Hey there, NowCandid™ crew!

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Candy here with another recap of all the little tweaks and big boosts we’ve added to your NowCandid™ world this week.

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From expanded product access to smarter marketing visuals, let’s dive right in! 🏊‍♀️✨

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🛍️ PortraitPress Has Launched!

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Candid Color Systems, Inc. has officially released PortraitPress! Whether you're fulfilling large manual orders or printing sports banners, PortraitPress has your back.

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• Use your NowCandid™ Account Number when signing up to activate wholesale pricing
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• Order prints in bulk, large service items, sports banners, and more
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• Ideal for meeting unique requirements from schools, leagues, or team organizers

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🔗 Sign up for PortraitPress here

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🛒 Retail Site Upgrades 🛍️

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We’ve made shopping more transparent and more accessible for your clients—just in time for graduations!

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• Strikethrough Pricing on Tiered Offers: The site now shows original pricing (Week 3+) crossed out next to the current early-price (Week 1 & Week 2), helping buyers see what they’re saving 🤑
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• Spanish Language Toggle: In addition to auto-translation by browser settings, customers can now manually switch to Spanish from the site menu as well!

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💻 Web Dashboard Tweaks & Tools 🧰

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We’ve refined the dashboard again to make managing your events and artwork even easier.

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• Download Uploaded Artwork: Need to re-access a retail cover, custom background, or overlay file? Now you can download your previously uploaded art straight from the dashboard 🎨
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• Full Image Filters on Assign Images Page: All Manage Images filters are now available when manually assigning/unassigning images to a participant ✅
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• Pause Marketing Before Event Start: Planning ahead? Now you can pause marketing before an event even goes live ⏸️
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• Mini Candy Chat Shortcut: Press CTRL+A (or CMD+A on Mac) to pop open Mini Candy, your floating FAQ assistant! Click her again or hit Escape to close 🍬💬
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• Error Feedback on Participant Pages: See more details about when an email is unsubscribed or why a QuicPics™ message failed to deliver. Less guesswork when troubleshooting! 🚫📩
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• FaceMatch Import Addition: Uploaded spreadsheets can now include up to 3 cell phone numbers and 3 email addresses per participant! Each will generate its own gallery and campaign but share the same name and reference image. Perfect for making sure parents, siblings, or friends all get those important grad pics! 📊👨‍👩‍👧

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That wraps up this week’s updates!

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We’re inching closer to graduation season, so keep those questions coming, and don’t forget to test your equipment and prep those galleries! Until next time…

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Cheers and sparkles,
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Candy 🍬

Hey, photography rockstars! 📸

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Candy here, and I’ve got a flavorful batch of updates to share with you this week!

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From making the retail site more multilingual to refining our Dashboard tools, we’ve been sprinkling improvements across the board. Let’s take a look at what’s new! 👇

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Retail Site Enhancements 🛍️

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We’ve made a couple sweet tweaks to the shopping experience for your customers!

• 🌎 Spanish Translation: If a customer’s browser is set to Spanish, they’ll now automatically see the retail site in Spanish!
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• ✂️ Cart Crop Previews: Cart previews now reflect the user’s selected crop. A small change to help avoid checkout confusion!

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Capture App Update (v4.19.1) 📱

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This was a tiny version bump—but it squashed a tricky little bug!

• 🧩 Photo Booth Collage Fix: Digital collages won't randomly stop generating when using Photo Booth Mode anymore. Woohoo!

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Web Dashboard Upgrades 💻

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This week’s focus? Boosting clarity, visibility, and making things just a bit easier!

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• 👻 Hide Finished FaceMatch Groups/Orgs: Done working with a FaceMatch group or organization? Hide it from your view to keep things tidy.
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• 🎨 Auto Color Profile Conversion (Beta): Uploading an image that isn’t sRGB? NowCandid™ will try to convert it automatically. It’s great in a pinch, though color may slightly shift, so uploading sRGB is still the gold standard.

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• 🔠 Alphabetized Participant Lists: Participant lists in Events now sort A→Z (based on last name) for simpler searching.
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• 🕓 Participant Creation Dates: Added to both the list & individual detail pages—just a touch more context for your records.
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• 🧾 More Helpful Download Sheets: Downloading participant info now includes folder and image names to assist in providing info & images to event organizers.
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• 📊 Mini Report Shortcut: Jump from your Event page straight to Reports with the Event already set as the filter—fast and efficient!

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• 📅 Sort Events by Start Time: Events are usually sorted by when you created them, but now you can also sort by Start Date to Find your newest (or oldest) Events more easily.
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• 🔐 Two-Factor Authentication on Profile Edits: Lock down sensitive info like payment details, so you can safely share Dashboard access with your team.

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• 🕰️ Time Zone Smarts: Event Start and End times now reflect your local time zone, both during creation/editing and on the Event Details page. Plus, time references like “3 hours ago” are now accurate for everyone, not just CST folks.

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That’s it for this week’s round of upgrades and polish! 🌈

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If you’re prepping for spring Events (👀 grad season!), these updates should help keep things streamlined, safe, and crystal clear for both you and your customers.

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As always, let us know how things are working for you—or if there’s something new you’d love to see! 🧡

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Until next time…

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Cheers & sparkles,

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Candy 🍬

Hi friends!

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It’s your favorite AI assistant, Candy 🍬, here with the latest round of improvements from the NowCandid™ team!

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We’ve been working behind the scenes to make your uploads faster, your filters smarter, and your galleries even more streamlined. Let’s take a look at what’s new this week!

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FaceMatch Import™ Enhancements 🧠

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Managing face data just got easier and more organized!

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• 🔍 Event search bar added to the import screen for quicker Event selection
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• 🙈 Can now hide organizations and face groups for cleaner views
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• 🔠 Alphabetical sorting is now the default for organizations and face groups, and you can click headers to sort any column!
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• 🍬 Candy will now pop in to notify you when all member images are uploaded!

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Image Uploading Upgrades 🖼️

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Just a couple tweaks to help keep your folders clean and your uploads smooth!

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• 📁 Select an existing folder from a dropdown when uploading new images
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• 🚫 Images smaller than 500×500 pixels will no longer be allowed for upload (too tiny for high-quality printing!)

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Manage Images Filters 👓

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Need to track down which images didn’t get assigned? Now you can!

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• 🆕 New “Unassigned Images” toggle lets you filter for images that aren’t in any participant’s gallery yet
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• Great for quick cleanups or double-checking your galleries before publishing!

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Custom Offers & Products 📦

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A few little changes to give you more control over shipping and products!

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• 💸 Shipping max increased to $10 (was previously capped at $7)
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• 🖼️ New products added: 4×6 Group Print and 5×7 Group Print—these render identically to the standard 4×6 and 5×7 products on retail but are great for offering group-specific pricing or bundles!

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Miscellaneous Improvements 🛠️

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A few thoughtful touches to make your day-to-day a little more delightful:

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• ⌨️ You can now use CMD+F to quickly focus on most text fields—no more clicking around to type!
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• 🏷️ GroupTags™ can now be used on all Programs except QuicPics™ and QuicPortraits™ (since those workflows don’t support group photo flagging)
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• ⚠️ If Pause Marketing is on, you’ll now see reminders on both the participant list and participant details pages, so you don’t forget to flip the switch back when it’s time!

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Thanks for keeping up with this week’s recap! 🎓📷

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We’re always rolling out new ways to make NowCandid™ more powerful, more flexible, and more YOU.

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If you’ve got feedback or need help with any of these features, give us a shout—Candy’s always happy to help!

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Until next time,

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Keep capturing magic,

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Candy 🍬