New Zipping Process on Download

We’ve just released a small performance update, which changes the way zipping works when you Download. Now when selecting the All Files Zip option – we will zip up the files in the background and send you an email with a special link to download the zip file. This greatly enhances performance and means you no longer have to wait while BrandFM zips the files.

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How do I update my Email address?

posted by David Jan 15, 2013 in Users, How-to, Email, Set-up

If your email address changes for any reason, and you’re a registered BrandFM user, it’s su[er easy to update your user accounts email (and consequently the email address you login with). ... read more



How do I change the status of a Locked asset to Public?

posted by David Sep 08, 2010 in How-to, Access

To make an existing asset Public you’ll need to edit each asset and change it’s status.

Here’s how: ... read more



Tip: Copyright notices

posted by David Jul 07, 2010 in How-to, Advice, Outage

When creating new assets you often want to add a copyright or usage notice in the description or release notes section.

No problem – but the proper place for this (particularly if it’s the same each time) is to add to your account-wide default copyright clause. ... read more



Reducing inbox clutter

posted by David Mar 08, 2010 in How-to, Email

A BrandFM user asked this question.

“Hi guys is there a way to delete all those BrandFM alerts from my inbox?” ... read more



Multi Asset ID Searches

posted by David Aug 20, 2009 in Search, Products, How-to

We were down talking to the folks at Promotus in Wellington about grocery product images. Promotus is the agency who looks after Foodstuffs Wellington’s catalogue advertising.

One of the things they mentioned is that they’d love to be able to search for a number of products all at once. This is because their client (Foodstuffs) often supply a list of asset id’s or references for product images to be used in advertising.

So for example they might get a list of ID’s such as “3717, 3718, 2029, 2031, 5881” ... read more



Adding a folder avatar

posted by David Jun 09, 2009 in Set-up, Images, How-to

A user asked how they can customize a folder avatar from the standard yellow post-it icon.

First of all. What’s an Avatar. An avatar is just a representative image. Avatar are commonly used in social networks or forums on the web as a users identifying image. BrandFM uses avatars as a representative image of a folder’s contents. ... read more

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Using InDesign for logos?

posted by David Apr 29, 2008 in Design, Logos, How-to, Advice

While using Adobe’s Indesign to create a logo might seem a bit odd at first – there’s sometimes a good reason to do so.

I had a conversation with a designer from large client this morning about her reason for using InDesign. Her reason made a lot of sense. ... read more