[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":1018},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-blog_en-october-2026-updates":3,"blog-more-blog_en-october-2026-updates":193},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"coverImage":179,"description":180,"extension":181,"meta":182,"navigation":183,"path":184,"publishedAt":185,"seo":186,"stem":187,"tags":188,"updatedAt":179,"__hash__":192},"blog_en\u002Fblog\u002Foctober-2026-updates.md","Mid-October updates: a new look and bleed on export","Stripbuilder",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":171},"minimark",[10,14,19,22,25,54,57,60,64,75,95,98,105,109,122,125,129,161,163],[11,12,13],"p",{},"A shorter list than last time, but two of these you'll notice the moment you log in.",[15,16,18],"h2",{"id":17},"a-new-look-for-the-dashboard","A new look for the dashboard",[11,20,21],{},"Every screen you work in has been redone: a calmer shell, one font, buttons that size to their label, and far less wasted padding on a phone — the old layout spent 40 pixels per side before your content even started.",[11,23,24],{},"Navigation got simpler too:",[26,27,28,36,42,48],"ul",{},[29,30,31,35],"li",{},[32,33,34],"strong",{},"Requests now live in Bookings",", as a tab, instead of a separate page in the sidebar.",[29,37,38,41],{},[32,39,40],{},"Settings is split into its own pages"," with a sub-navigation, rather than one long hub with accordions.",[29,43,44,47],{},[32,45,46],{},"Help sits next to the thing it explains"," — a popover on desktop, a bottom sheet on your phone.",[29,49,50,53],{},[32,51,52],{},"Booking details in the calendar now open on tap."," They used to appear on hover only, which meant you never saw them on a phone.",[11,55,56],{},"Unsaved changes are now called out in a bar at the bottom of the form, so a half-finished settings page doesn't quietly get lost.",[11,58,59],{},"The client portal and the booking widget are deliberately untouched. What your clients see hasn't changed.",[15,61,63],{"id":62},"bleed-on-print-ready-exports","Bleed on print-ready exports",[11,65,66,67,70,71,74],{},"If your printer eats a millimetre of the edge, you now have a setting for it. Pick a ",[32,68,69],{},"print output profile"," under ",[32,72,73],{},"Settings → Company",":",[26,76,77,83,89],{},[29,78,79,82],{},[32,80,81],{},"Plain"," — 1200×1800, as before.",[29,84,85,88],{},[32,86,87],{},"Breeze + DNP"," — 1240×1844, the sizes those two expect.",[29,90,91,94],{},[32,92,93],{},"Custom"," — your own bleed and cut offset.",[11,96,97],{},"The print-ready download then pads the doubled strip by mirroring the design's own edge pixels, so the extra millimetres match the artwork instead of showing a white band. There's deliberately no bleed at the centre, so the cut still lands exactly between the two strips.",[11,99,100,101,104],{},"Your clients keep designing at finished size — 600×1800, unchanged. Bleed only exists on export. Both editors now also show a dashed ",[32,102,103],{},"safe-zone guide",", so you can see what survives the trim; it never appears in an export.",[15,106,108],{"id":107},"a-yearly-plan","A yearly plan",[11,110,111,112,115,116,121],{},"Alongside €29 per month there's now a yearly option at ",[32,113,114],{},"€295",", which saves €53 over twelve monthly payments. You'll find the monthly\u002Fyearly switch on the subscribe page and on ",[117,118,120],"a",{"href":119},"\u002Fpricing","our pricing page",".",[123,124],"hr",{},[15,126,128],{"id":127},"also-new","Also new",[26,130,131,137,143,149,155],{},[29,132,133,136],{},[32,134,135],{},"The booking intake API is out of beta."," Same endpoints, no more beta badge or warning.",[29,138,139,142],{},[32,140,141],{},"The subscribe page has been restyled"," to match the website, with the trial message as the headline instead of a yellow card.",[29,144,145,148],{},[32,146,147],{},"Mobile fixes"," to the availability screen's width, the integrations header and a few back links.",[29,150,151,154],{},[32,152,153],{},"Payment markers are gone"," from the dashboard and the calendar — the unpaid attention row and the € marker on bookings were both more noise than signal.",[29,156,157,160],{},[32,158,159],{},"Login, signup and password reset"," have been brought in line with the new look.",[123,162],{},[11,164,165,166,170],{},"Something