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Software Portfolio 5.0

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Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Extensis Corp.
EAN: 0795965182631
Format: CD-ROM
Label: Extensis Corporation
Manufacturer: Extensis Corporation
Model: FCE-18263
Publisher: Extensis Corporation
Sales Rank: 25317
Studio: Extensis Corporation

Editorial Review:

Amazon.com Review:
Awarded a Seybold "hot pick," Extensis Portfolio 5.0 is for the pack rat MP3 collector, Web designer, or multimedia whiz who not only can't bear to part with anything, but can't bear not knowing where it is. And maybe this pack rat will want to share it with others, too.

As anyone working with multimedia knows, after a few large projects you begin wondering where that funny little icon went or what part of your extensive folder system holds that cool sound loop. Even the layering capabilities of many graphics programs don't protect you from the need to catalog and sort your creations before they overtake your hard drive like kudzu and you can't find certain ones when you really need them.

Enter Portfolio 5.0--Extensis's in-depth answer to Cantos Software's Cumulus--an asset-management application that combines powerful indexing and display desktop features with Internet-enabling software.

To begin your first multimedia catalog, simply drag and drop items into an open gallery window (and if using software applications that support drag and drop, you can also drag them out into that application). Portfolio lets you embed your Digimarc watermark into your creations and associate URLs or Photoshop captions with your files. You can modify keywords and other searchable fields associated with each catalog entry, and you can also custom tag and search text within the file not associated with standard descriptions or keywords.

Images are initially displayed as thumbnails but can be clicked on to view a larger preview--or a multipage preview in the case of PDFs or layered Photoshop files. You can create a slide show using Portfolio, and Macintosh users can even export this slide show into a QuickTime movie, where it can be further edited.

Searching can be as broad as looking at thumbnails in your gallery view, saving "find galleries" (for example, your retrieval of automobile photos in one gallery) for quick reference later, or as picky as searching for the item's vertical resolution in dpi or based on a digital watermark. Some convenient features include background cataloging (setting the software to update the catalog from preset folders), and hunting for missing files (files that may have been moved but their location is not reflected in their last catalog entry). Updates from the previous version include a dockable-palettes interface and the ability to edit in record view.

Portfolio 5.0 for the Macintosh comes bundled with the Portfolio browser and a PortWeb plug-in that works in tandem with your Web-server software. The read-only Portfolio browser is handy for inclusion with a storage disk or CD-ROM burned for a client. It's also great when catalogs need to be seen more than modified.

But the real innovation is the PortWeb plug-in, which lets you use your Macintosh's Web server (such as StarNine WebStar 2.0-4.2 or Apple Web Server, which is part of AppleShare IP 6) to serve up Portfolio search returns to your online users. Extensis includes in the manual the syntax you need to include on your Web site to call into the PortWeb plug-in (and your Portfolio catalogs), and it's pretty easy. Even more impressive is the "collections" (or shopping cart) capability--though it can't charge your credit card, PortWeb can keep track of your multimedia selections. If you code your Web form correctly, you can have the user check multiple images for collection at one time and add them in a batch to their shopping cart--a poor man's digital-image ordering system or a way to display a band's latest MP3 offerings.

Portfolio 5.0's other features for the Web-design community include exporting gallery views as HTML pages, with an image folder of JPEGS automatically created to support the newly generated page, and the ability to embed URLs and e-mail addresses as custom fields in your Portfolio catalog.

For design shops that want to serve other machines on their network, the Portfolio server allows a client/server relationship rather than dependency on the system file-sharing capabilities. (For office use, Portfolio Server 5.0 can also be bought bundled with five Portfolio clients.)

Though Portfolio is a great setup for a visual-arts professional, the application's support of sound and video files makes it easy to see how an animation buff or MP3 addict could use Portfolio 5.0 to manage their collections.

And finally, if the files on your hard drive aren't a large-enough kingdom to survey, you can extend your system by upgrading with Portfolio 5.0 SQL Connect, intended for business-size customers to tie Portfolio Server 5.0 with a Microsoft SQL server or an Oracle 8i database. Just think of the possibilities.... --Betsy Aoki

Amazon.com Product Description:
Portfolio 5.0 intelligently adapts to the unique needs of your business so you can share, repurpose, and distribute your digital assets to partners, team members, and customers around the world. Organize, view, select, and share digital content among users across networks and platforms. Distribute images, sounds, movies, and other critical files to your company, clients, and customers. Portfolio can catalog and automatically create thumbnails for the most popular file formats, including all common bitmap formats, vector art, sound files, movie files, text files, presentations, and more. Portfolio 5.0 also includes PortWeb, the Web server plug-in that extends the functionality of the Web server, making it possible to search a Portfolio catalog with only an Internet browser. With Portfolio 5.0, users can easily publish searchable media catalogs to the Internet, so that anyone with a Web browser can access the catalog and search for files.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- You won't know you need it until it's too late....
Portfolio by Extensis will save you a giant headache, especially if you actually plan on doing anything with all the digital media that you keep filling up 80 gig firewires and CD-r discs with. You may think that the application that came free with that other program you have is just dandy and that you'd be silly in the head to pay for one: you are wrong. Sooner or later that app is going to fail you and it will be painful if you've put any time into making a catalogue. The realization that you've ... Read More

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