List of MediaMaid™ / FM / Open features (pullout)

Organization of media files
• Hierarchical categories/folders like known from the Finder
• Alias alike handling of assets
• Color labels for records and categories (can be taken over from the Finder labels)
• 10 different colored publishing states for records and categories simplify data exchange.
• connected address book connects media files with authors and clients (connection to external address books is available with MediaMaid™ Open)
• User defined fields for custom data

Searching and finding images
• Customizable quick search (operators , synchronous search in up to 10 of the most important fields)
• FileMaker® Pro search in every possible field with full access to FileMaker® Pro search functionality (And-search, Or search, FileMaker® Pro search operators, broaden, constrain current view, etc.)
• Customizable smart categories like known in iPhoto but search in over 40 different fields with FileMaker® Pro operators like and, or , =, ==, >, < , …(range) etc.
• Date (range) search with calender pop up
• Index search (offers dialog with available data E.g. all already cataloged file formats)
• Equal search: Search for e.g. the same creation date(S) as the selected record(s)
• Predefined date search (shot today, shot yesterday, shot last week, etc)
• Related author/client seach
• Storable field search like known from other media asset management applications like cumulus

Powerful Sorting
• Sorting for every single field
• Full access to FileMaker® Pro sort functions

Information and preview
• Inspector windows for image information, image preview, playing movies and text editing
• 28 predefined different layouts for record and category information and 9 for image/movie/text preview
• all layouts fully modifyable in FileMaker® Pro layout mode*
• Storable image/movie previews up to 2048x2048 pixel
• Support for EXIF data from digital cameras (EXIF 2.2 compatible)
• Reading and writing of IPTC metadata

Cataloging
• catalog pictures from digital cameras including Exif meta data
• Catalog single files or take over full Finder hierarchies
• Customizable cataloging properties

Supported data formats
• creates previews for all important image formats like .psd (photoshop), .jpg, jpg2000, .tiff, .sgi, tiff, pict, bmp etc.
and many multimedia file formats like .mov (quicktime movies), .swf (Flash), etc.
• Support for text files
• Full customizable file format configurator
• Possibility to catalog all file formats

Import
• Import records from other databases (FileMaker® Pro, XML, SQL etc.)

Data exchange
• Synchronization of local, remote or even web FileMaker® Pro databases.
• Export as FileMaker® Pro, XML, ODBC, Text and other formats

Publishing
• Deliver file references to Roxio™ Toast® or others for burning CDs
• Publish as HTML
• Publish as Flash including Projector or web page

Scripting
MediaMaid™ is fully scriptable through AppleScript or AppleEvents (MediaMaid™ Open allows adding of user defined FileMaker® Scripts through the ScriptMaker™ (in version 6 Information, preview and address book database, only. In version 7 in the main database, too).

Meta data
•Exif support
•Reads and write IPTC data

Keyword management
• Hierarchical keyword groups
• 3 keyword groups

Information templates
• Edit a bunch of information like author, keywords, etc for a group of files with one click

Modifiable interface
The MediaMaid™ FM and MediaMaid™ Open interfaces are more customizable than any other media asset management solution for Mac OSX. Every Layout is fully modifiable in FileMaker® Pro's layout mode.

Customization
MediaMaid™ Open comes with fully opened preview, information and address book databases.

FileMaker® Pro plug ins included
MediaMaid™ FM and MediaMaid™ Open come with 6 of the most powerful FileMaker™ Pro plug ins:

Inside Scan by Powersolutions:
Powerful image handling: creating previews, scanning, editing, editing IPTC meta data and much more
More information: www.powersolutions.it

SecureFM and MenuMagic by New Millennium Communications:
Modify FileMaker® Pro menus, define shortcuts and more.
More information: www.newmillennium.com

3 Plugins by Troi:
Troi File Plug In:
Advanced file handlling
Troi Text Plugin:
Astonishing text functions
Troi Dialog Plugin:
Customizable dialogs that FileMaker™ Pro does not offer.
More information: www.troi.com

All these Plugins are part of the MediaMaid™ FM/Open package and all their funcionality is availabel while MediaMaid™ FM/Open is running under FileMaker® Pro.