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OPTIONS to Add Functionality to Cumulus

The Cumulus Product Suite has a number of add-ons or plug-ins, called Options, that work in conjunction with some or all of the Editions: Workgroup and Enterprise. Some are a separate purchase, others are integrated into the software, as indicated. Follow the links for a brief description of each:

Brand Assistant Web Publisher Pro | Internet Client Pro | Vault | HELIOS Companion | URL AssetStore | Viewer |
Office Suite | PDF AssetStore | QXP Companion | VideoSuite | Watermarking

Web Publisher Pro

[Built in to all Publishing edition Servers]
Publish and Market your Digital Assets to the Web with Dynamic Web Pages
The Cumulus Web Publisher Pro is the ideal Option to publish and market your digital assets on dynamically generated Web pages to the Web. Users with a standard Web browser can comfortably search for cataloged assets, convert them as required and collect them into a collection basket. They can choose their preferred method of asset delivery - download, email, or CD ROM shipment - in the built-in ordering system. Appropriate access rights are granted with the built-in user management. Web Publisher Pro is an ideal Sales and Marketing tool, a perfect tool to support the company-wide workflow and the ideal solution to provide production data to customers.
See the online Web Publisher Pro demo which shows the original Image Library look and feel and the new Web 2.0 interface, plus the Web Clients datasheet (pdf) for both Web Publisher Pro and Internet Cient Pro, and online Web Clients Tour.

Internet Client Pro

[Built in to all Business Edition Servers]
Internet Client Pro is based on the Cumulus Java Classes and JSP technology and is especially designed for users who do not merely publish their assets but also intend to use them for marketing and generating business, eg marketing departments, ad agencies, publishing houses, museums and the like. Enables users to create dynamic web pages, allowing visitors to search, select and place orders via a collection basket. See the Web Clients datasheet (pdf) for both Web Publisher Pro and Internet Cient Pro, and online Web Clients Tour

Brand Assistant

Quark Express and Cumulus working as one:
Brand Assistant offers QuarkXPress users all the power and convenience of complete digital asset management right from a single menu option inside Quark XPress. Features powerful DAM functionality directly from within Quark XPress, brand control through powerful access permissions, convenient online approvals for managers and clients and last but not least, reduced time to market through enhanced workflow efficiency. See also QXP Companion palette window interface Xtension.
Details in the datasheet (pdf) and watch the online Flash movie.

PDF AssetStore

Archive and manage individual PDF pages contained within whole PDF documents automatically. Users can subsequently search, view and browse individual PDF pages. PDF AssetStore allows users to extract individual pages from one or more original PDF documents to create new complete PDF documents sourced from a wide range of originals.

QXP Companion

Canto's QXP Companion XTension for QuarkXPress 7 provides a convenient palette window interface to Cumulus catalogs.
The relations Cumulus 7 establishes between your layouts and page elements enable you to easily use one to find the other. For example, quickly find all layouts that include a certain file or find all files that are included in certain layouts. But text, images and layouts are not the only things supported by this integration. Composition Zones and Job Jackets also can be cataloged and managed in Cumulus 7. Find the Job Jacket you need, and easily create a compliant QuarkXPress 7 project.
Details in the datasheet (pdf)

URL AssetStore

[Built in to all Servers]
Access assets stored on an FTP and HTTP site to make storage across the Internet as easy as across a network. Files can be uploaded to or downloaded from URL sites in a user-friendly fashion suitable for users engaged in content creation and management.

Vault

[Built in to all Servers]
Track workflow, check assets in and out, and restrict access to certain assets. Enhances basic Cumulus Workgroup functionality for controlled access to assets on your network. Versioning provides access to previous edits of your assets, essential for networks engaged in graphic manipulation, page layout, multimedia production, document creation, etc.

HELIOS Companion

The Cumulus HELIOS Companion will combine the power of Canto's leading digital asset management system with HELIOS' fast, reliable file and print server and server-based image replacement solution. The Cumulus HELIOS Companion will automatically synchronise Cumulus catalogs and HELIOS EtherShare and PCShare volumes when users store new files or make changes to existing files in the HELIOS file system, thus maintaining a familiar user workflow and eliminating the need for manual cataloging.
HELIOS Companion datasheet (pdf). See also the HELIOS-Cumulus benefits table (html)
[HELIOS Ethershare or PCShare required.]

Video Suite

Find, manage and stream entire videos or individual shots.
The Cumulus Video Suite enables Cumulus Enterprise or Workgroup server to manage video files as well as individual shots of a video. Due to an award winning shot boundary detection technology Video Suite can automatically create records, previews and thumbnails for each shot in the video, which then can be annotated with additional metadata. Cumulus Video Suite also supports streaming for viewing video files and individual shots over the Internet.
Users can preview videos and shots directly in Cumulus and also edit and view the metadata of each shot. This substantially simplifies the searching and accessing of specific parts of a video.
More details in the datasheet(pdf)

Viewer

Publish your assets on a CD or DVD or any removable media and distribute them with a royalty-free Cumulus Viewer that has the look and search capabilities of Cumulus Single User.

Office Suite

[Built in to all Servers.]
Lets users catalog and manage MS Office documents such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
When cataloging, Office Suite captures all text contained in the documents, including the main text itself, header information or foot notes, slide text and slide notes. In addition to this, it captures information such as author, date and version contained in Microsoft Office Compound Documents. Cataloged assets can now be found quickly and easily for reuse or for its integration into new material.

Watermarking

There is simple Watermarking capability that come standard in Cumulus 7.6 but the following two Options enable enhanced watermarking features:
* Embed a custom visible image or text block into your assets - with the MediaSign Watermarking Basic Assurance feature upgrade, you can choose different images and text blocks to use as your watermarks.
* Embed invisible, persistent watermarks that withstand editing! The marks embedded into images are invisible, and can withstand editing of the document - even staying with portions of the protected document that are copied into other documents!

New Options, Upgrades & Updates:

* HELIOS-Cumulus benefits table - comparison of Cumulus/HELIOS versus Xinet FullPress/WebNative Venture! (html)

* Internet Options Web Publisher Pro v7.0 and Internet Client Pro v7.0 released with Cumulus v7 - see the online demo of the AJAX Web 2 interface. Web Publisher Pro is part of Cumulus Publishing Server and Internet Client Pro is part of Cumulus Business Server.

Note the following Options are integrated into the Cumulus Server editions: Photo Suite, Office Suite, URL Asset Store & Vault

Additional Product Info:

Option datasheets:

* Video Suite 2 - datasheet (pdf) available for both Workgroup and Enterprise.
* Brand Assistant datasheet (pdf)
* QXP (Quark) Companion datasheet (pdf)
* HELIOS Companion - datasheet (pdf)