Introduction to Pixcel's ArchiveCloud solution

1. Preserving Family Memories in the
[Pixcel] Cloud
EUGENE GEKHTER
CEO
 Pixcel, LLC

2. Today’s Cloud topics:
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General
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Security
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Durability/Permanen
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Pixcel
ArchiveCloud App
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Organization
Sharing
Uploading
Limits
Cost
Quality
Comparison to other
service

3. What is Cloud?
Dependable
Userfriendly
Organized
Limitless
Convenient

4. Cloud Security
 Integration with Amazon Web Services
 Physical and Environmental Security
Fire Detection and Suppression
 Power Backup Systems
 Climate and Temperature Control
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Network Security
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Fault-tolerant design
 Services running on top of AWS
 Dropbox
 Netflix
 Pinterest
 Pixcel ArchiveCloud

5. Data Storage Durability and Permanence
 99.999999999% Durability
 Data is replicated in a minimum of three geo-locations
 Store 10,000 images/videos, lose one every 10,000,000 years
 What if…?
 Email alerts
 Ability to download all files and metadata
 3 month window

6. ArchiveCloud Overview

7. Organization
 Store ALL MEDIA in one central location
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Pre-digital
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Digital
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8mm/Super8/16mm
Slides/Prints/Negatives
VHS/Betamax/Hi-8
MiniDV/HDV
DVD’s
Memory Cards (photos and videos)
Mobile Video
Integration
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Facebook
Flickr
Smugmug
 Search and Find Quickly
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Date
Person
Generic tags
Location

8. Search by Date

9. View by person

10. Search by tags

11. View by location

12. Sharing memories
Full
control
Post to
Social
Media
Engage
with
friends
and family

13. Share Options

14. Welcome your friends and family

15. Enjoy anywhere on any device

16. Uploading to ArchiveCloud
 Four ways to import data
 Digitized from film, video, and still images and
uploaded directly into your ArchiveCloud account (Live
beta)
 Upload within ArchiveCloud from your PC or Mac (v.1)
 Import from other cloud services, i.e. Dropbox, Picasa,
Smugmug, Flickr (v.2)
 Bring/send external hard drive to Pixcel (Live beta)
Good for past projects
 Convenient for digitals photo and videos you would like
professionally transcoded and uploaded
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17. How much can be stored?
 Unlimited storage on all photos and videos
digitized by Pixcel
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With one year membership
 Standard storage packages for all additional
media
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25,000 photos
100GB of video
 Premium storage packages for larger archives
 Unlimited photos
 Unlimited video

18. ArchiveCloud pricing
 $99 year-long membership for unlimited film,
video, and images digitized/restored by Pixcel
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Optional $14.98/month payments
 Free 30-day trial available with every
digitization and restoration project
 Standard package pricing for ~25,000
photos/100GB of video: $11.98/month
 Premium storage package pricing: volume
discount

19. ArchiveCloud Quality
 Professional encoding from the industry’s best
 HD quality for film and HD sources
 Better than DVD quality for SD sources
 Preservation of original frame rate
 Ability to switch between HQ, SQ, and LQ
modes depending on bandwidth

20. Comparison to other Services
 A few examples:
 http://pixcelcloud.s3.amazonaws.com/Cloudcomparisons/YesVideovsYesVideo_HQ.mp4
 http://pixcelcloud.s3.amazonaws.com/Cloudcomparisons/PixcelvsPixcel_HQ.mp4
 http://pixcelcloud.s3.amazonaws.com/Cloudcomparisons/YesVideovsPixcelCloud_HQ.mp4

21. Forum for Questions

22. For More Information
 Eugene Gekhter, CEO
 Pixcel, LLC
 www.pixcel.com
 egekhter@pixcel.com
Link to gallery from webinar
http://www.pixcel.com/cloud/viewGallery/4r4441334s413q3q