rename the image file on retrieval

I am uploading the image as Blue Hills. While retrieving I want to rename the file. Is there a easy way to do this?

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On further research I found this is possible using Deployment Agent. We can enter the output file name using the derivatives.

msrinivas

DA would be an overkill. Are you using the API to write a script? Or are you using the windows client or web client etc.?

seesekar

Why do you say DA will be an overkill? When would you use DA?

I am using both windows and web client as I have access to both.

I have not written any custom scripts so far.

iwTech

I am uploading the image as Blue Hills. While retrieving I want to rename the file. Is there a easy way to do this?

How do you want to rename ?

Manuel ( while save as the assets ,you can rename it) or automated ?

How do you want to automate ?

Do you want to rename the existing asset name ? Or

Do you want to add some sections to the existing asset name ?

What you want to achieve ?
For example :

You asset name Blue Hills

Do you want to rename to MB_Blue Hills or Red Hills or Blue Hills_Fun

Do you have some standards ?

Explain your scenario?

-Vin

seesekar

Let us say we are dealing with listed company images. One of the listed company is Microsoft.

Microsoft provides its company image as tiff images with size 1500x1000 pixels. The original needs to be stored in the Mediabin and to this we add the metadata.

One of the metadata information entered will be the ticker symbol for this image. The web site uses two different versions of the same company image the thumbnail and large image.

The thumbnail should renamed as _t.jpg, converted as a jpg image and reduced to 60hx70w.
The large should be _l.jpg, converted as a jpg image and reduced to 200hx250w.

These two images should be generated from the large original tiff image
and should be ftp-ed to a specific directory on the web server.

Thanks for your help in this.

msrinivas

What would trigger this process of yours? The rename, FTP etc.

iwTech

Let us say we are dealing with listed company images. One of the listed company is Microsoft.

Microsoft provides its company image as tiff images with size 1500x1000 pixels. The original needs to be stored in the Mediabin and to this we add the metadata.

One of the metadata information entered will be the ticker symbol for this image. The web site uses two different versions of the same company image the thumbnail and large image.

The thumbnail should renamed as _t.jpg, converted as a jpg image and reduced to 60hx70w.
The large should be _l.jpg, converted as a jpg image and reduced to 200hx250w.

These two images should be generated from the large original tiff image
and should be ftp-ed to a specific directory on the web server.

Thanks for your help in this.

The listed company is Interwoven and you are using mediaBin.tiff (logo)
[font=Book Antiqua][size=2]you can download the image as mediabin_L.jpg and mediabin_T.jpg
using 2 different tasks ,Or you can generate the two files into a pre defined folder
in mediaBin or local computer using holfolder& tasks

-Vin

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iwTech

Use ‘prefix or suffix” (hotfolder config ) to add pre defined names to the assets.
use task with hot folders to change the size /file conversion.
-Vin

seesekar

Srinivas,

After the metadata information is added to the original image (Manual process), I was expecting the large tiff image to be loaded to a specific directory (Manual process), lets call it "Approved Company Images" directory.

The upload of the image to "Approved Company Images" folder or modification of the metadata of the image in the "Approved Company Images" should be the trigger for generating the jpg images.

seesekar

Vin,

I tried the hotfolder. There is a constraint there. I have opened a separate thread for that. Hotfolder does not allow two different task on one folder.

In this example I want to transform one image into two jpg images of different sizes. Though I created two different tasks I could not associate these tasks to one folder.

Sekar

msrinivas

Srinivas,

After the metadata information is added to the original image (Manual process), I was expecting the large tiff image to be loaded to a specific directory (Manual process), lets call it "Approved Company Images" directory.

The upload of the image to "Approved Company Images" folder or modification of the metadata of the image in the "Approved Company Images" should be the trigger for generating the jpg images.

Now things make better sense. Yes you should be able to use DA for this. But remember that there is no real co-realtion between ingesting the asset and DA. You have to set up DA on its own schedule for this.

iwTech

Vin,
I tried the hotfolder. There is a constraint there. I have opened a separate thread for that. Hotfolder does not allow two different task on one folder.
In this example I want to transform one image into two jpg images of different sizes. Though I created two different tasks I could not associate these tasks to one folder.
Sekar

I am recalling one old thread especially for you:rolleyes:

(You are trying to achieve the BR using Hotfolder & Task instead of WF..)

You can try with DA, This is another option

Step-I

Configure your first task to resize and file conversion on one size

Set up source-I and destination folder-I (hotfolder)

Use ‘prefix or suffix” (hotfolder config ) to add _L

Select the configured first task

Step-II

Configure your second task to resize and file conversion on second size

Set up source (destination folder-I ) and destination -II as temp folder (hotfolder)

Use ‘prefix or suffix” (hotfolder config ) to add _T

Select the configured second task.

Step-III

Set up source (destination –II) and destination folder -I (hotfolder)

Select the task (do nothing )

You have three configuration files in Hotfolder , let's try

-Vin

seesekar

Vin,

In your mail you mentioned - (You are trying to achieve the BR using Hotfolder & Task instead of WF..).
What is BR? In one of my earlier thread I had asked about WF. One of the suggestion was to use HotFolders other to use TeamSite. I chose HF.

Your suggestion is interesting. I too thought about it.

In your suggestion, if I am not mistaken. I am going to have the image in source-I folder and destination-I folder (assuming destination-II is in a web server). Am I correct?

Srinivas: Yes I agree it cannot be triggered on ingesting the asset. I have to schedule at regular intervals for the images to get published. I have to check if this is fine with the business users. Otherwise, I guess we have a solution in what our friend Vin has suggested. However I have listed the caveat to this approach.

I like this forum. Thanks to you guys.

Sekar

iwTech

What is BR?
Sekar

Business Requirement

In your suggestion, if I am not mistaken. I am going to have the image in source-I folder and destination-I folder (assuming destination-II is in a web server). Am I correct?
Sekar

The destination folder is up to your requirement , either in web server or in local servers/ machines

-Vin