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10ReleaseNotes
Information about new features and changes coming in Picturepark 8.10

Due to extensive updates for each Picturepark Cloud customer installation, this update will be conducted
over two weekends:
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June 4 - 5
June 11 - 12

Update installers for Picturepark Onsite customers will become available four weeks after Cloud
deployment has been completed.

ReleaseOverview
UpdateSummary
Picturepark 8.10 introduces a new interface called World Port that is based on technologies in
development for Picturepark 9. The World Port offers an easy-to-use experience for casual users who need
to find, share or download content. Its fast, offers responsive adaptation for various screen sizes
(phones, tablet, desktops), and it requires virtually no user training.
The World Port is available free of charge to all customers. It will be installed with the Picturepark 8.10
release, offering you the option to use it at any time. (There is no requirement to use it and it works
alongside all other Ports installations.)
Picturepark 8.10 also adds stability and performance improvements, which will benefit all customers.

ReleaseTimingforCloudCustomers

The update is scheduled for Picturepark Cloud (SaaS) customers over the weekend of
June 4
and
June 5
and during the following weekend,
June 11
and
June 12
.

The upgrade is expected to take a few hours per Cloud cluster. While your cluster is upgraded, your
Picturepark will not be available.
Please see the upgrade announcement on your Picturepark login page
and notify users who will be affected by the maintenance period
. If you have a custom login page that no
longer shows maintenance notifications, contact
support@picturepark.com
to see when your update is
scheduled.

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UpdatesforOnsiteCustomers
Installer and update scripts for Picturepark Onsite customers are scheduled for release four weeks
following the Cloud release. Onsite customers with valid software subscriptions should contact their
Picturepark representative for access to installers or update scripts.

API/WebServiceBreaks
Customers with integrations into the Picturepark Cloud hosting environment must read the
corresponding
section of this document
for important information about API and Cloud platform changes introduced with
the new version of Picturepark.
Consult your system integrator with regard to compatibility with this new version of Picturepark for
third-party modules or any custom integrations.

SupportforOlderVersionsandModules
With the release of this new Picturepark version, the following older versions are no longer supported:
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Picturepark 8.8.x and earlier

Even though Picturepark versions newer than the one listed remain supported, customers might be
required to upgrade to the latest version in order to resolve some reported issues. (No further code
development or bug fixing will be done on older versions.)
Picturepark Cloud customers will always be on the latest version of the software.
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Creative Suite CS6 and earlier

SystemRequirements
System requirements for this new version of Picturepark have not changed. The preferred platform for
Onsite installations of Picturepark continues to be:
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Windows Server 2012

SQL Server 2012

Expect support for older versions of these platforms to be discontinued in future Picturepark updates.
Current system requirements are detailed in this document:
https://vit.picturepark.com/Go/HrSBQRmf/V/22607/1

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Improvements
This section describes additions and improvements made in this release.

WorldPortOverview
Picturepark 8.10 introduces the World Port, a new Picturepark frontend that provides a better user
experience for casual users of your media assets. Based on
responsive
technology, the World Port layout
adapts to provide easy access to Picturepark from desktop or mobile devices. It works across all popular
browsers and computing platforms. (Note: The World Port was not designed for mobile devices smaller
than a standard phone, such as wearables or watches.)
A World Port license is available to all customers, at no additional charge. As of the Picturepark 8.10
release, the World Port is considered a standard feature of Picturepark.
Terminology note
: Previous versions of Picturepark included only the core user interface and, optionally,
a port-based frontend. Now that Picturepark includes a frontend interface as a standard feature, the
previous default frontend - also often referred to as core user interface - will now be referred to as the
backend, while the World Port will be referred to generically as the Picturepark frontend. The same data
is available to users via either interface.

The Picturepark World Port, as seen on desktop and mobile interfaces.

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The World Port can coexist with existing ports without system changes. So if you already use a custom
port, it will continue to function normally. If you choose to not use the World Port, there is nothing you need
to do after this update; your system will continue to function as it does now, and there will be no visible
changes to users.
Existing ports can be used simultaneously with the World Port, so you might decide the World Port offers
benefits to a certain user group, while you have other groups continue to use your custom port.
Functionality available in the World Port includes:
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Simple search with suggestions (as in Picturepark)

Faceting of results based on controlled vocabularies or uncontrolled metadata
Asset browser with paging
Basket for asset collection and further processing
Asset information and preview
Download and email sharing

Note that no write operations are available in the World Port. This means that World Port users cannot
upload content or edit metadata. Keep this in mind when choosing user groups who will use the World
Port.
The default World Port interface includes English, German and French. Other languages can be added.
The World Port differs from other Picturepark ports in that only limited configuration changes are
available. (They are described below.) Due to enforcing a standard World Port configuration, there is no
concern that future Picturepark updates will break the World Port.

ActivatingandAccessingtheWorldPort
The World Port is activated using the Web Management Console (accessible via the standard backend
Picturepark interface) by adding a new World Port site.

After activating the World Port, a new icon appears in the standard Picturepark interface (the backend)
that redirects to the World Port. (Note that direct access to the World Port is available via URL.)

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Click the new globe icon in the standard Picturepark backend interface to access the World Port.

An icon inside the World Port interface enables users to access the Picturepark backend.

World Port users can access the Picturepark backend directly.

