Astute Manager Pro is a Digital asset management (DAM) system from Astute Graphics. It provides maximum time-saving features, allowing quicker, easier and more secure file sharing, organizing, backing up and restoring of Illustrator assets for the individual user or for Creative teams.
Available within the Astute Manager, this service is independent of the Astute Graphics Plugin subscription. There are free elements which can be used by all Astute Graphics account holders, but additional functionality is available through the Astute Manager Pro monthly subscription service.
With the Astute Manager, all the stress and hassle of resetting your Illustrator preferences is gone, instead you can quickly back up and restore those preferences and settings along with all your own custom assets such as brushes and swatches at the click of a button. Brushes and workspaces are downloaded directly into Adobe Illustrator’s folder system, not the downloads folder. No need to quit Illustrator to install.
Whilst it can be used by individual users, Astute Manager Pro is designed most specifically for sharing assets across teams. You can easily convert a standard user account into a team account, and then begin inviting team members to join. When you’re ready to expand your team, options are available to upgrade your account, providing additional capacity and features.
Team Assets
When you convert your account to an Astute Manager Pro Teams account, you gain access to the Teams tabbed sections in the Asset Manager sub-pages (Illustrator, Astute Graphics, and Cloud Manager). Each asset type, such as Workspaces, Brushes, and Templates, can contain multiple asset packs, shared with one or more teams.
Astute Manager Pro Teams provides control over asset pack access (per team) and user levels (Owner, Manager, Member).
User Access Levels
Within Astute Manager Pro Teams, users are assigned one of three levels of access:
Team Owner — one per team; responsible for billing and team creation/deletion.
Team Manager — manages assets and team operations.
Team Member — downloads and installs team assets.
Each user with an Astute Manager Pro Team account can be assigned to more than one asset team at no additional cost. It is also possible to have more than one Team Manager per asset team.
Asset Restriction Controls
Team Owners can allow or restrict cloud storage of assets by type. For example, it is possible to disallow the cloud storage of Action Sets. This control is available selectively for both User and Team asset types.
Plugin Teams and Astute Manager Pro Teams
Astute Graphics plugins for Adobe Illustrator offer team licensing, information on which can be found in the Teams > Plugin Teams page.
Please note that the Plugins and Astute Manager Pro are separate services. Therefore, it is possible to be part of a Plugin Team independently of an Astute Manager Pro Team, and vice versa.
If you are a Team Owner or Team Manager, please see our Astute Manager Pro Teams Guide for more information.