Onlinevideo.net has posted a review of various commercial transcoding and encoding tools. They cover hardware, software and cloud based tools, including the following: Hardware Elemental […]
Continue reading »As reported on WhichStockAgency.com (and sourced from TheNextWeb.com) Snapixel, a microstock photo exchange has closed its doors and will power down their servers on 31st August 2012:
“Snapixel originally launched in October 2009 as a hybrid between a stockphoto marketplace à la iStockphoto and a photo sharing …
Continue reading »One of our featured DAM vendors, Picture Park, are running another in their series of DAM related webinars. This event has the title DAM and the Tao of Taxonomy and it takes place on Wednesday 29th August 2012 at 10am Pacific Time (which is 6pm UK or 7pm for …
Continue reading »Edward Smith, of Extensis has written an article for CMSWire.com entitled: Who Should Enter Metadata in Digital Asset Management?
“Metadata is important because it helps you and other DAM users find the right files (keywords), understand the content of the files you find (descriptions) and use those files correctly …
Continue reading »One of our featured DAM vendors, Widen, have released an article on auditing your existing DAM system. They cover a number of steps, including:
The Law Enforcement and Emergency Services Video Association (LEVA) is including a special Digital Asset Management Expo at their annual conference on October 22nd-26th 2012 in San Diego:
“A number of hands-on workshops will be offered during the conference, focusing on DME laboratory best practices, DSLRs for crime/critical incident …
Continue reading »Earlier this week, Microsoft announced the public beta of SharePoint 2013 (along with announcements about Office). This developer’s overview has some more useful info about what to expect and covers a few different areas:
Adobe UK are running an online event this week aimed at creatives. The final session today (13th July) kicks off at noon and asks the question: “Is digital photography all tech and no talent?“. The sessions covered are:
One of our featured DAM vendors, Picture Park, are running a webinar: “Metadata Myths and Madness!” on Wednesday 25th July between 10am and 11am Pacific Time. The presentation will include John Horodyski from DAMEducation.com as well as other Picture Park staff such as David Diamond (author of the DAM …
Continue reading »Writing on the Semanticweb.org site, Jennifer Zaino describes how Schema.org and the Web Intents specification are mapping terminology (Vocabulary) from Schema.org to the Web Intents specification. She quotes from Michael Hausenblas of Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI), National University of Ireland, Galway:
“With Schema.org we have a way to …
Continue reading »John Goodwin, writing on the UK’s government, data.gov.uk website explains the basics of Linked Data:
“The Linked Data Web is not just about connecting datasets, but about linking information at the level of a single statement or fact. The idea behind the Linked Data Web is to use URIs …
Continue reading »Long standing DAM vendor, Canto, have recently upgraded their flagship DAM system, Cumulus to version 8.6. The new version apparently adds ‘over 50’ updates. Of potential interest to some might also be the Google Maps visualisation of geodata embedded within media.
The new edition’s major functional enhancement, however, appears …
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