Welcome to PhotoCompSoftware - software for camera clubs and their members

On this site you will find... Software for running Projected Digital Image competitions EasyComp PhotoCompViewer PhotoCompManager Advice for clubs new to Projected Digital Image competitions Choosing a Digital Projector How to run Projected Digital Image competitions PDI competitions (PDF presentation) Colour management or "Why does my image look different on the screen?" Image compression - jpeg or png? Inter-club competitions Running inter-club competitions with PhotoCompViewer and/or EasyComp Short codes for clubs in the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB) Proposed XML specifications for competition transportability Other stuff... Phil Stapleton's photo gallery

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EasyComp

EasyComp is the easy way to start Projected Digital Image competitions. It helps you gather the entries, run the competition and publish the results.

If you have a broadband-speed internet connection, you can watch movies showing you how to build and run EasyComp competitions by clicking on the links below. Make sure the sound is turned on on your computer! Building an EasyComp PDI competition Running an EasyComp PDI competition

You can download a trial version, or purchase an EasyComp licence here...

PhotoCompViewer

PhotoCompViewer is a fully comprehensive package for running Projected Digital Image competitions. Like EasyComp, it helps you gather the entries, run the competition and publish the results, but provides a lot more options.

For full details, see PhotoCompViewer

Here is a brief summary of the features of EasyComp and PhotoCompViewer..

	EasyComp	PhotoComp      Viewer
Receive entries on CD, memory stick, or as e-mail attachments	Yes	Yes
Maintain a list of club members	Yes	Yes
Receive entries automatically by e-mail		Yes
Send e-mail acknowledgements of entries automatically		Yes
Use file names containing author and title	option	option
Have more than one class in a competition		Yes
Have a Portfolio class in a competition		Yes
Record scores using the keyboard	Yes	Yes
Print paper score sheets	Yes	Yes
Resize images to fit the screen	option	option
Handle embedded profiles ("colour-aware")	Yes	Yes
Show scores, titles, authors on the screen	option	option
Record scores from multiple judges		Yes
Show images in random order	Yes	Yes
Show images in entry order	Yes	Yes
Show images in predetermined order		Yes
Run through the images automatically	Yes	Yes
Hold back and show held-back images	Yes	Yes
Show the top scoring images	Yes	Yes
Multi-screen support - e.g. projector and laptop screen	Yes	Yes
Send a ccompetition by e-mail or CD for review or judgment		Yes
Run inter-club competitions		Yes
Print results	Yes	Yes
Automatically send results to competitors by e-mail		Yes
Send results to a web site in HTML		Yes
Maintain and publish a league table for club members		Yes

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