1) When creating a new file’s text info, enter in as many key words as possible that will easily allow you to find the file in the future such as:
-Architectural styles i.e. Rancher, craftsman, contemporary,
-Filmable features i.e. Baywindow, ope plan, hardwoodfloors
-Geography i.e. Hilltop, forested, Richmond, NorthVancouver
-Descriptive words i.e. Retrokitchen, 1950s, New York, naturallight, highceilings,
-Location Manager’s initials,
-Name of job i.e. Prozaccommercial, huggiesad, voguestillsshoot.
2) To see a file’s contact info after it has been created, select “Show/Hide Details” on the top right side of the page.
3) When creating a new Location file, the ‘Title’ (1st text field when creating a new file) will be visible if you submit to the public database. Since Visionnet has a strict privacy policy to homeowners this will be removed. A better Strategy is to place the homeowners name in the “Private Notes” field.
4) Only one login per browser is permitted, so you cannot be signed into both a VisionScout room and a Project room simultaneously using two open tabs or windows on a single browser. You can however work around this problem by logging in with a second browser. For example, you can access you PIM in Firefox while simultaneously organizing your Project Room in Safari, but you may not access both from a single web-browser at the same time.
5) Once you’ve created a file, you can categorize it by as many different category names as you like. Select [E] to edit and scroll to the bottom of the page to select more categories. (i.e. Put it both “Cafes” and “North Vancouver”).
6) It is very useful to create a Client username and password in Admin section so those you invite to your site will not be able to delete or access your main library. You can always, edit, delete it or add a new one later on.
7) For residential photo files, select your own personal contact information. This allows you to keep information about the photo file confidential. For photo files such as mountains and parks, select GRVD (you will need to create this as one of your contacts first).
8) Any information changed in your “Contact Manager” will change throughout the system. So, a phone number or email can be easily updated throughout your VisionScout site by changing them for a single file.
Location Professionals
Location Scouts are encouraged to share their work through our on-line locations library, while hiding private addresses and contact information. This is an effective way for scouts to promote their work to peers and potential employers.
For Location Managers, our VisionConnect on-line locations library is simply the most comprehensive and up-to-date solution available on the market. It provides them with a wealth of pre-qualified location files that are searchable 24-hours a day, helping them do their job that much better. And best of all it’s free.
VisionPIM provides every location professional the chance to store 100,000 digital photographs in their own user-name/password protected on-line database. This is a Universally-accessible, private library of their personal location files that they can search through from any computer with internet access.
No more worrying about computer crashes, stolen laptops or growing stacks of CD-ROMs because their files are safely stored and accessible on demand. >>>
VisionNet Inc.
VisionNet has been providing on-line, location-finding services to the local film industry since 2003.
Started by a group of location professionals led by Michael Gazetas, VisionNet has focused on creating internet-based tools that give local filmmakers a competitive advantage by saving them time and money.
VisionNet’s on-line services were re-launched in April 2007 to include the features and upgrades that had been requested by our clients. >>>
VisionScout Overview
VisionScout is a free, password-protected, online, database with storage space for 100,000 photos, which VisionNet has provided to help scouts and other location professionals manage, organize and easily access their location files and photos from anywhere in the world.
VisionScout allows you to build a private library of your own location files, which can be shared whenever you want by copying the files into one of VisionNet’s on-line collaborative tools such as VisionPitch or VisionProject.