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.

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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.