ProSelect PreeVu
Basics:
Basic- $379 (two machines, one user)
Pro- $628 (two machines, one user)
Add user- $266/ user
Web Gallery- basic- $480/yr
Support after first year and upgrades:
extra$$ and you must renew support before
it expires or you will then have to pay for
each support ticket you submit (I guess until
Price you purchase the next upgrade)
Goals To be the best presentation software.
Workflow:
uses one album file (.psa) which stores all
previews, crops, information for the images.
You must have the .psa file to open the
album anywhere else. Typically you create
one .psa file per session. If you want to
update the album on a second machine you
need to copy over the .psa file then save it.
then take it back to the original machine and
Database overwrite file.
Winner
$39/month. You can install on as many machines as you PreeVu. Much much more
need. But only 3 users can access software at one time for the price, plus not having
this includes support, Production and web gallery as well. to pay for upgrades or
No tiered pricing. support :)
PreeVu. ProSelect is great at
what it does. But PreeVu is
To be an all in one workflow manager. Create stunning really trying to fill a much
presentations, manage client database, point of sale, needed place in
scheduler, and handle the complete workflow. photographer's workflow.
Manages clients information as well as images. You create a
new client, then create a 'collection' for that client (basically
a new collection for each session). PreeVu stores the hi-res
images (jpegs only) on the machine in which you import the
images. It also creates multiple lower res copies to use to PreeVu. It's really two
sync with the 'cloud' that can then be copied to other different ways to handle the
machines. This is good because you sync to the cloud, then database. Both have
sync on another machine and you will have access to all the weaknesses and strengths but
same info on the second machine. Great especially for I really like the mobility and
people going offsite a lot. centrality of ProSelect.

Imports JPEGS or Tiffs. Can link to RAW files
Importing Images for hi-Res workflow
Sorting Images sad, medium, and happy face
able to select multiple images ( a lot at one
time) and quickly crop all the images at one
Cropping Images time with multiple ratios
easy slide show button. You do have
multiple options to change fades, borders,
Slideshow etc
ProSelect. I'm not a fan of
working with JPEGs for final
prints. I'd rather output tiffs
if I'm going to use the
program to produce the final
images. Plus by being able to
link to RAW, I can use lower
res JPEGS to present with and
then the RAW for produce Hi-
res. this uses much less space
on our server than having to
produce all hi-res JPEGs and
keeping both Hi-res jpegs and
Import JPEGS only. Has no way to handle RAW at all. RAW files on the server.
TIE. I don't think one is better
than the other in this way.
Although I do like that in
PreeVu if I rate something as
2 hearts and and other as 3, I
can choose to display both at
same time. In ProSelect you
can only show one rating
1,2,3 hearts (similar to star ratings in Bridge or Lightroom) category at a time.
have to select only one image at a time to crop. You can
apply the ratio to the next image inline to help speed up, but ProSelect. ProSelect wins
must still go image by image and click on 'save' to save the hands down on this one. Way
crop faster and easier.
Tie. At least for us, our slide
shows are fairly straight
forward. Both can play music
easy slide show button. Can change fade timing but not and have great easy fade
much else. effects

Native toning Image Options
Custom Actions and Effects
Framing
Room Views
Black & white, sepia. You have the option to
change the tones of the sepia.
You can easily add a limited number of
custom actions that you have in Photoshop
to ProSelect. Select the images you want,
choose your custom action. ProSelect will
then automatically open the image and apply
the action and come right back to ProSelect
without any input from you.
Allows you to use up to 12 custom mouldings options. You just tell PreeVu what your markup is and it will Sorbet are already entered to
or 150 with the PRO version. Vendor sends automatically tell you the price. Even if you've never seen automatically figure price for
you the jpegs and you import.
yes, comes with 3. You can buy more
collections of different rooms
ProSelect. Everyone's sepia
tone is not the same and
ProSelect allows you to
change the tone to make it
Black and white, sepia. No options yours.
There is a link to your favorite Image Editor. You choose the
images you want to edit and press the button. It will ProSelect. It's much more
automatically open all the images in Photoshop, however efficient and faster to just
you must manually run any actions or such. I would say for choose images, press a
actions like 'pretouch' it would be better to run the action button and let the program
before importing. take care of the rest.
PreeVu. This is one area
where PreeVu shines. As long
as vendors get on board, this
Allows you to use as many mouldings as the vendors input is a huge deal. No more
into the software. As of right now there is all of fumbling for pricing and
Handcrafted, Levin, and Wild Sorbet. Any frame vendor that having to figure out
gets involved will add their own mouldings and will sync everything. Even all the
down to your software. Vendor inputs all pricing and thousands of options for Wild
the moulding before. exactly what you choose.
PreeVu. Acts pretty much the
same in both. But PreeVu
does have more and I like the
background color options.
And both you can add client's
room views. PreeVu is pretty
cool in the fact that you can
yes. Comes with 10 plus multiple color options ( I think they save views Globally to be
are based on Baher paint) to use as background colors if you used in any collection, or just
at least know the clients wall color. in a per client option.

