Generate renditions and versioning | HCL Digital Asset Management
Learn more how to view, edit, and manage media asset renditions and versions with HCL Digital Asset Management.
Prerequisite
HCL Digital Asset Management should be installed and configured to HCL WebSphere Portal 9.5 Container Release Update CF_181 and higher. See the Install the HCL Digital Experience 9.5 Container components topic for instructions.
Access media asset renditions and its versions
Renditions of the assets are system-generated for desktop, tablet, and smartphone displays. However, content creators can apply the asset edit options using HCL Digital Asset Management, select and apply the results to a specific rendition type to optimize that rendition display and create new versions of renditions. Follow these steps to access renditions of a media asset using HCL WebSphere Portal 9.5 Digital Asset Management.
- From the HCL WebSphere Portal 9.5 Digital Asset Management interface, hover over a media asset to access Edit options. Select the Edit (pencil) icon.
- From the HCL Digital Asset Management editor interface, click any of the Desktop, Tablet, Smartphone icons on the left side menu to view the original renditions of the selected media asset.
- After selecting a media asset rendition (Desktop, Tablet, Smartphone), you can use the editor to perform the following tasks:
Note: Except for supported image files, some of the features will not be available for media assets.
- Edit Desktop, Tablet, Smartphone rendition and creating a new version;
- Cascade changes (editing, replacing) of the original or source rendition to other applicable renditions;
- Display metadata information for renditions.
- Click the Versions icon in order to display all versions of a media asset, including older versions.
with versions
We can view, compare, download, and set as current any of image versions available. We can also compare the metadata between versions.Notes:
- Comparing versions is supported only for the following MIME types:
- image/jpeg
- image/jpg
- image/png
- Comparing versions show changes made to the images (like rotate or crop) and its metadata.
- Comparing versions is currently not supported for video and document file types.
Follow these steps to work with versions of an image using HCL WebSphere Portal 9.5 Digital Asset Management.
- From the HCL WebSphere Portal 9.5 Digital Asset Management interface, hover over a media asset to access Edit options. Select the Edit (pencil) icon.
- From the HCL Digital Asset Management editor interface, click any of the Desktop, Tablet, Smartphone icons on the left side menu to view the original renditions of the selected media asset.
- Click the Versions icon in order to display all versions of a media asset, including older versions.
- Hover over a version and click on the overflow menu to see options.
- Preview (eye icon) - Previews the selected version.
- Make current - Sets the selected version as the current version.
- Compare with current version - Compares the selected version with the current version.
Note: When comparing versions, we can select to only show metadata differences.
- Download - Downloads the selected version.
Cascade changes on version restore
We need to save original source rendition before getting cascade changes to other renditions option. Here's how:
- From the HCL WebSphere Portal 9.5 Digital Asset Management interface, hover over a media asset to access Edit options. Select the Edit (pencil) icon as shown above.
- From the HCL Digital Asset Management editor interface on the left, select Source Rendition of the media asset.
- On the right, click the Versions icon in order to display all versions of a media asset, including older versions.
- Select a previous version of the asset you wish to restore, and select Make current.
- To cascade the changes on version restore, tick Apply changes to renditions. You may choose all three renditions, or click "X" to remove the rendition you do not wish to cascade the change to. 6. Click Apply to apply changes.
Configure maximum number of versions
The default maximum number of versions for a media asset is 30. At the moment, there is no way for HCL WebSphere Portal users to configure the maximum number of media asset versions. To view this:
- From the HCL WebSphere Portal 9.5 Practitioner Studio interface, select Digital Assets from the navigator as show below. The HCL WebSphere Portal 9.5 Digital Asset Management can also be accessed from the Practitioner Studio Digital Assets tile.
- Select the wheels icon located at the far top-right of the Digital Asset Management menu bar option to access the HCL WebSphere Portal 9.5 Digital Asset Management settings.
- After selecting the Settings icon, click the Versions tab to view the default maximum number of versions.
HCL WebSphere Portal Solution Feedback
HCL WebSphere Portal is interested in your experience and feedback working with HCL Digital Experience 9.5 release software. To offer comments or issues on your findings, please access the HCL WebSphere Portal 9.5 Feedback Reporting application.
Parent topic: HCL Digital Asset Management