The DAM Book 3.0: Digital Asset Management for Photography

The DAM Book 3.0 provides a wholistic approach to the creation, storage and deployment of photographic media. It addresses the entire ecosystem of our visually connected world in a very complete and unified manner. The creation, use and management of digital images has transformed in the last few years. The integration of mobile devices into our daily lives has increased the pace and importance of visual communication. We now expect photographic imagery to be a part of nearly every exchange of information.

The DAM Book 3.0 delivers a detailed and unified approach to help you:

- Create order from the chaos of your existing image collection
- Maximize the value and utility of your visual media library
- Build a resilient archive that can withstand multiple threats

With this book, you will learn how to:

> Incorporate cloud services into your workflow
> Determine a strategy for storage, backup and validation of image data
> Use lifecycle analysis to build an efficient and secure workflow
> Use metadata to tag what’s important to you
> Establish intelligent file-naming conventions
> Choose the right file formats for each task
> Employ sound directory strategies
> Design integrated workflow according to best practices
> Integrate your image library with other applications and services
> Evaluate the benefits and limitations of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning services
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> Table of Contents

1 – Visually Speaking
2 – A Digital Photography Ecosystem
3 – Image Objects and File Formats
4 – How Metadata Works
5 – Using Metadata
6 – Logical Structure
7 – Digital Storage Hardware
8 – Backup, Verification and Restoration
9 – Workflow and Lifecycle
10 – Software Options
11 – Export, Share, Embed and Integrate
12 – Migration