feel off in the new layout, or a printer that needs a bleed we don't cover yet? ",[117,167,169],{"href":168},"\u002Fcontact","Get in touch"," — that's how most of this list started.",{"title":172,"searchDepth":173,"depth":173,"links":174},"",2,[175,176,177,178],{"id":17,"depth":173,"text":18},{"id":62,"depth":173,"text":63},{"id":107,"depth":173,"text":108},{"id":127,"depth":173,"text":128},null,"The operator dashboard has been rebuilt around a calmer shell and simpler navigation, print-ready exports can now carry bleed for Breeze and DNP, and there's a yearly plan at €295.","md",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Foctober-2026-updates","2026-10-13",{"title":5,"description":180},"blog\u002Foctober-2026-updates",[189,190,191],"Product update","Exports","Dashboard","SIMAmhjDj-2n0hp1gcZYlE5rLGOOwew6fsczppeneCQ",[194,411,662],{"id":195,"title":196,"author":6,"body":197,"coverImage":179,"description":401,"extension":181,"meta":402,"navigation":183,"path":403,"publishedAt":404,"seo":405,"stem":406,"tags":407,"updatedAt":179,"__hash__":410},"blog_en\u002Fblog\u002Fbooking-widget-for-your-website.md","New: the booking widget for your own website",{"type":8,"value":198,"toc":394},[199,202,214,218,221,247,250,253,279,283,286,296,302,305,309,312,343,350,354,362,364,366,386,388],[11,200,201],{},"The best thing about Stripbuilder is that you set it up once and then stop thinking about it: a booking comes in, your client automatically gets a link, designs the strip, and you print. Until now, though, that needed a booking system sending bookings over through Zapier, Make, n8n or our API.",[11,203,204,205,208,209,213],{},"Plenty of operators don't have one. Bookings arrive through a contact form, Instagram or the phone, and get typed over by hand. For them there's now the ",[32,206,207],{},"booking widget",": a booking form with an availability calendar that goes on your own website. No integrations, no extra software. Stripbuilder simply ",[210,211,212],"em",{},"is"," your booking system.",[15,215,217],{"id":216},"what-your-client-sees","What your client sees",[11,219,220],{},"A calendar with your availability appears on your website:",[26,222,223,229,235,241],{},[29,224,225,228],{},[32,226,227],{},"Green",": there's room.",[29,230,231,234],{},[32,232,233],{},"Yellow",": one place left.",[29,236,237,240],{},[32,238,239],{},"Red",": fully booked.",[29,242,243,246],{},[32,244,245],{},"Grey",": you're closed that day.",[11,248,249],{},"Your client picks a date, a photobooth and any extras, then fills in the details: event name, delivery address, name, email and phone number. Prices are shown including VAT, with a total at the bottom.",[11,251,252],{},"A few details that round it off:",[26,254,255,261,267,273],{},[29,256,257,260],{},[32,258,259],{},"Travel costs",": worked out from the delivery address, as a flat fee, a price per km, or both. If an address is outside your service area, the client can't book.",[29,262,263,266],{},[32,264,265],{},"An NL\u002FEN switch"," in the widget itself, for international clients.",[29,268,269,272],{},[32,270,271],{},"Stock counts."," If you have two mirror booths, a third booking on the same day isn't possible. The same goes for extras with stock.",[29,274,275,278],{},[32,276,277],{},"No Stripbuilder logo."," The widget carries your company name and logo, and with Huisstijl on, your brand colour too.",[15,280,282],{"id":281},"what-happens-next","What happens next",[11,284,285],{},"You choose per widget how automatic it should be.",[11,287,288,291,292,295],{},[32,289,290],{},"Approve manually."," The booking lands in your ",[32,293,294],{},"Requests"," inbox and your client immediately gets an email saying the request is in. The date stays held until you decide. Approve it and your client gets the link to design the strip. Reject it and they can get an email with your note, and the date frees up again.",[11,297,298,301],{},[32,299,300],{},"Confirm automatically."," The booking is confirmed straight away. While booking, your client signs your terms and conditions with their name and gets the design link right away. You don't need to do anything until a print-ready strip is waiting.",[11,303,304],{},"Either way, emails go out with your company name as the sender. If your client