Asset Management

Adobe provides the following links as additional, supplemental information based on goals, use case needs, and discussions within lab sessions. This information is intended to augment the experience gained from the Customer Experience Lab curriculum.

AEM Assets Overview  — What Assets as a Cloud Service is, core DAM capabilities, AI-powered features, and how it fits within the AEM as a Cloud Service ecosystem

Assets Architecture  — How the cloud-native architecture differs from AEM 6.5, including the asset microservices layer and the separation of the author tier from processing

Assets Ultimate vs. Prime  — Feature and user type comparison between the two licensing tiers (Administrator, Power User, Collaborator, Limited User) and when each applies

AEM Assets Videos & Tutorials Home  — Hands-on tutorial library covering the full AEM Assets feature set

Bulk Import  — Importing large asset volumes directly from cloud storage sources including Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, Dropbox, and OneDrive via the Admin or Assets view

Direct Binary Upload API  — The two-step initiate/complete upload pattern for programmatic asset ingestion to cloud storage; replaces deprecated AssetManager Java APIs

aem-upload Open Source Library  — Adobe's open source client library implementing the direct binary upload spec, including retry-with-backoff handling for eventual consistency

AEM Desktop App  — Desktop client for macOS and Windows enabling drag-and-drop upload, folder sync, and asset check-out without using the browser

Asset Microservices Overview  — How cloud-native microservices replace the legacy DAM Update Asset workflow for rendition generation, metadata extraction, and text extraction at scale

Configure and Use Processing Profiles  — Creating standard and custom processing profiles, assigning them to folders, and configuring rendition outputs by MIME type

Asset Compute Service & Custom Workers  — Building custom App Builder applications to extend asset processing: calling Photoshop APIs, PIM systems, or Lightroom APIs and saving results as named renditions

Supported File Formats  — Full matrix of MIME types and which processing capabilities (thumbnails, metadata extraction, text extraction, Dynamic Media) apply to each

Metadata Management Overview  — How metadata underpins search and governance in AEM Assets, including extraction on ingest, cascading inheritance, and bulk editing

Metadata Schemas  — Defining the property panels displayed on the asset Details page by file type; creating and assigning custom schemas to folders or asset types

Metadata Forms (Assets View)  — The simplified Assets view equivalent for creating custom metadata fields surfaced during upload and on asset detail pages

Bulk Metadata Import & Export  — Using CSV files to apply or update metadata across large asset sets without opening individual records

Content Credentials (C2PA)  — Tamper-evident provenance metadata tied to assets at creation, tracking AI usage, editing history, and authorship in compliance with the C2PA standard

Search Assets  — Full-text, metadata, and tag-based search in the Admin view; configuring search facets, filters, and saved searches

Smart Tags  — Using Adobe AI to automatically apply keyword tags to images on upload based on custom-trained taxonomy; improving search recall without manual tagging

AI-Generated Metadata  — Automatic generation of Title, Description, and Keywords for assets on ingest using Adobe AI, reducing manual metadata entry

Search Facets  — Configuring the left-rail filter panels in the Admin view for property, tag, date range, file type, and custom metadata facets

Folder Permissions & Access Control  — Setting read, edit, and owner permissions on DAM folders for users and groups; understanding inherited vs. explicit permissions

Asset Expiration  — Setting expiration dates on assets to trigger notifications, suppress delivery, and enforce content lifecycle governance

Collections  — Creating static and dynamic smart collections for grouping assets across folders; sharing collections with internal teams or external users via links

Asset Reports  — Generating usage, download, link share, and publish reports for DAM audit and compliance; scheduling recurring report delivery

Adobe Asset Link  — Panel extension for Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and XD enabling search, checkout, check-in, FPO rendition placement, and metadata viewing without leaving the Creative Cloud app

For Placement Only (FPO) Renditions  — Low-resolution compressed renditions generated for InDesign linking workflows that swap to full-resolution on final output, reducing file transfer overhead

AEM Desktop App Check-Out/Check-In  — Locking assets for exclusive editing from the desktop app, preventing conflicting edits from other users while work is in progress

Content Hub Overview  — Self-service portal for brand-approved asset discovery, download, remixing with Adobe Express, and collection sharing; the successor to Brand Portal for AEM as a Cloud Service customers

Configure Content Hub  — Setting up branding, metadata fields for upload, search filters, rendition visibility, asset approval rules, auto-approval toggle, and user permissions via the Configurations UI

Content Hub Use Cases  — End-to-end walkthrough of the marketer workflow: uploading with metadata, organizing into collections, editing in Adobe Express, and saving back to Content Hub

Discovery Agent  — Natural language conversational search across assets, Content Fragments, and Adaptive Forms; returns results with metadata and delivery URLs ready for downstream use

Content Optimization Agent  — Prompt-driven rendition generation: resizing, background removal, visual adjustments, and channel-ready variant creation without leaving AEM Assets

Governance Agent  — Automated compliance monitoring that flags assets missing required metadata, violating brand guidelines, or failing accessibility standards across the DAM repository

Assets HTTP API  — RESTful API for CRUD operations on assets, renditions, folders, and metadata; supported operations by asset type and license tier

Developer References for Assets  — Index of all developer-facing APIs, upload libraries, supported MIME types, and post-processing workflow extension patterns for Assets as a Cloud Service