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Canto Cumulus 8.1.1 expands on the product lines new architecture offering a powerful suite of new functionality*:

Brand new Web technologies and software clients, offering capabilities never before possible in Cumulus.

General improvements that increase reliability, user productivity and decrease administration efforts.

All new asset preview comparison, reporting options for better ROI evaluation, commenting options and more.

Features Benefits Details

Web Technologies

Cumulus Sites

ADDED VALUE!

Cumulus Sites is a standardfeature on all new

Cumulus Workgroup, Enter-

prise and Complete systems.

Its also available as an option

for Cumulus Entry.

New in Cumulus8.1.1!

Cumulus Sites is an all-new Web publishing

and file sharing technology from Canto. Based

on the blazingly fast Cumulus 8 Server back-end, Sites offers:

Ease of use Sites requires no user training,

because it functions just like a website .

Flexible file sharing Select some files, enter

some email addresses and Sites emails collec-

tion links for you. Recipients see only the files

you want them to see. Links can be password

protected, and expiration dates can be used

too.

Personal collections Create as many per-sonal collections as you need. This is a great

way to organize groups of files you regularly

share with others.

Login-free access A base guest access level

requires no login, which means Web visitors

connect with no fuss. An optional user login

enables you to provide additional access to

account holders.Viral file distribution Embed collection links

into PDFs or even social media like Twitter,

YouTube or Facebook. Increase traffic to yoursite, and watch asset revenues soar!

Easy appearance tweaking Corporate

branding is easy to support, themes are sup-

ported, and content and layout changes can

be made from within Cumulus. Fort more

advanced changes, use CSS and JSP to make

Sites perfect for your needs.

FIGURE 1: Web collection links are easy toshare from Sites. Use optional passwords,

FIGURE 2:(Above) Sites

looks great after

installation, but

simple tweaks

(below) can be

performed with-

out a single line

of code. (Right)

Personal collec-

tions are easy to

manage and use

for file sharing.

* Not all features listed are available in all editions of Cumulus 8.1. Contact your Canto representative for details.

PRODUCT INFORMATION:

Canto Cumulus: Whats New?Cumulus 8.1.1 furthers the potential of the Cumulus 8 architecture with new Web technologies and more.

Updated for

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PRODUCT INFORMATION: Canto Cumulus: Whats New?

Cumulus-Direct URLs


Your website files can now be served directly

from Cumulus using Cumulus-Direct URLs.

Using HTML-standard links that Cumulus cre-

ates for you on demand, Cumulus-cataloged

files can be easily accessed from your website

as downloads, previews and even thumbnails.

Best of all, assets are always served live,

directly from Cumulus, which means:

Always-current files Your website files are

never outdated, because you can useCumulus to ensure what Web visitors see are

the most recent versions.

Single-source updates Updated assets no

longer have to be manually uploaded to your

website separately. This means less work for

you, and fewer delays (and mistakes) keeping

websites in sync with production files.

Statistics tracking Let Cumulus track file

downloads and previews, so youll know

which files are most popular with visitors.Even better, using Cumulus-Direct URLs, there

are no special tags you need to add to website

links in order to enabling tracking .

In short, anywhere you provide asset thumb-

nails, previews or downloads, you should be

taking advantage of Cumulus-Direct URLs!

Note: Either Cumulus Sites or the Cumulus

Web Client is required to resolve URLs.

Client Options

InDesign Companion


Bringing the power of digital asset manage-

ment right inside Adobe InDesign, CumulusInDesign Companion enables layout artists to

stay productive in the program they know best.And it all comes from a single menu option and

palette added to InDesign.

InDesign Companion offers you access to:

Cumulus catalogs Open whatever catalog

you need.

Search options Use keywords or use saved

search queries to instantly find what you

need.

Asset collections Drag and drop from the

InDesign Companion palette right into your

documents. See asset information, and evenpreview files to help you make better choices.

Once youre document is done, you can catalog

it into Cumulus, and even have a PDF createdautomaticallyhandy for approvals!

Documents can be checked in and out of

Cumulus, and you can even check-out images

and illustrations for editing in Photoshop, Illus-

trator, etc.

