Get an overview of the components in a FotoWare DAM system and how they work together.

1. The Fotoware software suite at a glance
2. System requirements

Learn how to install the Fotoware suite one product at a time and activate the software.

1. How to register and download software
2. Installing Index Manager
3. Installing FotoWeb
4. Configure services in Operations Center Settings
5. How to create an account in Customer Portal
6. How to install FFmpeg for FotoWeb, Index Manager, and Color Factory
7. Installing Fotoware in an offline environment
8. Toggling light and dark mode in Fotoware
9. What does Fotoware configure in Internet Information Services (IIS)

This guide deals with the various options for activating your Fotoware license. If you are not sure which activation method is best for your setup, contact Fotoware.

1. Activating a Fotoware license with a license server
2. Activating FotoStation for Mac using the Terminal utility
3. Activating Fotoware software using the command line in Windows (legacy)
4. A Fotoware product asks for activation after an update to a newer version
5. Command line activation of Fotoware applications using Fotoware License Tool
6. Deactivating a Fotoware software product
7. FAQ: Licensing and product activation
8. Fixing a broken license (legacy)
9. How to back up and restore a license
10. How to choose a license server for your Fotoware software
11. How to tell how many users FotoWeb is licensed for?
12. License expiry warning
13. Manually deleting a license when you cannot deactivate
14. Manually installing the FlexNet Activation service using an elevated Windows command prompt
15. Newsletter restrictions on role-based email addresses
16. Performing an offline activation (legacy)
17. Product key for deployment testing
18. Regular activation of a Fotoware software product
19. Resetting your license key
20. Server software licensing schemes
21. Setting up a Fotoware License Server
22. Subscription licensing agreement
23. Where can I access my license keys?
24. Troubleshooting: Activation fails with "Error 50040/0"
25. Troubleshooting: Common activation errors
26. Using a Fotoware license file
27. What to do if offline activation fails?
28. How to find the MAC address of your chosen license server
29. Scheduling automatic updates of users in a license server .opt file

1. Setting up an index
2. Creating a FotoWeb archive by connecting to an index
3. Adding users to FotoWeb
4. Adding users to a group and setting group rights
5. Setting an access list on the FotoWeb archive
6. Enabling users to browse folders in the archive
7. Controlling the metadata fields that are shown in an archive
8. Assigning processing profiles to an archive
9. Uploading files to FotoWeb
10. Configuring workflows (On-Premises)
11. Installing FotoWeb Desktop plugins
12. Setting up the FotoWeb plugin for Microsoft Office
13. Placing assets in InDesign layouts
14. Branding the site
15. Using the FotoWeb plugin for Microsoft Office
16. Creating a processing profile and assigning it to a set
17. Enabling the FotoWeb Desktop plugin for Office

1. What you can do with metadata
2. Types of metadata the Fotoware DAM system can use
3. Embedded metadata or sidecars: How Fotoware stores metadata in assets
4. Specifiers to search in specific fields
5. Creating search queries for Index Manager using FotoStation
6. FWP protocol details
7. Reference of Search Expressions used to create queries in FotoWeb
8. Where do Fotoware applications store soft-crop information?
9. XMP field code reference
10. EXIF field code reference
11. FourCC codes
12. Adding custom metadata fields
13. Dynamic operators to help build search queries
14. Metadata: The differences between XMP and IPTC
15. How Fotoware applications handle EXIF fields
16. Introduction to creating custom fields
17. An overview of the metadata configuration program (MDC)
18. Creating a new namespace
19. Adding fields to a namespace
20. Making all Fotoware servers and clients use a new metadata definition
21. Exporting and importing namespaces in the Metadata configuration
22. Enabling multi-language metadata support