When creating sections for assets to live within, you need to select an asset type. Brandfolder has seven different types of assets.
Files
Files include assets such as images, videos, etc.
People
You can utilize people assets for headshots of team members.
External Media
Links to external sources like YouTube videos, Google Slides, etc.
Text/Information
Great for mission/vision statements, brand standards, customer testimonials, text assets to choose from in a template, etc.
Text/Information assets will not include asset thumbnails but will automatically reveal the text instead.
Press/Links
Use this for links to outside websites, press releases, etc.
Press/Links asset types will not automatically generate thumbnails. You can create thumbnails for these assets by navigating to the Edit tab in the asset modal. Then select Advanced, and the option to upload a custom asset thumbnail will appear.
Web Fonts
This type of section hosts your brand's web fonts.
When uploading raw font files, you should put them in a section that hosts file asset types, not a web font section. Web font type sections are strictly for linking to external web fonts.
Colors
Input your brand's colors using HEX, RGB, or CMYK.
What does not count as an asset?
- The links you put in under the name of your Brandfolder do not count as assets. Feel free to link to as many related websites and social profiles as possible!
- Different file formats of an asset added as an attachment do not count against your asset count. For example, if you add a logo and then include additional file formats as attachments to that logo, they do not count against your asset count.
To move assets, the same asset type must exist in another section. For example, if you want to move colors, you must have another section that houses color asset types. You can't move a color asset into a section that houses the file asset type. If you attempt to move an asset without another section that houses that asset type, you will receive a message stating, Unable to move this asset within this Brandfolder. There are no eligible sections to receive these assets.