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The asset library, brand kits, templates, locking and approvals, translations, portals and brand insights. Every capability, where it lives in Automo and how to use it.

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The asset library, brand kits, templates, locking and approvals, translations, portals and brand insights.

52 entries. Each one says what it does, where it lives in Automo, how to use it, and what it needs. Sign in at automo.ai to try any of them; the Free plan needs no credit card.

  • Capabilities (32)
  • Where things are in the menus (20)

Capabilities

What you can do, product by product.

Digital asset manager

One library for every brand file, logos, images, video, audio, fonts, palettes and copy, with folders, tagging and permissions.

Where
Brand → Files → All Files
How
Open Brand → Files and drag files in, or browse what is already there.
Opens at
/brand/dam/files/overview in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: dam
Replaces
Bynder / Frontify
Also known as
asset library, file manager, where are our logos, brand files

Upload assets

Drag and drop files into the library, individually or in bulk, with automatic previews.

Where
Brand → Files → Workspace Files
How
Drag files onto the file list, or use the Upload button.
Opens at
/brand/dam/files/workspace in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: dam
Also known as
add files, upload logo, bulk upload

Collections

Curated sets of assets you can share as a group, a campaign kit, a press pack, a partner bundle.

Where
Brand → Files → Collections
How
Open Collections, create one, then add assets to it.
Opens at
/brand/dam/files/collections in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: dam
Also known as
asset bundle, press kit, campaign pack

Folders with per-folder visibility

Nested folders where each folder can be visible to everyone, to admins, or to specific roles.

Where
Brand → Files → folder settings
How
Open a folder’s settings and choose who can see it.
Opens at
/brand/dam/files/workspace in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: dam
Who can use it
Admins set visibility
Replaces
Frontify
Also known as
restrict folder, private folder, permissions on files

Asset tagging, including AI auto-tagging

Tag assets by hand or let AI describe and tag them, so search actually finds things.

Where
Brand → Files → asset detail
How
Open an asset and add tags, or run AI auto-tag on a selection.
Opens at
/brand/dam/files/overview in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: dam
Also known as
auto tag, label images, metadata

Asset version history and restore

Every replacement keeps the old file, compare versions and roll back if the wrong one went up.

Where
Brand → Files → asset detail → Versions
How
Open the asset, switch to Versions, then restore the one you want.
Opens at
/brand/dam/files/overview in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: dam
Replaces
Bynder
Also known as
previous version, undo upload, rollback file

Share assets outside the workspace with a link that can expire, and see who opened it.

Where
Brand → Files → asset or collection → Share
How
Press Share, set an expiry, then copy the link.
Opens at
/brand/dam/files/overview in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: dam
Also known as
send files externally, expiring link, external share

Asset impact (reverse lookup)

Before you change an asset, see every design, template and project that uses it.

Where
Brand → Files → asset detail → Usage
How
Open an asset and check the Usage tab.
Opens at
/brand/dam/files/overview in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: dam
Also known as
where is this used, impact analysis, usage

Brand-Sync asset propagation

Replace a logo or image once and push the change into every linked design, with an impact report first.

Where
Brand → Files → asset detail → Replace & propagate
How
Replace the asset, review the impact list, then confirm the push.
Opens at
/brand/dam/files/overview in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: dam
Who can use it
Admins
Replaces
Canva Brand-Sync
Also known as
update logo everywhere, replace across designs, propagate

My Drive, shared and starred files

Your own file space plus what has been shared with you and whatever you starred.

Where
Brand → Files → My Files / Shared with me / Starred
How
Pick the view you want in the Files sidebar.
Opens at
/brand/dam/files/my-files in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: dam
Also known as
my files, shared with me, favourites, starred

Brand Hub (brand kits)

Define the brand, colours with roles and print values, typography styles, logo variants, voice and company details, and have it apply across the platform.

