Elvis DAM Digital Asset Management

Elvis DAM is designed to manage vast quantities of digital assets. Elvis DAM is unique because Elvis is built around its search engine using the latest technology. The search engine and elasticsearch allow Elvis to scale up with the quickly growing numbers of digital assets. Elvis DAM's technological innovations enables Elvis DAM to manage up to one billion assets and find search results in milliseconds.

Elvis DAM relies on Solr and the Lucene search engines, the same search engine used by LinkedIn and Wikipedia. Searching performance is incredible, returning results in milliseconds. The Elvis DAM index allows extreme scalability and indexes all text-based material like XML, HTML, PDF, Word, and metadata of the assets

Since all metadata and text is indexed, Elvis DAM can offer a wide variety of facets and filter options. Filter, sort and use the tag cloud on any metadata field or a combination to quickly narrow down results in a large index. All filters and searches can be saved as favorites, helping users get off to a quick start.

Elvis DAM is designed to manage vast quantities of digital assets. The search engine and elasticsearch allow Elvis to scale up with the quickly growing numbers of digital assets. Currently, Elvis DAM is the only DAM that can handle up to one billion assets and return search results in milliseconds. Elvis DAM includes server clustering for large deployments. Customers can use many processing nodes to increase Elvis DAM's speed and search capabilities.

Elvis DAM provides administrators and managers easy to use rules and permissions to regulate users, user groups, folders assets, approved download templates, watermarks and metadata. Manage and regulate access tom material with ease. User perspectives can be set to regulate how users interact with assets. Elvis DAM has Single Sign On (SSO) connects with Active Directory enabling administrators to apply rules to users and enable users to log into Elvis DAM with their Active Directory logins.

Fully text indexed, semantically enriched All text-based files will be fully text indexed in Elvis DAM. Due to the Elvis DAM integration with OpenCalais, the metadata of the text-based files will be enriched semantically. People, locations, events and more will be added as rich metadata in Elvis DAM. Processing at high speed The Elvis DAM media processing engine is a very powerful engine that will render previews and thumbnails and read out all embedded metadata. Elvis DAM extracts EXIF and XMP metadata, so camera information, copyright and keywords are all added to the Elvis search index. Elvis currently supports an extensive 400+ metadata list, but custom metadata can be configured to apply event or organization-specific information to the assets. Leverage your metadata to monitor and regulate copyrights and access to your assets.

Elvis DAM provides reporting features to help managers understand their assets such as usage, demand, popular searches, etc. By understanding your assets, managers can make adjustments as needed and take advantage of opportunities.

Elvis DAM has a user interface that is designed to be easy to understand. Clear buttons and logical interaction help the users find their way quickly. Within the Elvis DAM user interface a user will find familiar concepts. Tag cloud, tab-based browsing, folders, and filtering options are all there for the user to have a familiar experience. UI matches user capabilities Based on the profile of a user, the user interface will match the user’s role. Only the functionality the user needs is present in the user interface. Also preferences in browser viewing can be set in the user profile. Furthermore, favorites of collections, folders, and searches can be saved in the profile, creating an interface that fits the user like a glove.

Elvis DAM integrates with Adobe Creative Cloud natively with auto-vesrioning capabilities. Users can drag and drop assets into either Adobe CC and vice versa primarily with Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator or set Elvis DAM to open the application automatically when an asset is selected. During the drag and drop function, Elvis DAM will automatically detect an asset being checked-out, lock the asset from others while an asset is checked-out, and create a new version of the asset when the asset is checked-in. When the asset is checked-in, Elvis DAM will automatically prompt a user to enter in data about the new version. For InDesign, Elvis DAM contains an InDesign Client that enables Elvis DAM to track all assets used in a InDesign file.

For designers, asset managers, photo editors and editorial users, there are distinct workflow needs in organizations to ensure a smooth workflow of assets from ingestion to end product. Elvis DAM has a very sophisticated permission and rules engine that can be configured to fit your organization’s needs. Status workflows, selection workflows, metadata-based access, required metadata and extensive rights management all help to control in flexible way. Third party workflow tools can integrate with Elvis DAM through Elvis DAM's Event APIs.

Communicate with external users through Elvis DAM's Share Client. This interface allows Elvis DAM users to send collections of content to outside users that do not have an Elvis DAM login. Through the Share Client, external users can download, edit metadata and upload assets into collections and review and approve assets. The Elvis DAM-generated link to this interface will recognize if the device asks for the Flex or HTML5 version, making Elvis DAM beneficial on any device. By using hypertext links, users can share large files and avoid the hassle of sending large email attachments.

Using the Share Feature, send collections to customers for approval, share the latest images with colleagues, or publish rich media collections on any device with the HTML5 collaboration client.

Elvis DAM includes an out-of-the-box brand portal enabling asset consumers to quickly locate and download content. If you would like to syndicate your intellectual property, Elvis DAM offers an open-source syndication portal. Simply create your own custom media portal that profits from the best media search engine in the market today. The video portal allows users to upload videos, images and more. Play and browse content on any device and profit from features like tag cloud, faceted search and more. With the Elvis DAM live search screen it’s easy to create your own custom live search screen to use on your website, at events or in the newsroom. Elvis DAM includes a native plugin to connect Elvis DAM and WordPress. Using the plugin, Elvis DAM customers are able to create custom brand portals to distribute their content.

Elvis DAM's flexible APIs enable Elvis DAM to connect and integrate Elvis DAM to websites, Salesforce.com, CRM, CMS, WCM, MRM, editorial system like WoodWing's Enterprise or a web-to-print solution easily. External systems, brand portals or websites can search, browse, download, upload and edit metadata through the API in Elvis DAM. There are a variety of Elvis DAM integrations readily available.