According to Keyframe President and Creative Director Daniel Underhill, YTracker is designed to simplify the record-keeping process and allow files to be moved from one platform to another seamlessly.
“We wanted to create a system that webmaster would be able to get into and start using right away without any significant programming skills,” Underhill told XBiz.
“Most webmasters we know are good at building sites but don’t necessarily have the database skills [2257] requires. YTracker lets them input and organize information in a fashion that’s easy to use.”
YTracker works on Mac Classic, Mac OSX and Windows platforms. The program has an external database file that can be moved from Mac to PC and vice versa.
“Many of our friends in the industry are doing their image editing on Macs, but also utilizing PCs for other tasks such as bookkeeping,” Underhill said. “So developing a solution that worked on both sides just made sense to us.”
Information such as digital releases and model IDs can be sorted and cross referenced. Tabs on the user interface make it easy to find specific data, and each record can be printed as a pre-formatted sheet with all relevant information.
For security purposes, the YTracker database and interface are locked to each other, so a company’s database can be read only by that company’s interface.
Keyframe will make YTracker available to a small group of webmasters by the end of this week and use the feedback to make enhancements before rolling out the system. Underhill said plans are already in the works to enable users to save records as Adobe PDF files, scan documents on the fly and crop, scale and edit images.
“We’ll continue to add features, but we wanted to at least get something out so people can start using it now,” Underhill told XBiz, adding that the company also will have a lawyer review the program to ensure no stone is left unturned.