Where
Brand → Brand Hub
How
Open Brand Hub and fill in colours, fonts, logos and company details.
Opens at
/brand/studio/brand-hub in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-studio
Replaces
Canva Brand Kit
Also known as
brand kit, brand guidelines, our colours, company fonts, logo variants
  1. Open Brand → Brand Hub.
  2. Add colours and give them roles (primary, secondary, accent, background, text).
  3. Add fonts (Google Fonts or upload your own) and define H1–H6 and body styles.
  4. Upload logo variants and set which is primary, icon and wordmark.
  5. Fill in company details so documents and templates auto-populate.

Build a brand kit from a URL, social profile or PDF

Paste a website, social profile or brochure and get logo candidates, colours, fonts and company details extracted automatically.

Where
Brand → Brand Hub → Extract brand
How
Choose Extract, paste the link or upload the PDF, then keep what it found.
Opens at
/brand/studio/brand-hub in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-studio
Also known as
import brand, get colours from website, scan our site

AI logo generation

Generate logo variants during brand setup when there is nothing to import yet.

Where
Brand → Brand Hub → Logos → Generate
How
Describe the business and generate variants, then keep one.
Opens at
/brand/studio/brand-hub in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-studio
Also known as
make a logo, design a logo

Accessibility contrast checks

WCAG contrast checking on brand colour pairs so approved combinations are actually readable.

Where
Brand → Brand Hub → Colours
How
Open a colour and review the contrast results against your other colours.
Opens at
/brand/studio/brand-hub in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-studio
Replaces
Frontify
Also known as
accessibility, contrast ratio, wcag

Branded template catalogue

Governed templates in a three-tier taxonomy, category, section, collection, so people start from something on-brand.

Where
Brand → Templates
How
Open Brand → Templates and publish designs as templates for the team.
Opens at
/brand/studio/templates in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-studio
Replaces
Canva Brand Templates
Also known as
company templates, approved designs, template library

Brand locking on templates

Lock exactly what teams must not change, text, images, colours, fonts, position, size, or deletion, element by element.

Where
Brand → Templates → template → Permissions
How
Open a template’s permissions and lock the elements you want protected.
Opens at
/brand/studio/templates in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-studio
Who can use it
Admins / brand managers
Replaces
Canva Enterprise
Also known as
lock template, stop people changing the logo, protect brand, read only design
  1. Open Brand → Templates and pick the template.
  2. Open its Permissions panel.
  3. For each element choose what stays editable, text, image swap, colour, font, move, resize, delete.
  4. Save as a permission profile if you want to reuse the same rules.
  5. Optionally apply the lock to every page in the design.

Restrict templates to approved assets

Limit which assets or folders can be used inside a template, or block asset insertion entirely.

Where
Brand → Templates → template → Permissions → Asset sources
How
Choose the folders or assets the template is allowed to use.
Opens at
/brand/studio/templates in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-studio
Who can use it
Admins
Also known as
only approved images, restrict uploads in template

Approval gates on share, download, export and publish

Require sign-off before work leaves the workspace, with approvals that go stale when the design changes afterwards.

Where
Brand → Templates → governance settings
How
Set each action to allow, require approval, or deny.
Opens at
/brand/studio/templates in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-studio
Who can use it
Admins configure; approvers sign off
Replaces
Frontify
Also known as
require approval, sign off, gate downloads

Request Hub

Members request a new asset or template with priority and due date; moderators triage, and duplicates get flagged.

Where
Brand → Templates → Requests
How
Submit a request from the Request Hub; moderators pick it up from the same list.
Opens at
/brand/studio/home in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-studio
Also known as
ask for a template, design request, brand request

AI template auto-organise

AI suggests the right collection and writes the description for each template you publish.

Where
Brand → Templates → publish flow
How
Publish a template and accept or edit the AI suggestions.
Opens at
/brand/studio/templates in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-studio
Also known as
auto file templates, ai descriptions

Translate templates

Localise a design into other languages with AI plus human review, including right-to-left and CJK layouts.

Where
Brand → Templates → template → Translate
How
Open a template, choose Translate, then pick target languages.
Opens at
/brand/studio/templates in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-translations, brand-ai-translations, brand-human-translations
Also known as
localise design, other languages, rtl, arabic, japanese

Scheduled and audience-targeted template publishing

Time-release a template and publish it to everyone or to specific groups, with a notification when it lands.