No more hunting for files! InDesign Companion

keeps them all just a mouse click away.


FIGURE 3: (Top left) Cumulus-Direct URLs can serve thumbnails, previews or file down-loads. Combine all three options to provide additional functionality to website visitors.

(Top right) Embed Cumulus-Direct URLs into any Web interface you build. For assets that

are updated regularly, like reports, all you need to do is update the files in Cumulus and

your Web visitors will receive the latest versions.

(Left) Cumulus-

Direct URLs are

perfect for the file

downloads sec-

tions of your web-

site. File updates

are easy, because

you dont need to

manage multiple

update workflows.

FIGURE 4: InDesign users can now stay right inside the program they know best and stillhave access to professional digital asset management. No retraining, no additional software

installationsjust pure productivity!


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Cumulus Cross Client

The Cumulus Cross Client is a standalone ver-

sion of the Cumulus 8.1 Native Client thatenables users to:

Create new catalogs on their local computers,

Open catalogs served by Cumulus Servers,

and

Update metadata and assets between the

two.

The Cumulus Cross Client is perfect for travel-ing professionals who need assets and meta-

data with them always, and also want to work

with catalogs of their own.

Heading out on a business trip? Grab to-go

versions of your organizations catalogs, and

you wont need to hunt for wi-fi connections!

Cumulus Web Client

ADDED VALUE!The Cumulus Web Client is a

standard feature on all new

Cumulus Workgroup, Enter-prise and Complete systems.

Its also available as an option

for Cumulus Entry.

The Cumulus Web Client offers read/write

access to Cumulus for metadata edits and

asset uploads and downloads (just like Internet

Client Pro), but it includes a number of

improvements and additions specifically

designed for use with Cumulus 8.1 Servers:

Built-in image editing create asset varia-

tions over the Web.

Report view See a scrolling list of metadata

that includes thumbnails.

Thumbnail size slider Resize thumbnails

using an interactive slider.

User live filter Focus on certain asset for-

mats, statuses or any other criteria.

Even better, user actions, such as downloads

and previews, etc., are tracked by Cumulus 8.1,so youll know which assets are most popular

with Web users.

Reporting

Create reports in PDF formatusing print templates

Now you can save reports in PDF format anduse print templates to define the metadata

fields they contain. Define page formatting

options, and even include your organizations

logo or other image in the header or footer.


FIGURE 5: Catalog file menu options enable users to also create and workwith local catalogs. Synchronize takes care of the cross-catalog updates.

FIGURE 6: The new Web Client offers many of the new features of theCumulus 8 Client, including a thumbnail slider and an image editor.

FIGURE 7: Some reports can be saved in PDFformat. Because you can choose among pre-

configured print templates, your PDF reports

can be formatted exactly as you need.


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Email reports to anyone

Reports created by the Usage Statistics and

Reporting add-on can now be automatically

emailed to one or more recipients directly from

Cumulus, so no one is ever kept waiting.

New report type

Use stored search query

Use any saved search query as the basis for

reports. Find and report on all Status is Over-

due assets, or make planning easier by seeing

whats scheduled for production next week.

New report type Assets added

Generate regular reports that show all assetscataloged in the last hour, day, month or more.


FIGURE 8: Reports generated by the UsageStatistics and Reporting add-on can now be

emailed to one or more users. Whats more,

notifications can be sent to system administra-

tors to indicate the completion of reports, or

when errors have occurred.

FIGURE 9: Search queries offer you virtually unlimited possibilities whenit comes to selecting asset records for your reports. This report will show

all assets currently in production, sorted by due date.

FIGURE 10: This report typecan keep you up to date on all

the new assets added to the

selected catalogs. See whats

new in the past hour, past dayor any other time interval you

need.


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New report type

User checkouts

Now you can calculate the total time a user has

an asset checked out. Report by user to see a

users total time with all checked out assets, or

report by asset to see the total time each asset

was checked out by any user.

New report type

Assets by format or file size

Get regular totals of assets based on file for-

mat, so youll know how many JPGs, Power-Point presentations, etc. you have cataloged.