replies, it simply reaches you.",[15,306,308],{"id":307},"how-to-put-it-on-your-site","How to put it on your site",[11,310,311],{},"Allow about fifteen minutes, and you may well have done most of it already.",[313,314,315,325,331,337],"ol",{},[29,316,317,320,321,324],{},[32,318,319],{},"Products."," Make sure your photobooths and extras are in there, with a price and optionally stock. New: choose the ",[32,322,323],{},"strip template"," each photobooth starts from.",[29,326,327,330],{},[32,328,329],{},"Availability."," Set your opening hours per day, the maximum number of bookings per day, and days you're closed (one-off or every year, like Christmas).",[29,332,333,336],{},[32,334,335],{},"Integrations → New widget."," Choose which photobooths and extras can be booked, whether you approve manually or confirm automatically, and optionally switch on travel costs with your departure address. On the right you immediately see a preview of what your client sees.",[29,338,339,342],{},[32,340,341],{},"Embed."," Copy the snippet and paste it onto your website. In WordPress, Wix, Squarespace or Webflow, use a custom HTML or code block. The widget adjusts its height automatically.",[11,344,345,346,349],{},"No website, or want to share it on Instagram, in WhatsApp or in your email signature too? Under ",[32,347,348],{},"Embed"," there's also a direct link to a booking page of its own.",[15,351,353],{"id":352},"already-have-a-booking-system","Already have a booking system?",[11,355,356,357,361],{},"Then nothing changes. The ",[117,358,360],{"href":359},"\u002Fautomation","API integration"," with Zapier, Make or n8n is still the way to pass bookings from your existing system automatically. The widget is for everyone who doesn't have that system (yet), and you can use both side by side: for example, the widget on your site and the API for bookings through a partner.",[123,363],{},[15,365,128],{"id":127},[26,367,368,374,380],{},[29,369,370,373],{},[32,371,372],{},"Photobooth documentation."," The page with setup instructions and troubleshooting help now goes by that name and shows your guides as tidy cards, each listing which photobooths it applies to.",[29,375,376,379],{},[32,377,378],{},"Prices incl. VAT."," Product prices, the widget and the confirmation email now say clearly that prices include VAT.",[29,381,382,385],{},[32,383,384],{},"Integrations in the menu."," Integrations now sits directly in the sidebar; AI Magic has moved under More settings.",[123,387],{},[11,389,390,391,393],{},"Questions about the widget, or a website builder where embedding won't work? ",[117,392,169],{"href":168}," and we'll take a look.",{"title":172,"searchDepth":173,"depth":173,"links":395},[396,397,398,399,400],{"id":216,"depth":173,"text":217},{"id":281,"depth":173,"text":282},{"id":307,"depth":173,"text":308},{"id":352,"depth":173,"text":353},{"id":127,"depth":173,"text":128},"No booking system? Now Stripbuilder is one. Put a single snippet on your site and clients book a free date, photobooth and extras themselves. Everything after that runs on its own.",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fbooking-widget-for-your-website","2026-10-02",{"title":196,"description":401},"blog\u002Fbooking-widget-for-your-website",[189,408,409],"Bookings","Automation","HY73FzhrwAB6El211TUJzoITJQzlqUvgGfO5uzaZIgA",{"id":412,"title":413,"author":6,"body":414,"coverImage":179,"description":653,"extension":181,"meta":654,"navigation":183,"path":655,"publishedAt":656,"seo":657,"stem":658,"tags":659,"updatedAt":179,"__hash__":661},"blog_en\u002Fblog\u002Fseptember-2026-updates.md","September updates: your own branding, your own calendar",{"type":8,"value":415,"toc":646},[416,419,423,429,436,439,458,461,466,470,473,484,487,490,514,521,526,530,537,540,554,557,561,568,570,574,638,640],[11,417,418],{},"A busy month. Two of the bigger requests we've had from photobooth operators are now live, along with a handful of smaller improvements. Here's what's new.",[15,420,422],{"id":421},"make-it-yours-huisstijl","Make it yours: Huisstijl",[11,424,425,426,121],{},"Until now, the design page your clients use looked like Stripbuilder. Now it can look like ",[32,427,428],{},"you",[11,430,431,432,435],{},"Turn on ",[32,433,434],{},"Huisstijl"," and your clients see your logo instead of ours, your