Ziflow Viewer Settings

Configure defaults for your Ziflow Viewer.

Updated over a week ago

This is where account admins will establish defaults for the Proof Viewer settings. To start adjusting Proof Viewer settings, please go to Settings -> Proofing Settings -> Proof Viewer, as shown in the screenshot below.

Ziflow Viewer settings

Proof Viewer settings are divided into four categories:


1. Set the buttons & zoom levels as visible or hidden

If you want to hide some of the Proof Viewer buttons, just expand the list of available actions/features and disable the ones that you don't need.

Set the buttons & zoom levels in Ziflow Viewer as visible or hidden

You can also decide what zoom levels will be available for your reviewers to choose from a drop-down in Proof Viewer.


2. Custom links in the Help section

You can customize links placed in Ziflow Viewer by editing the fields listed below:

Custom links in the Help section

These settings will be reflected in your Ziflow Viewer:

Help links inside the Ziflow Viewer

3. Ziflow Viewer vs Legacy Ziflow Viewer

You have a few options for choosing whether and how to use Ziflow Viewer or the old Legacy Ziflow Viewer.

Ziflow Viewer vs Legacy Ziflow Viewer settings
  1. Open static proofs in the new viewer - select if your reviewers should view static proofs in a new viewer by default.

  2. Open video and audio proofs in new viewer - select if your reviewers should view video/audio proofs in a new viewer by default.

  3. Open rich media & Live websites proofs in new viewer - select if your reviewers should view video/audio proofs in a new viewer by default.

  4. Allow users to switch between viewer versions - decide if your reviewers can switch between the new and old Proof Viewer.


4. Other Options

There are a couple of other settings related to Ziflow Viewer that you can modify:

Other settings in Ziflow Viewer
  1. Page thumbnail opens (Standard, Pro, Business Legacy, and Enterprise) - select this option if you want to have the page thumbnail sidebar opened in Proof Viewer by default. The reviewer will still be able to hide it if necessary.
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  2. Browse folders (Standard, Pro, Business Legacy, and Enterprise) - allows Ziflow users to browse through the folder structure in Ziflow Viewer.
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  3. Access folders and contents (Standard, Pro, Business Legacy, and Enterprise) - when authentication is required: Users will be asked to log in, and Guests will be emailed a token.
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  4. Access proofs to review (Standard, Pro, Business Legacy, and Enterprise) - when authentication is required: Users will be asked to log in, Guests do not have access to this feature. Read more about the next proofs to review functionality.

  5. Warn reviewers of unsaved comments (all Ziflow editions) - this setting will notify the reviewer when he tries to leave the add comment box without previously saving it.

  6. Live websites: Force proxy for all websites (all Ziflow editions) - HTTP (non-secure) sites will always be loaded in the viewer using our proxy servers and ignore this setting. For HTTPS (secure) sites that require authorization, you should disable this setting and ensure your site allows it to be embedded.

  7. Live website: URL rewriting (all Ziflow editions) - automatically changes links in proofed web pages from absolute to relative paths. You can read more about this in FAQ: Why is my live website proof not loading correctly in the viewer?

  8. Show browser plugin prompts (all Ziflow editions) - when reviewing live websites, animated GIFs, and rich media files, a prompt is shown to install the Ziflow browser plugin if missing.

  9. Use Vector-based text (all Ziflow editions) - to improve the quality of static proofs in the viewer, you can use vector graphics for text. The result is a much-improved level of quality when reviewing proofs, no matter the zoom level. Please note that with this setting enabled, some types of content, for example, static websites, may not be displayed correctly within the Proof Viewer. If your website proof doesn't look right, please try temporarily disabling the setting and try proofing your website again.
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  10. Create color separations (Pro, Business Legacy, and Enterprise) - enable this option if you want your reviewers to have the possibility to measure color density to make sure that a specific spot has the appropriate density of a specific panton. Read more about color separations in the following article.

  11. Default content for rich media (Pro, Business Legacy, and Enterprise) - you can decide on a default content size for rich media proofs. Reviewers will still be able to change it inside the Proof Viewer.

  12. Show original image (all Ziflow editions) - this setting forces the Proof Viewer to show the original image (JPG, JPEG, PNG, BMP) instead of proof tiles.

  13. AV - during playback show markup for (all Ziflow editions) - decide how long comment markups should be displayed when audio/video proofs are playback.

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