Digital Asset Management--Lessons in Asset Architecture

"The introduction of Canto as a tool to manage our workflow completely changed the way we work. Rather than drilling down through nested folders, we find image files almost instantly by searching for part of the client ID number," Mines reports.

"Even lost files are easier to find because the query capabilities are so outstanding. We also make tremendous use of the program's ability to assign key words, which allows us to group items together during later stages of production without having to call up each file independently."