Asset upload
If the user wants to take full advantage of the additional possibilities offered by Digizuite when working with the images in the Adobe CC products, it is possible to upload new assets into the DAM directly though the Adobe CC Connector.
Upload from disk
The user can upload any assets from the local source by selecting "Upload from disk". This will bring forth the upload dialog box. After finding and selecting the files, clicking "Open" will start the upload process. Once the upload is finished, it will result in the appropriate message at the bottom of the application.
Upload active document
It is possible to upload the active document. The document must be saved before is can be uploaded. You have 2 options. Upload the document as a new asset in Digizuite or if the document is already a existing asset in Digizuite, then you have the option to replace the existing asset.
Using assets
The assets from the DAM displayed in the Adobe CC Connector can be used by simply clicking the insert (1). Depending on the application and the assettype we either open or place the file.
In case of InDesign, once the user has choosen a quality, the thumbnail of the image will become attached to it, until the user clicks on the spot on the page, where it should be placed. The user can also pre-select the spot, in which the image should be placed. If the goal is to replace another image already existing on the page, the user needs to click on it, and then click use and choose a quality from the connector.
In case of Photoshop, Illustrator, AfterEfects or Premiere Pro the procedure is simpler and the user can simply click use on an asset out of the Adobe CC Connector and the asset will be placed on the canvas.
Once the asset is placed on the page/canvas, the user can continue working with it like with assets from any other source.
Note about the asset quality inserted. In InDesign it will use the quality configured on the MM5 config manager (Creative cloud connector - Low insert quality). 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 supported products, source will be used.
In asset preview mode you have the option to choose the quality from a list. Click the use button, a window will show with the possible qualities to choose from. The possible values depends of the assettype.
Check in/out
As a user you have the possibility to lock (check out) an asset while while working on it. Preventing others uploading and replacing the asset.
As the image shows below, (1) Shows an green un-lock icon, which means that the asset is not locket. (2) Shows an black lock icon, that is locked (cheecked out), if you hover the lock icon, a tooltip shows who checked out the asset. You can check out the asset by clicking the icon.
If your user has the role "Administrator", then he has the opportunity to force check in the asset, by clicking the locked icon. The force check in dialog will show, if the asset is checked out by another user.
When you activate the menu "Upload active document", and the asset is already checked out by another user, then "Replace existing Asset" is disabled and by hovering the lock icon a tooltip shows who checked out the asset.
Links (InDesign only)
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.
The assets used in InDesign remain in the Digizuite DAM and will be available to other people as links, when the document is sent to them. It is therefore not necessary for the users to send their documents together with all the images used in them. The recipient needs access to the DAM, however, to gain the ability to update links.
When opening a document in InDesign, the system checks all the links to the DAM. If asset has been replaced in the DAM or the assets are missing on the users local harddisk, the system will show notice with a prompt. The connector will promt you with the option to donwload missing conttent and restore the brokwn links.
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