EXTENSIS ANNOUNCE RELEASE OF PORTFOLIO 6

EXTENSIS have announced the release of Portfolio 6, a major upgrade to Extensis’ award-winning Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution.
Portfolio 6 is one of the fastest ways for professionals to share, organise, retrieve and distribute the digital files they create and use on a regular basis. Portfolio enables users to create compelling visual catalogues that can be shared over a network or published on the web.
Portfolio 6 is an asset management system that seamlessly combines the visual approach of an image catalogue with the management and distribution tools of the operating system, making it easier for users to share, organise, and publish digital images. Working seamlessly in dual environments provides users and workgroups to work in unison without confusion over where and how to access files. The new FolderSync feature for example, can copy, move or delete files without leaving the Portfolio environment. Conversely, items moved on a network or local machine are tracked in Portfolio, so that visual catalogues are perfectly synchronised with actual files on disk.
Another unique component is the Portfolio Express Palette, which offers instant visual access to catalogued files directly from the creative environment, or from anywhere on the user’s system. At any point, when designing a web page, writing an E-mail, or creating a presentation, a user is only one keystroke away from access to a Portfolio catalogue, a search for a specific image and copying it into a document simply by dragging it from the floating palette.
Portfolio 6 has added features for helping users publish or distribute files. The Collect & Publish feature automatically collects and catalogues files for CD distribution, it even lets users create a stand-alone browser application on the fly. By using the new Create Web Pages command, users can convert catalogues into web pages based on one of several freely distributed templates that are professionally-designed, or users can create their own.
Additionally, Portfolio works seamlessly with a user’s default E-mail programme to send electronic images as E-mail attachments directly from Portfolio. (CD)