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Asset upload
If the user wants to take full advantage of the additional features offered by Digizuite when working with the images in the Adobe CC products, it is possible to upload new assets into the DAM directly through the Adobe CC Connector.
Upload from disk
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Users can upload any assets file from their computers by pressing the Upload from disk button. This will bring forth the upload dialog box. After finding and selecting the files, clicking Open will start the upload process.
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Once the upload is finished, it will result in the appropriate message at the bottom of the application.
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Upload active document
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It is possible to upload the active document. The document must be saved before it can be uploaded. There are two options available:
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Adobe products which has the Link Manager (After Effects, InDesign and Premiere Pro) cannot have broken or local links in the document if they wish to upload the active document. (See section “Link Manager“ to resolve this issue) |
Using assets
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The assets from the DAM displayed in the Adobe CC Connector can be used by simply clicking the Place button on the asset card.
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In InDesign, the quality configured on the MM5 config manager (Creative cloud connector - Low insert quality) will be used by default. If this is not set or the asset does not have the specified quality, then it will default to the source. For all the other Adobe products, source will be used. |
Check-in/out
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The user has the possibility to lock (check out) an asset while working on it. The user can check out the asset by clicking the icon. This prevents others from uploading and replacing the asset.
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When the user activates Upload active document in the menu, and the asset is already checked out by another user, then Replace existing asset option is disabled, and hovering the mouse pointer over the lock icon will reveal a tooltip showing who checked out the asset and when auto check-in will occur.
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Auto check-in duration
By default when the user checks out an asset, it will be locked for 1 hour. After that, the system will auto check-in the asset. The duration can be changed on the server where the Digizuite DAM is installed. Locate the file \DigizuiteCore\legacyservice\appsettings.json and look for the section CheckInOutDetails.
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"CheckInOutDetails": {
"DefaultCheckOutDuration": "01:00:00"
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Link manager (After Effects, InDesign, Premiere Pro)
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All the DAM assets used in InDesign documents are linked, and their overview can be seen in the Links panel. Up-to-date links are displayed as a blue icon attached to the image on the page.
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“Asset” - the asset name and the image of the asset
“Ext.” - extension
“Quality” - the quality of a specific asset can be changed
“Status” - the current status of the link.
Status
The status column can have 4 different states as displayed in the screenshot above. The user can hover the mouse pointer over each icon to display the description of the state.
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a checkmark icon indicates that the link is both locally linked and DAM linked, i.e. everything is working correctly
a link icon indicates that the link is broken, which means that the local path on the user’s computer cannot be found, which can be fixed by simply relinking the link, as the asset had already been uploaded to the DAM
an upload icon indicates that the link is a local asset that can be uploaded to the DAM
a warning icon indicates that the link cannot be found from the local path on the user’s computer. This means that in order to fix this, the user needs to manually find the asset and replace it in InDesign document in order to achieve the download status.
Selecting assets
The table allows for the ability to select assets. They can be selected in two ways:
By manually clicking the asset in the first column of the table
By using the dropdown, where there are three options available:
Select all assets
Select all assets which have broken links
Select all assets which are local assets
Relinking, Uploading, Changing the quality
Depending on which assets have been selected, the buttons at the bottom of the page will change accordingly (see image below)
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Green checkmark - No issues: Change quality will appear
Yellow link - Local asset deleted: Relink and Change quality will appear
Yellow clock - DAM Center asset has a newer version: Relink and Change quality will appear
Red arrow - The asset exists on your computer, but not on the DAM Center: Upload
Red warning - The asset exists neither locally nor on the DAM Center: No button - the system cannot help you resolve this state
Relinking broken links
Select the assets with yellow links and/or yellow clocks, and press Relink.
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Your link manager will refresh to reflect your changes:
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Uploading an asset
Uploading assets can be done in two ways, i.e. by:
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When the Close button is clicked, the table is automatically updated.
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Changing the quality of an asset
Relinking broken links can be done in two ways, i.e. by:
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The dialog for clicking the change quality button will display all the possible qualities that the assets can be changed to and automatically update them.
Link Manager Behavior in the different Adobe Products
After Effects
When files are inserted from the CCC then they are imported as a FootageItem
Files inside a Composition or a Folder will not be displayed inside the Link Manager
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