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7 Strategies to Grow Your Photography Business with NowCandid πŸš€

7 Strategies to Grow Your Photography Business with NowCandid πŸš€
First off, congratulations on starting your photography business! Now, it's time to take the next steps and grow it.

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In this post, we'll offer strategic advice to help you effectively expand your photography business with a particular focus on building a strong team, proactive networking, and optimizing your workflow with NowCandid.

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1. Optimize Your Workflow βš™οΈ

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Efficiency is the key to successful growth. Evaluate your existing workflow and identify opportunities to streamline processes, automate tasks, and apply time-saving solutions. NowCandid's comprehensive platform makes managing your photography business more efficient, allowing you to earn more, while working less.

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2. Hire and Train a Team πŸ‘₯

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As your business expands, so should your team. Recruit talented photographers and support staff and invest in their training and development. With NowCandid, your team can concentrate on capturing amazing photos and providing top-tier customer service.

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3. Network Proactively 🀝

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Growing your business often requires extending your network to potential clients, partners, and collaborators. Engaging with your local chamber of commerce and demonstrating your photography system, like NowCandid, can lead to new bookings. Once you've established your presence at events, organic growth will follow as attendees experience your photo system in action, promoting word-of-mouth marketing.

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4. Identify New Opportunities with NowCandid πŸ”

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Diversification is a fundamental strategy for growth. NowCandid allows you to effortlessly branch out into new areas like sports, graduations, parties, holiday portraits, and corporate headshots. Using your existing equipment and familiar workflows, NowCandid facilitates the expansion of your business reach and profitability.

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5. Leverage Social Media and Online Marketing 🌐

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A robust online presence can showcase your portfolio, engage with potential clients, and generate leads. Utilize social media platforms, SEO, and email marketing to promote your services. NowCandid's white-label system ensures your brand remains the main focus in all your marketing efforts - we want you to grow your brand! Your success is our success.

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6. Strengthen Your Brand πŸ’ͺ

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Distinctive branding can set you apart from your competition and attract your ideal clients. Invest in professional branding elements such as a unique logo and a modern website. NowCandid's customizable Canva templates help also help you out as you start marketing NowCandid's phot systems as your own photo system! Not to mention it makes it easy to maintain a consistent brand image across some of your marketing materials.

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7. Monitor Your Progress with NowCandid πŸ“ˆ

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Track your business's growth using key performance indicators (KPIs) and set measurable goals. NowCandid provides detailed and transparent reports, helping you easily track crucial KPIs and sales by image folder. This allows you to assess the performance of each photographer at every event, and make informed decisions.

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Expansion is an exciting phase for any business!

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By strategically networking, building a strong team, and utilizing the power of NowCandid, you're well on your way to leading your photography business to new heights of success.

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Weekly Recap: Jersey Jotter Page, Smarter AI Edits & Android Improvements πŸ¬πŸ“Έ

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Hey photo friends! πŸ‘‹

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This week brings a mix of sports-focused tools, AI editing upgrades, and performance improvements across the Dashboard and Capture App.

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Let’s get into it.

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🏈 New: Dedicated Jersey Jotter Page (Sports Events)

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Jersey Jotter just got a big usability upgrade with its own dedicated page:

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πŸ”’ Search images by jersey number or color (just like retail search)

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πŸŽ›οΈ Easily enable/disable number & color recognition

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πŸ“Š View totals for detected numbers and colors

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πŸ“ Automatically appears for Sports events only

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If you’re working high-volume sports, this should make organizing and finding images much faster.

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Same filters your customers have come to expect, right in the Dashboard!

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🎨 Candy Image Studio: Better Results + New Styles

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Candy Image Studio continues to level up:

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✨ Improved edit quality across multiple nodes

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πŸ›‘οΈ Smarter safety system for safer outputs

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πŸ–ΌοΈ Example thumbnails added to many nodes (so you know what to expect)

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πŸ†• New AI Styles:

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🧸 Chibi

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🧍 3D Cartoon

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🦸 Action Figure

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Not sure when this one specifically would be helpful, but it's cool isn't it!

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⚑ Dashboard Improvements

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πŸš€ Faster overall performance across the Dashboard

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🎬 Smoother transitions (faster, and some now morph instead of just fading)

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🧹 Roster uploads now auto-clean whitespace
Prevents frustrating validation errors from accidental empty spaces in spreadsheets

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πŸ”Ž Fixed β€œFind a Participant” link in Sidebar Find

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πŸ§ͺ Fixed false positives in Image Tester filename validation

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🏷️ Data & Upload Improvements

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πŸ“„ CORE spreadsheets now supported in roster and PhotoRoster uploads (for those working across CORE workflows)

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πŸ› οΈ Marketing & Check-In Fixes

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πŸ“© Fixed duplicate text message edge cases

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🀳 Fixed β€œUpload From Camera Roll” issue on Check-In

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πŸ€– Capture App 5.4 (Android Improvements)

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This update focuses on improving the Android experience:

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πŸ“± Immersive mode UI‍

  • Reduces accidental navigation and keeps the app more stable on devices like Samsung

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🎨 Dark-themed native dialogs for alerts and messages

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πŸ”’ Orientation locked to vertical (matching iOS behavior)

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⚑ App size reduced ~20% (faster downloads, less storage)

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πŸ”Œ Fixed devices showing as generic β€œUSB Camera Device” instead of model name

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πŸ”„ Fixed Over-The-Air updates not working on some devices

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That’s the week!

