Below you find some of the core features and benefits of Brandworkz® Digital Asset Management.
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Automatic generation of low-res thumbnails and previews of artworks, allowing quick preview before download. Automatic preview of JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, TIFF, Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator, PDF, EPS, MPG, AVI, Quicktime, Digital Negative and more.
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Updating / organisation of artworks via intuitive web interface. Ability to upload/download artworks individually or in bulk
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Automatic conversion of RGB/CMYK artworks to different formats/resolutions (jpeg, tiff, gif, eps, pdf, psd, etc.)
Automatic transformation of artworks into cropped images, grey scale, custom borders, custom shapes, etc.
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Intuitive and powerful search. Search either via simple keyword entry, or build up advanced search criteria on any technical or metadata field in the system. the search engine supports stemming, misspellings, thesaurus, boolean searching and suggestions. You can also search through the full text of PDF, Word, PowerPoint and other document types is also available.
Shortcuts/Aliases. Ability to have assets showing up in multiple folders without copying the physical assets.
Related assets. Ability to relate multiple assets to each other. Can either be used to relate assets which belong conceptually together (e.g. showing other assets with the same theme), or can be used to relate assets which belong together technically (e.g. a master Indesign or Quark document with related placed artworks).
All asset types. System can be used for all types of asset management which an organisation may have (Image management, Document Management, Repro Artwork, Video/Sound).
Detailed level of control on security to folders and features. IP address or HTTPS security is possible if necessary
Artworks can be tagged with related information (meta data), e.g. product specs or image licence rights
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Embedded Metadata will be automatically extracted from images(IPTC, EXIF and Adobe XMP)
Approval process workflow
Multiple lightboxes for each user. A lightbox is a personal storage area where artwork can be stored and saved for later viewing, sharing or downloading
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System can be integrated with 3rd party applications. E.g. Artwork repository can be integrated with a website Content Management System, so business users don't have to do any manual image manipulation. Artwork can be requested and automatically transformed by automated systems via COM, .NET and HTTP calls (charges may apply)
Artwork in other asset management systems can be referenced/indexed via FTP/HTTP (charges may apply).
Full audit trail and reporting on all user actions, e.g. most popular artworks, most active users, most active groups, etc.
Benefits
Brandworkz Digital Asset Management centralises the management and storage of the brand assets to one location. This has the following benefits:
Avoids duplication of commissioned works and aids sharing of best practices by pooling the company's entire assets together in a central, searchable system
People avoid wasting time tracking down particular artworks
People avoid using old, out-of-date versions of artwork as the latest version can be downloaded from the system
All assets are backed up rigorously, avoiding data loss which could have severe consequences.
New PDF Generator Module (web to print) - create leaflets, posters, stationary, presentations etc
