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Editing asset metadata (On-premises)

Learn how to add metadata to assets in FotoWeb and use taxonomies to improve navigation and simplify metadata entry.

  • Switching between metric and imperial size measures

    The image size (print size and resolution) can be displayed in either metric or imperial format, i.e., cm or inch.

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  • Example: How to make a taxonomy for the City field

    09. May 2025
  • Planning taxonomy content - strategy guidelines and tips

    Read this if you're in the process of planning to implement a taxonomy in your organization.

    01. September 2026
General metadata editing (On-Premises)

Learn how to perform basic metadata editing in FotoWeb

  1. Setting asset status
  2. Adding a note to an asset
  3. Adding comments to your assets
  4. Adding metadata to assets
  5. Adding web links to metadata fields
  6. Rating assets
  7. Switching between metric and imperial size measures
  8. Adding metadata to an asset using a taxonomy
  9. Adding metadata to assets in a workflow
Creating metadata taxonomies (On-Premises)

Learn how to enable and configure taxonomies, define taxonomy content, and use taxonomies for navigation, metadata entry, and asset searches.

  1. Taxonomies - the basics
  2. Enabling taxonomies for specific metadata fields
  3. Enabling folder and taxonomy navigation in archives
  4. Creating taxonomy content
  5. Managing the behavior of taxonomy items
  6. Planning taxonomy content - strategy guidelines and tips
  7. Syntax for custom taxonomy queries
  8. How to find and use taxonomy items quickly
  9. Example: Creating a taxonomy for a collection of cars
  10. Example: How to make a taxonomy for the City field
Working with annotations (On-Premises)

Learn how to configure and use annotations to visually highlight areas of interest in images with arrows, shapes, and other markup tools.

  1. Configuring annotations for use
  2. Creating an annotation
  3. Printing annotations
  4. Giving super users rights to manage annotations

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