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A strong mix of sports workflow improvements, better AI editing tools, and faster, cleaner performance across the board.

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See you next week,

Candy 🍬

Weekly Recap: Android Capture App Launch, PhotoTag Downloads & Upload Improvements πŸ“ΈπŸ¬
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Hey photo friends! πŸ‘‹

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This week’s updates include something many of you have been waiting for: the first public release of the Capture App on Android. Alongside that launch, we’ve also improved PhotoRoster workflows, tightened up retail safeguards, and rolled out several capture app fixes across platforms.

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Let’s take a look.

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πŸ€– Capture App Now Available on Android (Beta)

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The first Android version of the Capture App (v5.0.1) is now available on Google Play.

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IMPORTANT:Β This is very new! So it's in BETAΒ at the moment. Meaning, if you want to use Android, we encourage you to try a test Event at your home or office and make sure your flow works with your particular equipment! If you run into any issues, let us know right away!

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This release brings feature parity with the iOS app (with the exception of Photo Booth Mode and AirPrint, which currently are not planned for Android):

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πŸ“· Supports all of our capture workflows
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⚑ Same improved upload system introduced in iOS v5
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πŸ” Camera-triggered auto-launch support
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🎨 Android themed icon support
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πŸ“± Edge-to-edge Android UI support

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If you’ve been wanting to run Capture on Android devices, the foundation is now here!

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Screenshots from our new Android Capture &Β Upload App!

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πŸ“± Capture App Improvements

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iOS – Version 5.0.1 (OTA)

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A few fixes and small usability improvements landed this week:

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πŸ”Ž Participant not found message when scanning cards‍

  • Instead of defaulting to the first participant, the app now clearly shows when a scan doesn’t match anyone.

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πŸ“Š Image gallery stats now update correctly during uploads.

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πŸ“‚ TKO popup now dismisses properly when setting a folder as TKO.

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πŸ–₯ Windows Capture App – Version 4.21

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⚑ New image upload API improves upload speed and reduces device resource usage
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πŸ“‘ Better behavior when signing into events with no connectivity
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πŸ“‚ Event selector now shows only active events when offline, matching iOS behavior

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🏷️ Workflow Improvements

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πŸ“₯ Download PhotoTags directly from the PhotoTags page‍

  • This makes it simple to reuse or share tags between events.

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πŸ“‚ PhotoRoster uploads increased‍

  • Individual image uploads now support up to 5,000 images at once (previously 1,000).

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🎨 Candy Image Studio Reliability Fix

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Candy Image Studio uploads now behave more consistently.

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Edited images will now reliably appear in all the same places as the original image, including:

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  • All galleries
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  • QuicPics texts
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Previously, images only appeared if they happened to match faces or were manually assigned.

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πŸ›οΈ Retail Improvements

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A couple improvements help prevent confusing edge cases for customers:

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πŸ‘₯ Group products now properly enforce group images‍

  • If someone tries selecting a non-group image for a group product, they’ll now see a clear error message.

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🌍 New international shipping notice‍

  • For non-US shipping addresses, customers now see a helpful reminder that customs or import fees may be charged by their country in addition to international shipping fees.

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πŸ–₯️ Dashboard Improvements

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Some smaller UI improvements landed this week:

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✨ Toggle switches now animate smoothly instead of appearing choppy.

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That’s the week!

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The Android Capture App launch is a big step toward expanding device flexibility, and the PhotoTag downloads and PhotoRoster improvements should make event setup a little easier as well.

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See you next week,

Candy 🍬

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Hey photo friends! πŸ‘‹

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This week’s update is a big one. The new Capture App v5 for iOS has officially landed with major performance improvements, a refreshed UI, and some helpful workflow upgrades.

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On top of that, Candy Culler just got significantly faster, retail got a couple new themes, and several tools across the Dashboard have been refined.

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Let’s jump in.

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πŸ“± Capture App v5 (iOS) β€” Major Upgrade

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Capture App Version 5 brings a full UI refresh, major performance improvements, and several new quality-of-life tools for shooting events.

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⚑ v5: Faster Uploads & Better Performance

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A brand-new upload system significantly improves efficiency:

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  • πŸ“¦ Payload size reduced by ~25% thanks to image transfer improvements
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  • πŸ“· Much better memory usage with tethered cameras
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These improvements should make long shooting sessions feel noticeably smoother.

