ISSUE: PROOF FUNCTIONALITY TAKES FILES OUT OF SOURCE FORMAT
When using the proofing functionality, anything besides a PDF (e.g., Word DOC, Figma FIG, Powerpoint PPT) all get converted to a PDF therefore losing the working file so the agency must continually take feedback from a PDF and go back to the source document (Word DOC, Powerpoint PPT, etc). and reincorporate the feedback, creating room for error and missed feedback versus accepting, declining changes etc.
- Conversations about the document are essentially happening outside of the working file when we use proofs, creating additional work for the agency team.
- This creates a scenario where the agency is
- Referencing to “printed” PDFs to manually cross-transfer comment input back into source document creating risk because the team is working in multiple files
- Impact: High impact for all projects, high risk for errors, creating additional work for project management and creative
Ideal solve: documents uploaded as a proof would remain in their native source file format and could be downloaded and shared as such, removing the need for multiple versions of essentially the same document just in different formats
