Packaging Software for 3D Package Design
Why work in a flat world if packaging isn't? Studio is a unique set of tools for 3D packaging design made specifically for packaging artwork professionals.
Studio will help you produce better artwork. Whether you are a designer trying out different ideas, or a prepress operator checking a back-match, with Studio you are virtually holding the pack in your hands.
Packaging software for designers, tradeshops and converters
Studio is a fast & easy way to turn your ideas into beautiful 3D images, for your own inspiration or to impress an important client.
There is no more need to cut, fold and glue print-outs all the time with Studio packaging software. You have an accurate and technical correct package on the screen. You might still make conventional mock-ups, but with Studio you have a new option: faster and cheaper virtual mock-ups.
Create 3D Visuals
Studio is also a powerful communication tool. It lets you create exciting 3D visuals to show to your client, ranging from PDF files with 3D content to movies, or a virtual packshot.
Other 3D tools can be complicated. It can take hours to model and render an image. Studio is fast and easy, because it integrates with your tools (like Adobe® Illustrator®), it works with your data and speaks the language of packaging. It's perfect to test your packagin virtually, even more complicated challenges like luxury packaging.
Catch mistakes before they get printed
Packaging software should be much more than a design editor. Use Studio as internal QA tool: Check for panel misalignments, spot structural mistakes in time. Create the perfect back-match. Perform advanced shrink sleeve distortions and save hours of time performing shrink tests.
Check for mistakes before making printing plates, embossing dies or varnish blankets. Avoid rejects by showing your client up-front an accurate virtual mock-up.
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A fast and easy way to turn your ideas into beautiful 3D images
For Brands
Studio can revolutionize the way you handle packaging and point of sale development. Shorten your artwork approval cycle with interactive 3D visuals. Save mock-up and studio photography costs. Use a virtual alter ego of your entire product range, always up to date with the latest artwork. Increase the success rate of product launches, by seeing upfront how your brand will look in the store next to its competition.
For Packaging Designers
Studio 3d packaging design software is a fast & easy way to turn your ideas into beautiful 3D images, for your own inspiration or to impress an important client. There is no more need to cut, fold and glue print-outs all the time because you see the 3D packaging model on the screen. You'll find yourself working faster and more creative. And the packaging artwork that you deliver is technically more correct, so that your design does not get compromised during production.
You might still make conventional mock-ups, but with Studio you have a new option: faster and cheaper virtual mock-ups.
For Tradeshops
Finally an efficient way to offer value-adding 3D services. Studio software for package design is so easy that every operator can use it. Use Studio as internal QA tool: Check for panel misalignments, spot structural mistakes in time. Create the perfect back-match or perform advanced shrink sleeve distortions and save hours of time performing shrink tests. Some 3D tasks can now even be automated with Automation Engine.
For Converters
Check for mistakes before making printing plates, embossing dies or varnish blankets. Avoid rejects by showing your client up-front an accurate virtual mock-up.
Or take Studio software for 3D packaging design on the road and show your prospect what special finishing could do for his brand.
See the package in 3D in Illustrator®, ArtPro or PackEdge
See and Navigate
See the package in 3D in your preferred editor (Illustrator, ArtPro or PackEdge), saving you the effort of imagining how it fits together. Studio is also your 3D navigator to zoom in to parts of the artwork and even rotate the artwork canvas to bring a panel to a more convenient orientation.
Make Packaging Artwork that Fits
Studio 3D packaging software also comes with tools to help you fit the artwork better to the shape. It can apply a conical warp for labels, or compensate artwork for shrink sleeve distortions or make artwork match across different panels.
Share packaging in 3D
Studio can create 3D PDF files that everybody can spin around in the Adobe Reader.
3D packaging software for boxes, bags, bottles, buckets, ...
To model the 3D shape of the package as fast as possible, the packaging-savvy Studio Toolkits each specialize in a specific type of packaging.
Do you have other 3D drawing software? No problem!
If you already have a 3D department, you'll be happy to hear that Studio can integrate with these tools. Thanks to our commitment to support open file formats Studio can both import and export Collada 3D files.
Custom shapes
Esko provides a custom 3D modeling service of bespoke packaging shapes. These made-to-order models do not appear in the Online Shapes Store. If you're interested, please contact us to get a price quote.
Shape requests can be anything:
- a standup pouch
- bread bag
- rigid containers
- paper bags
- retail shelves
- metal boxes
- paper tubs
- ...
Print areas (front label, back label, shrink sleeve...) can also defined so you can add graphics on the shapes to make accurate visualizations. It's also possible to order different variations (size, color...) of the same shape.
The custom 3D models created by this service will be optimized for use with the Esko Studio software suite.
Video: turn your ideas into beautiful 3D images
Studio Toolkit & Designer: Design Packaging in 3D in Adobe® Illustrator®
We design packaging flat because that's how the printing and die cutting presses we use produce it work. But translating between the 2D artwork and the 3D package in your head is difficult and can cause errors in artwork layout. What if you could design your packaging artwork in 3D?
Esko's Studio Toolkit and Studio Designer make this dream a reality. The Studio Designer plugin for Adobe® Illustrator® brings 3D packaging visualization right to your desktop.
Studio Visualizer: Hyper Realistic 3D Packaging Visualization
You want more innovative packaging but it's hard to know exactly what you're going to get. Samples and comps are great for testing but they are expensive and time-consuming, eating into your budget and lead-time. Have you ever wish you could see your packaging, completely finished, before it's even been produced?
With Esko's Studio Visualizer, you can. With Visualizer's patented print modeling technology, you can create ultra-realistic virtual mockups.
Studio Store Visualizer: Create a Virtual Retail Environment
Today's battle for the consumer is at the retail shelf and your package's "shelf shout" has to be louder than ever. Consumers have a nearly endless number of products to choose from and the competition is fierce. Wouldn't it be great if you could see how your packaging stacks up against the competition before it's produced?
With Esko's Studio Store Visualizer, you can place your packaging right on the shelf in a retail store.
Studio Viewer App for iOS
View packaging mock-ups in 3D on your iPhone or iPad.
Design Lifecycle Management
Improve your packaging Design Lifecycle Management.