Introduction To Facet Analysis
Ian Matzen, writing on his Tame Your Assets blog. has written an introductory article to Facet Analysis, which is the process of de-constructing metadata subject […]
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Is Your DAM System A Place Where Assets Are Sent To Be Lost And Never Found Again?
David Diamond has written an article for CMSWire this week about digital assets getting lost in DAM system. The basis of the article is a surprisingly common scenario where users upload digital assets and then either they or their colleagues can never find them again. David cites five reasons …
Continue reading »DAM Projects Site Launched By DAM News
At DAM News we have recently been working on a dedicated site where those who need some Digital Asset Management expertise (including supplying software products) can post up their requirements. I am pleased to say that DAM Projects is now live and open for anyone who wishes to post. My …
Continue reading »Metadata Monday Seminar, March 31st 2014, 6-9pm, NYC
Consultants, Optimity Advisors, who have both David Lipsey and John Horodyski on their staff are hosting a metadata seminar in New York City on March 31st 2014 between 6pm and 9pm. The session will cover various metadata related topics:
- Metadata Exercise
- Metadata Concepts and Terminology
- Metadata Benefits
- Metadata
Getty Images Opens Its Image Library For Limited Cost-Free Usage Via Embed Player
Earlier this week, stock media leviathan, Getty Images announced that is was going to allow some limited cost-free non-commercial usage of its library of 35m images. They have to be housed within their own embed player which is similar to the method employed by YouTube where the media resides on …
Continue reading »The Opportunities And Risks Of Creative Production Supply Chains
An article by Nish Patel, CEO of ConceptShare, discusses what his firm calls Creative Production Supply Chains. It was published last month and has been on my list of items to cover for DAM News for a while now. Part of the reason for the delay has been …
Continue reading »New DAM Book – Digital Asset Management: Content Architectures, Project Management, and Creating Order out of Media Chaos
Elizabeth Keathley, of Atlanta Metadata and also DAM Foundation, has written a new DAM book: Digital Asset Management: Content Architectures, Project Management, and Creating Order out of Media Chaos. The title covers a wide range of subjects associated with setting up DAM initiatives, including:
- Differences between DAM,
Brandworkz Partners With Differentia Consulting To Provide Advanced DAM User Behaviour Analytics
One of our featured DAM vendors, Brandworkz, have announced a partnership with UK Business Intelligence (BI) consulting operation, Differentia. Brandworkz’ DAM solution will capture raw auditing data which users can then audit using one of Differentia’s BI dashboards (which are developed using tools from a vendor called …
Continue reading »DAM Guru Program Update
The DAM Guru Program established by vendor, Picturepark, is celebrating its first anniversary this week. Now with 400 members (including myself) it does appear to be gaining some industry-wide support, in no small part due to the fact that the sponsors have been assiduously careful to not use …
Continue reading »Widen Release Smartimage 3.5
One of our featured DAM Vendors, Widen, have released version 3.5 of their “DAM Lite” platform, Smartimage. The major new features include:
- REST API for developers to access Smartimage capabilities
- Batch apply metadata
- Tag based searching and sorting
- Create “sections” upon upload*
- Large previews for admin users
The Politics Of DAM Metadata Integration
During the last week, we have been discussing metadata and DAM integration on our DAM News LinkedIn group. That has prompted me to consider this subject in more detail via a DAM News feature article: Digital Asset Management And The Politics Of Metadata Integration. The best practice recommendations …
Continue reading »Why Your DAM Needs Purpose And The Reason It Still Lacks It Now
Earlier this week, CMSWire published an article by David Diamond, author of The DAM Survival Guide and Marketing Director at Picturepark, called: Why Images Don’t Belong in Your DAM. The title isn’t really about not storing images in DAM or anywhere else, it’s a wider philosophical discussion about …
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