metadata
Canto Partner Lutz Heymann Once Again Innovates and Adds Functionality to Cumulus!
We know that companies have very limited resources to import metadata. So what’s better than Lutz Heymann’s Cumulus Importer 8.6 that automatically ingests metadata?
Powertip: Using Formulas to Create a History of Metadata Edits
A simple field formula enables Cumulus to time stamp metadata edits, so you’ll know who edited what, and when.
TOTM: Categories – Smarter metadata tagging
This Term of the Month explains how Canto Cumulus categories offer the best of both worlds—and then some. Once you understand the potential of categories, you’ll wonder how you ever managed to tag and organize files without them!
TOTM: Metadata Write-Back – Embedding metadata into assets
By default, Cumulus stores metadata in catalogs, which are separate from assets. This offers a number of advantages over systems that force you to store metadata inside assets, but sometimes storing metadata inside assets is important. Fortunately, Cumulus enables you to do both! This Term of the Month explains what metadata write-back is, when it [...]
Power Tip: Add License Info (and More) to Every Photo You Distribute
Canto Cumulus can add metadata right inside your photo files, which means no matter where those files go, it will be clear who owns them, how they may be used and—best of all—how to contact you for further license or purchase info. Learn how you can make sure your important notices go out with every [...]
TOTM: Metadata – The heart and soul of DAM
Metadata is certainly a more common term now than it was when Cumulus 1.0 first shipped, almost 20 years ago, but newcomers to digital asset management might not have a complete idea of what types of metadata exist, or what can be done with them. This Term of the Month explores metadata—where it comes from, [...]
Power Tip: Personal Metadata Templates – Your own “rubber stamps”!
Creating and sharing custom metadata templates is an easy task in any Cumulus edition. Metadata consistency is important for most organizations, and shared metadata templates make it easy for users to enter standardized information, with absolutely no input errors.
But what about you? What about your needs?
Cumulus also makes it easy for you to create personal metadata templates that are accessible to only you, and no one else. Find yourself entering metadata that’s unique to you or your personal workflow over and over again? Then, it’s time for personal metadata templates!
Power Tip: Organize Metadata Fields into Groups—And Label Them!
Let’s say, for example, you have 10 metadata fields in a view set view. The first five are about the asset’s dimensions, and the last five are about its status. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to add labels above each group of fields to make their purpose clearer? Or, what about adding instructions [...]