach of any of its obligations arising under the Contract (or where any of the above events appear to the Company to be likely to occur), the Company shall, without prejudice to its other remedies, have the right to terminate the Contract forthwith or materials purchased for the Customer, such charge to be an immediate debt due to the Company.

14. LIEN

Without prejudice to other remedies whether under this Contract or otherwise, the Company shall, in respect of all debts due from the Customer whether under this Contract or otherwise and whether or not due for payment have a lien on all goods and property in its possession belonging to the Customer (whether worked or not) and whether or not in the possession of the Company under this Contract and shall be entitled to the expiration of 14 days' notice to dispose of such goods or property as it thinks fit and to apply any proceeds towards such debts.

15. PROPERTY

15.1 The Company retains ownership of the Work and shall be entitled to dispose of the Work (or any part thereof) until

15.1.1 The Company has received unconditional payment in full for all the Work or

15.1.2 Property in the Work passes to a purchaser from the Customer by way of bona fida sale at full market value.

15.2 If payment is overdue in whole or in part the Company may recover or resell the Work and for that purpose the Company and persons authorised by it are irrevocably licensed to enter the Customer's premises or any other premises where the Company believes Work to be.

15.3 Until such time as ownership in the Work passes in accordance with Condition 15.1 above, the Customer shall at all times store and keep the Work clearly identified as being the property of the Company.

15.4 Notwithstanding the provisions of Condition 15.1 above, the Company shall be entitled, as its election and at any time, to transfer title in the Work, to the Customer, and without prejudice to any other remedies the Company may have, sue for the price thereof.

16. ILLEGAL MATTER

16.1 The Company shall not be required to print any matter which in its sole opinion is or may be of an illegal nature or an infringement of any third party rights.

16.2 The Customer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company from and against all actions, proceedings, costs, claims, demands and expenses (including all reasonable legal expenses) whatsoever suffered or incurred by the Company of the Work containing any matter of a defamatory nature or being an infringement of any third party rights, including but not limited to copyright, patent, design and trademark.

17. PERIODICAL PUBLICATION

A contract relating to a periodical publication may be terminated at any time by either party giving to the other written notice as follows:

Nature of Publication Minimum length of notice Weekly, Fortnightly, Monthly - 13 weeks

Two Monthly, Quarterly - 26 weeks

18. FORCE MAJEURE

Every effort will be made by the Company to carry out the Contract but its due performances is subject to postponement or cancellation by the Company as it may find necessary as a result of inability to secure labour, materials, or supplies or as a result of any act of God, war, strike, lockout or other industrial dispute, fire, flood, drought, legislation or other cause (whether of the foregoing class or not) beyond the Company's control. Any such postponement or cancellation shall be without liability to the Customer or any third party.

19. CONSTRUCTION OF CONTRACT

Neither the Contract nor these conditions shall be modified without written agreement of a duly authorised representative of the Company and these conditions shall govern the construction of the Contract, notwithstanding any inconsistencies which may arise as between these conditions and any other terms and conditions that the Customer may seek to impose. These conditions and all other express terms of Contract shall constitute the entire understanding agreement between the Company

and the Customer and no representations or warranties express or implied statutory or otherwise made by or on behalf of the Company or the Customer to the other party, in connection with or arising out of the Work and which are not contained in these conditions or such other express terms of the Contract shall give rise to any liability on the part of the maker thereof.

20. LAW

These conditions and all other express terms of the Contract shall be governed and construed in accordance with the Laws of England and the Customer hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.

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