Once transferred, customers have the ability to archive the pictures in their own personal on-line photo album. Slide shows similar to a Power Point presentations can be created. Via permitted access, friends and relatives can access each other's own personal online photo albums and order copies of their own prints. PhotoChannel's Competitive Advantage Processing prints from digital pictures is quite different from processing prints from regular film. Different processing equipment is required.
Software is also a key component in developing digital pictures.
Most of the many new entrants into this market are merely marketing companies without the necessary technology to develop in-house. They outsource their developing services. They have purchased the Fuji Frontier Technology , which is considered to be the best technology available today for processing digital pictures. They will also be using Fuji paper, which they will be purchasing at a substantial volume discount. They plan on having several processing points nationwide.