Damit - Digital Asset Management

Got_It ® is a fully featured Digital Asset Management system designed to make storing, classifying and accessing your images a simple - and frustration free - process.

Got_It ® connects to the internet and is an independent system that works alongside your existing computers or network. immediately after cataloguing your images a client could be viewing them from any where in the world. You can give them permission to view them only with or without watermarks,download them or even add metadata back to the files if you need
them to.

From start to finish Got_It ® has been designed to look after digital files once they have been captured. It is what should be happening to all your files- proper protection and management of your Digital Assets so they can be fully exploited.

Have a look at a sample Got_It Gallery - this one took 10 seconds to build and it is live instantly

Easy to use interface

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What you see is what you get.
No pull down menus.
Each button has a roll over explanation.
The 4 main windows can be popped out and placed over two screens. The word tree is used to ADD keywords and also to SEARCH for files.
The 4 windows are 1. Taxonomy 2. Thumbnails 3. Selected records 4. Scaleable Preview
Customise with your Company branding.
Administrators see all buttons and controls but clients only see the buttons they are allowed to.

View Typical System Packages

Typical system packages

Solo photographer- less processor speed, less total storage, 1-3 accounts + Bronze Support
Pro photographer/s- More processor speed + total storage, 3-5 accounts + Silver Support
Small studio- More processor speed + total storage, 5-10 accounts + Silver Support
Multi user studio- High processor speed, Large storage, 5-10 accounts + Gold Support
Government/Corporate- Highest processor speed, most storage, unlimited accounts + Platinum Support

All systems come with Got_It software + taxonomy included, back up volumes, installation and training along with a UPS. Even a basic system such as the 400GB has 14 hard drives. Most of which are used as back up volumes. The systems above are indicative only as all of them can be customised. For example the Multi user studio may opt for the highest storage possible but only want 3-5 accounts along with the Platinum support. This would effect the total cost. Contact Damit for a full quote

What is a UPS?

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It is an Uninterruptible Power Supply. The Got_It system is safe from power failure or brown outs. This gives the user time to shut down the system until power is restored. If the user is off site Got_It will shut down automatically. With your Internet connection also protected by the UPS, it can even email you to alert you of the power outage.

With Got_It your Digital Assets are fully protected.

All Got-It systems are supplied with a UPS and is fully installed.

Back up volumes - Got_It ® vs CDs

volumes The Got_It system relies heavily on backing up to external hard drives to guarantee total protection from data loss. The basic system comes with 9 of these back up drives allowing the data to be in 3 seperate places at the one time. Imagine for example, as a weekly back up, that each Friday at 4pm the back up volumes are rotated and taken off site. No matter what happens you will have a full back up of all your data. Damit Australia can provide this as a service along with data verification and reporting.

No matter how carefully you think you have backed up your data on Cds, DVDs or external hard drives these types of media they are not safe from data loss, here's why.

For a start data needs to be stored in at least two very seperate places. In case of fire, flood or even theft the data on your computers hard drive is gone along with your collection of Cds or external hard drives. All these media are vulnerable and data loss can occur.

With Got_It the data is stored on a RAID-5 server and works instantly by protecting your assets the second they are uploaded to Got_It. The back up volumes that are supplied with Got_It (even the basic system has a set of nine volumes!) are used to store your data in not one or two places but three. This guarantees you from losing your valuable data.

There is an interesting article on the failure rate of CDs in the latest ACP magazine.

If the rot doesn't set in then at some stage you will proabaly sit on it, drop it or scratch it somehow.

Key Features in more detail

Key features*

Collections
Collections are like albums. You can make a collection for each client or simply as an edit that you may only use for a day or two. For example a client rings and asks to see your fashion work. Select a bunch of images, make it a collection called Fashion and then make it available for them to view on line. It only takes a few clicks of the mouse to set up so that your client has instant access.

Records
An entry in the system for a single image (NOT the image file itself). A Record may have many files (known as Assets) associated with it. Eg: A single Record may be a picture of a Church, but may have many Assets associated with it such as the original RAW file, a processed and colour corrected TIFF version, and a stylised sepia-tone version as a PSD. Metadata relevant to all the Assets in this Record such as caption, shoot date, copyright info, etc is associated with the Record, not each Asset.

Assets
Image files are known as Assets. Over 90 common image formats such as TIFF, JPEG, PDF, PSD and RAW files from the top camera brands are supported. Unsupported formats (such as non-image formats like MS Word files) can also be stored.

Taxonomies
Sometimes knows as "Category Trees", this is a list of keywords in a tree-like structure that can be assigned to images. Unlike most DAM products Got_It's unique system of keywords ship with the product and they can even be edited or added to. New Taxonomies can be created such as Scientific, Astronomical or Biological.

Serverside upload/download
Includes local drives, flash cards, firewire/usb drives and FTP/NFS/Samba upload.
Images may be uploaded to shared folders on the server via FTP, Samba (Windows directory sharing) or NFS (UNIX directory sharing also supported by OSX).

Images in the shared directories or on external card readers and drives can be catalogued directly, as opposed to uploaded via the browser as with HTTP upload.
Images can also be downloaded to shared directories available via FTP/NFS/Samba.

HTTP file upload/download
For users in remote locations, behind restrictive firewalls or for any reason unable to use FTP upload/download may use direct file uploading/downloading through the web browser interface. This is known as HTTP file transferring.

Edit Metadata
Collections, Records, Assets and Versions all have metadata associated with them. The metadata may be automatically generated from IPTC/EXIF or file info such as resolution, size, date taken, etc. Or it may be user generated after the image is catalgoued such as caption, copyright information, etc.

Image Formats and RAW file support
Around 80+ common file formats are supported such as JPEG, TIFF, PSD, etc.
RAW file support for top digital camera brands such as Canon and Nikon are also supported.