brand colour on every button and highlight, and your company name in their browser tab. From the moment you send the link, it's your business they're dealing with — not a tool you happen to use.",[11,437,438],{},"Setting it up takes about a minute:",[313,440,441,446,452,455],{},[29,442,443,444],{},"Go to ",[32,445,73],{},[29,447,448,449,451],{},"Switch ",[32,450,434],{}," on",[29,453,454],{},"Pick your brand colour",[29,456,457],{},"Save",[11,459,460],{},"Your logo comes from the company logo you've already uploaded, so there's nothing extra to prepare. One tip when choosing a colour: pick something with decent contrast against white. The editor builds its whole palette from that single colour, so a very pale shade makes buttons and labels harder for your clients to read.",[11,462,463],{},[210,464,465],{},"Huisstijl is included in your subscription.",[15,467,469],{"id":468},"your-bookings-in-your-own-calendar","Your bookings, in your own calendar",[11,471,472],{},"You can now subscribe to your Stripbuilder bookings from whatever calendar you already live in — Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Outlook.",[11,474,475,476,479,480,483],{},"Open the ",[32,477,478],{},"Calendar"," page and click ",[32,481,482],{},"Subscribe",". You'll get a link, plus one-click buttons for Google and for Apple\u002FOutlook. Add it once and your bookings simply appear alongside everything else in your week.",[11,485,486],{},"This is a live subscription, not a one-off import. Book a new event, move a date, change a location — your calendar picks it up on its own. There's nothing to re-import and nothing to keep in sync by hand.",[11,488,489],{},"A few things worth knowing:",[26,491,492,498,508],{},[29,493,494,497],{},[32,495,496],{},"Booking requests that you haven't approved yet don't show up."," Only confirmed work reaches your calendar, so it never fills with things you haven't said yes to.",[29,499,500,503,504,507],{},[32,501,502],{},"Your link is private."," Anyone who has it can see your bookings, so treat it like a password. If it ever ends up somewhere it shouldn't, hit ",[32,505,506],{},"Regenerate"," and the old link stops working immediately.",[29,509,510,513],{},[32,511,512],{},"Calendar apps refresh on their own schedule."," Most check every few hours; Google can be slower. If you need something visible right now, check Stripbuilder directly.",[11,515,516,517,520],{},"There's also a ",[32,518,519],{},"Download .ics"," option if you'd rather import your bookings once instead of subscribing.",[11,522,523],{},[210,524,525],{},"Available on all plans.",[15,527,529],{"id":528},"export-as-jpg-or-png","Export as JPG or PNG",[11,531,532,533,536],{},"When you download a finished design, you can now choose the file type. You'll find a ",[32,534,535],{},"PNG \u002F JPG"," switch in the download window, alongside the existing choice between a single strip and a print-ready sheet.",[11,538,539],{},"Which to pick:",[26,541,542,548],{},[29,543,544,547],{},[32,545,546],{},"PNG"," — best quality, and keeps transparency. The right choice if your template doesn't have a full background, or if you're sending files to a print partner.",[29,549,550,553],{},[32,551,552],{},"JPG"," — noticeably smaller files. Handy for email, messaging apps, or anywhere size matters more than the last few percent of quality.",[11,555,556],{},"If you're not sure, PNG is still the default and still the safe answer.",[15,558,560],{"id":559},"tips-and-updates-on-your-dashboard","Tips and updates, on your dashboard",[11,562,563,564,567],{},"Your dashboard's ",[32,565,566],{},"Tips & updates"," card is no longer a placeholder. It now shows our three most recent posts, so new features, seasonal tips and release notes turn up where you already work — no need to remember to check the site.",[123,569],{},[15,571,573],{"id":572},"smaller-improvements-and-fixes","Smaller improvements and fixes",[26,575,576,582,591,597,608,614,620,626,632],{},[29,577,578,581],{},[32,579,580],{},"Calendar subscriptions now work reliably."," Some accounts got an error instead of their bookings when adding the link to a calendar app. Fixed — if you tried subscribing earlier this month and it failed, please try again.",[29,583,584,587,588,590],{},[32,585,586],{},"The subscribe buttons for Google and