DAM News Round-Up – 16th September 2024
A selection of DAM-related articles from around the web, hand-picked by the DAM News editorial team.
Santa Cruz Software Release New White Paper
Creative SaaS provider Santa Cruz Software have recently published a whitepaper by my co-contributor Ralph Windsor. The report covers a wide range of DAM-related topics and focuses on the trends and technologies that are beginning to emerge in DAM workflows, including AI-assisted metadata management, creative tool integration, and digital asset supply chain automation. The whitepaper is free to download (email registration required).
Digital Asset Management software vendor Canto have just announced their acquisition of DAM provider Image Relay. The move will allow Canto to extend its reach by offering integrated DAM and Product Information Management (PIM) services. According to the press-release, Image Relay Founder and CEO Skye Chalmers will join the Canto team to spearhead the integration.
Mediagraph September ’24 Feature Update
DAM solution provider Mediagraph have just released their September update. The first new feature is ‘Quick Upload’ – a completely separate and fully brandable component that facilitates instant uploads via a simple interface that supports automatic rights management, tagging, organisation, and access via custom QR codes. Secondly, Mediagraph now supports seamless integration with Adobe Creative Cloud, Google Workspace and Microsoft Office via the all-purpose LinkrUI connector from Santa Cruz Software.
5 Things on the 10th September
Tracy Forzaglia, aka Mod Librarian, serves up her usual listicle of taxonomy, archive and information management tidbits. This month’s cut-down round-up includes Ted Ryan on being the Ford Motor Company’s archivist, a course on information architecture from Jorge Arango, an auto-tagging proof-of-concept for a Fortune 100 company from Factor, and an engaging retrospective from Vicky Teinaki on the apparent disappearance of Information Architecture as a practice.
AI-Generated Metadata for Seamless DAM Workflows
This recent post from The DAM Playbook takes a deep dive into the challenges of Brand Managers wishing to implement VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality) technologies, and the shortcomings of existing generic metadata options. The article explains how personalised, role-based AI-generated metadata profiles can revolutionise DAM by improving asset discoverability and developing automated workflows that learn from users’ previous actions. An example metadata template is also provided, along with a comprehensive breakdown of its component elements.
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