Download assets
Adobe Experience Manager Assets Brand Portal enhances the download experience by allowing the users to simultaneously download assets and folders accessible to them from Brand Portal. This way, approved brand assets can be securely distributed for offline use. Read on to know how to download assets (approved assets) from Brand Portal, and what to expect from the download performance.
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aspera-connect/3.9.9) in your browser’s extension before downloading the assets from Brand Portal. For more details, see guide to accelerate downloads from Brand Portal.Configure asset download
Brand Portal administrators can configure the asset download and user group settings for the Brand Portal users allowing them to access and download asset renditions from the Brand Portal interface.
Accessing and downloading the asset renditions from the Brand Portal interface is defined by the following configurations:
- Enable download settings
- Configure user group settings
Enable download settings
The administrators can enable the asset Download Settings to define the set of renditions accessible to the Brand Portal users for download.
The available settings are:
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Fast Download
It provides accelerated download of the assets using IBM Aspera Connect. By default, the Fast Download setting is enabled in the Download Settings.
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Custom Renditions
Enables downloading custom and (or) dynamic renditions of the assets.
All the asset renditions other than the original asset and system-generated renditions are called custom renditions. It includes static as well as dynamic renditions available for the asset. Any user can create a custom static rendition in Experience Manager Assets, whereas, only the administrator can create custom dynamic renditions. For details, see how to apply image presets or dynamic renditions.
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System Renditions
Enables downloading system-generated renditions of the assets.
These are the thumbnails which are automatically generated in Experience Manager Assets based on the “DAM update asset” workflow.
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Asset Download
Enables downloading the renditions in a separate folder for each asset. The setting is applicable on folders, collections, and bulk download of assets (more than 20 assets).
Log in to your Brand Portal tenant as an administrator and navigate to Tools > Download.
The administrators can enable any combination of settings for the Brand Portal users to access and download asset renditions.
Configure user group settings
In addition to the Download Settings, the Brand Portal administrators can further configure settings for different group of users to view and (or) download the original assets and their renditions.
Log in to your Brand Portal tenant as an administrator and navigate to Tools > Users. In the User Roles page, navigate to the Groups tab to configure the view and (or) download settings for the user groups.
Based on the configuration, the download workflow remains constant for stand-alone assets, multiple assets, folders containing assets, licensed or unlicensed assets, and downloading assets using share link.
The following matrix defines if a user would have access to the renditions depending on the download configurations:
Download assets
Brand Portal users can download multiple assets, folders containing assets, and collections from the Brand Portal interface.
If the user has access to renditions, the user is provided with the enhanced Download dialog with the following capabilities:
- View all the available renditions of any asset in the download list.
- Exclude renditions of the assets which are not required for download.
- Apply the same set of renditions to all the similar asset types in one click.
- Apply a different set of renditions for different asset types.
- Create a separate folder for each asset.
- Download selected assets and their renditions.
Steps to download assets
Following are the steps to download assets or folders containing assets from the Brand Portal interface:
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Log in to your Brand Portal tenant. By default, the Files view opens which contains all the published assets and folders.
Do one of the following:
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Select the assets or folders you want to download. From the toolbar at the top, click the Download icon.
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To download specific asset renditions of an asset, hover the pointer over the asset and click the Download icon available in the quick action thumbnails.
note note NOTE If you are downloading the assets for the first time and do not have IBM Aspera Connect installed in your browser, it will prompt you to install the Aspera download accelerator ( https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aspera-connect/3.9.9).note note NOTE If the assets you are downloading also include licensed assets, you are redirected to the Copyright Management page. In this page, select the assets, click Agree, and then click Download. If you choose to disagree, licensed assets are not downloaded. License-protected assets have license agreement attached to them, which is done by setting asset’s metadata property in Experience Manager Assets. 
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The Download dialog listing all the selected assets opens.
Click any asset to view the available renditions and select the check boxes corresponding to the renditions you want to download.
You can manually select or exclude the renditions for individual assets, or click the Apply icon to select same set of renditions to download for similar asset types (all image files in this example). In the Apply All dialog, click Done to apply the rule to all the similar assets.
You can also remove an asset from the download list (if required) by clicking on the Remove icon.
To preserve the Brand Portal folder hierarchy while downloading assets, select the Create separate folder for each asset check box.
The download button reflects the count of the selected items. Once you are done with applying the rules, click Download items.
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By default the Fast Download setting is enabled in the Download Settings. Therefore, a confirmation box appears to allow accelerated download using IBM Aspera Connect.
To continue using Fast Download, click Allow. All the selected renditions are downloaded in a zip folder using IBM Aspera Connect.
If you do not want to use IBM Aspera Connect, click Deny. If Fast Download is denied or fails, the system populates an Error message. Click the Normal Download button to continue downloading the assets.
If you are not authorized by the administrator to have access to the original renditions, the original renditions of the selected assets are not downloaded.
Download assets from asset details page
In addition to the download workflow, there is another method of downloading the renditions for individual assets directly from the asset details page.
The users can preview different asset renditions, select specific renditions, and directly download asset renditions from the Renditions panel in the asset details page without having to open the Download dialog.
Following are the steps to download asset renditions from the asset details page:
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Log in to your Brand Portal tenant and click the asset to open the asset details page.
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Click the overlay icon on the left, and then click Renditions.
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The Renditions panel lists all the accessible asset renditions based on the asset download configurations.
Select specific renditions you want to download and click Download items.
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By default the Fast Download setting is enabled in the Download Settings. Therefore, a confirmation box appears to allow accelerated download using IBM Aspera Connect.
To continue using Fast Download, click Allow. All the selected renditions are downloaded in a zip folder using IBM Aspera Connect.
If you deny using Fast Download, the system populates an Error message. Click the Normal Download button to continue downloading the assets.
Expected download performance
File download experience may vary for users at different client locations, depending on factors such as local Internet connectivity and server latency. The expected download performance for 2-GB file observed at different client locations is as follows, with Brand Portal server at Oregon in United States: