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<h4 class=""><b>Approval Studio is a client-oriented proofing tool that lets you effortlessly review designs and collaborate with your team.</b></h4>

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<p>Approval Studio is packed with features to help you<b> collect client feedback </b>and get your designs approved faster.</p>

<p><b>Organize your projects on a customizable kanban board</b> with stages like "Initiated," "Under Review," or "Approved,” so nothing slips through the cracks.</p>
 
<p>You’ll be able to <b>invite external users and clients to review your design</b> with a simple link—no need to worry about complicated registrations or downloads.</p>

<p>That means you can do things like<b> request files from clients</b> to be uploaded right from the platform!</p> 


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<h5 class="" style="text-align: center; "><i> Manage your projects efficiently with a customizable kanban board.</i></h5><p>No more scouring random emails for client requests! Approval Studio’s annotation tool lets you<b> pin feedback on top of any design</b>.</p>

<p>Clients can<b> highlight feedback areas </b>with four different annotation shapes and leave comments explaining their creative vision.</p>

<p>Use the on-screen ruler to <b>measure the distance between elements</b> with precision down to the exact millimeter.</p> 

<p>There’s also a handy barcode scanner that lets you<b> verify information on product packages</b> to keep you from making expensive design mistakes.</p> 


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<h5 class="" style="text-align: center; "><i>Receive clear, detailed feedback from clients via image annotations.</i></h5><p>Approval Studio also makes it easy to <b>automatically compare two versions of the same file</b> side-by-side.</p>

<p>Spot the difference across versions with four unique comparison modes that let you rotate, zoom, and isolate the differences in a design file.</p> 

<p>You can even<b> highlight all changes</b> to guarantee every mistake is corrected and every client request is fulfilled.</p>

<p>This tool also <b>supports third-party integrations with Slack, Adobe Creative Cloud, Zapier</b>, and other popular tools.</p> 


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<h5 class="" style="text-align: center; "><i>Spot changes with ease across four automated comparison modes.</i></h5><p>Tired of clients claiming you forgot a specific detail? Approval Studio lets you <b>access a formal PDF proof report</b> that captures all client feedback.</p> 

<p>You’ll be able to <b>automatically track project actions</b> and even recover what’s been done or deleted.</p> 

<p>The analytics report feature lets you capture project insights, spot bottlenecks, and identify areas for improvement with data-backed info.</p>

<p>And you can <b>easily communicate with your team </b>using the discussion tab—or tag specific users in the comments.</p> 


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<h5 class="" style="text-align: center; "><i>You’ll be able to monitor edits and actions with multiple reports that unify all feedback requests.</i></h5><p>Applying client feedback is hard enough without searching through different channels for all their requests. (<i>“Sure, I can definitely remove the background! Also, who is this??”</i>)</p> 

<p>Luckily, Approval Studio can help you streamline your design approval process, so you can give clients exactly what they want—in record time.</p> 

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