Client galleries and proofing

A gallery for each shoot

• Sets for each event of a wedding: haldi, mehendi, wedding, reception. A gallery made from a project can make a set for each of its events.
• Upload from the browser, three files at a time with a progress bar each. Studio files up to 80 MB each; iPhone HEIC photos are turned into JPEG in the browser before upload.
• Each photo is checked by its first bytes, so a renamed file is refused. Web, large and thumbnail sizes are made on the server, turned upright from the camera data.
• Camera details are read from each photo: time taken, camera, lens, ISO, aperture, shutter and focal length.
• Hide, show, move to a set, set as cover, or delete photos in bulk.

What the client sees

• The studio name, the gallery title and the event date, then the photos: 2 across on a phone up to 6 on a computer, 300 a page.
• A full-screen viewer with arrows, swipe left and right, and swipe down to close.
• A PIN on the gallery when you want one. Ten wrong tries in 15 minutes and that address has to wait.
• A closing date, after which the link no longer opens.
• Downloads when you allow them: the original file or the web size. A free photo is never marked, and you choose when downloads open.
• Private sets for the family or just the couple, opened with a link and PIN or a one-time code.
• Save to Google Drive™ or Google Photos (coming soon): the client copies what they may download (everything, one set, or their hearts) into a new folder or album in their own Google account, free.

Google Drive and Google Photos are trademarks of Google LLC. isodesk is not made, sponsored or endorsed by Google.

Proofing: hearts, comments and picks

1. The client hearts photos and keeps a separate print list. The first time, they give their name and a mobile number or email.
2. They leave comments on photos. You resolve or reopen each comment.
3. A pick limit counts the hearts. A heart past the limit is refused and the client is told how many are picked.
4. They press Send. You see each visitor's favourites and print list, with when they last sent it, and you are told on WhatsApp.

When you close proofing, the client can still look and download, but hearts, comments and sending are switched off.

Picks into Lightroom

Each list copies as one comma-separated line of file names without extensions (DSC_0012, DSC_0013), so the same line finds the RAW files. In Lightroom: Library filter, Text, Filename, Contains, paste.

Sharing the link

Copy the link, download a QR code as SVG, send it on WhatsApp or by email from the platform, or open WhatsApp on your phone with the message filled in.

Guests can also add their own photos when you switch guest uploads on. Their photos stay hidden until you choose to show them.

Questions

See also

• Album pickerClients pick photos for the printed album from the gallery, place them on spreads and send them. You design, send it back for review and print.
• Selling prints and photosGive some photos free and sell the rest as premium, watermarked until bought. Your own price sheet on every gallery: photos, prints, canvases and albums. Buyers pay by UPI, or online through Razorpay.
• Selfie searchGuests take a selfie and see only the photos they are in. They are told what happens first, and the selfie is deleted right after the match.
• Automatic cullingSort a shoot into picks, maybes and rejects. Blurred, dark, blown-out and duplicate frames are flagged and the best frame of each burst is picked. Runs on our servers.