Apple\u002FOutlook now work as intended",", and there's a ",[32,589,519],{}," fallback for calendar apps that are fussy about subscription links.",[29,592,593,596],{},[32,594,595],{},"Turning Huisstijl off now properly restores the default look"," in the client editor.",[29,598,599,607],{},[32,600,601,602,606],{},"JPG downloads now save with a ",[603,604,605],"code",{},".jpg"," filename"," rather than the wrong extension.",[29,609,610,613],{},[32,611,612],{},"The download button now reads \"Download design\""," instead of \"Download PNG\", since it's no longer only PNG.",[29,615,616,619],{},[32,617,618],{},"Clearer wording on expired or invalid client links."," Clients used to be told to \"contact your photographer\". They're now pointed at their photobooth provider — you — which is both accurate and a good deal more useful to them.",[29,621,622,625],{},[32,623,624],{},"The confirmation your clients see after submitting a design"," now says the photobooth provider has received it.",[29,627,628,631],{},[32,629,630],{},"Dashboard layout fix on mobile",", where a long update title could push cards wider than the screen.",[29,633,634,637],{},[32,635,636],{},"Settings → Company is now a single form"," with one Save button, instead of saving branding and company details separately.",[123,639],{},[11,641,642,643,645],{},"Questions, or something you'd like to see next? ",[117,644,169],{"href":168}," — a good part of this month's work started as an operator email.",{"title":172,"searchDepth":173,"depth":173,"links":647},[648,649,650,651,652],{"id":421,"depth":173,"text":422},{"id":468,"depth":173,"text":469},{"id":528,"depth":173,"text":529},{"id":559,"depth":173,"text":560},{"id":572,"depth":173,"text":573},"Put your own logo and colours in front of your clients, get your bookings into the calendar app you already use, and choose how you export your strips.",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Fseptember-2026-updates","2026-09-15",{"title":413,"description":653},"blog\u002Fseptember-2026-updates",[189,660,408],"Branding","mnrpKF9oWPOZpdqOrmuxk4MkqhU5Gd5RGjM4TOfC1Iw",{"id":663,"title":664,"author":6,"body":665,"coverImage":1006,"description":1007,"extension":181,"meta":1008,"navigation":183,"path":1009,"publishedAt":1010,"seo":1011,"stem":1012,"tags":1013,"updatedAt":179,"__hash__":1017},"blog_en\u002Fblog\u002Finvitation-to-strip-case-study.md","Case study: from invitation to photo strip in 6 minutes",{"type":8,"value":666,"toc":993},[667,670,673,676,679,683,686,693,698,701,716,719,722,725,729,732,739,745,750,753,760,763,768,771,774,778,781,784,787,791,794,799,802,806,812,817,820,823,826,829,832,836,920,923,926,929,932,936,939,945,951,957,961,964,967,970,973,976,983],[11,668,669],{},"You probably know the request: a client has an invitation they're completely happy with, and they want the photo strip to match it.",[11,671,672],{},"And what lands in your inbox?",[11,674,675],{},"A JPG.",[11,677,678],{},"This is exactly that kind of booking. A 40th wedding anniversary, booked six weeks out. Everything below is anonymised: names, faces and the address have been replaced. The design work and the steps are unchanged.",[15,680,682],{"id":681},"what-came-in","What came in",[11,684,685],{},"One image: an invitation on cream linen, with soft green eucalyptus along the edge, a wooden barn and a cow in the field, string lights across the top and dark green type.",[11,687,688],{},[689,690],"img",{"alt":691,"src":692},"An anniversary invitation: cream linen background, green botanical illustrations, a wooden barn and a cow, with the names, photos and address blacked out","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Finvitation-to-strip\u002Fclient-invitation.webp",[11,694,695],{},[210,696,697],{},"The material we worked from. Names, photos and the address have been removed. For the design, it was mainly the layout, colours and illustrations that mattered.",[11,699,700],{},"We started with the question you'd probably ask too:",[702,703,704,710],"blockquote",{},[11,705,706,709],{},[32,707,708],{},"Us:"," \"Could you send the artwork separately? The background illustration without the text and photos?\"",[11,711,712,715],{},[32,713,714],{},"Client:"," \"No, I don't have separate files.