FIGURE 11: Asset check-out operations can be reported on too.Sort by most checked-out assets, or by the user with the most

check-outs in the given time period.

FIGURE 12: When the time comes to take an inventory of your assets, bysize or format, this is the report youll use. See how many you have of each

format, or which formats are using the most disc space.


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Administration

In-catalog

permissions overview


A new permissions summary is available right

from within the Cumulus Native Client. Theres

no more need to go into each users or roles

configuration window in the Server Console

just to get a permissions overview.

From a single location, you can now see:

Catalog permissions See who has read/

write access, who can cataloging new assets,delete categories, etc.

Sets and templates access See which sets

and templates are available to each user or

role for the current catalog.

Centralized email

configuration

Configuring Cumulus 8.1 to work with your

email server is now handled in a single location.

This means no more configuration file tweak-ing just to make sure Cumulus can send email

to your users.

Email syslog

system messages

Messages previously available only by checking

the event viewing consoles in the host operat-

ing system can now be emailed, as they occur,

to the Cumulus admin. Levels of notification

include information, warning and error.

Email back-up reportsEmail confirmations are now sent automatically after catalog back-up operations conducted by the Backup Manager, if the Mail Manager is

set to send notifications. (Figure 14)


FIGURE 13: A handy permissions summary offers you a birds eye overview of accessfor the current catalog. See the access permissions of individual users and roles for

better permissions planning and easier access debugging.

FIGURE 14: The new Mail Manager enables you to easily define and test your emailserver settings, choose to send syslog notifications, and even see the queue of mail to

be sent.


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Use encrypted passwords in

configuration filesFiles that include user login passwords, such as for the Scheduler, can now contain encrypted passwords for security.

Fail-over supportCumulus 8.1 supports Microsofts Failover Cluster technology to offer fail-over support for Cumulus Servers running on Windows Server

2008.

Asset handling

version control

Deleting asset records now deletes all asset

versions saved in the Cumulus Vault.

Asset handling -

dont change modification date

during metadata write-back

Now, when writing back metadata to assets,

you can determine if the operation should

update the assets modification date.

Preview and Commenting

Polygon mode for

user comments

Draw polygonal commenting regions that are

as detailed as you need.


FIGURE 15: Improvements to asset handling sets make things clearer, andgive you more control over how Cumulus writes metadata back to your

assets.

FIGURE 16: The new polygon drawing tool makes detailed explanations much easier. Clickas many defining points as you need to make your point clear.


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Asset compare

Select two assets and see a visual representation of their differences. This is a handy way to quickly determine where the areas of difference

lie in images that otherwise seem very similar.

Preview linking

You can now link images visible in Fullscreen Preview mode so they be zoomed, panned or rotated in complete synchronization.


FIGURE 17: The subtle difference between the two compared assets (top) is clear in the comparison image below, where a stark outline indi-cates major differences. Less subtle differences are indicated in less contrasting colors.

FIGURE 18: The previews of these two images are linked, as indicated by the upper right chain icon. Zooming and panning operationsperformed on either affect both.


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User Interface

Field separators

Make it clear to users which metadata fields

belong together. Users can close a separator to

hide its fields and make metadata editing much

easier on views that contain many fields. Add

as many separators as you need, and make it

easy to focus on only the fields that matter at

that moment.

Bulk editing in metadata editor

during cataloging

Now, when cataloged assets using the meta-

data editor for pre-filling metadata, you can use

the bulk edit mode to apply values to all cat-

aloged (or updated) asset records.

Create empty record

The ability to create a new empty assetrecord is now a standard option in the

Cumulus 8.1 Native client. This enables you to

start adding metadata for assets that mightnot even exist yet. Once you have the new

asset, use the Change Asset Reference menu

item to quickly link the empty record to the new

asset.


FIGURE 19: Field separators are easily added toany info view. Users can quickly collapse fields

they dont need to make metadata edits faster,

and with less fuss.

FIGURE 20: Quicklyapply metadata to

all cataloged or

updated asset

records. Options

enable you to

replace existing

data, insert new

data, clear current

values and more.

