Extensis Portfolio 6.1   Digital-asset managers have been around for as long as digital publishing, letting publishing professionals—who can have thousands of images, documents, and illustrations stored on their hard drives or (even more dauntingly) on remote servers—instantly survey, evaluate, and select files. Apple’s iPhoto and Photoshop’s File Browser can manage digital assets, but their cataloging and organizing functions are neither systemwide nor meant to manage a digital archive composed of multiple file types in multiple locations.   In contrast, Extensis Portfolio 6.1 is an OS X native, stand-alone, industrial-strength digital-asset manager that’s not only easy to use but also powerful and fast.   Taking advantage of OS X’s Quartz layer, Portfolio 6.1 not only catalogs PDFs but also lets you browse through multipage PDFs in thumbnail view and search for specific phrases in embedded text throughout a PDF’s content, without launching Acrobat. It also outputs slide shows, Web pages, and read-only catalogs, using a Collect feature that lets you choose how you’ll distribute your files and whether to include the Portfolio Browser in the package. With its e-mail distribution, you can quickly send your files as attachments.   By adding the ability to catalog and search PDFs, Dock access, and batch renaming to the existing FolderSync, Portfolio Express, and contextual-menu features, Portfolio 6.1 gives users the power to quickly decide whether a file is a digital asset or digital detritus.   If you’re working in OS X as a single user or a small-office creative pro, you’ll want this upgrade. Portfolio 6.1’s robust efficiency earns the program’s keep.	PROS:  Portfolio Express provides easy access to catalogs from within the current application; FolderSync cuts down on file-management tasks; excellent output options.   CONS:  Contextual menus can slow down catalog compilation, due to lengthy application launch; pricey for single users.   PRICE:  $200; upgrade from Portfolio 6, free; upgrade from Portfolio 5, $70; competitive upgrade from Cumulus $150.   OS COMPATIBILITY:  Mac OS 9, Mac OS X   COMPANY:  Extensis, 800/796-9798, www.extensis.com   RATING:
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