\"",[11,717,718],{},"That's the rule rather than the exception. The invitation was made by someone else at some point, or in a program the client can no longer open. That flat JPG is all that's left.",[11,720,721],{},"Traditionally that means: pulling colours out of the image, finding a barn illustration that fits, redrawing the branches, and then making all of it work in a narrow 2×6 format.",[11,723,724],{},"And before you know it, you've spent a good part of your afternoon rebuilding something that already exists.",[15,726,728],{"id":727},"the-prompt","The prompt",[11,730,731],{},"Instead, we went straight from the invitation into AI Magic.",[11,733,734,735,738],{},"We upload the JPG, choose ",[32,736,737],{},"From image",", and give AI Magic a short description of what has to be kept and where there needs to be room for the photos.",[11,740,741],{},[689,742],{"alt":743,"src":744},"The AI Magic panel in the editor, with a description field, name and date fields, and a generate button","\u002Fimg\u002Fscreenshot-ai-magic.png",[11,746,747],{},[210,748,749],{},"AI Magic can work from a description or from an uploaded image. For this job we used both.",[11,751,752],{},"This was the prompt:",[702,754,755],{},[11,756,757],{},[210,758,759],{},"Rustic watercolour in the style of the attached invitation. Cream linen background, soft green eucalyptus branches along the left edge, a wooden barn with a dark roof and green doors in the bottom right, a black-and-white cow in the grass. Keep the top two thirds empty for photos.",[11,761,762],{},"The prompt is deliberately short. Even so, there are three important things in it that help with almost any photo strip.",[764,765,767],"h3",{"id":766},"_1-name-what-has-to-be-kept","1. Name what has to be kept",[11,769,770],{},"Name the elements that make the invitation recognisable: the colours, branches, barn and cow.",[11,772,773],{},"Whatever you don't name, the AI may replace or leave out.",[764,775,777],{"id":776},"_2-say-where-the-elements-go","2. Say where the elements go",[11,779,780],{},"\"Along the left edge\" and \"in the bottom right\" aren't throwaway details.",[11,782,783],{},"An invitation is usually a portrait card, while a photo strip is tall and narrow. So the elements have to be laid out again.",[11,785,786],{},"Give the AI direction instead of expecting the right composition to appear on its own.",[764,788,790],{"id":789},"_3-reserve-room-for-the-photos","3. Reserve room for the photos",[11,792,793],{},"This is probably the most important line:",[11,795,796],{},[32,797,798],{},"\"Keep the top two thirds empty for photos.\"",[11,800,801],{},"Without that instruction, the AI can produce a beautiful design that leaves no room for a single photo.",[15,803,805],{"id":804},"the-result","The result",[11,807,808],{},[689,809],{"alt":810,"src":811},"The generated strip background next to the same strip with three photos placed in it","\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Finvitation-to-strip\u002Fstrip-in-use.webp",[11,813,814],{},[210,815,816],{},"Left: the generated background at strip dimensions. Right: the same strip with photos.",[11,818,819],{},"The style and key elements of the invitation are kept, but rebuilt for the much narrower strip format.",[11,821,822],{},"The eucalyptus branches run along the left edge, while the barn and cow sit in the field at the bottom. The top stays deliberately quiet, so the photos can go there.",[11,824,825],{},"We also didn't have the AI generate the names or the \"40 jaar getrouwd\" line. Those were added afterwards as text in the editor.",[11,827,828],{},"That has two advantages: the text stays sharp in the final print, and you can change it later in a couple of seconds.",[11,830,831],{},"One small correction was still needed. In the first generation the barn sat dead centre, exactly where a photo had to go. One new generation solved that. After that, only the text block needed nudging.",[15,833,835],{"id":834},"what-it-actually-saved","What it actually saved",[837,838,839,856],"table",{},[840,841,842],"thead",{},[843,844,845,849,853],"tr",{},[846,847,848],"th",{},"Step",[846,850,852],{"align":851},"right","By hand",[846,854,855],{"align":851},"With AI Magic",[857,858,859,871,882,892,903],"tbody",{},[843,860,861,865,868],{},[862,863,864],"td",{},"Getting usable source files from the