Designer projects
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Translated from the Italian guide. Narciso itself is in Italian, so the names of buttons, menus and fields are shown exactly as they appear on screen, with a translation in brackets where it helps.
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The starting window#
When you open the Designer from the menu, a white window of 860 × 680 points appears in the centre, with two tabs: Nuovo progetto (New project) and Riprendi lavoro (Resume work). You cannot touch the editor until you choose.
«Nuovo progetto» tab#
Four scrolling rows of cards, one for each type, with two arrows ‹ › for scrolling. Each card shows a sample photo, the name, the size and the suitable social networks; if you hold the mouse over it, the photo is shown in full. The round i button opens a speech bubble with Perché sceglierlo (Why choose it) and a usage tip. One click on the card chooses the format (from the keyboard: Tab to move onto it, Invio (Enter) or Spazio (Space) to choose).
«Social media» row (Tutti i formati — una dimensione, più piattaforme, All formats — one size, several platforms):
┌──────────────────────┬────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────┬──────────┐
│ Card │ Size │ Suggested platforms │ Frames │
├──────────────────────┼────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┼──────────┤
│ Foto Profilo │ 320 × 320 px (1:1) │ Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, │ 1 │
│ (Profile photo) │ │ Pinterest │ │
│ Post Verticale │ 1080 × 1350 (4:5) │ Instagram, Facebook │ up to 10 │
│ (Vertical post) │ │ │ │
│ Post Quadrato │ 1080 × 1080 (1:1) │ Instagram, Facebook │ up to 10 │
│ (Square post) │ │ │ │
│ Storia 9:16 │ 1080 × 1920 │ Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, │ 1 │
│ (Story 9:16) │ │ Pinterest │ │
│ Copertina Facebook │ 851 × 315 │ Facebook │ 1 │
│ (Facebook cover) │ │ │ │
│ Copertina Pinterest │ 800 × 450 (16:9) │ Pinterest │ 1 │
│ (Pinterest cover) │ │ │ │
│ Pin Standard │ 1000 × 1500 (2:3) │ Pinterest │ 1 │
│ (Standard pin) │ │ │ │
│ Pin Lungo │ 1000 × 2100 │ Pinterest │ 1 │
│ (Long pin) │ │ │ │
└──────────────────────┴────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────┴──────────┘
With a single frame, the bar for adding or moving frames does not appear. This row also contains the Sticker card (512 × 512 px, up to 30 canvases): see Stickers.
Print rows (Volantino, Poster, Biglietto da visita; that is, Flyer, Poster, Business card): each has Fronte e Retro (Front and Back) and a 3 mm bleed. Sizes, cards and prices are in Print formats.
Once you pick a card, the window closes and the canvas is created with the name Nuovo Progetto. The piece of work is immediately given an identifier and a backup copy is made in the browser: pressing F5 straight after choosing does not lose either the format or the sizes.
«Riprendi lavoro» tab#
Lists the drafts, that is, the pieces of work that are not finalised: those saved by automatic saving or with Salva Bozza (Save draft), including print formats. These do not appear: posts finished with Salva Post (Save post) (they are in the Social media library) and uploaded files.
- A grid of 4 columns, most recent first. Each card shows the preview, the title (Senza titolo, Untitled, if empty) and the date followed by • Bozza (Draft).
- Work arrives in blocks of 20: when you scroll towards the bottom, more arrive. There is no cap on the number.
- The Cerca tra i tuoi post... (Search your posts...) bar searches in the title only (maximum 100 characters). With no results: Nessun post trovato per "…". (No post found for "…".) With no drafts: Non hai ancora nessun lavoro salvato. (You have no saved work yet.)
- If the preview is missing, a yellow box appears with the text Immagine anteprima non disponibile (Preview image not available) (this happens for work closed straight after starting).
- One click on a card reopens the work as it was (format, frames, sizes). If it fails: Impossibile aprire la bozza. Controlla la connessione e riprova. (Unable to open the draft. Check your connection and try again.)
- If loading the list fails: Impossibile caricare i tuoi lavori. (Unable to load your work.) with Riprova (Try again).
- When you hover over the preview, a bin appears (Elimina definitivamente, Delete permanently): it asks for confirmation with a browser window («Eliminare definitivamente "titolo"? L'azione non è reversibile.», Delete "title" permanently? This action cannot be undone.) and deletes the draft, previews and files from the server.
The project name#
At the top left is the name (it starts as Nuovo Progetto). One click turns it into a text field (maximum 80 characters); Invio or a click outside confirms. If you leave it empty, it goes back to Senza nome - gg.mm.aaaa (Unnamed - dd.mm.yyyy). Underneath, a label shows the type: Post singolo (Single post), Carosello (Carousel) (several frames) or Fronte/Retro for print.
Automatic saving#
The editor saves by itself about 5 seconds after the last change, and at most every 15 seconds it updates a small preview of the first page. It does not save while the canvas is completely empty: the draft is created at the first change. A backup copy in the browser is also made at every change; if you reload before the save reaches the server, the editor picks up the most recent copy.
The indicator in the top bar (visible from 768 points upwards):
| Indicator | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Salvataggio… (Saving…) | It is saving |
| Salvato alle 15:42 (Saved at 15:42) (green cloud) | Saved |
| Non salvato — riprova (Not saved — try again) (red) | Saving failed: the work stays in the editor and in the browser copy, and the program tries again by itself after 5, 10, 20, 40 seconds and then every minute. The button makes it try again immediately |
If you try to close or reload the tab while a save is in progress or has failed, the browser asks for confirmation. A too heavy piece of work (over about 25 MB of data, for example because of many uploaded fonts) is not saved: see File formats and sizes.
The Salva button#
The yellow Salva (Save) button opens a menu with different entries depending on the type of work:
| Entry | For | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Salva Bozza | All | Saves the work as a draft so you can continue later. Notification Bozza salvata con successo (Draft saved successfully). With an empty canvas: La tela è vuota: niente da salvare come bozza (The canvas is empty: nothing to save as a draft) |
| Download locale (Local download) | Posts, stories, carousels | Downloads each frame as a PNG (Exporting) |
| Salva Post | Posts, stories, carousels | Exports the image ready for publishing and puts it in the Social library (Exporting) |
| Stampa autonoma (Print on your own) | Print only | Opens the browser's print window (Print formats) |
| Ordina Produzione (Order production) | Print only | Quote and paid print order (Print formats) |
If the manual save fails, a browser window warns you with Errore durante il salvataggio: … (Error while saving: …): the work stays in the editor and you can try again.
Reopening a piece of work#
- F5 during work: the address already contains the identifier, so the page reopens the same work with its name.
- Riprendi lavoro: as above.
- From the Social library: Modifica (Edit) reopens a finished post (New post).
- If you closed the tab without saving, when you reopen it the editor uses the browser copy if it is more recent than the one on the server. A piece of work that never reached the server does not appear in the list.