Extensis Portfolio Server (v8.5.x) (Mac/Win) ESD

Description

Meet the perfect software solution for marketing and creative workgroups - Extensis Portfolio Server (v8.5) for Mac and Windows. Extensis Portfolio Server 8.5 provides centralised control and organization for your volumes of creative digital assets. Easy to rollout and use, Portfolio Server will keep pace with your business. With its ability to automate workfl ow tasks (archiving, web publishing and more) and to offer various access points, Portfolio Server makes the job easier on all the participants in your creative assets lifecycle. Portfolio Server 8.5 serves as the powerful hub of your creative assets management system, providing the core set of capabilities you need to keep your rich media on-the-move-for routing to other users/departments, for final delivery to clients, partners or vendors, or for secure archiving. From this hub, you can take advantage of Portfolio Server!s flexibility and open architecture to create the right solution for your environment. Want to leverage your SQL database and tools? Add Portfolio SQL-Connect. Want dynamic web publishing? Add Portfolio NetPublish. And now-included with Portfolio Server 8.5 is Project Sync for Adobe CS3 - the perfect complement to a CS3-centered workfl ow. The new Project Sync module seamlessly integrates with Adobe CS3 to offer powerful database searching, flexible archiving and automated web delivery-all from within the Creative Suite environment.

Features

• Easy to rollout and use
• Integrates seamlessly with Adobe CS3
• Multiple points of access (desktop, web, CS3 applications)
• Provide self-service access to the multiple channels with your organization
• Automate real-time web publishing
• Leverage your existing infrastructure with SQL integration options
• Support your cross platform environment
• License numbers are emailed directly to you: simply download the software from the Extensis website and apply your code to activate.

What's new in Extensis Portfolio Server 8.5?

• Portfolio Project Sync for Adobe CS3: Created for Adobe CS3-based workgroups, Portfolio Project Sync brings together the power of Portfolio Server with the convenience of the Creative Suite environment. Enhance your workflow by managing all the data pertaining to your fi les within Adobe Bridge's interface. It provides seamless integration between Portfolio Server and Adobe CS3, enabling powerful searching, archiving and automated Web delivery from within creative applications. Project Sync ties transparently into Portfolio Server, providing real-time access to assets for everyone who needs it-when, where and how they need it.
• Default Field Values: Set field values up front and save data-entry. These values will be automatically applied to all assets as they enter Portfolio to ensure they start out the way you want. Use Default Field Values to make sure every asset is appropriately credited, initiate processes, or apply important metadata that needs to be associated with all your assets.
• Improved AutoSync Performance: At the core of Portfolio Server is AutoSync, the engine that keeps assets and data synchronised. This powerful server capability now includes greater administrative control over catalogs, support for a wider array of file formats and automatically generates previews for all supported fi le formats with no additional configuration.
• Expanded SQL Database Support: Portfolio Server SQL Connect now integrates with the latest-generation of the industry standard databases you utilise, including MySQL 5.0, Oracle 10gR2 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Each of these databases also supports the new Catalog Types feature (above) making setup a snap.
• Enhanced PDF and EPS Support: Portfolio 8.5 quickly generates high-quality thumbnails and previews from PDF and EPS documents, making it an ideal solution in PDF workfl ows. You can also view complex, multi-page PDF documents from within Portfolio on both Macs and Windows platforms. View a complete list of fi le formats supported.

Features (Overview)

• FolderSync Presets: FolderSync lets you decide how you want it to work: Set a sync schedule or choose to autosync instead, and opt to "ignore" certain items when synchronizing, if desired.
• Public/Private Galleries, Read-Only Galleries: Creating a Private Gallery makes your galleries quickly accessible and only viewable to you, the creator. Now you can lock a gallery to prevent unauthorised edits.
• AutoSync Cataloging Presets: Enables auto-cataloging and keyword/metadata assignment simply by dropping the asset into a redefi ned folder.
• AutoSync Path Translation: For faster cataloging and imaging tasks as well as decreased network bandwidth requirements.
• Centralises Digital Assets: The days of "Which is the right version?" and "Where!s that fi le?" are over. Centralise all your digital assets for improved organization, security and brand integrity.
• AutoSync: Portfolio Server automatically synchronises catalogs with any server fi le that!s been added, updated or removed. This offl oads and automates all scanning and image processing from the desktop to the server.
• Easy Integration: Portfolio Server!s architecture is flexible and easily scriptable via VB and AppleScript, making integration and customization extremely friendly compared to any other DAM solutions.
• Works the Way Your Creatives Do: Unlike other digital asset management solutions that can be clumsy to use or take days of training, Portfolio has been designed to work the way your creatives work, with tools that seamlessly integrate into the creative desktop.
• Track Versioning Information: Automatically tags all cataloged fi les with a User ID and modification date, so you always know who last modifi ed an asset and when it happened.
• Rich Media Support: Because digital assets come in all forms and formats, Portfolio Server supports a wide range of content, including images, illustrations, presentations, audio, video, graphics and documents.
• Simple Web Publishing: Distribute assets to clients, partners or team members in real time across the offi ce or across the world. Add Portfolio NetPublish (sold separately) to create a custom web interface for your Portfolio Server catalogs. Automatically generate deep, multilevel sites that include powerful customizable search functions, gallery and detail views, and collection baskets - no knowledge of HTML or JavaScript needed. Allows an unlimited number of concurrent connections.
• Connect to SQL Databases: With optional SQL Connect modules (sold separately), Portfolio Server can connect to and serve as a front end for larger SQL databases, opening the door to numerous customization and expansion options.

Delivery

Please note that this product is an electronic download and the software link and serial number will be emailed to you within 48 hours.

System Requirements (Mac)

• Mac OS X v10.4.9 - 10.5.2, including Mac OS X Server v10.4.9 - 10.5.2
• Server class processor(s) at 1GHz or faster
• 512 MB RAM
• 500MB hard drive space
• 1024 x 768 or larger display
• Network interface with a 10 megabit or faster connection
• Apple QuickTime 7 or higher
• Adobe Reader 5 or higher
• Microsoft Office X (10.1.9 only) for text indexing and thumbnailing of Office file types.

System Requirements (Windows)

• Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2, or Server 2003 SP1 or R2
• Server class processor(s) at 1GHz or faster
• 512 MB RAM
• 500MB hard drive space
• 1024 x 768 or larger display
• Network interface with a 10 megabit or faster connection
• Apple QuickTime 7 or higher
• Adobe Reader 5 or higher
• Microsoft Office 2003 SP2 or higher for text indexing and thumbnailing of Office file types.

System Requirements (Project Sync)

• Adobe Creative Suite 3 with Adobe Bridge v2.1.1
• Adobe Version Cue Client 3.1.1 (update available from Extensis Technical Support)
• Project Sync requires software from Adobe. Adobe maintains their own system requirements, so check these before installing Project Sync.
• Project Sync only works with CS3 (not CS2) applications that support Adobe Version Cue CS3.

System Requirements (Project Sync on Portfolio Server)

• Adobe Version Cue Server 3.1.1 (update available from Extensis Technical Support)
• Portfolio Server 8.5 (Does not need to be on the same system as Version Cue Server)
• Current Version: 1.0.2

Should you have any questions relating to Extensis Portfolio products please feel free to contact our Sales team and we will be happy to help.