Colorways

Introduction

Colorways offers a dynamic solution for businesses looking to present their products in various color options. Designed with flexibility and efficiency in mind, this tool empowers users to enhance their product offerings with diverse color versions tailored to different market needs. Whether for e-commerce, marketing, or product customization, Colorways provides a streamlined approach to managing product visuals.

Description

Colorways enable users to create multiple color variations of their products, which are then processed through Pixelz. Users can either place a "Color-change-only" order, focusing solely on altering the colors of their products, or opt for a more detailed order that applies specific design specifications alongside the color variations. The tool enhances product presentation, allowing businesses to cater to diverse customer preferences while maintaining high-quality visuals.

Accessing the Colorways Extension

For the Professional plan: Go to the Extension Store in the left-hand menu to add the Colorways extension. The cost for one color version is $1. If you would like to have 3 color versions of a product, the cost for that will be $3. 

You can add Colorways to your monthly plan for an additional $25 per month or reduce the cost to $19 per month with an annual commitment.

You can also enjoy a 14-day trial to explore the convenience of this feature before committing.

For the Enterprise plan: To add the Colorways extension, please contact your CSM or our CS team at enterprise@pixelz.com.

They will assist you in setting up and getting started.

Learn more about our pricing.

Using the Colorways Extension

Step-by-step Guide

1. Upload Color References to your Color Library

Before you upload a Color Change order, you need to add your color references to the Color Library, so that when you place the order, you can easily apply the color references to the images in your order.

When adding a new reference to your Color Library, you will see that there are 3 sections: Reference Image, RGB Color, and Texture.

For your images to be sent to the correct step in production, you would need to define which section your references belong to and add them to the correct one among these three.

• Reference Image is used for Color Matching and Color Change
• RGB Color is used for Color Matching and Color Change
• Texture is used for mostly Texture Change

Once your Color Library contains your color references, simply upload the images as per usual.

2. Upload Your Images

     2.1. How To Upload Images for a Color-Change-only order?

• Click "Orders" on the menu on the left of your screen ---> "Create New"
• Click "Continue" on the Color Change option
• Upload your images ---> "Continue"

This way, your images will have only Colorways applied, without any other editing.

     2.2. How to upload images for a Color Change order with a specification applied?

• Click "Orders" on the menu on the left of your screen ---> "Create New"
• Click "Continue" on the "Direct Upload" option
•  Select a specification
• Upload your images ---> "Continue"
• Right-click on the images that need to be color changed ---> "Colorways" ---> "Make Color Change"
• Now click the "Image Editing" drop-down menu that just appeared ---> "Color Change"

This way, your images will have both Colorways and the settings in your specification applied.

3. Create Color Versions

Once the images are uploaded for your Color Change order, it's time to create color versions.

3. 1. Hit “Add Color Version” to create a new color version. If you would like your products to have more than 1 color version, please create a corresponding number of color versions.

3. 2. On the “Add Color Version” dialog, keep the suggested color version name or create a new one

Determine which file name rule should be applied with the following options: Replace / Prepend / Append --> "Save"

4. Add References to the Color Versions

• Select the images to be color changed ---> Hit Spacebar
• Click on “Add” in the Color Change box in the right-hand panel
• Select a reference from the displayed list
• Then switch to another color version (if any) and select its references.
• You can switch between the images you selected using the left and right arrow keys

5. Specify Which Parts Need to be Color Changed

Once the references are added, it is very important that you tell us exactly which parts of your product need to be color changed.

• You can brief the color change of a specific area on the image by hitting the marker icon
• The marker now shows up on the image and can be placed on a specific area to be color changed
• Confirm the placement of the marker by hitting “Save”
• Then switch to another color version (if any) and place its markers
• You can switch between the images you selected using the left and right arrow keys

And there you have it! Your Color Change order now has its images, references for each color version, and a detailed color change guide (or we would like to call it a "marker map"), and is now ready to be submitted.

* Tips: Keyboard Shortcuts

You can see keyboard shortcuts by clicking this icon on the top right of your screen:

Colorways Limits

In Colorways, the Texture Replacement feature has some limits, meaning there are some specific cases where we will not be able to perform the technique due to the complexity of the texture.

For example, we're not able to perform Texture Replacement if the original texture has complex patterns:

The reason is that it is very difficult to remove the original patterns without flattening the texture, so the result would look unnatural.

Or it is also not possible to replace a texture if the reference is too small and does not reflect its true size compared to the product, etc.

The complexity level and ability can be defined case by case, so if you're not quite sure about the ability of a specific Texture Replacement job, please contact our customer support team at cs@pixelz.com, and we'll be more than happy to help!

Turnaround Time for Colorways Orders

The turnaround time for Colorways orders is 24 hours instead of "9 AM next morning" like other standard Professional orders.

Also, Colorways orders cannot be expedited for a 3-hour turnaround due to the complexity of the skills used.

Unsubscribing the Colorways

For the Professional plan: To unsubscribe from the Colorways extension, go to the Extension Store in the left-hand menu and turn auto-renew to OFF. The extension will continue to be available until the end of the pre-paid billing period, at which point it will be removed from the account.

For the Enterprise plan: To unsubscribe from the Colorways extension, please contact your CSM or our CS team at enterprise@pixelz.com.

If you require further information or assistance, please do not hesitate to contact our customer support team at professional@pixelz.com or speak directly with your dedicated Customer Success Manager.

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