Video Suite
Video Suite helps you make the most of your video collections by enabling you to automatically catalog video into individual scenes, add and edit video metadata on a per-scene basis, and locate and webcast cataloged videos on a per-scene basis.

Cumulus can catalog entire video clips "out of the box," but only with Video Suite can users catalog video files into separate shots (asset records) for each scene—without affecting the master video file.

• Find video by content rather than file name.
• Manage video on a per-scene basis.
• Instantly find model releases, credits, transcripts, etc. for any scene.
• Simplify approvals via webcasting to clients.

• Supports many video formats—Flash animations too!
• Move, add and delete shot boundaries.
• Mac OS, Windows and Web access to video metadata and previews.
• Award-winning shot-detection technology.
• Export video frames to image files.

Usage Statistics And Reporting
The Cumulus Usage Statistics and Reporting module provides you with unprecedented insight into actions performed within your asset catalog. The Reporting module enables you to generate automated graphic and textual reports based on Cumulus 8 statistics.

• Generate reports and graphs based on asset or system usage.
• Anticipate growth and budget needs in advance.
• Don't waste money on bad assets.
• Perfect your metadata based on real-world usage.

• User-defined reports and schedules.
• Configure an unlimited number of reports.
• Export data as PNG graphs or text-based charts.
• Integrates with existing permission controls.
• Fully automated operation.

PDF File Enhanced Support Options
Out of the box, Cumulus can catalog PDFs, generate high-resolution PDF thumbnails and per-page previews, and even extract the entire text contents of PDF files into searchable metadata, making it easy to instantly find any file.

However, if your organisation heavily utilises PDFs, you may want more PDF functionality and control. The PDF Extended Pack helps manage large PDFs for easier access to all your information.

• More efficiently catalog PDF pages to save time spent searching through files.
• Create new PDFs remotely for instant presentations or deliverables.
• Save money on licensing costs.

• Split the pages and images of PDF files into separate asset records, each with its own metadata.
• Automatic extraction of PDF-embedded images.
• Combine cataloged PDF pages into new PDF files on the fly.

Quark Enhanced Support
The QXP Extended Pack and QXP Companion add-on products bridge the gap between QuarkXPress and professional digital asset management using Cumulus. They should be considered "standard equipment" for all Cumulus/Quark work groups. The QXP Companion includes all the features of the QXP Extended Pack, but adds additional functionality. QXP Companion is compatible with QuarkXPress versions 7 and 8. QXP Companion adds a menu and palette right inside QuarkXPress, so layout artists can find anything they need, without ever leaving QuarkXPress.

• Exercise more control over linked images.
• Save time by more conveniently organising layout files.
• Improved Cumulus ROI.

• Split the pages and images of QuarkXPress files into separate asset records, each with its own metadata.
• Catalog embedded images individually.
• Drag and drop Cumulus assets into layout files.
• Integrated functionality within QuarkXPress.

InDesign Enhanced Support
Right out of the box, Cumulus can support all Adobe Creative Suite applications. You can preview individual Photoshop layers, extract text used in Illustrator files, and easily drag-and-drop Cumulus assets into Creative Suite applications through the palette window.

However, if your organisation heavily utilises InDesign, consider the additional functionality of the InDesign Extended Pack or InDesign Companion. Read More

Office Applications Enhanced Support
Cumulus offers built-in support for creating searchable metadata from text included in files created by Microsoft Office, Apple iWork, and Open Office.

Finding a Word doc, Keynote presentation, or Open Office spreadsheet based on the text they contain is a core feature of all Cumulus 8 editions. The Office Extended Pack takes this power to the next level, by offering capabilities far more advanced.

• Exercise more control over linked images.
• Saves time by more conveniently organising presentation files.
• Improved Cumulus ROI.

• Catalog presentation slides individually.
• Extract text as searchable metadata.
• Create links within Cumulus to all images a file contains.

Catalog Synchronisation with HELIOS Volumes
The Canto/HELIOS partnership dates back so many years, it's no surprise Cumulus is the DAM system of choice for so many HELIOS customers worldwide. No other DAM vendor offers a tighter, more reliable integration with HELIOS products, bar none. HELIOS support comes in 2 versions: the HELIOS Extended Pack, and the HELIOS Companion.

• Improve both Helios and Cumulus ROI.
• Expand the Cumulus functionality with your existing hardware.
• Volume synching avoids file ambiguity.

Features

• Keep Cumulus catalogs in sync with HELIOS volumes.
• Catalogs update when files are added, edited, moved, renamed or deleted.
• Advanced quality image processing and format conversions.
• Secure, easy Web access to HELIOS volume assets via Cumulus Web Clients.

Email and Cataloguer
Cumulus Email Cataloger makes cataloging assets even easier, and allows anyone with an email account to contribute to your Cumulus library.

Cumulus 8 can check a standard POP3 email account and retrieve and catalog any email it finds. Email text is extracted into an asset record, and all attachments are cataloged and linked to the email record. Even better, metadata is extracted from attachments, including the full text of PDFs, Word docs and more—and it's all searchable!.

This add-on also enables you to perform automatic cataloging from locations on your network. So, drop folders are easy to configure, and you can even catalog files uploaded to your ftp and Web servers.