FIGURE 21: Empty records can serve as placeholders for assets in production or not yetacquired. This is a must-have feature when managing asset development projects.


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Printing and Output

Header/footer imagesNow you can add your logo or other image to

print template headers and footers.

Suppress PDF print options

before printing

Define a print templates PDF output options in advance, so that users have no decisions to make. Disable the option on print templates you

make available to users who do need the power to configure their own settings.

Watermarking

Choose position of textYou can now easily determine the position ofwatermarked text using placement options

previously available only for images.

Core Technologies

XSL Transformations (XSLT)

New in Cumulus 8.1.1!

Transform XML metadata exported from

Cumulus into formats suitable for any purpose,

including automatically creating product and

other catalogs from within Adobe InDesign.

Faster cataloging startup Cataloging operations now start much faster.


FIGURE 22: Inserting logos or other images into your PDF template headers orfooters can really spruce up the appearance of the print-outs and reports Cumulus

generates.

FIGURE 23: Usebuttons to place

watermarked text,

which offers you

more control.

FIGURE 24: Apply anXSL file to your XML

metadata exports and

convert the resulting

data into any format

you need.


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Page number-savvy sorting

Cumulus 8.1 can track page numbers. This

means the pages of your InDesign or QuarkX-Press layouts, Powerpoint slides and more can

always be listed in the order users expect.

Note: Some editions of Cumulus require add-

ons in order to extract individual pages or slides

from PDFs, layouts and presentations.

String list sort orders String list fields now sort as expected.

Secondary sort order

Its now possible to choose a secondary sort

field in Details view mode. This enables you to

choose a primary sort field, then subsort

asset records using any secondary field you

need. Sort first by due date, then by project

name to get a prioritized, organized list of whatneeds to be done.

Sort order for empty fields

Asset records that have no values in the chosen

sort fields are now always placed at the bottom

of the collection regardless of sort order

(ascending or descending). This ensures you

never have to scroll down through irrelevant

asset records just to find ones that contain

your sort data.


FIGURE 25: The pagesof these PDF files have

been sorted in order

beneath their master

documents, which

makes it much easier to

know which page is

from which file.

FIGURE 26: In this image, File Format is the primary sort order (1). Rating is the sec-ondary sort order (2). Then, within the group of JPG files, you can see that zero

stars now sorts behind the 3-, 4- and 5-star assets (0).


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Faster contains searching

Improvements to the Cumulus 8.1 search

engine ensure contains searching, such as

entering .jpg into Quicksearch, can be light-

ening fast.

Cumulus Scheduler

Run Now button

Click the Run Now button to execute any

Scheduler task immediately, which is very

handy when testing, when you dont want a

task to run at intervals, or when you need a task

to run just once.

Email notifications ofcompleted tasks When Scheduler tasks complete,the Cumulus admin will now be automatically notified, if the Mail Manager is set to send notifications.(Figure 14)

Enhanced Metadata Support

HTML Filter text extraction

The entire text contents of an HTML file can

now be extracted into the Document Text field,

where it becomes searchable metadata.

Extract Windows file

properties from JPEGs

Metadata information added to JPG images

from the Windows Explorer Properties window

can now be captured.

See the complete enhanced metadata format list online:

http://www.canto.com/filters

MNG format

Enhanced metadata support has been added

for the Multiple-image Network Graphics for-

mat used by applications such as

ImageMagick, iView Media, Photoshop, GIMP,plus some smart phones and game engines.

JNG format

Enhanced metadata support has also been

added for the JPEG Network Graphics format,

which is a primarily a subformat of MNG.

Autodesk Revit formatEnhanced metadata support has been added

for Autodesk Revit software products.

SGI format

Enhanced metadata support is also now avail-

able for the SGI workstation image format,

sometimes known as RGB files.


FIGURE 27: This single field

property can speed up certainsearch types exponentially.

FIGURE 28: The Run Nowbutton will make the cre-

ation and testing of Sched-

uler actions easier than

ever!

FIGURE 29: Extract the text of your HTMLfiles and you can use Cumulus to search

your Web pages too! Copy typos