How to Choose the Right Designer Studio for Your Products?

overview onprintshop offers multiple designer studio options to support different product customization needs each studio—quick design, block studio, and advanced studio —is designed to handle varying levels of design complexity, from simple edits to fully customized designs this guide helps you understand these options and provides a structured way to choose the most suitable designer studio for your products using a decision based approach purpose the purpose of this guide is to help admins select the appropriate designer studio for each product to ensure an optimal customer experience with the decision flow and comparison, you can align product requirements with the right level of design flexibility, reduce user confusion, and improve overall order accuracy when to use this guide use this guide when you are creating or configuring a new product you are unsure which designer studio to assign you want to optimize the design experience for your customers designer studio options in onprintshop before selecting a designer studio for your product, it is important to understand the capabilities and use cases of each available option onprintshop provides three types of designer studios, each tailored to different levels of customization and user experience the quick design studio is designed for simple and fast customization it allows customers to make basic edits, such as updating text or images within a predefined layout the overall structure of the design remains fixed, ensuring a quick and hassle free experience this option is ideal when you want to offer limited customization without overwhelming the user with too many design controls best suited for simple products with fixed layouts minimal text or image changes fast ordering experience the block design studio provides a structured design experience by dividing the layout into predefined sections or blocks customers can edit content within these blocks, but the overall layout remains controlled and consistent this approach offers a balance between flexibility and structure, making it easier to maintain design standards while still allowing personalization best suited for products with structured layouts controlled customization requirements personalized content within fixed sections the advanced design (designer studio) offers complete design flexibility, allowing customers to create designs from scratch users have full control over elements such as text, images, positioning, colors, and layout this option is ideal for products that require detailed customization or for users who need advanced design capabilities best suited for complex or fully customizable products professional or creative users designs requiring complete control and flexibility how to choose the right designer studio follow the decision flow below to determine the most suitable designer studio for your product designer studio comparison use the table below to quickly compare all designer studio options and understand their capabilities feature / criteria quick design block design advanced studio best for simple, quick customization structured personalization full design flexibility customization level low medium high user control limited controlled (within blocks) complete control layout flexibility fixed layout predefined structured layout fully flexible ease of use very easy easy to moderate moderate to advanced design approach edit existing content edit within defined sections create from scratch or modify customizable templates ideal users beginners / quick buyers users needing guided customization designers / advanced users supported changes text & image updates section wise content updates full element control (text, image, etc ) examples bookmarks, door hangers business cards, id cards banners, posters, calendars when to use when speed and simplicity matter when the structure needs to be maintained when full creativity is required how to assign designer studio for a product as discussed in the above sections, onprintshop offers three design studios — designer studio , block studio , and quick design — each suited to different product types and customer experiences this section walks you through assigning the right studio to your products and templates so your customers get the best possible ordering experience note the studio assignment works differently per studio type advanced studio and block studio are assigned at the template level, while quick design is enabled directly at the product level assigning quick design to a product quick design simplifies the customization experience for customers by providing a fast, guided interface using pre built templates unlike the other studios, quick design docid\ tee3luss03os8k pxmkn6 is enabled directly at the product level ( admin panel > products > print products > product action > settings > general tab ) rather than through template type selection the product will now load the quick design interface on the product info page instead of the advanced studio note customers using quick design will have the option to switch to the full advanced studio if they need more advanced customization assigning block studio to a product block studio is designed for pdf based fixed layout products, where customers fill in specific editable fields rather than designing freely it is powered by the pdflib plugin and is assigned by selecting the pdf block template type while creating a block template docid\ chgqxjjbpieaarketr1xb ( admin panel > templates > product templates > add) the product will now load block studio on the storefront when a customer selects the pdf block template for personalization assigning advanced studio to a product the advanced studio provides customers with a full canvas design experience — allowing them to freely edit text, images, shapes, and design elements first step to initiate this assignment with the product is by creating a product template docid l0fx9xz5bxrdszvevvqc with the customizable template type ( admin panel > templates > product templates > add) next, make sure to select " browse design " and " custom design " options as the customization options from the add/edit product page the product will now load the designer studio on the storefront when a customer selects the template for customization best practices match the design studio with product complexity avoid using advanced design for simple products use block design when layout control is important test the configuration on the storefront before publishing