Where
Brand → Templates → publish flow
How
Set a publish date and choose the audience when publishing.
Opens at
/brand/studio/templates in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-studio
Who can use it
Admins
Also known as
schedule template, publish to a group, embargo

Tamper-evident brand audit log

A hash-chained record of brand actions, who changed, approved, downloaded or published what, and when.

Where
Brand → Insights → Brand Activity
How
Open Brand Activity and filter by action, person or date.
Opens at
/brand/insights/activity in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-insights
Who can use it
Admins
Also known as
audit trail, who downloaded, brand history, compliance log

Configurable branded home

Arrange the Brand overview into the blocks your team needs, with draft and publish states.

Where
Brand → Overview
How
Open the Brand overview and reorder or hide blocks, then publish.
Opens at
/brand/studio/home in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-studio
Who can use it
Admins
Replaces
Frontify portal
Also known as
brand homepage, customise landing

Brand portals

Public or gated microsites for brand guidelines, sales material, member resources or partner packs.

Where
Brand → Portals
How
Create a portal, compose sections and blocks, then publish it.
Opens at
/brand/portals in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-portals
Replaces
Frontify
Also known as
guidelines site, partner portal, brand microsite, sales portal
  1. Open Brand → Portals and create a portal.
  2. Pick the type, brand, sales, member or partner.
  3. Add sections and blocks, with live preview as you go.
  4. Optionally set a password or invite-only access.
  5. Publish, then share the link.

Portal storefront with checkout

Sell from a portal with a branded storefront and Stripe checkout.

Where
Brand → Portals → portal → Storefront
How
Enable the storefront on a portal, add products, then connect Stripe.
Opens at
/brand/portals in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-portals
You also need
A connected Stripe account
Replaces
Shopify (lite)
Also known as
sell merch, store, ecommerce, checkout

Order printed items of your designs through Gelato, Printful, Printify, Prodigi or Cloudprinter, customising placeholders before you order.

Where
From a design or portal → Order print
How
Open a design, choose Order print, customise, then check out.
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-portals, editor-design
Replaces
Canva Print
Also known as
print my design, business cards, merch, posters

Digital business cards

A branded, scannable card for everyone on your team. One tap saves your details to a phone’s contacts, and every scan can land in your CRM as a lead.

Where
Brand → Portals → Digital Business Cards (each member also gets My Card)
How
Open Digital Business Cards, issue a card for each member, then share the link or QR.
Opens at
/brand/portals/digital-cards in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: core-digital-card
Who can use it
Admins issue and maintain team cards
Replaces
HiHello / Popl
Also known as
digital business card, qr card, vcard, nfc card, contact card, lead capture, scannable profile

Brand ROI dashboards

What the brand operation is worth in money, cost avoided per project and per asset reuse, configurable to your own numbers.

Where
Brand → Insights → Files ROI / Studio Insights
How
Open Insights and set your cost model, then read the dashboards.
Opens at
/brand/insights/roi in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-insights
Who can use it
Admins
Replaces
Bynder (views only)
Also known as
roi, value of design, cost saved

Adoption and usage analytics

Template adoption, seat utilisation, asset reuse and what nobody is using, so you can prune and promote.

Where
Brand → Insights → Global Insights
How
Open Global Insights and review adoption and unused-asset reports.
Opens at
/brand/insights/global in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-insights
Who can use it
Admins
Also known as
who is using, unused templates, seat usage

Smart Report PDF

A white-label report with charts and an auto-written narrative you can hand to a stakeholder.

Where
Brand → Insights → Export report
How
Open Insights and export the Smart Report.
Opens at
/brand/insights/global in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-insights
Who can use it
Admins
Also known as
board report, export analytics, pdf report

Behavioural analytics

Rage clicks, dead clicks, heatmaps, scroll depth and funnels, with AI recommendations on what to fix.

Where
Brand → Insights → Studio Insights
How
Open Studio Insights and pick a surface to inspect.
Opens at
/brand/insights/studio in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-insights
Who can use it
Admins
Replaces
Microsoft Clarity
Also known as
heatmap, rage click, user behaviour, clarity

Where things are in the menus

Every destination in the app's navigation, and what you find there.

