GP SIFT enables organizations to streamline their use and management of digital assets including videos, audio files, still photos, and documents.
Clients can reduce capital expenditures, reduce ongoing operating expenses, improve productivity, and potentially add new revenue streams by monetizing digital assets. Read more about GP SIFT and the market
As a software-only solution where existing hardware and networks are saved, customers save up to 90% over hardware-based solutions. Product upgrades are not required to add new file formats, and minimal maintenance is required.
Due to GP SIFT's ability to utilize existing infrastructure, no on-site installation is required and set up typically takes less than one hour. The solution has a user-friendly interface that minimizes the need for training.
The GP SIFT system can be used end-to-end or piecemeal. New users and features can be plugged in over time. Users can access, manipulate, and distribute data remotely – in any format they require.
These advantages are derived from a combination of unique technologies and capabilities: flat file XML data structure, granular metadata, codec evolution design, and full proxy-editing. The GP SIFT platform is redundant, secure, open, and user-friendly.
Compared to typical digital asset management systems, GP SIFT offers more for less. The chart below shows how GP SIFT compares to other DAMs in features and functionality.
Feature, Benefit, or Function |
GP SIFT |
Typical Workgroups Asset Managers |
Typical Enterprise Asset Managers |
| Cost | |||
| Full function seat less than $2,500 | |||
| Add on seats and site licensing | ![]() |
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| Deployment | |||
| Under an hour | ![]() |
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| No onsite installation required | ![]() |
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| Completely configurable data and automation | ![]() |
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| Video | |||
| Video Capture | ![]() |
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| Edit and cut multiple formats of video | ![]() |
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| Create and edit from proxies | ![]() |
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| Full field editor support offline | ![]() |
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| Search | |||
| Query across any storage on line | ![]() |
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| Report generation from metadata | ![]() |
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| Search results mix formats and file types | ![]() |
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| Data | |||
| Metadata capture from files, projects and custom logging | ![]() |
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| Import virtually any 3rd party metadata | ![]() |
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| Distributed databases technology resides anywhere offline | ![]() |
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| Flat file XML data structure eliminates central server | ![]() |
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| Transfer | |||
| No server required for transfers | ![]() |
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| EDL and ADL (Asset Data List) support for video, data and files | ![]() |
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| Full resolution packages and proxy support with no metadata loss | ![]() |
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| Hardware and Backup | |||
| NSPOF- No Single Point of Failure architecture | ![]() |
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| No server required, standard PCs and storage are used | ![]() |
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| Secure and backup using own IT and GP SIFT Automation | ![]() |
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| Publishing | |||
| Internet Portals Synchronization | ![]() |
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| FTP media and metadata from all offline editors to repository | ![]() |
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