Edit

Daminion features a powerful Edit function to open or edit media files with external applications.

Edit Learn how to open and edit media files with external applications. Explore the version control feature in Daminon

Opening and Editing with External Applications

Daminion gives you the ability to open or edit the media file(s) using an external editor. There are two option to pass the file to an external application: View With, Edit With. The first one is just passes the link to an external application you chosen from the context menu. The second one will checked the file out before editing. So you will ensure that your file is backed up, and you can revert to previous version quickly.

Before opening or editing the file with an external editor, you need to add a program to use with Daminion media files.

Adding an External Application

To add an application to the External Applications list, follow these steps –

1. Select the Item menu, choose Open with and click on Configure List.
2. Click under Viewers to add a program to the list for viewing the media files. You can edit, delete, or sort the list.
3. Click under Editors to add a program to the list for editing the media files. You can edit, delete, or sort the list.

To Open the Media with External Opener
To open the media files with an external viewer for viewing, follow these steps –

1. Select media file(s) that you wish to view.
2. Double click the item to open the media file with an external opener.

To Edit the Media with External Editor
To edit the media files with an external editor for viewing, follow these steps –

1. Select media file(s) that you wish to edit.
2. Double click the item to open the media file with an external editor.

Version Control

When two or more employees work with the same document, it’s easy to replace a new document version with an old one and end up losing two weeks of hard work. Version control gives your team a project-wide “undo-redo” button; any mistake is easily rolled back

To get exclusive rights to edit a document user must to check it out. Although one file might have multiple versions, but Daminion will display only the latest one. Access to Version Control options is available from context or main menu as well as from a special button on the thumbnail (left top corner).

	Check In/Out To check out files, navigate to “Check Out” on the context menu. Note: Files will be checked out automatically if you try to edit the document by using the “Edit With” menu option.
	Audit Item Changes Any changes to the document or file are tracked and can be viewed by the “Item Audit History” option. You will be able to see what changes were made, by whom, and at what time they occurred. Compare versions and rollback to an older or corrected revision, at any time..
	A special “Owner” tag allows anyone to quickly see who checked out a document.

Glossary

• Check Out - Get the file from repository (catalog)
• Check In – Put the file back to repository (catalog)
• Undo Check Out – Cancel Check Out
• Item Audit History – History of file changes