Every feature at a glance
Every Studio Cloud feature built today in one table: what it does, where to find it on screen, and which article explains it.
Each feature has an article, and each says what it does, why it matters for your shop and how to use it. Some are in this group and some are how-to guides. This page is the map. Where a feature has only been tried against a stand-in press, the last column says so.
Making the job
| Feature | What it gives you | Where it is | Article |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start with the stock | A job started by material type, material and product, with nothing offered that the stock cannot make | Start a job: By material, By product, From files | Start with the stock |
| Import a day's files | Many files read into runs by quantity, size and stock | File: Import a folder…, Import a zip… | Import a day's files |
| Nesting by shape | Pieces packed by their outline, with the sheets saved counted | The Job tab, Nest by shape | Nesting by shape |
| Cut lines | Traced, taken from your file, or drawn; edited point by point; kiss-cut and cut through | The Cut tab, Shape the cut line | Cut lines, kiss-cut and bleed |
| Bleed, banners and panels | Bleed on every piece; a banner wider than the roll split into equal panels | What you are making: Banner | Bleed, banners and panels |
| The whole roll and the roll view | The sheet to the roll's width, the roll used, and waiting jobs drawn along the whole roll | The Job tab; All sites | The whole roll and the roll view |
| Ganged rolls and Print at N% full | Jobs on the same stock share a roll, printed when it is full enough | All sites, the roll's card | Ganged rolls and Print at N% full |
Checking and colour
| Feature | What it gives you | Where it is | Article |
|---|---|---|---|
| The preflight | Stops and looks, with a fix beside each, and Fix these issues | The Preflight tab | The preflight |
| Materials and Quick Sets | Each stock's Quick Set typed once and checked on your screen | Materials | Materials and Quick Sets |
| Colour matching | Swatches, ΔE 2000 measuring, replace a colour and keep the shading | Press, Colours to match…; the Colour tab | Match a customer's colour |
| The shop's Library | Swatches, palettes, recipes, templates and saved shapes, kept in the shop's account | Colours to match…, Recipes… and Templates… | The shop's Library |
| Colour profiles | The shop's own profiles beside the ones PostPress publishes | Presses, under Colour profiles | Colour profiles |
| Proof links | One picture a customer approves or comments on, with no account | Send proof on the bar | Proof links |
Keeping and sharing work
| Feature | What it gives you | Where it is | Article |
|---|---|---|---|
| Save, history and Go back to this | Every save kept; one window holds a job at a time | File, Save job; History in Jobs | Save, history and Go back to this |
| Jobs, orders and due dates | Find any job; orders with due dates; bulk orders | Jobs | Jobs, orders and bulk orders |
| Hand out, Your work and Mark as checked | A job given to a named person and checked, with who and when | Hand out; Your work | Hand out a job and mark it checked |
| Templates and presets | A set-up saved for repeat work; presets for your press models | Templates; Presses | Templates and presets |
To the press
| Feature | What it gives you | Where it is | Article |
|---|---|---|---|
| The day's plan | A suggestion of which press takes which job, put on in one go | All sites | The day's plan (tried so far against a stand-in press) |
| Put on a press: the hand-over | What goes to the press, checks before it goes, and Put it on the press | Put on a press… | Put on a press: the hand-over (tried so far against a stand-in press) |
| Download the print file | The same file by hand, for a hot folder, when the connector cannot reach the press | The hand-over; a row in Jobs | Download the print file |
| The press connector and hot folders | A small program beside the press writes the file into the folder your RIP watches | Presses, Integrations | The press connector and hot folders (tried so far against a stand-in press) |
| The press board | What each press last reported, and the jobs waiting to be fetched | All sites | The press board and your press connector |
| Works with the RIP you own | A hot folder for each press; ONYX the RIP Studio is built most for | Integrations | Works with the RIP you own |
The shop
| Feature | What it gives you | Where it is | Article |
|---|---|---|---|
| People, roles and seats | Invitations, two roles, seats against the licence | People | People, roles and seats |
| Licences and taking your work out | Read-only after a lapse; the shop's work as one file | Admin console, Organisation | Licences and taking your work out |
| The tour, Learn and the Feature library | Show me around, short lessons, every feature in a paragraph | Your initials; Learn | Take the tour and use the lessons |