1. Summary Effective metadata management is crucial to keeping information indexed, organized, and searchable. Metadata touches many aspects of image production and workflow, so it has always been at the forefront of DF Studio. DF Studio is unparalleled in its rigorous approach to metadata handling. Our advanced, built-in features keep metadata consistent and accurate throughout the entire image lifecycle: during file ingestion, all metadata stored in stacked files is extracted and merged. This ensures that Users begin working with a clean...
Read More1. Summary The main focus of this release is to refine the Library Permissions model introduced in the previous software update, making its implementation more consistent and useful. We’ve made great strides in streamlining the DF Studio Permissions model to its core functions, and then rebuilding it into an organized, thorough framework that accounts for even the most complex use cases. These new feature enhancements offer benefits that will improve the workflow of any team leveraging Permissions in their Library. On an individual level,...
Read More1. Summary We are very excited to announce the addition of Library permissions to DF Studio Enterprise clients. Library permissions are a simple set of powerful tools that control access to Projects, Collections, and folders. Managing access in your DF Studio Library adds fully adjustable levels of security to your assets. Applying permissions locally to a Library item allows clients to designate which users can view, create, upload, download, share, edit, or write metadata in that location. Permissions may also be assigned globally to the...
Read MoreSummary DF Studio sets the bar high again by introducing an enterprise-level file delivery system, the Multi-Project Messenger. Designed in response to the increasingly popular workflow of enterprise clients sending large volumes of data to vendors and counterparts, this new feature provides a robust yet simplified method for enterprise clients to share large volumes of data with those outside of their organizations. We are also very pleased to bring you business level user role administration, giving account administrators more control over...
Read MoreSummary This release is the first in a series that address the Messenger feature set and how users interact with Messenger in their daily workflow. A new filter for Messenger Status has been added to the Messenger tab allowing the user to filter the list to active, expired or recently accessed Messengers. An admin feature allowing filtering from all users Messengers to specific users including just their own has been included. Several navigational features have been enhanced to make Messenger creation easier and more efficient. Features have...
Read MoreSummary The highlight feature added in the release moved Collections from their isolated, non-searchable area into the main Library view. By incorporating Folders, Projects and Collections into the Library view, we have turned a corner on more intuitive navigation and organization. This feature work has prompted a slew of interface tweaks and changes that allow the user to be more instantly familiar with the system navigation. The workflow possibilities and enhancements now that Collection are available right in line with Folders and Projects...
Read MoreSummary The crux of this release was our metadata editing tool. We are very proud to report that after many months of planning, design and development, DF Studio is now able to write metadata edited in our system back to all JPG, TIFF, PDF and PNG files. Our powerful metadata editing tool can take input on several key fields, and within minutes, the information is reindexed and can be used in global image search. Metadata Management DF Studio now updates files with metadata entered in the Metadata Editor pane. JPEG, TIFF, PDF and PNG files...
Read MoreThere are a number of operations that can be done right in the search results by selecting multiple images: Add to Bin Add to Collection Metadata (Batch Metadata editor) Download Send (Messenger) Metadata Writing 3856 global image search enhancement UI-User 3944 image search: show used facets enhancement UI-User 3956 search: provide link back to image search from project search enhancement UI-User 3958 image search: allow selecting images across pages enhancement UI-User 3959 image search: keep search field populated enhancement UI-User 3961...
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