FotoWare as a Service
FotoWare as a Service is the name of the FotoWare DAM system that runs as a fully managed cloud service.
In this section you will find all the documentation needed to get started setting the system.
Learn how to add users, set up your archives, upload content, control metadata requirements, share content and more.
FotoWare as a Service is regularly updated with new features. Learn about the latest improvements and recently added features in the Releases guide below.
- Managing your subscription
- How to manage your FotoWare as a Service subscription
- Managing users and groups
- Guides to creating users and groups in FotoWare.
- Configuring Archives
- Learn all you need to know to start creating and managing your archives in this guide.
- What are archives?
- Creating an archive
- Adding search filters to an archive
- Assigning a crop profile to an archive
- Assigning a watermark to assets in an archive
- Choosing where files are stored when copied, moved or uploaded to the archive
- Cloning, editing or deleting archives
- Converting all pictures uploaded to an archive to JPEG
- Creating archive navigation using SmartFolders
- Creating a metadata view
- Enabling Google and other search engines to find your archives
- Enabling processing of files that are downloaded
- Enabling taxonomy navigation in archives
- Enabling users to comment on assets in an archive
- Setting archive access and permissions
- Setting the order of archives in the user interface
- Configuring Workflows
- When building a workflow system using FotoWare or integrating it into an existing workflow, Actions and Markers are the key components. Learn how to configure them in this guide!
- Navigating and searching to find your assets
- Learn the basics of navigating archives, folder structures and any taxonomies in FotoWeb. To learn more about what you can do with your assets, refer to the Working with your assets guide.
- Working with your assets
- This guide helps you understand how to organize your assets using FotoWeb's main interface. It deals with organizing collections, sharing content with others, processing files in workflows and much more. The guide focuses on the use of the system and links to the configuration where appropriate.
- Selecting assets
- Choosing a cover image for an archive
- Copying or moving assets between archives or folders
- Cropping and downloading pictures
- Deleting assets
- Downloading assets from FotoWeb
- Duplicating assets
- How asset markers work
- Keyboard shortcuts in FotoWeb
- Pinning assets
- Placing pictures and graphics in Google Docs
- Processing assets using Actions
- Quickly downloading an image preview using Quick Renditions
- Rating assets
- Reference to all features available on the action bar
- Renaming assets
- Rotating pictures
- Setting asset status
- Sharing an asset on Facebook or Twitter
- Shopping Cart - Approving or rejecting orders
- Shopping Cart - Placing orders
- Sorting archive content in FotoWeb
- Editing asset metadata
- Adding metadata to your files is paramount to keeping your asset collections in order. This guide explains how to add metadata to assets in the main FotoWeb interface and how you can configure taxonomies to improve archive navigation and facilitate metadata entry for users.
- Uploading files
- How to configure file upload to FotoWeb and how to use the different upload methods.
- Enabling users to upload files
- Uploading files from a browser
- Uploading files with FotoWeb Desktop
- Are there any size restrictions for uploading files to FotoWeb?
- Defining metadata requirements for uploaded assets
- Preserving metadata on upload
- Problem: Upload information is not added when assets are uploaded
- Uploading files from a mobile device
- Uploading files from the Selection widget
- Uploading files that have XMP sidecar files
- Which metadata fields does FotoWeb write information to when a user uploads files?
- Albums - Creating and sharing collections
- Learn all about albums - custom collections that can be used for projects and shared with coworkers or externals!
- Placing assets in a CMS
- The CMS Export module in FotoWeb offers the possibility to export any picture or graphics file to a CMS. Learn about the use of the CMS export in this guide.
- Working with the FotoWare Pro interface
- Learn how to perform common tasks in the Pro interface in FotoWeb and how to use it to manage your asset collections. The Pro interface is more workflow oriented than the main interface, although you will find many of the same features in both interfaces. This guide focuses on how you use the Pro interface to accomplish tasks, not how to configure each option.
- Using the FotoWeb Desktop extensions
- This guide describes all the FotoWeb Desktop extensions. These include plugins and that allow you to search for and place assets in Office documents, extensions to let you place assets in InDesign layouts, functionality for checking out assets directly from the FotoWeb web interface to allow offline editing of assets, and cropping and high-resolution editing of pictures.
- User installation of the FotoWare plugins
- Placing assets in Office documents and presentations
- Enabling the InDesign extension on the computer
- Placing assets in InDesign layouts
- Checking out files for local editing
- Managing files that are checked out
- Editing images with FotoWeb Desktop
- Cropping images with FotoWeb Desktop
- Uploading files with FotoWeb Desktop
- FotoWeb Desktop plugins do not display asset previews
- Problem: FotoWeb Desktop action buttons are not available in Firefox
- Which versions of InDesign does the FotoWeb Desktop Extension work with?
- User guide to FotoWeb for iPad
- A complete guide to FotoWeb for iPad. Learn how to upload content, browse and search archives, process files in workflows and more.
- Adding more than one site in FotoWeb for iPad
- Browsing an archive
- Browsing subfolders in an archive
- Cannot access photo library on iPad or iPhone
- Defining a FotoWeb server and user credentials
- Photo conferencing using FotoWeb screens
- Previewing assets and metadata
- Processing files in a workflow
- Running a slideshow on a FotoWeb screen
- Searching for assets on iPad
- Setting asset rating and status
- Uploading pictures or videos from your iPad
- User guide to FotoWeb for iPhone and Android
- A complete guide to the FotoWeb apps for iOS and Android.
- Configuring the app for first use
- Connecting to a different FotoWeb server
- Creating and using alerts (search agents) on iPhone and Android
- Displaying pictures on a FotoWeb Screen
- Navigating archives and previewing assets
- Privacy Policy for FotoWeb for Android
- Searching for files on iPhone or Android
- Sending files to workflows using a mobile device
- Uploading files from an iPhone or Android device
- Picture conferencing with FotoWeb Screens
- Learn how to use FotoWeb screens to run picture selection processes with internal and / or external users who participate and contribute files using tablets or smartphones.
- What is What in FotoWare?
- Learn everything you need to know about FotoWare SaaS before you buy!
- Does FotoWare offer mobile apps?
- FotoWare SaaS Maintenance Windows
- How can I make my email server accept emails sent from a FotoWare SaaS tenant?
- How does Single Sign-on work with FotoWare?
- How do I Manage Rights in FotoWare?
- How to Publish Content to a CMS from FotoWare?
- Is there a purchase or ordering module available in FotoWare?
- The difference between POOLs and Archives
- User types in the FotoWare solution
- What's the benefit of having API access to the FotoWare tenant?
- What's the benefit of having a Custom Domain Name for my FotoWare?
- What are Albums for?
- What are Custom Workflows?
- What does the FotoWare plugin for Microsoft Office do?
- What Does Whitelabeling of the FotoWare Site Imply?
- What is a guest portal?
- What is the FotoWare Service Level Agreement (SLA)?
- What is the InDesign plugin for FotoWare?
- What site branding options are available in FotoWare?
- FotoWare SaaS Releases
- Learn about the new features that have been made available with each update to FotoWare SaaS