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πŸ–ΌοΈ v5: New Image Gallery & Filters

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The in-app gallery has been redesigned with better filtering and navigation:

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  • Roll filtering
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Filters are easy to remove with a single tap, similar to the Dashboard experience.

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πŸ” v5: Duplicate Photo Warning

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The Capture App can now warn you about duplicate images during a shoot:

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This works independently from the Dashboard’s Candy Culler duplicate detection, giving you duplicate awareness both during capture and afterward.

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🧰 v5: New Event Overview Info

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The event overview page now includes helpful connection details:

  • πŸ“‘ Carrier name
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  • πŸ“Ά Cellular generation (if available)
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  • πŸ“Ά Current Wi-Fi network

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This can help troubleshoot upload issues while shooting events.

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🎨 v5: Photo Booth Background Packs

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Photo Booth now supports downloadable background packs:

  • πŸŽ„ Christmas
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  • πŸŽƒ Halloween
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  • More to come!

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The default pack is now a downloadable set as well, which keeps the main app much smaller and makes OTA updates faster.

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πŸ”§ v5: Additional Capture App Improvements

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🌍 International phone numbers supported in Positive ID (were already supported in Tap-A-Face)
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🧍 Full vertical images now fit on iPhone screens
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πŸ”„ Update checks run automatically when refreshing events
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πŸ“§ Tap-a-Face email validation now matches Check-In pages
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πŸ”„ Upload status updates immediately after each upload
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πŸ“² Tablets can now use portrait orientation throughout the app

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✨ v5: Complete UI Refresh

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Version 5 introduces a polished new interface:

  • Modern sheet-based UI
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  • Improved dark mode styling
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  • Larger login and event selection screens
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  • Updated phone number input interface
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  • New image details sheet
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  • Cleaner image gallery layout

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New popup styling!

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Vertical orientation for iPad! Yay!

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Overall, the app feels faster, cleaner, and more modern.

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🧠 Candy Culler: Now 5Γ— Faster

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Candy Culler processing has been dramatically upgraded.

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⚑ Up to 5Γ— more images can now be processed at once, bringing it in line with Jersey Jotter throughput.

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This means faster detection for:

  • Duplicates
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  • Blurry photos
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  • Exposure issues
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  • Closed eyes
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  • Other culling checks

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🍬 Candy Improvements

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Candy continues getting faster and smarter:

  • ⚑ Faster Candy responses
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  • πŸ”Ž Faster Candy Navigation results
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  • 🧠 Improved event search for newly created events
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  • πŸŽ›οΈ Refreshed Mini Candy UI

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Pro tip: Press CMD + A / CTRL + A to toggle Mini Candy.

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🧾 Dashboard Improvements

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Several useful refinements were made to the Dashboard:

  • πŸ“Š Fixed Faces Report chart showing empty data
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  • 🧾 QR Code generator downloads now export at 1024px
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  • πŸ“‘ Scan card PDFs now sort duplicate participants exactly like the Capture App
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  • 🎨 Offer editor popups for adding products and packages are now wider with product category tabs
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  • πŸ“Š Event order list diamond-press counts now include quantities correctly
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  • 🧭 QR Creator and Image Tester now appear in Sidebar Find

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🎨 New Retail Themes

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Candy's Note: We hope you enjoy the pupper pics!

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🍡 Matcha Theme – a clean green storefront (great for spring or St. Patrick’s Day)

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🍠 Ube Theme – a bold purple theme

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Bonus:Β Retail UI styling also received improvements for tabs, checkboxes, and order tracking.

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πŸ“³ Haptics for Mobile Retail & Check-In

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Mobile users will now feel subtle feedback interactions when using the site:

  • Tap feedback
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  • Success feedback (add to cart, order placed)
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  • Error feedback

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This makes mobile ordering and check-in feel much more responsive, alive, and engaging!

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🀳 Selfie Check-In Improvements

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The Selfie Check-In site received improvements to the local face recognition model, making it more reliable and stable on more devices.

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πŸ’° QuicPics Adjustment

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Good news for high-volume QuicPics users:

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Selfie Check-Ins and PhotoRoster reference images no longer count as billable images.

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That means QuicPics events that use those workflows will be slightly cheaper overall.

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πŸ“₯ Easier Downloads on iPhone

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On iOS Chrome: Press-and-hold image downloads now open the iOS Share menu, making it much easier to save images. (iOSΒ Safari already supported this behavior.)

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🌐 New QuicPics Landing Page

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The Quic.Pics site now has a proper landing page instead of only a login screen in case end customers stumble across it somehow.

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Hopefully this helps it seem more legit while still remaining relatively white-label for your photographers out there!

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You can see it here: https://www.quic.pics

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That’s the week!

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Capture App v5 is a big upgrade, and combined with the faster Candy Culler and several Dashboard improvements, the entire workflow from capture β†’ cull β†’ sell just got smoother.

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See you next week,

Candy 🍬

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What’s a Rich Text element?

The rich text element allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually. Just double-click and easily create content.

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