Digital Media Components & Products

Digital Asset Management (DAM)

Roger Noakes — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:58:14 +0000

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.

Digital Media U - V - W - X - Y - Z

Roger Noakes — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:11:22 +0000

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

Digital Media Q - R - S - T

Roger Noakes — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:07:26 +0000

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

Johnny Green Vodcast

Roger Noakes — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:50:03 +0000

Download Brief Intro to Johnny Green’s Blues Cowboys

Digital Media O - P

Roger Noakes — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:16:51 +0000

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

Digital Media M - N

Roger Noakes — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:16:27 +0000

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

Digital Media K - L

Roger Noakes — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:54:24 +0000

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

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

Digital Media I - J

Roger Noakes — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:42:36 +0000

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

Digital Media G - H

Roger Noakes — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:47:25 +0000

Google

GIF File

Gaussian Blur

Grayscale

Gigabyte

HTML

Hyperlink

Helper Applications

Halo Effect

H.264 video

Hard Drive

Histogram

Hue

Hostname

Digital Media E - F

Roger Noakes — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:08:13 +0000

Encryption

Home Page

eCommerce

Editable Text

Encoding

Facebook

Fixed Wireless

Forms

FTP Applications

FTP anonymous server

File Size

Freeze

Feather

File extension

Firewall

Format

Digital Media C - D

Roger Noakes — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:15:15 +0000

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

Some “How To’s for this Blog

Roger Noakes — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:27:53 +0000

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.

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

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

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

Podcast A - B

Roger Noakes — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:47:15 +0000

[display_podcast]a-b.mp3

Animation

ADSL-2

AOL

AVI

Adobe

Apple

Analogue

Active Server Pages

Alt Tag

Bluray

Blackberry

BlueTooth

Blog

Broadband

Bandwidth

Bitmap

Bracket

Browser

What’s this Blog for? How will we research and learn about Digital Media Components & Products?

Roger Noakes — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:12:43 +0000

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.

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.

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.

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

Hello Tamtafe world!

Roger Noakes — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:24:45 +0000

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/.