Slated for sale from www.fotostation.com beginning in late February, FotoStation 4 Pro for Mac and Windows is designed as a front end for Fotoware's image server products. It includes most of the features of FotoStation 4, plus:
An innovative browse preview mode
Linked category/subcategory fields (in what must be the world's largest IPTC editing window!)
More extensive file format support
Server login
Multiple user support through loadable user configuration files
Browsable output folders (in addition to browsable input or view folders)
Ultra-fast searching (if Fotoware's Index Manager is also installed at the newspaper)
Extensive search options
Built-in support for Kodak digital camera acquire
Functionality customizable through extensive preferences options
The price of FotoStation 4 Pro will be US$828. Upgrades from FotoStation 4 will be available, though upgrade details have yet to be announced. At over US$800, the Pro version will be out of the reach of most individual photographers; newspaper photo desks, however, might well consider it as the browser in which FotoStation 4-prepared images are viewed. To see the Pro version for yourself, stop by Fotoware's booth at PMA in two week's time.
