A workflow that follows your rules
Single approval, technical and artistic double review, arbitration, reinstatement, a round trip through a supplier: you compose the path, the platform enforces it.
One application for all your photos
Alpha studio brings photo and PDF approval, the product repository and the media library together in a single platform. Your teams, your studios, your agencies and your suppliers work on the same files, under the same rules.
Packshots
Photo reports
Video
PDF & docs
Media library
Product records
⚡ Delivered in 3s
✅ Approved remotely
📊 +32 % more productivity
👥 Unlimited users
🇫🇷 Hosted in France · GDPR
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The three promises
From brief to final approval
Three principles that decide what a visual platform is really worth day to day — everything else builds on them.
One single repository
One product record, all its references, its visuals and its stock. Fed by your ERP or by import, it serves the studio and the warehouse alike.
A living media library
Whatever gets approved lands in the media library automatically, with its full history and usage rights. No more shared folder to tidy up.
The four modules
Each one works on its own
Together, they remove double entry, duplicate files and the email threads asking where a visual stands.
01 — Approval
From request to delivery
You open a project, you state the need, files come in, they are annotated, approved or rejected, then delivered. At any moment, everyone knows what is left to do and who must do it.
Explore the module → 02 — PIMThe product repository and its logistics
The product is what marketing, the studio and the warehouse have in common. Alpha studio gives it a single record, linked to its visuals as much as to its stock.
Explore the module → 03 — Media libraryEvery approved visual
It fills up on its own, at approval time. Each visual arrives with its story: the project, the version, the author, the supplier, the brand, the channel and the negotiated usage rights.
Explore the module → 04 — APIAlpha studio talks to your other tools
A visual platform is only useful if it fits into the existing information system. Everything the interface shows is reachable through the API.
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Features
Produce, approve, retrieve.
One application to commission, approve, classify and distribute every visual you own. Used by retailers, public bodies, manufacturers, agencies and studios — each switching on only the building blocks they need.
PDFPhoto guidelines 2026OK
JPGRough — set planOK
TXTArt director noteNEW
Built-in briefing & Road Book
Photo guidelines, roughs, layouts, set plans, notes: the whole brief is documented at project level and for each image.
Meta-images & dashboard
Every shot to be produced gets its slot: briefs, logistics and validation in one place. Automated creation from a CSV import.
Samples received18 / 24
Checked in
Pending
Sample logistics
Product list per photo and real-time check-in of sample arrivals, straight from the interface.
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Approved · v3
Single or double validation
Up to 99 versions per meta-image, visual comparator, artistic and/or technical approval, annotations and comments.
BEFORE
CLIPPED
Retouching & clipping
Files go to the provider, come back, and are submitted for approval. Alpha studio automates every exchange.
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FTPDAMLibrary
Automated HD delivery
Approved is delivered — photos, videos, PDFs: download, custom FTP account, remote FTP to a DAM, or the built-in media library.
IMGLibrary opening ceremonyLIBRE
TAGheritage · 2026 · DunkirkOK
DRT5-year licence · press & web2029
Media library & usage rights
Every approved visual joins the media library with its history, its keywords and its publication rights. Multi-criteria search, watermark, shareable selections: your departments serve themselves.
REFOslo chair — oakEAN
SAP4 references, 3 coloursOK
STKLille warehouse — 218 in stockERP
Product repository & stock
One product record: all its references (internal, EAN, SAP, supplier), its approved visuals, its warehouses and its stock. Fed by CSV import or by an ERP feed.
GET/products?family=living200
PUT/visuals/8827/status200
KEYUser key · revocableSÛR
REST API & connectors
Everything the interface shows is reachable through the API, with interactive documentation and revocable keys. ERP feeds, supplier FTP drops, corporate directory.
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Media delivered
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Years in production
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Uptime
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Connected roles
Unlimited users
Photographers, art directors, logistics teams, providers, clients: invite as many users as you need, with per-profile permissions. No per-seat surcharge.
Data hosted in France
Your files and metadata are hosted and secured in France by the company ATE, with daily backups.
GDPR compliant
Data processing complies with the General Data Protection Regulation: audited access, controlled retention periods, right to erasure.
Who it is for
From public bodies to major retailers
The same foundation, configured after your organisation: whether you manage a city's visual heritage, a retailer's catalogue or a studio's production.
Retail groups & large accounts
Thousands of visuals a year, several supplier studios, a DAM and an ERP to feed: one measurable circuit.
- Product repository fed by the ERP
- Artistic & technical approval
- Direct delivery into your DAM or PIM
Councils & local authorities
Reportage, video recordings and the municipal magazine gathered in a media library hosted in France, open to every department.
- Internal media library, multi-criteria search
- Image rights and licences documented
- Hosted in France · GDPR
Photo studios & photographers
Get your images approved remotely and deliver HD files without a single manual transfer.
- Client approval from a browser
- Sample logistics tracking
- Automated HD delivery
Workflow
The tailor-made workflow for your projects
Photo, video, PDF, packshots: every stage is configured around the way you and your partners work. From brief to delivery, in a single application.
01
New request
Project creation
Ongoing projects appear on the dashboard. The new project holds the briefs, the sample list and the slots for every asset to be produced — images, videos or documents.
02
Briefing
Visuals, references, PDFs, notes…
At project level and for each image, you document the Road Book: photo guidelines, roughs, layouts, set plans — and even the product list for still-life shots.
03
Requests & guidelines
The production dashboard
Visual needs are expressed file by file, by proposal, or generated automatically from the product repository. The guideline for the family and the channel imposes the expected, mandatory and deliverable views.
