In today’s post, I outline some of the types of tagging that can be done automatically. Let’s face it: (almost) no one wants to spend lots of time tagging images, and part of the appeal of photographic communication is to avoid tapping out written descriptions of stuff. As image collections’ growth rates accelerate, Artificial Intelligence
This week, we’re going to take a look at some of the frontiers of DAM functionality in the mobile/machine-learning era. We’ll start with this post about computational imaging, and then move into computational tagging and then a discussion of evolving visual semantics. Photography has always had the ability to help us see the unseeable. Early
An image is not just a rectangle of colored dots, and as important as the visual content of imagery might be, there is another component becoming even more transformative: the data that lives inside an image file or is associated with an image provides a treasure trove of meaning and context. It is impossible to
One characteristic of the new language of imagery is that it is spoken by means of objects. The image—whether still or moving—is a digital object and must be transmitted for the “speech” to take place. This creates some important corollaries: Accessible storage You must have access to the image in order to use it. You
Cameraphones are everywhere, and because of this, we have come to expect nearly every event to be filmed or photographed. We have become accustomed to seeing imagery of anything notable that happens. This has created an expectation that all notable events will be visually documented. When no imagery exists, we doubt the existence of an
When the digital revolution hit the practice of image-making in the early 2000s, it seemed to media professionals like the world had been turned upside down. Cameras looked the same from the front, but everything about shooting, processing and delivering photos and videos changed. The mobile revolution has made the digital revolution look like a
We are in a new era of visual communication. The smartphone has enabled visual communication at every level – personal, professional, and institutional. This has had a profound impact on every aspect of still and moving images – from cameras and software, to the legal landscape, use cases, and business models. By understanding imagery as
Let’s start the blog posts with an outline of the nature and value of connected media libraries as this will provide some background philosophy that informs what we’re doing at Tandem Vault. It’s increasingly important for media libraries to have expanded connectivity. This could be the ability for one person to access the library from
Join us as we journey through all aspects of Digital Asset Management. Most posts are based on The DAM Book 3.0 – our CPO, Peter Krogh’s essential book on managing digital photo collections.
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If you’re reading this, you’ve probably seen the announcement that I’ve been named Chief Product Officer for Tandem Vault. I’m thrilled to be working with this product and this team. We’ve been working on the redesign for months, and we’re really pleased with our progress. There’s still a lot of coding to do over the