Digital Media Components & Products

Digital Asset Management


DAM, an acronym for Digital Asset Management, describes a process that creates a centralized repository for digital files containing non-textual content such as video recordings, still pictures, audio clips, and graphical images. DAM provides tools that allow the content (assets) held in those files to be archived, searched, and retrieved. The digital files are stored in asset repositories while associated metadata describing the content - including file locations, assigned IDs, durations, titles, descriptions, annotations, key words, and usage rights, along with low-resolution thumbnail images or proxy copies - are stored in asset databases. Digital Asset Management is also known as media asset management (MAM), digital asset warehousing, or simply content management.

 

As the industry evolves into technology driven businesses, an increasing number of companies are reaching a critical pain threshold in needing to control and manage their vast amounts of digital media assets. Technically speaking, a digital asset is any form of media that has been turned into a binary source. Digital assets, which say, for textile mills include everything from artwork, logos and photos to PowerPoint presentations, text documents and even e-mail, are proving to be valuable assets in terms of both productivity and company valuation. However, an asset is only an asset when you can find it, or you know that you have it in the first place. The statistics tell a convincing story. For many businesses large amounts of money are spent each year on file management activities which include searching, verification, organization, back-up and security. Creative professionals spend an average of 1 out of every 10 hours of their time on file management. Searches alone account for a full third of that time!  

• Research the meaning and uses of Digital Asset Management and describe what it is and how it is used in the Digital Media industry. Digital Asset Management also refers to some of the following areas.

• Collaborative software
• Content management
• Digital library
• Digital preservation
• Image retrieval
• Hierarchical Storage Management
• Preservation Metadata
• ResourceSpace - an open source DAM system
• Web Content Management System

 

•  A Digital Asset Management application is simply a tool for organizing digital media assets for storage and retrieval. Below is a chart that describe the process used by a Textile firm to capture and archive their digital media assets.

• (http://www.techexchange.com/thelibrary/DAM.html)

Below are some sites that would use DAM systems for organizing digital media assets for storage and retrieval.

• Film Australia Digital Learning
• National Library of Australia 
• Russell Brown Photoshop Site 

 

• USB Port
• URL
• Upload

 

• Vodcast
• Vector Graphics
• Video Card
• Virtual memory

 

• World Wide Web
• Web Robots or Spiders
• Wiki
• Web 2
• WiFi
• Web programmer
• Webmaster
• Web Artist
• WYSIWYG Editors
• (WAI) Web Accessibility Initiative
• Web Safe Palette
• Windows Media
• Web Banner

 

• XHTML
• XML

 

• Yahoo

 

• Zip Archive

              

 

• Quicktime
• Quick Mask Mode

 

• RGB
• Resolution
• Relative & Absolute URLS
• Raster Graphics
• Rollover Button
• RAM
• Root folder
• Royalty free website

 

• Search Engine
• Scripting Languages
• Spam
• SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
• Streaming Media
• Scanner types
• Stop Frame Animation
• Stock Photos
• Software Calibration
• Scratch Disk Memory
• Saturation
• SLR Camera
• Scrolling

• Thumbnail
• Tiff File
• Tone
• Typography
• TCP/IP
• Text File

           

 

 

   

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• OSP (Online Service Provider)
• Open Source
• Out of Gamut
• Opacity
•  
• Photoshop
• PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)
• Portal
• Path (file/folder path)
• Plug In
• Podcast
• Pixel
• PNG file
• Pixellated
• PDF File
• Proxy Server
• [display_podcast]05-oomingmak.mp3
  

 

• Microsoft
• Memory Stick
• Mouse
• Mash Up
• Meta Tags
• Mirror
• Media File
• Monitor
• Media Player
• Melbourne IT
• Megabyte
• Motherboard
•  
• Nano Technology
• Notebook
• Network
• Network Security Administrator
• Non-Graphical Display Browser
• Navigation
• Noise

K

• Kai’s Power Tools
• Kilobyte
• Kbps – (Kilobits Per Second) 
• Kerberos

 L

• Laptop
• LOWSRC attribute
• Lab Mode
• Lasso Tool
• Layer Mask
• LAN – (Local-Area Network) 
• LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
• LED (Light-emitting Diode)
• LMS – (Learning Management System) 
• Lithium Ion
• Lossy Compression 

• Image Capture
• iMac
• iTunes
• Internet
• Index Page
• ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network)
• ISP(Internet Service Provider)
• IP Address
• Image Map 
• Javascript
• JPEP File
• Java Applets
• Juxtapose 

G	H
Google GIF File Gaussian Blur Grayscale Gigabyte	HTML Hyperlink Helper Applications Halo Effect H.264 video Hard Drive Histogram Hue Hostname

 

E	F
Encryption eMail Home Page eCommerce Editable Text Encoding	Facebook Fixed Wireless Forms FTP Applications FTP anonymous server File Size Freeze Feather File extension Firewall Format

• Convergence
• Connectivity
• CD
• Codecs
• CATV lines
• CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
• Content  Writer/editor
• CMYK (Cyan,Magenta,Yellow,Black)
• Computer Operating Systems
• Calibration – Monitor / Printer 
• Desktop
• Default
• DVD
• Download
• Domain Name
• DNS Server
• Digital Media
• Digital TV
• Dreamweaver
• DSL
• Database developer
• Dynamically Generated Content

 

Upload all images or vodcasts to Photobucket.com (Tafe NSW allow the use of this site so far). To show an image in your Blog open the “Insert/Edit” pallet located in the FreeBlogIt editing toolbar and paste in the “Direct Link” code from the Photobucket image file.

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To upload your Vodcast as a .flv file from Photobucket see this How Do I Upload Flash Video Files From PhotoBucket.com

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To upload your Podcast as an .mp3 file see this How Do I Upload Podcasts

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Other questions contact me : Roger.Noakes@tafensw.edu.au        

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This Blog is to guide all 7872 Cert IV in Digital Media Students at Tamworth TAFE in their learning for module 7872A Digital Media Components and Products. Students will create their own Freeblogit.com Blog. By undertaking research on a given A –Z list of Digital Media Products and Components students will upload their research in forms of text, links, .pdf files, animations, podcasts and vodcasts. 

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Each week I will upload the subjects and topics to be researched starting with A – B. Your task is to complete the whole list. You will be assessed on the scope and qualities of your research. BE CREATIVE and enjoy your learning. 

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You have only 20mb of space on this Blog so do not over load your space with large files – links from other sites are a good way to minimise the need for uploading directly to your Blog. 

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Please add your fellow students Freeblogit.com URL to your Blogroll.

Good’aye to everyone in Cert IV Digital Media. We will try this Blog service as the last Blog had real difficulties uploading video files. You should use the same user names and passwords as well as putting your “tamtafe#” in the URL as in the URL for this site which is http://tamtafe9.freeblogit.com/.