Your personal file space.

Where
Home → My Space → My Files
How
Open My Files from the Home sidebar.
Opens at
/ops/member/files in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: dam
Also known as
my documents, personal files

The configurable Brand home.

Where
Brand → Overview
How
Click Brand in the top nav.
Opens at
/brand/studio/home in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-studio
Also known as
brand home

The governed template catalogue.

Where
Brand → Templates
How
Open Templates from the Brand sidebar.
Opens at
/brand/studio/templates in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-studio
Also known as
company templates

Colours, fonts, logos, voice and company details.

Where
Brand → Brand Hub
How
Open Brand Hub from the Brand sidebar.
Opens at
/brand/studio/brand-hub in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-studio
Also known as
brand kit, guidelines

Your personal colours, fonts and uploads.

Where
Brand → My Assets
How
Open My Assets from the Brand sidebar.
Opens at
/brand/studio/my-assets in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-studio
Also known as
my colours, my fonts

Your design projects and folders.

Where
Brand → Your work → My Projects
How
Open My Projects from the Brand sidebar.
Opens at
/brand/studio/projects in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-studio
Also known as
my designs

Projects other people shared with you.

Where
Brand → Your work → Shared with me
How
Open Shared with me from the Brand sidebar.
Opens at
/brand/studio/projects/shared in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-studio
Also known as
shared projects

Deleted projects, restorable.

Where
Brand → Your work → Trash
How
Open Trash from the Brand sidebar.
Opens at
/brand/studio/projects/trash in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-studio
Also known as
deleted, recycle bin

Everything in the asset library.

Where
Brand → Files → All Files
How
Open All Files from the Brand sidebar.
Opens at
/brand/dam/files/overview in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: dam
Also known as
assets, library

Shared workspace files and folders.

Where
Brand → Files → Workspace Files
How
Open Workspace Files from the Brand sidebar.
Opens at
/brand/dam/files/workspace in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: dam
Also known as
team files

Curated asset sets.

Where
Brand → Files → Collections
How
Open Collections from the Brand sidebar.
Opens at
/brand/dam/files/collections in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: dam
Also known as
asset sets, kits

Your personal file space in the library.

Where
Brand → My Drive → My Files
How
Open My Files from the Brand sidebar.
Opens at
/brand/dam/files/my-files in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: dam
Also known as
my drive, personal files

Files other people shared with you.

Where
Brand → My Drive → Shared with me
How
Open Shared with me under Files.
Opens at
/brand/dam/files/shared in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: dam
Also known as
shared files

Files you bookmarked.

Where
Brand → My Drive → Starred
How
Open Starred under Files.
Opens at
/brand/dam/files/starred in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: dam
Also known as
favourites, bookmarks

Deleted files, restorable.

Where
Brand → My Drive → Trash
How
Open Trash under Files.
Opens at
/brand/dam/files/trash in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: dam
Also known as
deleted files

Public and gated brand microsites.

Where
Brand → Portals
How
Open Portals from the Brand sidebar.
Opens at
/brand/portals in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-portals
Also known as
microsite, guidelines site

Adoption, usage and reuse across the brand operation.

Where
Brand → Insights → Global Insights
How
Open Global Insights from the Brand sidebar.
Opens at
/brand/insights/global in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-insights
Also known as
brand analytics

Behavioural analytics and UX recommendations.

Where
Brand → Insights → Studio Insights
How
Open Studio Insights from the Brand sidebar.
Opens at
/brand/insights/studio in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-insights
Also known as
heatmaps, behaviour

The money value of asset reuse.

Where
Brand → Insights → Files ROI
How
Open Files ROI from the Brand sidebar.
Opens at
/brand/insights/roi in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-insights
Also known as
roi, cost saved

The tamper-evident brand audit log.

Where
Brand → Insights → Brand Activity
How
Open Brand Activity from the Brand sidebar.
Opens at
/brand/insights/activity in your workspace
Apps
available when one of these apps is on: brand-insights
Also known as
audit, history

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