FacetCreationandMapping
The World Port supports faceted searching. This means that with each search result, the left side panel
updates with options that permit the user to drill down with more granularity. For example, if the search
was for images of the Matterhorn, the resulting facets might include Daytime and Nighttime to
enable the user to refine the results.
The facets shown after each search are determined by available metadata values. Picturepark converts
and aggregates available metadata based on configurations made in the system. Below is the default
facet configuration for the World Port. You can change these defaults and add facets of your own that are
based on your metadata schemas and use cases.
Date Time Fields, such as Creation and Modification Date:
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Previous 7 days
Previous 365 days
Beginning of time (until now)

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File size:
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Small (Size < 1MB)

Medium (Size 1MB 10MB)
Large (Size > 10MB)

Low-res (<72dpi)
Medium-res (72300)
High-res (>300)

DPI:

Text fields will not be aggregated or displayed as facets due to the infinitely variable data they can contain.
(e.g. Title, Description)
Tags can be aggregated and displayed as facets because they are controlled data types.

ConfigurationOptions
The World Port has limited configuration options because this is now a standard feature that is part of the
core application and will be maintained and updated by Picturepark.
Configuration options include:
Facets behavior
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Sort order of facets

Default open or closed on load
Default selection mode (AND, OR, Exclusive)

Selection mode is new to Picturepark. It enables you to define for each set of facets whether the search
should consider the user selection as all or any. For example, in a facet group entitled color, you might
want to find assets tagged with all colors chosen. I want all photos that include red and blue. But in a
facet group entitled photo location, selecting more than one option could lead to no search results
because every photo is taken only in a single location. In this case, you would select OR to tell Picturepark
that you dont want photos taken in
all
selected locations, but in
any
of the selected locations.
Aggregations and Labels
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Date and DateTime (Show dates as ranges, e.g. Today, Yesterday, Last Week, Last Month)
Number (Show numbers as ranges, e.g. file size as ranges for Small, Medium, Large)

Grouping of facets
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Group general tags like Year, Language and Copyright into General Details
Group product tags like Market, Segment, Sector into Product Details

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Limited CSS adaptations (CSS styling required)

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Logo
Highlight color

Limitations
In order to ensure a simplified user experience, the World Port offers a subset of the functionality available
in the Picturepark backend.
Consider the following limitations of the World Port when deciding which user groups should have access
to it:
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Editing and uploading is not available

Management options, such as registrations or share management, are not available
Registration on login is not available
Ordering is not available
Share links are not available
User profile updates are not available
Complete customizing of the layout is not available, which is the primary differentiator between
the World Port and portals developed using Picturepark Ports technology.

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ExtendedCustomization
The World Port interface can be localized to different languages. The default configuration includes
English, German and French. Contact your Picturepark representative for information about adding other
languages.
A license for a World Port deployment is included with each Picturepark license. You can purchase
additional licenses that permit you to deploy more than one World Port on your system. This enables you
to provide multiple configurations that are suitable for diverse user groups or use cases.
When more than one World Port is active on a system, permitted users can switch between the World Port
sites. The last site selected will be saved so the user is redirected to the last active page on next login.

Navigation for setup with multiple World Ports.

A landing page that offers access to multiple World Ports can be developed by your Web team, Picturepark
Services, or a certified Picturepark partner. These pages can optionally include a search box to enable
users to perform a search before opening a specific World Port.

Landing pages can be created to offer fast search and links to multiple World Port installations.

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SystemImprovements
Changesandfixes
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The default CSS of Picturepark has been extended with CSS classes for paging icons that can now
be customized
The default expiry date of shares can now be configured in the basic settings of the Web
Management Console (WMC)
Picturepark now supports configuration of support accounts for the instance which are excluded
from license tracking
To improve usability, minor changes have been made to the backend user interface:
The header of the scrollable area under the Settings tab of the Rights Templates window now
remains stationary as the user groups are scrolled.

When impersonating user groups, a search option is now available to enable you to find specific
groups more quickly. (This was previously available under the Users tab only.)

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The default setting for Excel exports has been changed to selected only
A newly added entry from within a tagbox is now selected by default
Search analyzer now tokenizes & as search word

PictureparkCreativeExtensions
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Picturepark Desk now delete all local files which are not opened, including InDesign documents,
after check-in with the corresponding setting. Deletion of files is not possible from within Adobe
applications or if the file is still open.
Picturepark Desk is now traced as a unique application in the statistics and no longer combined
with the Picturepark backend (standard) interface
General behavior has been reworked so that the application automatically opens and focus is
changed back to Adobe applications after opening an asset
General behavior of duplicates has been improved so that duplicates can now easily be updated
from within the upload dialogue

GlobalManagerImprovements
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The Global Manager features a new option to delete system messages

ChangestoAPI/SDK
WebServiceChangesandNewFeatures
Basic and Extended Web Services will undergo a minor API break with this version of Picturepark, primarily
for adding the following features:
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The Picturepark Event Subscription Service (PES) has been extended to send a batch id which
must be send back when confirming the Subscription to delete just the messages for that specific
batch.
GetDerivatives and GetAssetVersions are now available in Public WebService.
Picturepark now waits for a subscription confirmation from third-party systems before deleting
update notifications.
PES now permits creating subscriptions for asset containers, which now also feature a
modification date for easy comparison.
GetAssets has been modified and offers now the option to filter deleted assets.

All customers using Web Services or in a Cloud or hybrid deployment scenario must adapt their interfaces
before or with the release of this latest version of Picturepark in order to ensure proper functioning of their
integrations.
The latest API break information can be downloaded at:
https://vit.picturepark.com/Go/HrSBQRmf/V/22603/1

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