HTTPS secure web browser access
Accessing information via a web browser can be insecure, especially when you are using an untrusted network such as an Internet Cafe or Hotel Internet connection. To overcome this problem we use HTTPS. HTTPS (SSL security through the HTTP protocol) is a secure method of accessing information through a web browser. It is used widely for secure online transactions such as Internet shopping and Internet Banking.

Undelete
Got_It uses an "Trash Can" style system for deleting items.
Deleted items are stored in a "Trash Can" rather than removed. These will not be removed until the user chooses to empty the Trash Can, just like file deletion on Windows or Mac OSX.

User/Groups Permissions
Each user on the system is given a unique login name and password. Each Record and Asset is protected by a security model that controls which users and groups can access each image and what they can do with it. For example, a user may have permission to view only previews of a particular image, but not download the entire original asset. All Got_It systems come with Users and Group permissions making it very good value for money.

For example Wedding photographers can allow the bride and groom to see their wedding, clients can see their latest shoot, art directors can search your stock images or you can start your own picture library with a bunch of photographers- All with our extensive Users and Permissions feature.

Asset Versioning
Easily track all versions of a file.
A new version of an asset can be uploaded, replacing the old version. All the old versions of a given asset are stored either for a specified time or they may be deleted manually.
This helps protect against the accidental destruction of an asset, and also allows the user to see the history of revisions to a given asset.

Search
All metadata, file info, IPTC and EXIF data in the database can be searched.

Admin Control
(Hardware and Software)
Administrators can control the server hardware through the web interface. This includes startup, shutdown, system monitoring and backups.

Image Conversion
Assets can be converted between most of the supported file formats. For example this would allow a user to download an asset stored on the server as a 24MB TIFF as a 400kB high-compression preview JPEG, without the need to store a low-res version as well as a high-res version.

Thumbnail and Preview Image
Thumbnails and Previews can be rotated. volumes

Backups
Got_It makes backing up files easy and sensible.
All assets and the database can be backed up either on to removable hard drive volumes (supplied, see image on the right) or tape drives.

IPTC / EXIF Import
As an image is catalogued, it's IPTC and EXIF info can be captured and added to database metadata fields automatically. For example this would allow photographers in the field to use a program such as PhotoMechanic to add caption info to the image's IPTC info. This caption could then be automatically imported in to the caption field in the database as the image is catalogued.

IPTC / EXIF View
IPTC and EXIF info stored in assets (separate from the database) can be viewed at any time.

Email
The server and the software have the ability to send emails. This allows things such as statistics reports to be email to users or critical error messages (like hard drive failure reports) to be emailed to admins. Users can also have images automatically emailed to them instead of waiting for image downloads.

Documentation
Full printed documentation covering basic and advanced features is included with the package.

Logging
All actions such as file uploads, downloads, searches, etc are logged for statistics collection.

IPTC / EXIF Export
As images are downloaded, user-specified fields of information within the database may be added to an image's embedded IPTC/EXIF info. This feature will be included after Version 1.1.5

CD/DVD Burning
Users can order images to be burned on CD. The images are downloaded to a temporary folder (one per request) and the system administrator can burn the images to CD/DVD either on the server DVD drive or their own desktops.

Statistics collection/reporting
The system logs can be processed to create useful reports on system usage. Useful information can be determined such as how much each image is being used, who are the most active users, how much hard drive space each user is taking up with their images, etc. This feature will be included after Version 1.1.5

DAM Import
Images and metadata from other popular DAM systems can be imported.

Image Watermarks
Images can have your own comapany logo placed over previews automatically. There is no need to upload watermarked versions of images. Watermarks can be turned off per image and per user, allowing you to choose which users can see a particular image clean or watermarked.

Online Ordering
Online ordering of images is through a collection basket style system. This includes the ability to take credit card and other payment details automatically. This feature will be included after Version 1.1.5

License Agreement management
Users will be required to digitally sign license and usage agreements when downloading images with such agreements attached. This feature will be included after Version 1.1.5

Taxonomy Import/Export
Taxonomies (or category trees) can be imported from popular taxonomy standards or other DAM systems.

Multiple Language support
All text in the user interface is stored in a language file. Language files can be created for any language. The interface can then appear in the language required. This feature will be included after Version 1.1.5

What, no pull down menus?!
Got_It keeps things simple. With our unique interface what you see is what you get. A bit like driving a car- all the controls are in the dashboard not hidden away in the glove box or the boot!

Popout Windows
We know how much work it takes to correctly catalogue digital files so we developed this unique feature. By splitting the interface up and placing the different windows where you feel most comfortable you will maximise your efforts and add meta data at phenomanal rates. When placed over two screens you have the worlds best keywording + searching platform.

* please note that several features listed here will be implemented after version 1.1.5

The Got_It ® digital work flow

Photograph the assignment
Upload the images into Got_It - don't forget to add the caption and other IPTC information
They are now safe from data loss
Identify subject matter in the images
Apply appropriate keywords to the images using the Got_It taxonomy
That's it! Next process the digital files with say Photoshop.
With a few clicks of the mouse, set up an account for your clients (complete with your own branded watermark) with the appropriate permissions
Contact the client with the URL address, username and password so they can log on and view the job.
Your images are now safely stored, correctly captioned and keyworded. Retrieval is easy-now or in years to come.

Why not finance a Got_It ® system?

Quick and easy same day finance approval* is available through Centrepoint Finance. They are specialists at financing 'plant and machinery' and have guaranteed Damit Australia to look after our Got_It clients.

Road Cases

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Custom designed Road cases with wheels and handles are available for the Got_it servers and for back up volumes. Cables and power boards are stored in the lid.

road case2 Safe storage for back up volumes which are kept offsite.

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