Understanding Image Rendition Sets

Working With Image and Video Conversions 4-9 you associate must be supported by the third-party conversion application used by your organization.

4.3 Configuring For Image Conversion

This section covers the following topics: ■ Understanding Image Rendition Sets on page 4-9 ■ Defining Image Rendition Sets on page 4-10 ■ Creating and Configuring Image Rendition Sets on page 4-10 ■ Working with XMP and EXIF Data on page 4-14

4.3.1 Understanding Image Rendition Sets

When a digital asset is checked in to Content Server, Digital Asset Manager creates multiple renditions of that asset. For images, the criteria for each rendition is defined in one of two files. The default renditions set is defined in the damconverter_ basedefinitions.hda file and should not be modified. Custom rendition sets can be added to a component resource file called extraRendition_definitions.hda. This file can be created with a standard text editor and must be located in a new directory named dam in the refinery IntradocDirdataconfiguration directory. The full file path should be: IntradocDirdataconfigurationdamextraRendition_definitions.hda For videos, the criteria is defined in your video conversion application. By default, Digital Asset Manager was designed to work with FlipFactory, and so the criteria for rendering digital video assets is defined when a factory is created. Image Asset Rendition Definition The criteria defining the default rendition sets at installation are in the damconverter_ basedefinitions.hda file located in the content server IdcHomeDircomponentsDAMConverterresources directory. This file should not be edited. The definitions are grouped into rendition sets which correspond to rendition sets available to contributors on the content check in form when a image asset is checked in. It includes the following predefined rendition sets: ■ ThumbnailOnly ■ BasicRenditions ■ MultipleFormats The included rendition sets are examples that work with Outside In Image Export. If they do not meet your organizations unique needs, you should remove them from the option list on the check in page using the Configuration Manager to suppress their functionality. You should not edit the resource file to remove the sets. Any changes made will be lost when a component is updated. Additional rendition sets can be added to a file called extraRendition_definitions.hda. This file can be created with a standard text editor and must be located in a new directory named dam in the refinery IntradocDirdataconfiguration directory. Digital Asset Manager merges damconverter_basedefinitions.hda and extraRendition_ definitions.hda when running, with the second file you created taking precedence over the resource file. For example, if you create a new rendition in your file with the same 4-10 Administrators Guide for Conversion name as one in the resource file but with different parameters, the new parameters will be used.

4.3.2 Defining Image Rendition Sets