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Editing asset metadata (On-premises)

Adding metadata to your files is paramount to keeping your asset collections in order. This guide explains how to add metadata to assets in the main FotoWeb interface and how you can configure taxonomies to improve archive navigation and facilitate metadata entry for users.

  • Switching between metric and imperial size measures

    The image size (print size and resolution) can be displayed in either metric or imperial format, i.e., cm or inch.

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  • Example: How to make a taxonomy for the City field

    09. May 2025
  • Planning taxonomy content - strategy guidelines and tips

    Read this if you're in the process of planning to implement a taxonomy in your organization.

    01. September 2026
General Metadata Editing (On-Premises)

Learn how to perform basic metadata editing in FotoWeb

  1. Setting asset status
  2. Adding a note to an asset
  3. Adding comments to your assets
  4. Adding metadata to assets
  5. Adding web links to metadata fields
  6. Rating assets
  7. Switching between metric and imperial size measures
  8. Adding metadata to an asset using a taxonomy
  9. Adding metadata to assets in a workflow
Creating metadata taxonomies (On-Premises)

This guide provides a complete overview of how to enable taxonomies for metadata fields, define the content of taxonomies, and use taxonomies for navigation, metadata input, and when searching for assets in your DAM system.

  1. Taxonomies - the basics
  2. Enabling taxonomies for specific metadata fields
  3. Enabling folder and taxonomy navigation in archives
  4. Creating taxonomy content
  5. Managing the behavior of taxonomy items
  6. Planning taxonomy content - strategy guidelines and tips
  7. Syntax for custom taxonomy queries
  8. How to find and use taxonomy items quickly
  9. Example: Creating a taxonomy for a collection of cars
  10. Example: How to make a taxonomy for the City field
Working with annotations (On-Premises)

Annotations are used to visually highlight areas of interest in a picture. Fotoware annotation tools enable users to pinpoint a precise location or an area in a picture using arrows and shapes that frame a particular area in the picture.

  1. Configuring annotations for use
  2. Creating an annotation
  3. Printing annotations
  4. Giving super users rights to manage annotations

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