Assets

DAM Assets Management

Upload assets

Upload assets in bulk from your local computer or various external sources.

Overview

The Uploader lets you upload assets in the DAM from a variety of sources:

  • Your device's storage, camera or screen

  • Web links

  • Third-party sources include Google Drive, Dropbox, Instagram, and many others.

You can drag & drop, copy & paste or browse to the file's location to select it for upload:

Multiple source uploading made easy

Transform assets during upload

You can transform your assets as part of the upload process.

File type
Available operations

images

  • Resize - set the maximum width and height for the image to be resized after upload.

  • Edit image - crop; adjust the brightness, contrast and other attributes; add filters; draw on the image; or add watermarks.

videos

  • You can change the resolution automatically or to fit a specific device type (desktop, mobile, tablet, etc.)

  • Transcode - generate HLC manifest files for adaptive streaming.

any type

  • Rename - by clicking once on the filename or selecting Rename from the context menu

  • Manage details - by choosing the Manage option from the context menu.

  • Add metadata - by pressing the Fill metadata button.

  • Remove the file - cancel upload of the file

  • Add more files for upload

Monitoring upload progress

Once you click the Upload button, a progress icon is shown on each asset, as well as an overall Progress bar underneath the Upload modal, showing the cumulative progress of all assets:

Upload results

There are three possible end states and relevant actions:

State
Asset highlighting
Available actions

Successfully uploaded

  • See Manage assets to continue

Failed to upload

  • Remove the file

  • Retry the upload

Duplicate detected (see Storage for possible system policies on duplicate detection)

  • Remove the file

  • Show file location (only available if the Duplicate policy is set to Override)

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