  | NOTE: This feature is available in the Professional and Enterprise versions of Stratus Desktop. |
StudioPlus Finale is a render and printer server available as a separate application from Stratus Desktop. StudioPlus Finale can take sessions, invoices, or production orders that reach a specific status and automatically render out the images to a folder, or to create a digital download link and (optionally) print them.
ATTENTION!
The StudioPlus Finale Server should only be run on one designated workstation.
Possible Uses for Rendering and Finale #
- Rendering a folder of the Hi-Res ordered images to be burned onto a CD/DVD.
- Rendering a folder of Low-Res selected images for an external Slide Show.
- Printing Hi-Res images ordered by a client.
- Rendering Hi-Res images out for upload to an E-Commerce Site.
- Printing Proofs for a client.
- Rendering images to print for an in-house lab.
- Rendering ordered images to upload to lab.
Finale Workflow #
1.Set up Render Profiles (can be used without Finale).
2.Set up the Render Job to go with the profile.
3.Send the Render Job to Finale by using Session, Invoice, and Production (Order) statuses.
4.Log into Finale and set up the server.
5.Process all queued render jobs in the Finale server.
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Logging in #
This application should only be run on one designated PC. To launch StudioPlus Finale, browse out to the following location on your PC:Stratus Users: Start menu > StudioPlus Stratus 20xx folder > StudioPlus Finale
Spectra Users: Start menu > StudioPlus Spectra 20xx folder > StudioPlus Finale
Or you can simply search for StudioPlus Finale from your Start menu.
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*The login credentials for StudioPlus Finale are the same credentials you use for logging into Stratus.