ASPP Educational Conference

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ASPP Educational Conference

• Trudy Levy
• March 25, 2006

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Agenda

• What is a DAM
• What are your choices
• Q A

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What do DAMs do?

• Manage
• Present
• (in a useable format)
• Distribute

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File Naming and Folder Structure

• Unique, scalable, computable
• Id owner
• Id client
• Organization strategy
• Searching where?

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Metadata Taxonomy

• Organizational system with approved vocabulary
• a filing system

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Data for a Purpose

• Search
• History
• Preservation

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Data Input

• Automatically is best
• Master list/Thesaurus
• Import/export existing data is vital

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Information display

• Thumbnail file data
• Slide Table
• Record

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Distribution

• Access
• Security
• Delivery

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Delivery is the DAM difference

• Path
• Access to original
• Integration with other programs
• Access to preferred format

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Simple to Complex

• Super file browsers
• Thumbsplus - 50
• ACDSee - 50
• I view - 50
• iPhoto

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Simple to Complex

• DAMs - Desktop
• MediaDex (Cumlulus by Canto) - 50
• DAMs - Desktop with Web publishing
• Portfolio by Extensis - 200
• Cumulus workgroup single client - 300

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Simple to Complex

• DAMs - Desktop with Web publishing
• Portfolio by Extensis - 200
• Cumulus workgroup single client - 300
• Thumbsplus WebClient server 199/ 50 per client
• Iview Pro - 199

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Simple to Complex

• DAMs - workgroup/server
• Cumlulus server (5) - 2000
• Portfolio server (3) - 6300

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Simple to Complex

• New Managers 14,000 - 25,000
• iDam - Web Archives
• Image Portal - Netxposure

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Simple to Complex

• The Big Guys left on the field
• Artesia (Open Text)
• eMotion (Corbis)
• North Plains
• Others absorbed by Content Managers

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Summary

• State your purpose
• Collect your data
• Find the right pot
• www.DIG-mar.com

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Contribute

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  the Experiences, Requirements, Preferences, and
  Concerns of Photographers regarding RAW Imaging
  Technology Press Release On January 31, 2006,
  the OpenRAW initiative launched an international
  survey on its Web site (http//openraw.org/survey/
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