Extensis Inc. on Tuesday announced the release of Portfolio 7 and Portfolio Server 7, new editions of its Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution for Mac OS X. Portfolio is aimed at photographers, graphic artists and other creative professionals in small to medium-sized companies who need to organize, retrieve and distribute digital content.
NetPublish is a new add-on module in Portfolio 7 that automates the online distribution of Portfolio-managed content. The software enables Portfolio users to publish Web sites with image search, “collection basket,” preview and batch-download capabilities without needing to know how to code HTML or JavaScript. Also new is AutoSync, which enables automatic synchronization, file management and processing in Portfolio Server. One-click CD and DVD archiving, batch image conversion to JPEG or TIFF format, and round-trip embedding of IPTC and XMP metadata into JPEG and TIFF files are also new.
Portfolio 7 costs US$199.95 including one NetPublish licenses. An unlimited Web connection version is available for $999.95. Upgrades from previous versions cost $99.95. Portfolio 7 Server starts at $3,499.95, with upgrades starting at $1,199.95. System requirements call for Mac OS X v10.2 or higher.