Product updates

Proofing selections that fit your package

On a proofing gallery with sections, choose how picks are counted in Gallery settings: One total (like 4 retouches from any look, in any mix) or Per section (like 2 from each look, with the total added up for you). Your client always sees a count they can actually reach.

Cover photo size, and a simpler gallery editor

A new Cover photo section sets how much of the screen your cover fills (Full screen, Tall, Medium, or Short) and holds its framing. Themes are gone from the editor: start from Smart start or one of Your designs, then adjust. In Settings, pick a default design that new projects start with.

Frame your cover in the gallery editor

Drag the cover photo right in the live preview to reposition it, and zoom from the Cover layout section. You see exactly how it sits in your chosen cover layout, and it saves when you click Apply. "Adjust framing" on the project page takes you straight there.

Overall progress for gallery uploads

Uploading a big set of photos now shows one progress bar for the whole batch, with the time left, and the photos still uploading stay at the top of the list.

Easier-to-read main buttons

Main buttons (Pay, Sign, New project and the rest) keep Edit orange and now use dark text, so the label is easy to read for everyone, including in bright light. Galleries with their own accent color keep it, with whichever label color reads best.

Galleries and payments work better with a keyboard and screen reader

Clients can open and browse photos with the keyboard, pop-ups keep focus where it belongs and return it when closed, payment errors are read out, and focus outlines and lighter text have a little more contrast.

Stronger e-signatures on agreements

Signers now agree to sign electronically before signing (with a short disclosure), and can use their typed name instead of drawing. Every step is kept in a permanent signing record with a certificate on the signed copy, the signed text can't change, and everyone who signed gets their own copy when it's fully signed.

Updated Terms of Service and Privacy Policy

The Terms now cover getting paid by your clients (card surcharges, late fees, and sales tax), the certifications you make in Settings, and how we keep records of what was agreed. The Privacy Policy notes the few new things we record. You'll see a short prompt to accept the update, and every past version stays available word for word at the bottom of each page.

A cleaner Payments settings page

Surcharge, reminders, late fees, sales tax, and check payments each have a simple on/off switch now. Their settings and your state's rules only show when they're on, so the page reads at a glance.

Downgrading checks your storage first

If you switch to a plan with less storage than you're using, Edit now shows how much you use, suggests the extra storage blocks to cover it, and updates the price live as you add or remove blocks. Your files are never deleted. If you switch without enough storage, new uploads pause until you're under the limit.

Sales tax that fits your state

Settings > Payments now explains how your state treats photography (prints, session fees, and digital images can each be different), and sales tax stays off until you confirm you're registered to collect it in your state. Tax rates are capped at 15% to catch typos.

Late fees follow the rules, and clients see them up front

Late fees are now capped at 10% (new studios start at 5%) and follow your state's rules, like Wisconsin's $10 limit and Maryland's 15-day wait. Every invoice, its PDF, and the invoice email now state the late fee terms, and the default agreement templates call it a one-time late fee, never interest. Turning late fees on now asks you to confirm they're in the contract each client signs.

Card surcharges follow your state's rules

Your studio's city and state are now required, and the card surcharge is held to what your state allows: off in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Puerto Rico, up to 2% in Colorado, Maine, and New York, and up to 4% everywhere else. Debit and prepaid cards are never charged the fee, and the payment shows "Debit card, fee waived" with the card's last 4 (tap "fee waived" to see why). New studios start at 3%.

Security upgrades across Edit

A full security review and a round of hardening. Removing a teammate or archiving a client now signs them out right away, changing your password signs you out on your other devices, and sign-in and other public forms now limit repeated attempts. Agreement drafts stay private until you send them, and payment refunds and disputes are tracked more completely.

Gallery stats update live

The Gallery stats card on a project now updates while your client browses: views, favorites, selects, and downloads change on their own, no refresh, and each one pops when it moves.

Booking requests, redesigned

Requests now read like an agenda: grouped by month, each with a date block, the full date, a preview of their note, and their photo at a glance. Open one to see everything and accept, change, or decline right there. Open requests start expanded.

Booking confirmations invite clients to their portal

When you accept a request from your booking link, the "Your session is booked" email now also sets up their client portal with their login, so they can see their session and, as you publish them, their agreements, invoices, and photos. No separate invite email.

Search and pages for booking requests

Booking requests now have a search box and show 10 at a time, and bookings turn up in the search bar at the top. A new request keeps its red dot until you accept, modify, or decline it.

Safer invoices and gallery sales

An invoice with a bank payment still clearing is locked until it settles. A refunded gallery order stops downloading. Gallery carts always charge your current prices and tell the buyer when their cart was updated. Discount codes can be used once per studio.

Photographer's pick stands out on any photo

The thumbs up now has a thin white outline and is a little larger, so it stays visible on dark corners even when your accent color is dark.

Require payment before gallery downloads

Require payment before downloads now covers static gallery downloads too, not just Deliverables, and you can turn it on right in Gallery settings. While an invoice is unpaid, your client's gallery shows a Pay to download button and unlocks automatically once they pay. Friends and family on a shared link just see no download buttons, never a payment message.

A clear deadline for your First Light rate

First Light members now see exactly when to subscribe to keep 50% off for life: the Billing page and a reminder email a week before your free run ends both show the date. Your code applies when you subscribe, and it counts once your first payment goes through.

Twice as many gallery fonts

The gallery Editor's Font picker now has 21 pairings, seven each of serif, sans serif, and script. New: Playfair Display, EB Garamond, Bodoni Moda, Italiana, Montserrat, Manrope, Josefin Sans, Pinyon Script, Allura, Parisienne, and Alex Brush, each paired with a matching body font. A gallery still loads only the font it uses, so pages stay fast.

Pick every kind of photography you do at signup

When creating a studio, "What kind of photography do you do?" is now a set of tappable choices, so you can select all that apply instead of just one. Your picks fill in your studio settings.

Every gallery setting previews live

In the gallery Editor, changing the gallery type, selection limit, extra retouches, price, downloads, or layout now updates the preview right away, just like the design options. You see exactly what your client will get before anything goes live, and nothing changes for your client until you click Apply.