Digital Asset Management
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- ideaist
Hey gang,
Working for a mid size (50 folks) business.
Looking for a asset management platform; really struggling to get everyone on the same page for logos, colours, fonts as well as standards for look & feel on social media materials, infographics, etc.
We use Dropbox, BUT it's a storage tool NOT a Asset Manager.
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- ideaist0
Also, I DID NOT sell out, I bought in.
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- Nairn2
Just use your existing file system and the threat of dismissal.
- Hilarity aside, could you not populate a source directory with PDF how-tos, etc, and insist that people read each subDirs pdf for guidance on usage?Nairn
- I'm just saying as - and I admit I have no clue here - 'asset management platform' sounds a bit expensive.Nairn
- Lolz @ "threat of dismissal".
I'm looking for a simple solution; cross platform. We have an internal time tracking system involving "tickets"...ideaist - ...I'm thinking of looking for comparable DAM's and then basically copying it on our internal system.ideaist
- Maaku1
Would this be of help?
- Maaku1
Or maybe
- capn_ron0
I use webdam with one of my clients files. it is really quite nice. I have no idea what the upload side is like, but the download side is simple to use.
- Gnash0
- https://helpx.adobe.…Gnash
- I like CC Libraries but it would be nice if they could just save some gradients.CyBrainX
- ^ I know! i spent way too long trying to find a way to do that.Gnash
- MrT2
Grumpy pants here but in my experience, getting people to adopt such a system is nothing to do with how fabulous the system is, but people's inability to keep referring to and using it.
- this is so very true. It all comes down to this in the endGnash
- * see Nairn's responsemonospaced
- Yup. Literally one more step in the chain and it gets ignored.Hayzilla
- thumb_screws0
Good luck with this. Going through a similar process at the moment and it’s a nightmare trying to get the whole company on the same page. I’ve found get the structure & IA right and you need a moderator with clout with in the company for any assets additions. Most the time they don’t take what the “ silly creatives” say seriously. If you can get someone from senior management to say how important it is you get better buy in.
- whatthefunk0
Sounds like you need a way to display a style guide, design system, and pattern library creating a larger digital brand portal. Something like https://frontify.com/ might do the trick. Many places design their own internal style guide that is digital and far more accessible than random PDFs in dropbox.
Have a look at how Atlassian utilizes this:Brand
https://atlassian.design/guideli…Marketing
https://atlassian.design/guideli…Product design system
https://atlassian.design/guideli…- I see your hand, and raise you https://designsystem…Maaku
- pointless - real people don't read that self-regarding nonsense. the key is to make it as idiot proof and easy to use as possiblehans_glib
- Not at all, we have a new design system in sketch, tied to abstract, that all depts follow and update in concert with devs. Been a long road but well worth it..whatthefunk
- spot131
I've been using the open source version of Resource Space (https://www.resourcespace.com/) for years, it's very good and the price is right.
- ideaist1
You dudes are resourceful motherfuckers as always!
xo
- keep us posted on what you ended up doingGnash
- the agency I work for built their own - http://konvertapp.co…rodzilla
- Centigrade0
Bump on this. Anyone ever figure out a good Digital Asset Manager? Ideally doing the following:
Drag and Drop upload
Generates Previews (even .eps and possibly .ai)
Allows tagging and categorization
Allows URL generation with passwords to download a file
Allows client logins - with restricted credentials
Assets tracking - number of downloads
Asset search by keyword / tags etc.And doesn't cost $$$$$$$$$$ like most DAM platforms.
Any ideas?- I believe Resource Space does everything listed, also has AI-based auto-tagging for images and it's free (open source)spot13
- The one item that may be a challenge on any platform is previews from proprietary file formats like .ai but .eps previews will workspot13
- Gonna dig a bit deeper. Thanks.Centigrade