Important CloudBoost Changes

As mentioned in a different blog post StudioCloud has discontinued the CloudBoost add-on and is now giving it away for free. All current CloudBoost users have been upgraded, with no change to their subscription, to have an EmployeeBoost account with 3 EmployeeBoost users. As an added clarification, current CloudBoost users are now getting the EmployeeBoost for the same price that they paid to get the CloudBoost. If you are a CloudBoost user your monthly subscription has not been changed.

Some CloudBoost users have had questions regarding the major differences between a free account and the CloudBoost account that they previously had. Below is a list of the major differences.

• Free accounts do not receive email, live chat, or trouble ticket support.
• Free accounts must click the "Click to Sync" button in the bottom left of their screen to sync. For paid for accounts it automatically syncs in the background while you work.
• Free accounts can not export StudioCloud's calendar to third party applications.
• Free accounts do not have access to CloudAlerts unless they purchase a CloudAlerts subscription. 

Please note that EmployeeBoost users accounts were not changed.

Free Cloud Services

StudioCloud is VERY EXCITED to announce the latest change to our award winning services. We are no longer offering the CloudBoost add-on but are instead GIVING IT AWAY FOR FREE. This means that all StudioCloud users, including free users, can now sync their data online and that all StudioCloud users, including free users, can sync with the iPhone, iPad, Android Phone, and Android Tablet apps.

All current CloudBoost users have been upgraded to EmployeeBoost accounts with 3 users with no change to their subscription. For more details regarding how this change affects current CloudBoost users please refer to the following blog post. http://blog.studiocloud.com/2012/12/important-cloudboost-changes.html

For a more detailed breakdown of the feature changes to the free account please refer to the following link. http://studiocloud.com/features.html

Please note that free accounts do not automatically sync in the background while working unlike the previous CloudBoost did. It is now require that free accounts click on the "Click to Sync" button in the bottom left corner of StudioCloud to Sync. In addition, you must be using version 3.1.154 or later of StudioCloud to get the free syncing.

iPhone App Now Available

StudioCloud is excited to announce the release of the new StudioCloud iPhone app available right now on the Apple app store. You can see a screen shot of the scheduling section of the app below.

The app is called "StudioCloud Mobile Business Manager" and can be found at the following link https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/studiocloud-mobile-business/id586132205?mt=8. Please note that the app is currently in open beta. Please also note that this is a completely new app and not an upgrade to the previous iPhone app. As such you will need to install this app directly from the app store rather then upgrade the other.

The Smartphone app includes the following functionality.

• Client Management
• Prospective Client (leads) Management
• Graphical Calendar
• Graphical Scheduler
• Agenda
• Invoicing
• Project and task management
• Time Tracking

In addition, StudioCloud will be adding much more functionality in the future. If you have the need for specific functionality please go to the following feature request forum and request the functionality. http://mystudiocloud.com/viewforum.php?f=25&sid=1f6fa3a619c53ebd1655367ed062b392

If you would like to view the current status of the app including known bugs please go to the following link. http://labs.studiocloud.com/studiocloud-mobile

Server Upgrade Notice

On Saturday, Dec 15, 2012 the StudioCloud team will be doing a major upgrade to our server infrastructure. As such StudioCloud syncing will be unavailable from 7 pm MST until 2 am MST. You will still be able to use the StudioCloud desktop software as well as mobile apps in offline mode but you will not be able to sync during that time frame.

Android SmartPhone App Now Available

StudioCloud is excited to announce the release of the new StudioCloud Android Smartphone app available right now on the Google Play app store. You can see a screen shot of the scheduling section of the app below.

• You can download the app from the following link. http://goo.gl/WbIwe or you can go to the Google Play app store and search for StudioCloud. The app is called "StudioCloud Business Mgr".
• Please note that the app is currently in open beta
• Please also note that a CloudBoost or EmployeeBoost subscription is required to login to the app.

The Smartphone app includes the following functionality.

• Client Management
• Prospective Client (leads) Management
• Graphical Calendar
• Graphical Scheduler
• Agenda
• Invoicing
• Project and task management
• Time Tracking

In addition, StudioCloud will be adding much more functionality in the future. If you have the need for specific functionality please go to the following feature request forum and request the functionality. http://mystudiocloud.com/viewforum.php?f=25&sid=1f6fa3a619c53ebd1655367ed062b392

If you would like to view the current status of the app including known bugs please go to the following link. http://labs.studiocloud.com/studiocloud-mobile

iPad App Now Available

StudioCloud is excited to announce the release of the new StudioCloud iPad app available right now on the Apple app store. You can see a screen shot of the scheduling section of the app below.

• You can go to the Apple app store and search for StudioCloud. The app is called "StudioCloud Business Manager".
• You can download the app from the following link. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/studiocloud-business-manager/id582438074?ls=1&mt=8
• Please note that the app is currently in open beta and that a CloudBoost or EmployeeBoost subscription is required to login to the app.
• The new iPhone app is currently going through the Apple App store review process and we expect that it will be available very soon. In includes the same functionality as the iPad app.

The iPad app includes the following functionality.

• Client Management
• Prospective Client (leads) Management
• Graphical Calendar
• Graphical Scheduler
• Agenda
• Invoicing
• Project and Task Management
• Time Tracking

In addition, StudioCloud will be adding much more functionality in the future. If you have the need for specific functionality please go to the following feature request forum and request the functionality. http://mystudiocloud.com/viewforum.php?f=25&sid=1f6fa3a619c53ebd1655367ed062b392

If you would like to view the current status of the app including known bugs please go to the following link. http://labs.studiocloud.com/studiocloud-mobile

New Touch Up Changes

StudioCloud is pleased to announce that it has partnered with ReTouchUp to provide photo touch up services. This provides a number of advantages over CloudTouchUp's current offering such as:

• Cheaper pricing than CloudTouchUp could provide.
• Direct support phone number for any touchup question.
• The option to select a specific touch up artist.
• The ability to rush orders.
• The same quality touch up that you had before.
• Free touchup image to try out their service
• 24 hour turnaround time

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We apologize for any issues that this may cause. StudioCloud has decided to go this direction so that we could provide the above features. In the future we expect to add some additional features to StudioCloud which will let you send your images from StudioCloud directly to ReTouchUp using your ReTouchUp account. We believe this will provide the best pricing, service, and streamlined integration for our customers.

If you have specific recommendations on how you would like StudioCloud to integrated with ReTouchUp please make a feature request on the forum at the following link. http://mystudiocloud.com/viewforum.php?f=26&sid=b7911c64f094a6ee377978c48405840b

If you are a current CloudTouchUp customer you can use the current service until the end of December 2012. We will refund any outstanding credits in the early part of January 2012. Please note that with the 3.1.150 release of StudioCloud we mistakenly removed the ability to buy more CloudTouchUp credits. We will add that option back in for the next minor release. We apologize for any inconveniences this may have caused.