Projects and workspaces
A Satin Studio project is the editable source for a design. It keeps the artwork, embroidery objects, production choices, and saved versions together. A PES or DST file has a narrower purpose: it tells the machine what to sew.
Edit the project, review the resulting proof, and create a fresh machine file for production.
What a project remembers
Your project keeps the useful decisions together:
- source artwork and imported stitch blocks;
- fonts, reference images, and other assets;
- hoop, machine, fabric, and stabilizer choices;
- thread colors and spool mappings;
- editable embroidery objects and their settings;
- construction stops and worksheet notes;
- warnings, proofs, approvals, and export records.
Change a thread or repair a curve in the project, and every proof, worksheet, and later export can agree with that decision.
Save it in the right workspace
A workspace is the shelf where projects live. Your personal workspace is a good home for individual work. An organization workspace gives a team one shared source, with permissions for viewing, editing, approving, and exporting.
Satin Studio saves immutable content versions as you work. A useful history reads like real production:
- Imported the customer artwork
- Set the 5 × 7 hoop
- Matched Deep Teal to spool 1247
- Widened the small lettering
- Approved the jersey proof
- Exported the production PES
That history lets you return to the exact version behind a sewout instead of guessing which download was used.
Carry a project as a `.satin` file
A .satin package is the portable form of the same editable project. It carries source content, assets, project facts, and a manifest in one versioned package.
Use it when you need to move a project between workspaces, archive it with a job, or hand editable source to another Satin Studio user. Machine files remain separate production outputs.
Recover interrupted work
Local recovery catches the unpleasant cases: a closed tab, a browser restart, or a machine that went to sleep at the wrong moment. When Satin Studio offers a recovered project, inspect it and save it to the intended workspace.
Recovery is the safety net. Saved project versions are the archive.
Share the right thing
Share a proof when someone needs to review appearance. Share an export when someone needs to run the machine. Share the project when someone needs to edit the source.
Those are three different jobs, so Satin Studio gives each one its own link and access level.