Adding Brand Asset Categories in different DAM Systems involves similar steps with slight variations based on the system.
Step 1: Create a folder for the Brand Asset Categories
- Create a new folder: In your DAM system, create a new folder.
⚠️ Important for Box users: When using Box, the folder must be created in the root level ("All Files"). If the folder is inside another folder, the tagging will not work and the folders will not be returned in the Brand Panel.
- Tag the folder: Use the tag
CIH_BRAND_ASSET_CATEGORY_MAIN_<NAME OF THE CATEGORY>.- Replace
<NAME OF THE CATEGORY>with the desired category name.
- Replace
- Add assets: Place all assets you want to associate with this brand category into this folder.
Step 1a: Repeat "Step 1" for each additional asset category you need
Step 2: Create a folder for Brand Color Categories
- Create a new folder: Create a separate folder for color categories.
⚠️ Important for Box users: Just like in Step 1, the folder must be at the root level ("All Files") for the Brand Panel to recognize it.
- Tag the folder: Use the tag
CIH_BRAND_ASSET_CATEGORY_COLORS_<NAME OF THE COLOR_CATEGORY>.
- Replace
<NAME OF THE COLOR_CATEGORY>with the name of the color category.
- Add color files: Inside this folder, add files with the extension
<FILENAME>.cihubcolor.
- These files should follow a specific structure to represent brand colors. Find more information on this format here:
{
"id": "897428381201",
"name": "Sky Blue",
"colorDescription": "lorem ipsum",
"hexValue": "#87CEEB",
"rgbValue": {
"red": 135,
"green": 206,
"blue": 235
},
"pantone": "279 C",
"cmyk": {
"cyan": 44,
"magenta": 12,
"yellow": 0,
"black": 8
}
}
Step 2a: Repeat "Step 2" for each additional color category you need
Different Steps for Smint.io
Adding Brand Asset Categories in Smint.io follows a different process.
- Navigate to pages: Go to the sidebar and select "Pages."
- Create a new page: Click the "New page" button and choose "Content page." Give the page a name.
- Add a new item: In the "Content" section, click "New item" and select either "Asset overview" or "Color indicator with text."
- For asset overview: Choose images and options to display, navigate to the "CI HUB" tab, and check the "Publish to CI HUB" option before saving.
- For color indicator with text: Specify color details, including name, hexadecimal, RGBA, and CMYK values. Check "Publish to CI HUB" in the "CI HUB" tab and save.
Visual Representation in the Panel
A few minutes after setting up the folders and files, the corresponding categories and colors will appear in the Brand Panel of the CI HUB Corporate Connector when you load it the next time.