Artwork Systems Mnemo™

Mnemo™ is Artwork Systems' new asset management database that gathers and manages information about all your production files. When the human brain lets you down, Mnemo will remember where you stored the project (in your archive or still online), if you retouched this image before, from which project this file originates or if this file exists at all in your production plant.

Next to knowing everything about your existing file archive, Mnemo can help you improve file organization in many ways...

Mnemo connectivity, plug & play
The heart of the Mnemo system is the Mnemo Server (OS X) and its MySQL Pro database. The Mnemo database is consulted using the Mnemo Client (OS X) application which can be freely copied to any Macintosh where Mnemo accessibility is wanted. The Mnemo system supports Apple’s Rendezvous™ so that setting up the Client application is done without any configuration.

The Mnemo Client allows users to get all available information about the assets in the database. The information or data is automatically retrieved from the assets or production files as they are recorded in Mnemo. Assets can be brought into Mnemo simply by dropping them on the Client window or by using the Mnemo Inserter hot folder. The amount of information retrieved from the assets depends on the file type of the asset itself. Mnemo only stores asset information. The database does not contain any physical files. Using Mnemo should not influence your current file organization as assets can stay on their local disks or file servers.

• Get an overview of all the jobs of the same product.
  
• Use a project as the start for a new one and trace the history or order of the different job versions.
  
• Build a list of PDF files matching certain criteria, from a certain customer, about a certain product.
  
• Create a collection of all the available images of a certain product range.
  

Manage
The Mnemo Client allows reorganization of the assets in existing folder structures, but also in brand new collections. The files on disk will not move, only their organization through the Mnemo Client may change. In practice this means that although different users may organize the same data files in different personalized collections, only one real physical file will exist on disk. Keywords can be defined and assigned to assets to add additional information and search criteria.

Search
Apart from the fact that the Mnemo user can arrange assets in his/her own way, the most effective method to locate a certain asset is by using the extremely effective search engine of Mnemo. Any asset and keyword information can be used in extensive search queries and search combinations. From a search query, dynamic or static collections can be created. Dynamic collections change as new files that comply to the same query become available. Static collections will not change once the collection has been created.

Archive
Included in the Mnemo feature set is a powerful, but very straightforward archive preparation tool. The Mnemo archiving tool includes a built in StuffIt® Engine and allows users to archive files, projects and collections, with or without file compression. Mnemo keeps track of the archive history of the assets for easy retrieval and shows if archived file data matches the current file status or not.

...and more!
Apart from browsing assets, assigning keywords, managing and organizing files, the Mnemo Client allows version tracking of its projects. When projects re-enter the production for example a reprint with modifications, the production operator will typically base the new work on a previous digital file version. When duplicating the original project within Mnemo, a historical trace will be kept forever so that at any point in time a full version trail can be shown.


Highlights

• Easy to install
  
• Based on MySQL database
  
• Supports ArtPro metadata: barcodes, images,...
  
• Unique dynamic collections
  
• Search for files
  
• Search file content
  
• Archive and restore
  
• Search legacy archive