client",[862,866,867],{"align":851},"10 min + waiting time",[862,869,870],{"align":851},"Not needed",[843,872,873,876,879],{},[862,874,875],{},"Rebuilding the illustration",[862,877,878],{"align":851},"45 min",[862,880,881],{"align":851},"±40 sec",[843,883,884,887,890],{},[862,885,886],{},"Refitting it to 2×6",[862,888,889],{"align":851},"15 min",[862,891,870],{"align":851},[843,893,894,897,900],{},[862,895,896],{},"One revision round",[862,898,899],{"align":851},"20 min",[862,901,902],{"align":851},"±4 min",[843,904,905,910,915],{},[862,906,907],{},[32,908,909],{},"Total",[862,911,912],{"align":851},[32,913,914],{},"±1 hr 30 min",[862,916,917],{"align":851},[32,918,919],{},"±6 min",[11,921,922],{},"So the difference isn't only in production time.",[11,924,925],{},"By hand you're easily an hour and a half in, rebuilding an existing invitation as faithfully as you can. And before you even start, you may be a day further along, because you first waited on original files the client turns out not to have at all.",[11,927,928],{},"With AI Magic the design was usable in about six minutes.",[11,930,931],{},"Not perfect from the first generation, but fast enough to make a revision round part of the process instead of a whole new design project.",[15,933,935],{"id":934},"getting-the-most-out-of-it","Getting the most out of it",[11,937,938],{},"A few things that make your result better right away.",[11,940,941,944],{},[32,942,943],{},"A phone photo is enough.","\nA skewed, poorly lit photo of a printed invitation works fine. AI Magic still reads the colours, shapes and mood out of it and straightens the image. If you want more grip on the result, crop the photo down to just the design and name in the prompt what has to be in there.",[11,946,947,950],{},[32,948,949],{},"You get a design in the same style.","\nThe invitation is the visual reference, not a mould. AI Magic turns it into a new composition that works at strip dimensions - exactly what you want, especially when the original invitation uses licensed illustrations.",[11,952,953,956],{},[32,954,955],{},"Text goes in the editor.","\nNames, dates and other details are added as real text. That keeps them sharp in print, correctly spelled and adjustable in a couple of seconds.",[15,958,960],{"id":959},"the-version-that-pays-off-most","The version that pays off most",[11,962,963],{},"In this example we ran the generation ourselves, because the client asked whether we could take on the design.",[11,965,966],{},"But that isn't necessarily where the biggest win is.",[11,968,969],{},"The interesting variant is the one where you let the client do it themselves.",[11,971,972],{},"The client uploads their own invitation in the client portal, generates a matching background, and can carry straight on with the design. You don't have to email back and forth about files, colours and examples first.",[11,974,975],{},"That makes AI Magic not just a way to design faster, but a way to hand part of the design work to the client.",[11,977,978,979,982],{},"And with exactly those small requests - ",[210,980,981],{},"\"Could you make the strip match our invitation?\""," - that can save a fair bit of time.",[11,984,985,986,992],{},"Want to try it yourself? ",[117,987,989],{"href":988},"\u002Fsignup",[32,990,991],{},"Start your 7-day free trial"," and get 10 AI Magic generations to experiment with.",{"title":172,"searchDepth":173,"depth":173,"links":994},[995,996,1002,1003,1004,1005],{"id":681,"depth":173,"text":682},{"id":727,"depth":173,"text":728,"children":997},[998,1000,1001],{"id":766,"depth":999,"text":767},3,{"id":776,"depth":999,"text":777},{"id":789,"depth":999,"text":790},{"id":804,"depth":173,"text":805},{"id":834,"depth":173,"text":835},{"id":934,"depth":173,"text":935},{"id":959,"depth":173,"text":960},"\u002Fimg\u002Fblog\u002Finvitation-to-strip\u002Fcover.webp","The client had one file: a JPG of their invitation. No working file, no separate illustrations and no original background. The photo strip still had to match it - with AI Magic that took about six minutes.",{},"\u002Fblog\u002Finvitation-to-strip-case-study","2026-08-14",{"title":664,"description":1007},"blog\u002Finvitation-to-strip-case-study",[1014,1015,1016],"AI Magic","Case study","Design","ieAIkAteNAdc6-v0c6BbzaWQYyxSOKsKZprWOOw6J3g",1791881496237]