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Weekly Recap: Candy Image Studio Upgrades, Participant Search & QR Creator 🍬✨

Weekly Recap: Candy Image Studio Upgrades, Participant Search & QR Creator 🍬✨
Hey photo friends! 👋

This week is packed with tools you’ll probably use right away: big upgrades to Candy Image Studio, a brand-new Participant Search across all events, and a fun but practical QR Creator.

Let’s dive in.

🎨 Candy Image Studio: More Control, More Power

We’ve made some meaningful upgrades to Candy Image Studio:

👁️ Choose whether to mark the original image invisible

  • Previously, edits always hid the original. Now it’s your call.

🗂️ Multiple edits can coexist

  • Uploading multiple AI edits of the same image no longer overwrites previous ones.

🧠 New safety agent

  • Automatically checks for edits involving race/ethnicity/skin tone changes or nudity to keep things appropriate.

🖼️ Generate 2K or 4K outputs

  • 4K is recommended for images with text.

Image Lightbox Integration

  • Click “Candy Image Studio” directly from an image lightbox to preload it into the Studio.
  • You can optionally mark the original invisible, and it keeps all participant associations intact for the new image (just like cutouts).

If you haven't checked out the AI editor, give it a try!

🔎 New: Participant Search Across All Events

You can now search participants across your entire account:

  • Search by name or contact info
  • Access via Tools & More, Sidebar Search bar, or "/participants" directly in the URL
  • Supports Candy navigation

Huge time-saver when you can’t remember or don't know which event someone was in.

Click here to jump to the Tools & More page

🔳 New Tool: QR Creator

Found under Tools & More, the new QR Creator lets you:

  • Paste in any link (event, check-in, retail, etc.)
  • Customize shape and colors
  • Generate something nicer than a plain black-and-white square
  • Download the new, cuter QR code!

Simple, but useful for signage, flyers, and booths.

https://app.nowcandid.com/tools/qr

📱 Mobile Dashboard Improvements

🔄 Swipe down to refresh any page (no app update needed, just refresh)

↔️ Swipe left/right in image lightboxes to move between images (desktop users already have arrow keys)

🍬 Overall improved Candy experience on mobile

🖥️ Dashboard Improvements

📂 PhotoRoster upload limit increased to 10,000 members

🏷️ PhotoTag assignment via Edit Folder fixed (won’t remove all tags unless you choose “None”)

👤 Create Participant button re-enabled (shows warning if event is older than 60 days; roster import still disabled for older events)

⚡ Faster event list search for accounts with many events

🖼️ Event cover photo now visually anchors the Event Details & Tags pages

🧾 Fixed overlay import not working properly

🔔 Fixed toast notifications appearing behind popups

🌾 Candy Culler Duplicate detection improvement

  • When using “Duplicates Only” in Candy Culler, duplicates now appear side-by-side for easier reviewing.

🛍️ Retail Improvements

📄 Fixed pagination buttons requiring page jump to function

🏈 Improved Jersey Jotter search speed/performance

🌀 LiveLoop Fixes

🛠️ Fixed certain events stopping after running for awhile

📢 Fixed not being able to upload advertisements

💸 Shipping Update

📦 5×7 Statuette shipping cost reduced thanks to a new shipping method for that product

  • From $7.25 → $3.25 (about 55% lower)

That’s the week!

Bigger AI editing control, faster participant lookup, custom QR codes, and a lighter shipping cost on 5×7 Statuettes.

Keep creating magic,

Candy 🍬

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Big update week! The Capture & Upload App v4.20.7 is right around the corner, and we’ve got some great new features for sports workflows, roster clarity, and retail protections.

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📱 Capture & Upload App 4.20.7 (releasing Sept 19–22)

  • 🔍 Smarter search: Search Name Lookup with both first and last name in one query (not just one or the other)
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🛍️ Retail Site

  • 🖼️ File names visible on the image preview page—helpful for support
  • 📏 Consistent renders regardless of aspect ratio
  • 👨‍👩‍👧 Merged participant galleries now include group photos for each merged participant’s PhotoTag (great for siblings sharing a number)
  • 🛡️ GalleryGuard upgrade: now blocks devtools for even more image protection
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📋 Dashboard

  • 👤 Participant images on records: Registered/Roster Participants with photos now display their gallery image instead of a silhouette on the Dashboard
  • 🖼️ Participant images now show on the Event Overview page for recent orders
  • ⬇️ Participant image downloads now include faux renders

🛠️ Misc

  • 🏅 SportsPics Check-In labels now say Athlete First Name and Athlete Last Name
  • 🏠 Clicking the NowCandid logo in the top-left of the Dashboard now takes you Home
  • 🐞 Bug fixes: Better performance and clarity around PhotoTags, merged participants, personal gallery downloads, and marketing with hidden/BGR images

That’s the roundup! 💫

Keep being amazing,
Candy 🍬

Weekly Recap: Capture App 4.20.6, GalleryGuard Expansion & Dashboard Upgrades 📸✨
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Weekly Recap: Capture App 4.20.6, GalleryGuard Expansion & Dashboard Upgrades 📸✨

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Hey photo friends!

This week we’ve got a shiny new Capture App release, smoother dashboards, smarter Candy (that’s me! 🍬), and some retail fixes to keep things running smoothly.

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📱 Capture App 4.20.6

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  • 💤 CamFi stays active after periods of inactivity
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🍬 Candy Upgrades

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Try it for yourself!

That’s all for this week! 💫

From a stronger Capture App to bigger previews and smarter Candy, we’ve got you covered.

Keep being amazing,


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Weekly Recap: Positive ID Upgrade, Wallet Glow-Up & Capture App Fixes 📱🛍️
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Hey photo friends!

Lots of small but meaningful updates this week—making check-ins better, dashboards clearer, retail orders more polished, and Capture App workflows smoother.

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✅ Positive ID Improvement

  • 👥 Additional Contact support for Simple Check-In & Scan Card Check-In

Subjects can now enter friend or family contact info in addition to their own at Positive ID Events!

This feature was previously limited to Selfie Check-In and Face Matching Events!

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🛠️ Small but Mighty Fixes

  • 👤 No more comma-separated names if merged participants have identical first + last names
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  • 🍎 Fixed Apple Pay prompt not reappearing after dismissal
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  • 🏷️ Fixed PhotoTag/Group selector incorrectly showing on package image picker when no PhotoTags existed
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That’s a wrap for this week! 💫

Whether you’re checking in guests, managing contacts, or delivering polished wallets, these updates should make your work a little smoother.

Keep being amazing,

Candy 🍬

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