Edit image
Follow these steps to edit images using HCL Digital Experience 9.5 Digital Asset Management:
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From the HCL Digital Experience 9.5 Digital Asset Management interface, hover over a media asset to access Edit options. Click the Edit (pencil) icon.
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From the Edit page, several options are available to edit the image.
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Select and click any of the following Edit options:
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Some of the menu options are also available for video and document media assets.
- Add to Favorites (the star located next to the image title and from the edit digital media asset selection) - Sorts and filters digital media assets from the HCL Digital Asset Management repository. For more information, see Manage media asset collections.
- Crop - Extracts a region of the specified dimensions from the original image. You can crop the image using the resize handles (freeform) or by selecting a preset aspect ratio. Administrators can configure aspect ratio via helm charts.
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Rotate left, Rotate right - Rotates the image 90° counter-clockwise (left) or 90° clockwise (right).
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When editing assets in DAM, there is some expected variation in image size.
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Replace - Replaces the digital media asset file with a new image media file.
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You can only replace the image with a new image of a supported image filetype. No other assets (like document and video filetypes) have the Replace option at the moment.
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More - Click to see additional actions available for the digital media asset.
- Copy link - Copies the URL address of the digital media asset.
- Delete - Deletes the selected digital media asset.
- Download - Downloads a copy of the digital media asset, including versions and renditions. See Generate Digital Asset Renditions.
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Click Undo or Redo to undo and/or redo any edits to an image prior to saving the image.
- Click Apply to save your changes.
- To save your changes, click either Save or Save as new to save changes as a new digital asset.