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Extensis Portfolio

Extensis Portfolio - 8.0

client/server digital asset management

All Time: (2.5)
Version 8.0: (3.0)
Selected Version: 8.0
Release Date: 2005-12-01
License: Commercial
Downloads (version 8.0): 2,738
Downloads (all versions): 36,261
Price: $199.95

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Product Description:

Your creative assets are too valuable to be disposable. Preserve your work with Portfolio 8. Surprisingly affordable, Portfolio quickly handles the tasks of locating, organizing, archiving and publishing your digital work. From Web to print, from comps to finished work—Portfolio’s database-backed catalogs equip you with the power to effortlessly find, preview, and repurpose files both online and off-line.

What's new in this version:

Workflow features:
Fast Cataloging: Fast cataloging quickly adds files to your Portfolio catalog in the background, allowing you to start working with them instantly.
Digital Camera Auto-Rotation: Portfolio now automatically rotates thumbnails and previews from digital cameras that record the camera's orientation, streamlining photographers' post-shoot workflow.
AutoSync Path Translation: For faster cataloging and imaging tasks as well as decreased network bandwidth requirements.
Workflow Tracking Out of the Box: Portfolio's default catalog now has built-in fields for rating and labeling SmartGalleries for enhanced workflow tracking.
AutoSync Cataloging Presets: Enables auto-cataloging and keyword/metadata assignment simply by dropping the asset into a redefined folder.
FolderSync Presets: FolderSync lets you decide how you want it to work: Set a sync schedule or choose to autosync instead, and opt to “ignore” certain items when synchronizing, if desired.
HTML Help, Video Tutorials, Sample Catalogs: The answers are at your fingertips with Portfolio's new searchable HTML-based help system. We even include new sample catalogs with pre-mapped custom fields and SmartGalleries for specific workflows - making it easier to customize Portfolio to your needs.

Web sharing
NetPublish Galleries: Enables users to publish a catalog subset to the Web rather than an entire catalog.
NetPublish Logging: Allows NetPublish administrators to track activity on their Portfolio-powered website. Downloadable logs keep track of important site statistics.

Asset organization
Full Custom Sort: Portfolio now enables users to drag and drop, reorder or sort items in galleries, SmartGalleries and disk folders. This information is retained separately for each user in a workgroup environment.
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.
Enhanced Item Properties: The properties dialog is now the one-stop location to find and edit any metadata. The most common information needed (such as file type, resolution and file size) has been consolidated to the first tab for faster viewing.

File sharing and distribution
Public/Private Galleries, Read-Only Galleries: Creating a private gallery makes your galleries quickly accessible and only viewable to you, the creator. Now you can lock a gallery to prevent unauthorized edits.
Leverage Previews: Portfolio's ability to use Screen Previews rather than the original files makes the process of finding and sharing your files - even those that are offline - much faster.

Integration with other applications
Improved File Format Support for MS Office (coming soon), DNG, RAW, Quark and Pro Video: Preview, index text and read metadata from the formats you use most, including: Microsoft Word and Excel files in Windows, full-screen previews from Adobe DNG RAW files, added support for current RAW files, and thumbnails and full-screen previews of Quark XPress documents (Mac).
Movie Metadata: Portfolio can now read common metadata such as frame rate, duration and audio tracks from video files.
Custom XMP Read And CS File-Info Panels: Take advantage of the IPTC4XMP standard known as IPTC Core, used by Adobe Creative Suite 2 applications. This effectively extends Portfolio's custom fields into the most popular creative applications, allowing a two-way exchange of information.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9
  • Mac OS X 10.3

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.3 or higher

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Feedback Summary:

Version 8.0:
Overall Rating: (3.0) Features: (4.5) Support: (5.0)
Ease of Use: (3.0) Quality / Stability: (3.5) Price: (3.0)
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Extensis Portfolio Reviewslowest pos ever - Version: 8.5.2, 1/21/2009 05:32AM PST

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leadnut
i too just had a disc go OVER 36 hours-what piece of S--t
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Extensis Portfolio ReviewDisc Melter - Version: 8.5.2, 9/25/2008 10:58AM PST

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jshalmos
This thing took over 36 hours (I timed it) to catalogue a DVD with over 25000 files, about 50% EPS illustrations and 50% pixel-based photos. The interface is clumsy, and you can't, and i can't believe this, drag and drop a folder or disk into the window.

Anyway, The MS version of the once fab iViewMediaPro did the disc in under an hour and I was able to drag the disc right into the main window. I mean, c'mon.
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Extensis Portfolio CommentaryPowerpoint thumbnails? - Version: 8.5.2, 4/13/2008 12:58AM PST

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Jedih
I tried this version and I just can't get Portfolio to make any thumbnails from any of my old or new Powerpoint presentation. Extensis claims that this is possible - how?

I have tried with two different Macs; one Intel running Office 2008 and one PPC running Office 2004, but with no thumbnails whatsoever!
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