The program is designed to create employee identification badges quickly, easily and inexpensively. The badges can contain video photographs, graphic displays, text, bar codes, signatures in any arrangement. Magnetic stripes can be encoded with the appropriate printer. A video camera or TWAIN device is used to capture the photographic image. The badges are displayed on the screen in a realistic manner and can be printed on a wide variety of printer types. The program maintains a database of both video and other relevant information.