Are there any common tools that are used to store Icons Images and graphics for a company wide audience?
As a programmer I would store everything in git so people could update it and track the history. I feel like this would be a poor place for all the non technical users who want to access say the company logo for powerpoints etc. So is there something better than sharepoint confluence or a shared drive for "official" icons graphics and images.
Pretty much what is a good repository for all audiences to find official Icons graphics and Images?
Goals
- Modifying or updating the list of icons is possible
- Some way to searching
- Being able to see a visible view of the files (as opposed to just file names)
- Suitable for non technical users
Lastly is UX.stackexchange the right place to ask this?
Answer
An awesome solution to this problem that was developed to conquer this issue is Smartimage by WIDEN. I happened to discover after my company made an acquisition I found out they were using this to solve this exact problem!Its described as
Cloud-based, Smartimage makes your brand assets accessible to be viewed, shared, and downloaded – from anywhere, at any time. Smartimage is built for small businesses who don’t need the functionality of a true digital asset management system but need a simple way to centralize and share images quickly and efficiently. more info on their site
The workflow I gather from briefly using it was the following
- upload the images from the mobile app or desktop (it will guess at generic keywords for each one and descriptions)
- modify the keywords and descriptions for each image
- you can browse based on categories or search by tag
- you can also share links to files or collections of files
Its kind of like a dropbox youtube and sharepoint all merged. I was going to say that it really seems like it was developed for this problem but it actually was.
The video describing Smartimage
Heres some screenshots from their youtube video
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