The 9th International Symposium on Technologies for Digital Photo Fulfillment (TDPF 2018) held in coordination with #Print4Fab 2018 to create a synergy between photographers and printing experts from the scientific and academic communities and leaders in the graphic arts.

The digital photographic ecosystem—image capture, processing/organizing images, and soft/hard copy output of these images—is the overall focus of TDPF. TDPF 2018 offers a unique opportunity for product engineers, researchers, photographers and lab/store owners to meet and discuss the advances, synergies, and future directions of creating, printing, sharing, displaying, and archiving consumer and professional photos and photo-related products.

PROGRAM TOPICS:
• Capture systems integration with storytelling and photo organization products
• Long-term preservation via redundant storage of digital files and hardcopy prints
• New products from wide-format printing, including metal prints, face-mount acrylic, and other large format display options
• Using photographs in low-volume press printing (e.g., personalized wallpaper)
• Premium photo gift products of all kinds including images printed on high tech substrates
• Viewing and sharing systems utilizing the cloud, social media, and web-based mechanisms

SUBMISSIONS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS ENCOURAGED:
• Photo Books, including assisted construction, automation, hybrid digital/hardcopy fulfillment
• Image organization including sorting and finding the best photos
• Photo integration with storytelling and photo organization products
• Photography in the digital world – tricks and techniques for great digital photos
• Digitization of film, movies, video, prints
• Image processing workflow and algorithms
• Online fulfillment, sharing, and storage (including online photofinishing, redundant storage)
• Online applications for photo book creation
• Mobile apps for prints, photo books, and image organizing
• New small format photo prints of various print technologies, including Wi-Fi, enabled
• Topics in premium photo gifting
• Use of softcopy display for photo viewing, sharing, organizing and online fulfillment
• Retail fulfillment options: kiosks, minilabs, special materials that can accept images
• Home, office, retail, and commercial fulfillment systems—from snapshot to 3D printers
• Output equipment (wet and dry printers and minilabs, processors, kiosks, photo book retail production)
• Output media (inkjet, EP, thermal, silver halide, novel substrates)
• Long-term preservation of digital files and hardcopy prints


Visit http://bit.ly/2FtrEOE for more information on conference topics and the submission process. Submission Deadline: May 15
September 24, 2018 | Dresden Germany | ICW #Print4Fab 2018
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