Digital Maintenance
Render Jobs
Last Updated: July 15, 2026NOTE: This feature is available in the Professional and Enterprise versions of both Spectra and Stratus Desktop. In order for StudioPlus Finale to recognize when images should be rendered, there must be a Render Job created in Spectra/Stratus. Render jobs function as the link between Spectra/Stratus and Finale. The render job will not be created in...
Render Printers
Last Updated: July 15, 2026NOTE: This feature is available in the Essential, Professional, and Enterprise versions of both Spectra and Stratus Desktop. Render printers are part of the in-house printing workflow. You can define each printer you use for digital printing and then choose a specific printer in your render profile(s) to send jobs directly to the printer. You can also assign...
Render Printer Pools
Last Updated: July 15, 2026NOTE: This feature is available in the Essential, Professional, and Enterprise versions of both Spectra and Stratus Desktop. Printer pools are an optional part of the printing workflow. They are used to group printers together to be used as a “pool” of printers. Advantages of using printer pools include: For Enterprise clients – It’s easier to manage...
Composite Template Quick Picks
Last Updated: July 15, 2026NOTE: This feature is available in the Essential, Professional, and Enterprise versions of both Spectra and Stratus Desktop. Use quick picks in the digital workflow to quickly take a single image and drop it into a composite template. Multiple images may also be selected and a composite template will be created for each image. Up to ten...
Image Colorizations
Last Updated: July 15, 2026You can create and customize your own colorization settings to use in Spectra/Stratus Desktop, such as black & white, sepia, or other tones and styles. By default you will have the Black & White and Sepia options. You cannot delete these two colorization presets, but you can modify them. Go to Maintenance > Digital >...
Image Sizes
Last Updated: July 15, 2026You can show projected images at a specific size by setting up the function keys to act as hot keys while comparing images. Go to Maintenance > Digital > Image Sizes. Click Add and fill in the desired size and associated hot key. You can program the F2 – F12 function keys and also use...
Lightroom Metadata Presets
Last Updated: July 15, 2026Using Lightroom Metadata Presets, you can organize your client’s images in Spectra/Stratus Desktop according to ratings, labels, and keywords that were assigned to the images in Lightroom before being exported. See also: Lightroom Integration Setting up your presets in Spectra/Stratus Desktop is a two-step process, involving two maintenance lists. The first step is to simply create one or...
Lightroom Metadata Preset Details
Last Updated: July 15, 2026Note: Before defining your Lightroom Metadata Preset Details, make sure you’ve created one or more preset names in Maintenance > Digital > Lightroom Metadata Presets. Defining the preset details is basically setting up a table of rules that let Spectra/Stratus Desktop know what a Lightroom rating, color label, or keyword should “equal” in Spectra/Stratus. Examples...
Render Reprint Reasons
Last Updated: July 15, 2026Use this feature to track various reasons an order (or single item) must be reprinted. Go to Maintenance > Digital > Reprint Reasons. Type reason(s) into description (enter to save) Select Inactive to inactivate reasons. On Invoice (Order Detail tab), right click item > Render/Print Image. Prompt will ask for reprint reason. Select reprint reason...
Render Profiles
Last Updated: July 15, 2026NOTE: This feature is available in the Essential, Professional, and Enterprise versions of both Spectra and Stratus Desktop. Render profiles are used to group similar items together that can be rendered with the same set of instructions. Here are just a few examples of items that could be rendered together: Low-res session images for online preview Hi-res...