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When opening a document in InDesign, the system checks all the links to the DAM. If the asset has been replaced in the DAM or the assets are missing on the user's local hard disk, the system will show a notice with a prompt. The connector will prompt you with the option to direct you to the link manager to relink the missing links.
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The link manager handles the management of assets. The link manager can be accessed from the menu under the link manager.
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If the user inserts assets/files into the InDesign document, clicking the refresh button will result in it showing the inserted assets/files in the list.
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Grid-view
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List-view
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In the link manager, the user can see the table with all the inserted assets in the InDesign document.
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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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There are 5 states assets can be in:
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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Two cases can occur when uploading an asset to the DAM:
The asset does not already exist in the DAM and it will be uploaded
The asset already exists in the DAM and a dialog concerning duplicates will be prompted.
The duplicates dialog contains the following elements:
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The user has two options when clicking the Choose action button:
Upload as a new asset
Relink existing assets.
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If the user wants to upload the asset as a new asset in the DAM, the Upload as a new asset button should be selected.
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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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