Chapter 6: Using Digital Asset Management
In the previous chapter, you learned what a Pimcore class is and how to create object instances for defined classes.
In this chapter, we will focus on Digital Asset Management (DAM), which is one of the main Pimcore features. This feature doesn't just let you upload your images like a storage platform, but it also helps you to categorize, elaborate, and version images and, in general, any kind of file, and distribute them across different channels. The chapter is organized as follows:
- What is a DAM?
- Uploading and Relating Assets
- Editing Images
- How to Create Thumbnails
After starting with an explanation of what a DAM is, we will then introduce the Pimcore DAM features. Then, we will discover how to upload digital assets on Pimcore and how to relate them to objects. A specific focus on images will follow, to let you see how images can be edited or enhanced inside Pimcore, and then we'll explore how easy...
