On a couple of recent Digital Asset Management consulting projects a few clients asked me how they would distinguish different uses of the same image in a DAM system.
How do I relate my Camera RAW image asset to my Hi-res RGB JPG? How do I relate my main image to another image that is of the same subject but at a slightly different angle?
While most Digital Asset Management systems will have some form of version control, the ability to characterize and relate these different “versions” of the same image is less typical and is something that should be considered in researching or selecting any DAM system.
Below I will explain what the difference is betweenVersions, Variations, and Renditionsand where each of these different relationships might be used in your DAM image workflow.
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