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Canto - Cumulus

On this page: Product Info | Demos/Downloads | Hot Info/Press | Client Stories | Support & Training | Updates | 3rd Party Partners | Pricelist

Canto Cumulus is a powerful digital asset management system for all organisations where effective workflow management and rich media asset control is paramount.

Free Downloads & Demos

* Cumulus DEMO CDs now available - email us for the free CD!

Note: Cumulus Single User Edition no longer available.

Cumulus slideshow of features.

Extensive Cumulus product tour (Flash).

Web Client Access tour

Web2 Web Publisher Pro online demo

Web Publisher Pro standard Image Library demo.

... more demos & downloads.

Hot Info! and Press

For Cumulus product information on topics such as Web access, security, file management with Cumulus and more, see the PDF collection of Canto Fact sheets online.

* Cumulus 7 Evaluation Guide and Cumulus 7 Categories - latest in the Exploring Cumulus series online.

* Cumulus/HELIOS versus Xinet FullPress/WebNative Venture: "HELIOS UB Solutions together with Canto Cumulus digital asset management provide a complete prepress and digital asset management solution" - comparison chart!

* Read Design Graphics Cumulus 7 Review (pdf)

Client Success Stories!

* Cumulus success story in Digital Reproduction #9 Sept-Oct 2007 p22-23 National Gallery of Victoria: ''Image Service Metamorphosis at NGV' (pdf)

* Warringah Council Cumulus success story: 'Council matters' (pdf) in IDM p.21 Jly/Aug 06 (© Knapp)

* Ken Duncan Group and Cumulus (html | pdf) - 'photography as an art form' meets DAM!

Cumulus/Digital Asset Management Seminars

* Email us for bookings or advance notice of forthcoming Seminars.

Cumulus Support and Training

* Cumulus Support: Information Bulletin PDF | HTML Special Issue includes Onsite Training Services and Customer Care Centre details.

* DataBasics Onsite Services Installation/Training products (html) descriptions. DataBasics offers Onsite Cumulus Workgroup Server Installation and Administrator Training and Onsite User Training. Prices are listed in our Canto pricelist (pdf).

Canto announces that there will be no more support for all Cumulus 5 products after December 2005. This applies to customer, developer and partner support.

LATEST NEWS

* IN PRINT & ONLINE: Cumulus success story in IDM Nov-Dec 07 p33. Tait Electronics: 'Pictures paint a thousand words' (pdf) article (© Knapp).

* Canto releases Cumulus 7.5.3 - download available. See Release Notes (pdf).

* Canto releases Cumulus 7.5.2 with support for Mac OSX Leopard - Press release Dec 2007 (pdf). Available on CD from DataBasics.

* Cumulus CS Companion for Adobe CS3 - Press release (pdf)

Cumulus Product Info      

* See What's New in Cumulus 7.5 (2.3mb pdf)

* Cumulus 7 released. Demo CDs now available! View Canto's online movie (Flash) for latest features!

* Cumulus Editions Overview and addon Options: Workgroup | Enterprise | Single User no longer available.

* Cumulus Workgroup overview of features (pdf) and functions.

* Canto's Cumulus Fact sheet PDFs on a range of topics from file management for creative users, organisation-wide access for Project Managers, and security for IT Managers - to the Client interface and Web access... and more!

* Specific Option descriptions: Brand Assistant datasheet (hires pdf) and QXP (Quark) Companion (pdf datasheet) | Web Publisher Pro | Vault | HELIOS Companion | URL AssetStore | Viewer | Internet Client Pro | 2PDF AssetProcessor and the following Filter Options: Video Suite | PDF AssetStore | QXP AssetStore

* Integration with RedDot CMS: Canto Teams Up with RedDot to provide comprehensive Content Management solutions - Press release (pdf), the online movie (Flash) shows how it works!

Supported File Formats & Filters

* Cumulus and Metadata standards (Exploring series) information.

* Filters and File Formats list (pdf) updated for Cumulus 7.5
* Detailed Cumulus metadata support chart (pdf)
* Support for RAW camera formats (pdf) list.

3rd Party Partner Products

* Heymann's new CGM Thumbnail Generator extension for Cumulus 7.5 - details in their Newsletter

* Heymann's Email Order System (EOS) is an extension to the web Options WPP/ICP for ordering files via email... updated with a "collect files' option more.

* Interaktion's iAsset Contributor puts metadata into Cumulus via webforms which are easily configurable by changing a record view set, and to assign categories.

* Cumulus add-on iPrefillerPro also from Interaktion enables the controlled entry of metadata ensuring no blank fields: see the datasheet (pdf) - view the online >demo (Flash)!

* Pound Hill's MetaGrove product for XMP metadata - toolkit plugin for Adobe Creative Suite: overview & workflow diagram (pdf) and online tutorial (html)

Upgrades & Update Info

* Register with Canto's Customer Portal http://customer.canto.com

...more on DataBasics Cumulus Customer Support page.

Product Registration and Demos

* All purchased Canto products need to be registered in order for DataBasics to provide effective support and for software updates. Go to Canto online for details. DataBasics Customer Support page has full details on how to check your registration and update your version.

You may also register your Cumulus Demo: in DEMO mode, Cumulus is limited to 50 records, 2 catalogs and 5 Clients. Once registered, the software is unlimited but is date-stamped for one month. You can install the Demo software on Macs, Windows and Linux.

Pricelist

* Latest AU$ Canto Pricelist includes Academic price plus locally built and Partner add-on solutions.

* Educational Discount for Archive Server - see Canto's Educational Pricing Policy (pdf). See the pricelist (pdf).