Release Notes: May 2021

It’s time for the new release!

Today we have deployed the final release of Spring 2021. I want to recap some major new features introduced in the past three months.
Barcode scanner – available for Lite and Pro users, allows verifying the barcodes on your designs.

• Spellchecker – lets Lite and Pro users proofread the texts in many languages.
• Lite users received the extended functionality – to send proofs with one click and assign the project managers.
• We have added a variety of backgrounds in the review tool to notice every small detail on your proof and added the ability to resolve the annotations.
• Along with the new features, we made dozens of improvements to our existing functionality.

This month we concentrated on Approval Studio performance. Making our system richer with the new features, it was inevitable that Approval Studio was losing its lightning speed. So, we spent the month making the system faster than it has ever been.

Faster task creation, faster dashboard response, faster project sorting. And you know what? While working on optimization, we’ve come up with another great idea. It’s a secret for now. But you will see the results quite soon. Stay tuned to find out more.

As for the previous big secret we announced in the release notes at the beginning of the year, it’s time for the cards out. There are no big announcements this time. We want this feature to be available only for those who read the release notes. At least for now.

Please welcome Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator plugin for Approval Studio. Available for Pro version users only. By the way, we have a smaller PRO package now – for 5 people only. Also available to the release notes readers only. With the Approval Studio plugin, your designers will be able to upload the assets to Approval Studio directly from Photoshop or Illustrator, and even send the proofs without opening Approval Studio. And, of course, you will be able to work with PSD files exclusively. Want to try the Adobe plugin? Contact me directly at [email protected]

That’s it for today. Don’t hesitate to contact the Approval Studio Client Support team if you have questions, need any assistance, or have new ideas on how to improve Approval Studio in our next release.

With love to our release notes readers,
AJ