You can build or buy wall collection
templates. Tells you over dimensions of your advertising or email to the client (same thing with framed
Wall collections collection
as a great composite designer. You can also
Album Design purchase more designs
Ability to add images to a shopping cart.
After inputting all your pricing and options,
ProSelect will tell you price. You can then
Ordering import this data into SuccessWare.
Cost extra $$$. Ability to produce hi res
jpegs, flattened tiff's or layered psds. Can
open into Photoshop for editing. Will
Hi-Res production produced cropped images ready to order.
Web Gallery- basic- $480/yr.
I have not used it to know how good the
Web Gallery online sites are.
Score: 4 8
you can add as many images to a wall collection as you
want. Moving them independently or using the tools to
align centers, space evenly, ect. Very flexible (also talk that PreeVu. By a long shot. This
there may be a hanging guide that you can print for client is Prevue's bread and butter.
that will tell them exactly where to put the nails to hang They have developed building
their collections). Tells you over dimensions of your wall collections to an extreme
collection. PreeVu will also automatically calculate total level. The only thing PreeVu
cost for you immediately on the screen. After creating a is lacking which ProSelect has
room view you can easily save a jpeg of the view to use for is templates. But that is on
the list to add in the near
pieces) future.
currently no album design functionality ProSelect
Ability to add products to order as you create them. PreeVu PreeVu. Mainly because of
will automatically divide out what needs to be ordered from the ability of the vendors to
what labs. Great thing about PreeVu is that as vendors jump make life so much easier on
on board all pricing and options will be entered for us. us.
PreeVu. Because it's
included. $249 is a steep price
to pay to have this ability.
We have gone 4 years
Included in software. Will produce hi-res jpegs ready to without it and wouldn't want
order. You have the ability to open each image for editing in to pay for it. Plus we have
Photoshop. Will crop each image for ordering (cool points multiple users which doubles
here because PreeVu will take into account the lip of your the cost. I do wish PreeVu
frame to make sure your final framed image looks just like would allow to link to RAW
what you saw in the software. Since the vendor adds the files and allow us to edit on
mouldings it knows which frame have different depths) tiffs.
included without limitation. Awesome online sites. Allows
for comparisons. Plus you can easily add framed pieces and
wall collections (including the room views) to the clients
online gallery. PreeVu.
PreeVu.
 time will tell. Currently we
PreeVu is new and also revolutionary. It's on the edge of are going to be using PreeVu
what can be done. It eventually will handle all of client to really abuse it and see if it
management and scheduling (yes replacing SuccessWare can truly replace ProSelect as
ProSelect is established and a great piece of which currently cost us $119/mth for 5 users… big time our presentation software of
software and definitely has it's strengths. It savings here). PreeVu is currently a great piece of choice. I have no doubt
was pretty revolutionary win it came out. presentation software. Where it is still somewhat though, that in a year's time
We have enjoyed using it since early 2007 undeveloped in some areas it makes up for big time in the PreeVu will far surpass
and have since great benefits from it. The solid areas. However where it shines is in it's ability to do so anything we've seen before
overall look and feel is easy to use and much more for the photographer. With the involvement of for presentations and
Final thoughts: creates a great atmosphere. vendors PreeVu can really take off. database management.