Razuna 1.2 released – the next step in Open Source Digital Asset Management

We are very excited to announce that Razuna 1.2 is immediately available for download. Razuna 1.2 brings many new features in the area of image and video handling, usability, collaboration on assets and speed improvements. Here is a short video outlining some of the enhancements.

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Major improvement makes managing your assets a breeze

Our users have been giving us great feedback on the usability of Razuna and what they would like to see.  Some of the new features are direct needs of real world usage and have been constantly tested by the users itself. Razuna 1.2 has seen a lot of major add-ons and so it is not easy to highlight only a few, but here are those who we feel are the most noteworthy;

Version Control
For each asset you now have a Version Control system. Thus whenever you upload a new version of your image, video or document, the original version will be saved and stored for you. Within the version tab you can then also play the version back, where as a new version of the current version is stored again.

Initial Folder View and Folder Tree Navigation
Many have asked for it, so we are very happy to give it to you. We now have a Folder-Navigation tree structure for you. No need to reload the folder navigation anymore. Also, we changed the initial folder view to show you all the assets, independently of the asset type, when you navigate to a folder.

Commenting and sharing of a folder/collection
Another demand that many have expressed is to be able to have a commenting section for each asset. This is now available with Razuna 1.2. You can comment on each asset within the “comments” tab. Furthermore, the commenting takes on a larges scale approach when you combine it with sharing. Sharing is a new feature, which allows you to share your folder or collection with the same users/groups within Razuna or simply with “Everyone”. If you share a folder/collection with “Everyone”, it will be available under a public URL for everyone to see. Moreover, each asset can be commented on. This is a great feature for all of you who need to share your work with clients or alike.

Print to PDF
Any asset, search result and folder view can now be converted to a PDF for printing. We setup a printing wizard which lets you choose the size of the paper, how many assets you want on a page, size, and more.

Many more things
Oracle database support for file system storage, Developer API, PDF & PSD & AI & ESP thumbnail support, option to include assets from subfolders within a folder view, etc. The list is quite impressive. There many more improvements, features and bug fixes done in Razuna 1.2 and they are all listed over at our publicly available Issue Tracker.

What’s next?
Thought, Razuna 1.2 is seeing the light today, we are already going forward to 1.3 and beyond. Some features which will come are embedding video and images from social networks, audio support, MS SQL/PostgreSQL support, importing your Cumulus catalog, general backup/import functions and much more. Feel free to shape and participate the next version of Razuna and add your feature request and bugs (yes, those too) at our publicly available Issue Tracker.

Users of our Razuna Hosted Platform have had the joy of working with the latest Razuna 1.2 already!