Hollywood Tools LLC is set to improve the functionality of digital asset management (DAM) solutions with the unveiling of VidKey at NAB 2012. VidKey will bring added value to any DAM solution, including Hollywood Tools’ own RemoteMyProject.

A new tool has been produced by Hollywood Tools to address the operating frustrations experienced with the use of video and audio assets containing speech. Hollywood Tools is a company born from the need of its sister company’s production and postproduction workflow. The implementation of its own DAM solution brought attention to the lack of an efficient means to search the content of a video or audio production. While L2 Digital, Hollywood Tools’ sister company, appreciated the value of a DAM solution it asked for a tool within RemoteMyProject that would enable it to search the content of endless video tapes without the long hours of tagging, categorizing, and indexing of source video. And so, Hollywood Tools now introduces VidKey.

Long hours of tagging, categorizing, and indexing keywords can be repurposed because VidKey offers an intelligent remedy. VidKey is designed to generate metadata from speech in a video or audio asset. The metadata is inserted into an asset management system such as Hollywood Tools’ RemoteMyProject, Avid’s Interplay, Apple’s Final Cut’s Server, Levels Beyond’s Reach Engine, Cat DV, or any other asset management system with integration capability. The result is a smart tool which enables the user to search the content of their video or audio assets within the system of their choice. VidKey brings a new generation of efficiency for digital asset management users.

Hollywood Tools provides DAM solutions that are flexible and designed to complement and adapt to each organization’s needs. While Hollywood Tools emerged from the necessity of the entertainment industry, Hollywood Tools offerings have worked across a spectrum of industries. Appreciating the value of DAM solutions, and acknowledging the versatility of its offerings, Hollywood Tools has once again produced a tool, VidKey, that can be applied across all DAM solutions.

For more information about Hollywood Tools’s VidKey visit Booth #SL14709 at NAB 2012 or contact luis(at)hollywoodtools.com. Company information for Hollywood Tools can be located at HollywoodTools.com and for L2 Digital at L2Digital.com.

Hollywood Tools LLC is a privately held company based in Los Angeles, California. The company originated when its sister company L2 Digital, Inc. needed a digital asset management solution for its production and post production services. Today, Hollywood Tools provides digital asset management solutions through RemoteMyProject and Tera- flame. RemoteMyProject is a cloud based tool which offers a variety of functions including review and approval, video presentations, and website video management. Tera- flame is Hollywood Tools’ upload system that works in conjunction with RemoteMyProject and as a stand-alone application. Hollywood Tools aims at providing cost-efficient DAM solutions that integrate and adapt with the needs of a diverse client base.