The PhotoDeck blog: galleries

Gettings files to your customers, faster

We've just made it easier for your customers to download files from your website!

In-place download option

When delivering files ordered by a customer, an email is sent as soon as the file(s) is/are packaged. For small orders, it can be very fast...

Your custom pages just got promoted

New editor for free content to provide ultimate flexibility

This is set to be our most significant upgrade this year.

PhotoDeck is optimized for photography and video websites: galleries are central to our designs. That's what allows PhotoDeck sites...

Private galleries workflow improvement + lightboxes redesign part 1

Yeah, another free upgrade! And quite a significant one at that...

Sending galleries to customers

We've streamlined the workflow to give access rights to specific clients and send them a private gallery.

Before:

1. Create gallery and upload images

Selling whole galleries

It's here! We've now added the possibility to sell full galleries:

So now, with PhotoDeck, you can sell both full galleries and individual images/videos, potentially at different prices within the same gallery. As far as we know this flexibility...

Batch-pricing a gallery

A new feature for a more efficient workflow

We've just added a new feature that allows you to price all files in a gallery at once, including future files. If all images/videos in a gallery have the same price, there is therefore no need anymore...

New size option on low-res "comp" downloads

We've just introduced a new size option to the free low-res "comp" downloads:

This allows you to offer downloads to your clients in sizes larger than 800x600 px. So that the download can be started in a single click, the alternative size is the...

4 MPixel images displayed right on your website

We have added the "WQXGA" size to the sizes available for the display of enlarged images on your website. This is a LARGE size (max 2560 x 1600 pixels), resulting in images of about 4 million pixels displayed directly on your website!

The quality...

TIP // Moving a Gallery

Sometimes you want to change or clean up your gallery structure. Other times, you may have just created a gallery, uploaded images to it, only to realize that you accidentally created it in the wrong place. Rather than delete everything and start over...

TIP // Gallery Display Style Basics

Gallery display styles are an important and powerful tool to control the way your galleries, thumbnails, and images are displayed to your visitors. It is what allows you to match a gallery's presentation with your own style, but also with the purpose...

TIP // Setting gallery covers

Gallery cover images are a great opportunity to give your visitors a preview of what to expect before entering a gallery. A great gallery cover can mean the difference between a visitor exploring more of your website or leaving. Your PhotoDeck site...

New: XL-sized gallery covers and thumbnails

We've introduced new LARGE sizes in our image walls displays, available for both gallery covers and individual image thumbnails.

A perfect use of this is on your frontpage, when you have split your site into 2-3 main galleries. Or more generally...

Design upgrade!

Today, we're delighted to announce an important (and free) update to PhotoDeck websites!

The enhancements we're bringing you this time are about design. Seemingly small little things that, put together, have a significant impact on how people will...

New Lightroom plugin with Publish functionality!

We're delighted to announce the availability of a new Lightroom-PhotoDeck plugin that is a significant step-up over the previous one.

The new PhotoDeck-Lightroom Publish plugin allows you to:

1. Publish your images directly...

Tips for an effective (portfolio) photography website

Zoe Whishaw is an independent commercial photography consultant and mentor. She works with photographers on a one-to-one basis and runs seminars and workshops in and around London.

Your website is your greatest marketing tool. It should be a reflection...

Your (almost) perfect portfolio in 11 steps

Zoe Whishaw is a independent commercial photography consultant and mentor. She works with photographers on a one-to-one basis and runs seminars and workshops in and around London.

Marketing your work needs a variety of approaches. Depending on who...

What’s your specialism? Styles and Signposts

Zoe Whishaw is a independent commercial photography consultant and mentor. She works with photographers on a one-to-one basis and runs seminars and workshops in and around London.

Aside from being functionally efficient, those looking to commission...

TIP // Using smart collections

Smart collections are saved dynamic searches that make it easy to find files that you frequently access. This is a great time saver, especially for large image databases where it can be easy to lose track of files. Smart collections can be accessed...

TIP // Gallery cover photos

Galleries covers should be enticing and encourage your visitors to enter a gallery. Other times, you want them to be more practical. For this reason you can easily customize which image is used for your gallery covers.

In the My Images & Videos...

TIP // Customizing and understanding thumbnails

Each gallery display style uses a unique mixture of settings to optimize the way your images are displayed in your galleries. One of the areas where this is the most apparent is in the image thumbnails. Did you know you can completely customize the...

TIP // My Images & Videos: Showing more thumbnails

The thumbnail and view options in the My Images & Videos panel are highly customizable. For example, if you want to re-order files between multiple pages, it makes sense to show more image thumbnails per page to allow for easier sorting.

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