The perfect software solution for marketing and creative workgroups, Portfolio Server 8.5™ provides centralized 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 workflow 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.
- 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
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—Project Sync for Adobe CS3 is the perfect complement to a CS3-centered workflow. 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.
What's new in 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. It provides seamless integration between Portfolio Server and 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. Learn more about Portfolio Project Sync for Adobe CS3
- 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 synchronized. 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 file 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 utilize, 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.
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- 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 workflows. You can also view complex, multi-page PDF documents from within Portfolio on both Macs and Windows platforms. View a complete list of file formats supported.
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Scratchpad Galleries
Scratchpad galleries are temporary baskets used for sorting, editing and merging files from multiple galleries or searches into a single gallery. These can be used for printing, collecting or publishing.
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Custom XMP Read and CS File-Info Panels
Take advantage of the IPTC4XMP standard known as IPTC Core, used by Adobe Creative Suite applications. This effectively extends Portfolio’s custom fields into the most popular creative applications, allowing a two-way exchange of information. Check out Portfolio Proejct Sync™ for full details on Adobe Creative Suite 3 integration
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SmartGalleries
Galleries (or subsets) in Portfolio can be set to automatically find any cataloged file that meets your pre-determined criteria. This ensures that your galleries are always updated without you having to lift a finger.
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Express Palette™
This floating palette makes the contents of your Portfolio catalogs instantly available within any application, at any time, via a global keyboard shortcut. Find, copy, open and use any file you’ve cataloged — without even launching and opening Portfolio. The palette displays thumbnails of each item in your catalog and its filename.
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Wide Range of File Format Support
Portfolio is capable of cataloging any digital file. It also has the ability to generate and extract thumbnails, display screen previews and extract metadata from most standard graphic and video formats. View a current list of supported file formats.
One-Click CD Publishing & Archiving
System Requirements
Windows
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Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2, or Server 2003 SP1 or R2
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Server class processor(s) at 1GHz or faster
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512 MB RAM
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500MB hard drive space
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1024 x 768 or larger display
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Network interface with a 10 megabit or faster connection
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Apple QuickTime 7 or higher
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Adobe Reader 5 or higher
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Microsoft Office 2003 SP2 or higher for text indexing and thumbnailing of Office file types.
Macintosh
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Mac OS X v10.4.4, including Mac OS X Server v10.4.4
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Server class processor(s) at 1GHz or faster
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512 MB RAM
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500MB hard drive space
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1024 x 768 or larger display
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Network interface with a 10 megabit or faster connection
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Apple QuickTime 7 or higher
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Adobe Reader 5 or higher
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Microsoft Office X (10.1.9 only) for text indexing and thumbnailing of Office file types.
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