04
Logistics
What is ready to be produced
For each photo and at project level, logistics information and real-time check-in of the samples present on set.
05
Production
Files are uploaded
Photographer, videographer, agency or design studio upload their files online, by FTP or drag and drop. Up to 99 versions per visual. The application checks the naming and assigns files automatically.
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Validation
Annotate, approve, arbitrate
Comments placed directly on the image or on the PDF page, predefined rejection reasons, side-by-side version comparison. Single approval, double review, arbitration or reinstatement: the circuit is yours.
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Processing
Retouching or clipping
On a packshot project, files can be handed to a provider. Alpha studio automates file exchanges and the approval of the processing.
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Delivery
Automated HD files
As soon as final approval lands: drop on your FTP or your client's, availability for download, transfer into the media library. Your call, and with no manual step. Alerts only reach the people actually concerned.
Working together
Built for work across several companies
Brand, in-house studio, agency, photographer, retoucher, printer: each has an account, a scope and rights, on the same platform.
- Companies and cooperations — each company gets its own space and its own file drop. You decide who cooperates with whom, and therefore who sees what.
- Roles and rights — permissions are set per role, down to the single action: propose, approve technically, arbitrate, reinstate, remove a watermark, export.
- Per-project accreditation — beyond roles, each project names the companies allowed to produce, to approve and to view. A supplier only sees its own work.
- Traceability — who uploaded, who approved, when, with which comment. Every version is kept: nothing is overwritten.
- Statistics — volumes produced, approval times, activity per user, per project and per supplier. Exportable for your business reviews.
- Dedicated instance — each customer gets their own instance and settings: active modules, watermark, formats, vocabulary and approval circuits.
Clients
They chose Alpha studio
Photographers and photo studios, retail chains, manufacturers, agencies, publishers and local authorities.
Conforama
Baltique
Whizzcomm
Pricing
A plan that fits your studio
A one-off setup fee, then a flat monthly subscription covering platform access and hosting.
Studio
For independent photographers
On request
- Unlimited projects & users
- Built-in briefing & Road Book
- Single-step validation
- Delivery by download
- French hosting (ATE) & daily backups
Production
The complete studio suite
On request
- Everything in Studio
- Sample logistics
- Double validation (artistic & technical)
- Retouching & clipping workflow
- Automated FTP delivery
- Version comparator
- Custom setup & training
Enterprise
Retail chains, publishers & institutions
On request
- Everything in Production
- Photo library module
- Delivery to a remote DAM
- Custom roles & permissions
- Priority support
“Originally imagined by a professional photographer, shaped and improved through more than ten years of daily use in production studios.”
AAlpha studioWhere the product comes from
« An organisation's visual heritage is only worth something if it can be found again: every approved file lands in the media library with its keywords, its author and its publication rights. »
MBuilt-in media libraryHosted in France
“A question? An issue? User support is reachable by email and phone, and the team steps in whenever you need it.”
CCAPSIDESupport & maintenance
Resources
Guides & modules
Everything you need to organise photo, video and document production across your organisation.
Guide
From brief to delivery: the full journey of a photo project
The eight stages of online photo production, from project creation to automated HD file delivery.
Module
Built-in media library
Enrich images with tags, captions and descriptions — then share them across the organisation.
Workflow
Two-step validation
Separate artistic approval from technical approval, with annotations and a version comparator.
Repository
Prepare the shoot from the catalogue
One product record, its multiple references, its visuals and its stock — fed by your ERP.
Integration
Connect Alpha studio to your tools
Documented REST API, revocable keys, ERP feeds and automated FTP drops with your suppliers.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
An original web application developed by CAPSIDE, designed to let studios offer their clients remote viewing and approval of their media — photos, videos, PDFs, packshots — through a simple web browser. It is also a shared online resource centre for every stakeholder of the project.
No. Alpha studio runs in SaaS mode, available 24/7 from any web browser. Production managers, agencies, art directors, logistics teams, studio and location photographers, clipping providers and photoengravers all connect wherever they are.
A few hours. The application is configured after a scoping session covering the way you work with your photo project partners. User training then runs by role, in sessions of a few hours.
Approved is delivered. Visuals are available for download, pushed to a custom FTP account configurable in the app, sent to a remote FTP to reach a DAM, or dropped into the built-in photo library. Your choice, project by project.
All information and files are hosted in France, in an environment secured by the company ATE, with daily backups. Data processing complies with the GDPR. Access is managed by user profile — unlimited users, at no extra cost.
Alpha studio also means day-to-day service quality: user support is reachable by email and phone, and the team steps in whenever you need it. Application maintenance is included in the subscription.
Yes. Approval, the product repository, the media library and the API each work on their own. Together they remove double entry, duplicate files and the email threads asking where a visual stands — but nothing forces you to switch everything on from day one.
No. The product repository plugs into your ERP, by CSV import or by continuous feed, and carries the information needed to produce visuals and manage sample logistics. Updates respect data recency and report rejections instead of overwriting silently.
That is in fact the normal way to use it. Brand, in-house studio, agency, photographer, retoucher and printer each have their account, their scope and their file drop. You decide who cooperates with whom, and each project names the companies allowed to produce, to approve and to view.
Through the REST API: everything the interface shows is readable and writable, with filtering, sorting and pagination, interactive documentation and one key per user — revocable and bound to the same rights as the interface. Recurring exchanges — ERP feeds, FTP / SFTP drops, corporate directory, scheduled jobs — are automated.