FAQs for WorkStream
A. WorkStream is professional software that offers worry-free, efficient, and accurate preparation, control, and automation of digital print production from the photographer’s studio and in the photo lab. WorkStream coordinates the entire process of order creation, receipt, color correction, cropping, and retouching, scheduling, printing, and customer interface.
A. WorkStream provides tools to photographers for easy, efficient, and accurate order preparation and ordering. It gives the lab seamless order management, enhancement, print scheduling, and production capabilities. It also offers easy capabilities to the lab for new digital product creation and use.
A. WorkStream IA (Imaging Automation) manages the production process in the digital photo lab or imaging service bureau. WorkStream IA handles all aspects of order creation, management, and production from order creation and scanning, through color correction, cropping and retouching, to scheduling and printing. WorkStream IA also can be provided with a rendering engine component – WorkStream RE – to create, render and distribute completed orders of printer-ready files to any RGB printer. This component provides valuable multi-printer workflow integration for using WorkStream’s broad print production, packaging, and customer interfacing capabilities.
WorkStream DS (Digital Studio) runs in the photographer’s studio. WorkStream DS is used to prepare images and orders that will be printed at the photo lab. All aspects of the order can be entered by the photographer, including image color corrections, cropping and composition, retouching, and product selection. WorkStream DS automatically generates an order archive and database for your studio. Orders prepared in WorkStream transfer seamlessly to your photo lab for automated production.
A. Digital photo labs covering many market segments and imaging service bureaus use WorkStream IA to manage their production process. WorkStream IA handles all aspects of order creation, management and production from order creation and scanning, through color correction, cropping and retouching, to scheduling and printing.
Customers of photo labs use WorkStream DS (Digital Studio) to prepare their orders. Using WorkStream DS, photographers can do all aspects of order creation. These include selecting products, creating packages, choosing print sizes, scanning, retouching, correcting colors, cropping, applying logos and watermarks, and creating composite products including greeting cards and composites. Even without creating orders, WorkStream DS (Digital Studio) includes powerful image viewing, editing, archiving, and management tools.
A. WorkStream IA works with ZBE Chromira printers. With its rendering engine component, WorkStream RE, it seamlessly creates, renders, and distributes completed orders of printer-ready files to any RGB printer. This component provides valuable multi-printer workflow integration for using WorkStream’s broad print production, packaging, and customer interfacing capabilities.
A. No. Chromira printers and labs easily function with all popular workflow applications to meet your digital production and workflow. They include: Fuji PIC, Kodak DP2, Express Digital, ROES, Labtricity, Frontline, WorkStream, etc…. However, WorkStream provides many time-saving features and functions that can improve your productivity and business versatility.
A. Yes. WorkStream provides all the functions of the Chromira Workstation software, and many, many more capabilities.
A. No. WorkStream IA is designed to operate on a networked computer.
A. Yes. WorkStream connects automatically to your Photoshop software, or other imaging software. Click the “Retouch” button in WorkStream. The image is automatically opened in Photoshop. You’ll have all the tools of Photoshop at your disposal. When you’re finished, the image will be automatically reloaded in WorkStream.