How Proxy Files Point To The Future Direction Of DAM
In this guest feature article written exclusively for DAM News, Ralph Windsor of DAM consultants, Daydream, discusses the role of the proxy files and how both […]
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DAM Survival Guide Review
The DAM Survival Guide written by David Diamond has recently been released as an Amazon Kindle title. David’s book explains how to plan a Digital Asset Management initiative and covers a wide range of topics:
- How to find and recruit others at your organisation to assist with your plan
- How
Widen Media Collective 6.1 Released
One of our featured DAM vendors, Widen, have released version 6.1 of their Widen Media Collective DAM system. The main new features seem to be as follows:
- Improved upload workflow
- Enhanced collections* presentation
- Updated metadata editing controls
- Dynamic media building
* I think this is a reference to …
Continue reading »FocusOPEN 3.4.3 Released
One of our featured open source DAM vendors, FocusOPEN, have released version 3.4.3 of their flagship FocusOPEN Digital Asset Manager product. The new release (which is still in beta) appears to address many of the themes and issues with DAM systems which we have discussed this year:
- Improved
Picturepark Announce “DAM Shootout” Webinars: Cloud vs Onsite, Wednesday 27th June, 9am PT
One of our featured DAM vendors, Picturepark, are running some DAM webinars where they assess the relative benefits of Cloud (or SaaS) hosting as opposed to on-premise (or internal hosting). The events are being held at 9am PT on Wednesday 27th June:
“Do you know the truth about …
Continue reading »IPTC Photo Metadata Conference: Orphan Works Presentation Overview
Sarah Saunders, from photo metadata consultancy, Electric Lane gives an overview of a presentation she delivered at the IPTC Photo Metadata Conference held in London earlier this year in regard to ‘Orphan Works‘. This a fairly hot topic in the whole image rights industry and covers the use …
Continue reading »Digital Asset Management And Workflow Workshop, New Orleans Photo Alliance, June 16th 2012, 11am-1pm (CT)
The New Orleans Photo Alliance are holding a workshop seminar on Digital Asset Management and Workflow between 11am and 1pm (Central Time) on June 16th. The event is aimed at photographers, especially those who maybe new to DAM and digital workflows in general:
“Join us Saturday June 16 for …
Continue reading »Storing & Organising Your Digital Photographs: 23rd-24th June, Photographic Center North West, Seattle, USA
Photographic Center NW (PCNW) is hosting a workshop on ‘Storing & Organising Your Digital Photographs’ to run on 23rd – 24th June 2012:
“One of the biggest challenges facing a photographer today is the management and storage of their digital assets. For many photographers, they are now asked to …
Continue reading »The First Cross Platform HTML5 Game: Will DAM Solutions Soon Follow?
ReadWriteWeb.com covers ‘Boom Town’, an HTML5 game that has been simultaneously offered on Apple App Store, Android Google Play and Facebook. The game itself sounds pretty dull, but I’m not a massive gamer and the real point of covering this story here on DAM News is that demonstrates how the …
Continue reading »EPi Server Adds inRiver PIM Modules – More WCM And DAM Turf Wars In Prospect?
Open Source .NET Web Content Management specialists, EPi Server have partnered with inRiver to add a Product Information Management (PIM) module to their popular WCM platform:
“Product management can be a real headache for online marketers and merchandizers with complex product assortments that are sold through multiple channels in …
Continue reading »25 Years of HyperCard
This Arstechnica article by Matthew Lasar highlights the fact that the original prototypical new media development tool developed by Apple, HyperCard is 25 years old today. Below, Matthew describes his early experiences using it:
“I opened the app and read the instructions. HyperCard allowed you to create “stacks” of …
Continue reading »Picturepark Release Version 8.3
One of our featured vendors, Picture Park have updated their flagship DAM solution to version 8.3. The new edition has improved derivative file support, these are what some users and vendors used to call ‘surrogate’ files and might typically include alternative resolutions or some other modifications such as colour space …
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