Modula4 partner Picturepark has released a video that demonstrates the advantages of Adaptive Metadata. Adaptive Metadata describes metadata schemas that can be asset-specific and change over time. Advertising assets can have the metadata fields they need such as Campaign and Product, while financial reports have Fiscal Year and Business Unit fields. Schemas can also evolve over time, so you can have the Due Date and Editor fields you need for drafts, while you have the Archive Date and Archive Location fields you need for older content.

This feature can also be used to give different stakeholders metadata sets based on their own specific needs. Adaptive metadata is a feature unique to Picturepark.

You can view the video on adaptive metadata here.

To learn more about Picturepark visit here.

Modula4 has moved its Berlin, Germany office to a new location just a few doors down from the previous office. After 10 years in the at the same location, the staff has moved into an office that was purpose-built for Modula4 in a newly renovated early 20th century building. The new office provides the space and infrastructure needed to support our growing staff in Berlin.

The new office, like the previous one, is located in the popular Prenzlauer Berg section of Berlin, an area with many parks, cafes and restaurants.

The address of the new office is:

Modula4
Gleimstr. 52
10437 Berlin

The telephone and fax numbers remain the same:

tel: +49 (30) 400 53 682
fax: +49 (30) 400 53 683

Flight, the cloud-based file management and delivery system from Modula4 partner Canto, has been updated with the “Summer 2014” release. New features include version history tracking, hierarchical folders and drag & drop file upload. The new release also offers the ability to send messages direct to other users thorough the “Message Board” plus additional view options.

Flight Summer 2014 is available now from Modula4. To learn more visit here.

The DAM Guru Program is offering a free webinar about using digital asset management as part of a digital preservation strategy. The webinar “DAM and Digital Preservation” will be presented by Emily Kolvitz, Digital Asset Manager/Sr. Specialist with JCPenney and Guru with the DAM Guru program. In this webinar, you will learn concepts of archival theory that easily translate to the practice of Digital Asset Management, in a variety of digital environments including Library, Archive, WIP (Works-in-Progress) DAMs, and assets living in the wild.

The webinar will be held on September 9, 2014 at 9 am Pacific. You can register for this free event here. 

The DAM Guru program, the world’s largest community of digital asset management professionals, recently announced they have exceeded 500 members. The program was launched in January of this year to match DAM beginners with DAM Gurus to provide guidance in getting started or improving their DAM solutions.

A recent addition to the program’s website is a DAM jobs board. Hiring organizations can post DAM jobs for free. Job applications can be submitted directly via the DAM Guru Program website and a selection of DAM Guru Program member profiles are available for viewing.

The DAM Guru Program is completely free. There is no membership fee and services are available at no cost. Memberships are open to any individual who has DAM knowledge to share or who seeks to learn more about the profession. Member-to-member sales solicitations are not permitted, to help ensure a pressure-free environment in which members can learn without distraction.

The DAM Guru Program was initiated by Modula4 partner Picturepark but is specifically a vendor neutral, DAM educational and community resource.

To learn more about the DAM Guru Program visit here.

Modula4 partner 2imagine has released version 4.0 of its flagship web-to-print system, also named 2imagine. The 2imagine system lets you edit InDesign and Illustrator documents online in a browser window. It support localization and translation and is ideal for producing packaging and marketing collateral. 2imagine has robust permissions so administrators can exert tight control over the changes users are allowed to make. Best of all, it allows users with little or no training to use these popular Adobe Creative Suite applications. Output options include PDF, InDesign and Illustrator documents.

Major new enhancements in version 4.0 include the ability to show paragraph styles as as buttons, character formatting pop-up window, multi-direction text, improved support for lines and arrows, improved translation tools, and a new more modern user interface.

2imaging is available as both a cloud services and an onsite system. For more information about 2imagine visit here. 

Modula4 partner WoodWing has released version 9.3 of their collaborative publishing system. New features include improved integration options between Drupal and Enterprise Sever as well as additional control over font display, enhancements to the multi-channel text editor and the handling of duplicate files in Content Station. With Enterprise 9.3 users can now also place multiple Enterprise files within a layout.

WoodWing Enterprise 9.3 is available immediately. To learn more about WoodWing Enterprise visit here. Note that Modula4 offers modules that integrate WoodWing Enterprise with Canto Cumulus and Picturepark digital asset management (DAM) systems.

Modula4 took part in Canto’s annual partner meeting in Berlin on June 23 and 24.. Canto partners from around the world gathered for two days of meetings, presentations and socializing. On the first day, Canto reviewed recent developments, including the hiring of several new staff members, improvements to the organizational structure and the release of Cumulus 9.0 and Cumulus 9.1. Looking ahead, Canto gave presentations on the on-going development of Cumulus and the introduction of Flight, their new hosted file storage and sharing service.

The next day, Modula4 organized a series of sessions where Canto Partners showed Canto and each other their new and updated products that add functionality to Cumulus and highlighted significant case studies. Michael Gellner, CTO of Modula4, served as host and ringmaster. Among the presenters, Glenn Lawrence of Aimtec demonstrated the new, easier to use set-up tools in their ZoomA product. (ZoomA provides fast, deep zooming of images and documents in Cumulus, and is distributed by Modula4 in North America.) Modula4 presented it’s new Amazon S3 Connector for Cumulus and previewed several significant product updates that will be released in the next coming months.

Canto recently announced Flight, a SaaS (Software as a Service) solution that lets business users easily share and store files. Flight provides simple, easy-to-use tools for uploading, organizing and sharing images, graphics, documents and videos. The system is highly scalable and does not require customers to buy servers or install software, so getting started is fast and easy.

Flight is available as a subscription service. To learn more about Flight, to see a demo and request your own 14 day fully-functional evaluation account, contact Modula4.

Modula4 partner Picturepark announced they are now offering free 6-month Cloud DAM subscriptions to organizations actively seeking DAM solutions. Up to 10 users can participate in the evaluation. The move is intended to offer a more realistic software evaluation experience.

The accounts offered are full Picturepark Cloud subscriptions that enable users to upload and download files, edit metadata, share and publish files with anyone and more. Start-up training and technical support are also offered free of charge. To simplify the experience for users, Modula4 will assign a Picturepark “coach” to handle all questions and requests.

The free accounts are standard Picturepark Cloud accounts, so there will be no change in functionality for organizations who choose to work with Picturepark moving forward. Organizations that purchase Picturepark on-premise licenses can have their Cloud instances migrated to their local hardware.

Visit here to learn more about Picturepark.

Fill out the form below to register for your free 6-month subscription to Picturepark.