Studio engine — now in production
Two engines, one account. Drop your artwork and let Studio analyze, separate, recolor and export it on our queue — or stay in the browser with Editor for lighter repeats. Open color codes (Munsell & CIE Lab), made for screen printers, DTG/DTF shops, design studios and factories.
Studio + Editor
queued steps
Munsell · CIE Lab
Pro + Studio
Two engines, one account
Studio is the default for textured, dense or large artwork. It runs server-side on a queue, so jobs survive your tab. Editor stays in the browser for lighter repeats and quick iterations — same account, same color reference library.
Recommended
Studio plan
A queued pipeline that analyzes your source, separates colors at any density, lets you recolor through saved colorways and exports print-ready files. Resilient to tab closes, built for batches.
Quick start
Editor plan
The original Textile Color Separation editor. Drag an image, eye-drop the colors you want to keep, separate, paint with brush and eraser, export each layer as a transparent PNG. No server round-trip — the workspace lives in your browser.
Studio pipeline
Studio orchestrates each project as a chain of jobs. Steps depend on the previous one succeeding. A failed job can be retried without losing the rest of the work.
Upload TIFF, PNG or JPEG within your active plan and platform upload limit. We keep the original asset typed and versioned.
Detect dominant colors, halftones, gradients and propose a starting palette.
Split the artwork into one mask per color. Tolerance-aware, edge-clean, repeat-safe.
Swap colors per layer with open color references (Munsell, CIE Lab). Save multiple colorways per project.
Print-ready PNG per layer, palette PDF, project bundle. Fetch outputs through the authenticated API on Pro and Studio.
Full run = 8 credits per 25 MB step
Credit cost shown per 25 MB step of source file size · multiplier scales for larger artwork
From source to print
What Studio produces from a single floral repeat: one PNG mask per color, ready for your screens or your DTF transfer machine.
Built for
Same platform, four very different stories. Pick yours — the workflow is tailored to it.
Spot color, simulated process, halftones. Replace Separation Studio NXT and Photoshop actions with one online queue.
See screen printing
White underbase, ink-saving palette reduction, batch export. Plugs into Shopify and your RIP.
See DTG & DTF
Multiple colorways per artwork, open color references (Munsell, CIE Lab), shareable projects, audit log. Sell motifs faster.
See design studios
Authenticated API, batch processing, SLA, SSO. Wire Studio into your MIS, PLM or RIP with a signed-in account.
See factories
Compared
The reference desktop tools are powerful but locked to a workstation. Here is how Textile Color Separation compares against the most cited alternatives.
| Feature | TCS Studio | Separation Studio NXT | Photoshop + actions | Ultraseps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud / browser | ● Yes | ○ Desktop install | ◐ Creative Cloud | ○ Desktop install |
| Cross-OS | ● macOS · Windows · Linux | ○ Windows | ● macOS · Windows | ○ Windows |
| Server-side queue | ● Built-in | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Authenticated API | ● On Pro + Studio | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Open color references (Munsell, CIE Lab) | ● Built-in, no license | ◐ Vendor library only | ◐ Manual | ◐ |
| Multi-colorways | ● Saved per project | ◐ | ◐ Manual | ○ |
| Pricing | From 0 € · 9 / 29 / 99 € | ≈ 800 USD perpetual + addons | 24 €/mo Adobe + your time | ≈ 300 USD one-time |
| Team sharing & audit | ● On Studio plan | ○ | ○ | ○ |
Prices & specs gathered from public vendor pages, May 2026. Trademarks belong to their respective owners.
Pricing
Monthly Stripe billing in EUR. Editor is the browser-only plan. Pro unlocks Studio and authenticated API processing. Studio raises credits and concurrency, with higher source limits when the platform cap allows it.
Browser editor for lighter artworks.
Studio + authenticated API for daily production work.
Higher-capacity Studio with authenticated API for heavier workloads.
Enterprise
Unlimited credits, dedicated infrastructure, SSO, audit log retention, white-label, 99.9% SLA. Bring your MIS, PLM or RIP — we plug Studio behind it.
Monthly Stripe checkout in EUR. VAT is added at checkout.
FAQ
Editor is the original browser editor — drop an image, eye-drop colors, separate, paint, export. Everything happens in your tab. Studio is a server-orchestrated pipeline (analyze → separate → recolor → export) that survives tab closes, handles large textured artwork, supports multiple colorways and exposes authenticated API processing for signed-in accounts.
No. The engine is per project. You can have an Editor quick-and-dirty repeat next to a Studio production-grade artwork in the same dashboard.
Source: TIFF, PNG, JPEG. Editor accepts lighter files. Paid plans raise source limits, always subject to the current platform upload cap. Export: PNG per layer (transparent), palette PDF, project ZIP bundle.
Studio jobs cost credits per success. Defaults: analyze = 1, separate = 4, recolor = 2, export = 1, multiplied by source size in 25 MB steps. So a 90 MB artwork separated once costs 4 × 4 = 16 credits. A failed job is not charged.
Yes — today the app exposes authenticated JSON endpoints on Pro and Studio. A signed-in account can create projects, register source assets, queue Studio jobs, and fetch outputs. Public partner API keys, OpenAPI docs and webhooks are not shipped yet.
Textile Color Separation is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by Pantone LLC. We provide a built-in color reference library based on open systems — primarily Munsell (public-domain renotation data) and CIE Lab / LCH (international standard). For shops that need an officially licensed Pantone workflow, we recommend pairing TCS with a Pantone-licensed RIP or color matching tool.
Yes. Source artwork is stored in a per-account namespace, signed URLs are short-lived, and we never train models on your files. EU customers can request EU-only storage.
Yes. Subscriptions are monthly, no commitment. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current period — your projects stay intact and you fall back to the Free tier.
For most screen printing shops doing simulated-process and spot-color separations: yes. For very specific halftone angle fine-tuning we still recommend pairing with your RIP. Many shops run both side by side: Studio for the daily volume, NXT for the edge cases — and gradually consolidate.
Current checkout is billed monthly in EUR via Stripe. VAT is handled at checkout.
Use the contact form and we will set up a 30-minute walkthrough on your own artwork.
Get started
Sign in, pick the plan that fits the workflow, and move to Studio when you need queued processing, higher limits and exports at scale.
Contact
Send the artwork context, expected volume, and what you need to automate. We will route it to the right workflow.