Getting started with Studio: plan, review and publish in one place
What Polimake Studio is and how it's organized: spaces, projects, calendar, board, folders and the page of each piece.
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Studio is the part of Polimake where your team plans content, reviews it, approves it and publishes it. The desktop app is for creating; Studio is for working on those pieces with the rest of your team and your clients: seeing what goes out each day, leaving comments, moving pieces between statuses and publishing them to social networks.
You sign in with your Polimake account, and this guide takes you from zero to your first piece in a few minutes.
Sign in to Studio
- Open Studio and click Continue with Google.
- Use the same Google account you use for Polimake.
Your Polimake account is one account for Studio, the website and the cloud file library. Each app keeps its own session, so signing out of one doesn't sign you out of the others.
How it's organized: spaces and projects
Studio has two levels:
- Space: groups the projects of a company, a client or a team. It has its own Members.
- Project: a brand, a campaign or a social account. Pieces, files, brand and workflow live inside it.
The home screen shows your projects grouped by space. To switch project from anywhere, use the switcher in the top bar: Choose project, Search projects, New project and Settings.
The three views of a project
Each project can show up to three views, depending on the ones you turned on when you created it:
| View | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Calendar | Every piece on its day. Month or week view. Drag a piece to change its date. |
| Board | Pieces by status, in columns. Drag a card to change its status. |
| Folders | Loose designs, documents and videos, with no date, sorted by topic or delivery. |
Switch views with the tabs in the project header. That header also has your team's faces (they open Share), the settings gear and the Create button.
Create your first piece
- Open a project and click Create.
- Choose the content type (for example, Story or Reel) and the date.
- If you already have the files, drag them into Resources.
- Confirm. The piece appears in the calendar and the board, in its first status.
You can also drop files straight onto a day in the calendar.
The page of a piece
Opening a piece takes you to its page, with four tabs:
- Canvas: the piece's design. You can view, comment on or edit it depending on your role.
- Video: the piece's video, with comments at the exact moment in the video.
- Doc: a text document for the copy, the script or notes.
- Activity: everything that has happened to the piece, plus the team's internal notes.
If a tab is missing, add it with Add. The piece opens on the tab that best fits its format: reels and videos on Video, images and stories on Canvas.
The header shows the piece's Status, with Previous and Next to move it through the workflow, and the More options menu to share, publish or duplicate it.
Next steps
- Create a project with your views and your brand.
- Check who can do what before inviting your team.
- Learn the formats and tabs of each piece.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a separate account for Studio?
No. You sign in with Continue with Google, and it's the same Polimake account you use on the website and in the cloud file library.
Can I edit video in Studio?
Not today. In Studio you upload, watch and comment on videos. Edits are made in the Polimake desktop app.
What's the difference between the calendar and folders?
The calendar shows pieces with a date. Folders hold designs, documents and videos without a date, such as campaign material that doesn't have a day yet.
Can I use Studio on my phone?
Yes. On phones and touch tablets, tapping a piece opens a quick preview, and the week view becomes an agenda.