Digital Asset Management software developer and Modula4 partner Picturepark is offering for free a special download edition of the popular digital asset management book, “DAM Survival Guide.” The book offers in-depth guidance for those planning digital asset management initiatives at their organizations.

“The most important thing those new to DAM can do is educate themselves,” said Picturepark CEO, Ramon Forster. “No other resource offers such a complete overview of digital asset management planning, so we’re pleased to be able to provide this free download for members of the DAM community.”

DAM Survival Guide was written by DAM industry veteran, David Diamond, who now directs global marketing for Picturepark. Diamond is also a monthly columnist for CMSWire.com.

“In the 14+ years I’ve been in this industry, I’ve seen too many organizations make bad decisions about DAM,” Diamond explained about his reason for writing the book. “DAM Survival Guide is meant to help readers cut through the half-truths and misinformation that’s out there so they can make better decisions about their DAM initiatives.”

The 100+ page Picturepark Edition of DAM Survival Guide can be downloaded for free by filling out the form below.

Cumulus 8.6.1, Canto’s newest update to its popular digital asset management (DAM) system, offers compatibility with Microsoft Windows 8 and Apple’s Mountain Lion operating systems. This latest version of Cumulus also also now supports Adobe CS6. In addition to these new compatibilities, Cumulus 8.6.1 also resolves numerous minor bugs.

For more information about this update to Cumulus contact us.

Products from Modula4 make Canto’s Cumulus digital asset management system even more powerful and versatile. In this webinar you will see demos of significant updates to products that enhance Cumulus including the Video Module, Watermark Module, ImageSearch Add-on.

In this webinar you will see how the latest version of the Video Module lets you offer your videos as downloads in a variety of formats and resolutions. There will also be a demonstration of the new Watermark Manager interface, which makes Modula4’s Watermark Module even easier to use. And learn how ImageSearch, Modula4’s tool for visual searching, now allows you to base your search on multiple images and adjust the sensitivity to precisely control the search results.

Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Time: 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM Pacific

Don’t miss this chance to learn more about the updates to these products and discover how they add important new features to Cumulus.

Space is limited. Register now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/919315994

WoodWing has released Version 8 of their flagship multichannel publishing workflow management tool. Version 8 has extended collaboration features, offers content planning enhancements and includes architectural changes for increased performance. The updated architecture also establishes the firm foundation for even quicker development of solutions to address future market-driven requirements.

The new version includes a powerful new annotations feature – something customers had been requesting. When commenting on documents in progress, it’s now possible to approve and reject sticky notes, to give answers to comments, and see an overview of all notes in InDesign or InCopy, all while taking into account the various user roles and access rights.

In Content Station, the Planning Tab helps to start tasks and create dossiers more easily, as issues can now be created across channels. In addition, WoodWing has made the handling of dossiers more comfortable and efficient. With this release, support for inline images has also been added to the multi-channel editor in Content Station.

In addition, it’s now also possible to set up a specific workflow for archive files, such as zip files, as well as for presentations that often follow different routes in the workflow from normal articles. Version 8 supports CS6 and the use of liquid layouts and alternate layouts.

With version 8, WoodWing has made extensive changes to the architecture of its publishing system, ensuring it will meet future publishing industry requirements. New communication protocols JSON and AMF have been added to the core. The overall advantages can already be experienced. For example, the upload and download of large files to Content Station is now up to three times faster.

WoodWing Enterprise Version 8 is available now from Modula4. Contact us for more information.

Picturepark users can now easily upload their videos to YouTube, and also leverage the popular video service to reduce the bandwidth costs of streaming video directly from the Cloud.

Metadata fields inside Picturepark can be used for YouTubes Title, Description and Tags fields, enabling users to provide the SEO-optimized content they need to make sure their videos are found. Upload and take-down date fields can be used to determine when a video should be posted and later removed. And the videos embed link can be sent back to Picturepark where it can be used and shared.

Streaming video to thousands of website visitors uses a lot bandwidth. YouTube Connector enables Picturepark Cloud and onsite customers to take advantage of Picturepark to manage their videos and other media assets, while they leverage the powerful and free streaming services of YouTube to deliver those videos.

YouTube Connector is available now from Modula4. Contact us for more information.