The Big Picture - Wide Format Printing

(January 2006) posted on Wed Jan 04, 2006

Provides custom sorting and fast cataloging

Extensis has announced Portfolio 8, a
new version of its digital-asset-management
(DAM) solution. This latest edition
provides features such as visual catalogs
and embedded metadata to better
help users organize and route digital
files"?whether within asset-creation
workgroups or out to external partners.
Some of Portfolio 8's new features
include:

• Full custom sort: Users can drag,
  re-order, or sort items in Galleries, Smart-
  Galleries, and disk folders"?and this is
  remembered automatically for each user
  in a workgroup environment. Users can
  also custom sort to a shared catalog so
  all users can take advantage of files in a
  certain order.

• Fast cataloging: Quickly add files to
  a Portfolio catalog and work with them
  right away, while other cataloging tasks
  occur in the background.

• FolderSync and AutoSynch enhancements:
  Users can now add catalog presets
  to AutoSync folders, and ignored or
  excluded items do not change a folder's
  status.

• Custom XMP extraction: Custom
  namespace XMP metadata can be
  extracted from a wide range of files,
  allowing users to embed custom information
  like job status or product SKU
  information via Adobe Creative Suite
  applications and be viewable inside
  Portfolio 8.

The Portfolio 8 product family
includes a standalone version and client/
server solution. Single-user versions
are available for $199.95 (upgrades from
Portfolio 6 and 7: $99.95); a NetPublish
license is necessary to publish catalogs
to the Web ($249.95). Client/server
solutions start at $5000 (SQL Connect
Modules are also available).

EXTENSIS

www.extensis.com