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Weekly Recap: PhotoCoach Support, Acrylic Puzzles & More! 🧠🧩

Weekly Recap: PhotoCoach Support, Acrylic Puzzles & More! 🧠🧩
Hey there, photo friends!

Candy here with some sweet new updates from your NowCandid™ Dashboard.

We've got a powerful new coaching tool, a fun new product to sell, and a bunch of workflow-boosting fixes to round it out.

Let’s dive in! ✨

🆕 New Feature: PhotoCoach

Introducing PhotoCoach—your new secret weapon for improving the quality of your photographers’ photos over time! 🧠📷

With PhotoCoach, you can:

  • • Review images from your Events and flag them with issues like "Acceptable," “Duplicate,” “Exposure Issue,” “Cropping Issue” and more (and make your own categories too!)
  • • Track photographer photo quality over time
  • • Send automatic feedback reports to your photographers with a breakdown of image counts & issue counts

It’s perfect for helping your team take more sellable images—leading to happier clients and stronger sales!

Find it now under Tools & More on your Dashboard and start coaching like a pro. 💪

Note: PhotoCoach is not new for CORE™ users (CORE™ is our sister-software at Candid Color Systems™), but it's new to NowCandid™! And it's had some feature improvements recently so it is now web-based! Woo!

It takes a little getting used to, but once you are, it's super easy and super fun!

🧩 NEW: 8×10 Acrylic-Backed Puzzle

Puzzle fans, rejoice! 🎉 You can now sell a 56-piece acrylic-backed 8×10 puzzle, complete with cute live-rendered previews on the retail site.

Why customers will love it:

  • Unique gift or keepsake
  • Durable acrylic & display-worthy

Even the little detahced pieces in the top right live-render, yay! - Theme: Liquorice

🔗 URL Filtering Just Got Smarter

Now when shoppers apply filters on the retail site, those filters update the URL automatically—making filtered views shareable with friends & family!

Not much more to say about this one, just a cool touch! :)

🛠️ Misc Tweaks & Fixes

A roundup of small but mighty changes:

  • 📥 Dynamic Personal Gallery Downloads can now be purchased by shoppers via Favorites!
    • A great addition for action sports—gives customers a “buy all” option that scales with the number of images selected, even when shopping from an All Gallery.
  • 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group-by-Face filter popup now shows only unique faces
    • Applies to new Events only—re-run Group-by-Face on past Events if needed!
  • 🗂 BGR Folders are editable again via the “Edit Folder” option
  • 🖼 Retail site now scrolls past the cover photo if a filter is selected from the initial popup
    • A smoother experience when arriving to an All Images gallery
  • 🧍‍♀️ Selfie Check-In button transforms post-Face Matching
    • It now becomes a second Retail Site button after expiration
  • 🧾 Invoice History tool now displays all past invoices, not just recent ones

That’s everything for this week! 💫

Whether you're giving photo feedback, selling puzzles, or just tidying up your workflow—we’ve got your back.

More soon!
Candy 🍬

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Hey photo friends!

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.

Let’s dig in:

📱 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)
  • 🔄 Swap Events: New option in the shooting page menu for Positive ID events
  • 🏈 Group Session mode: Added to the shooting page menu for sports events
  • 🗂️ BGR support: Can now shoot in Group Session mode inside BGR folders - uploads into a new folder name “(OriginalFolderName)b”
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  • ⌨️ Type & Take Participants now appear in Name Lookup
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  • 📱 UI tweaks:
    • “Manual Name Lookup” renamed simply “Name Lookup” on iPad
    • iOS 26 only: Liquid Glass context menus, native dialogs, keyboards, and controls
    • Error toasts are now native dialogs (prettier + don’t disappear too fast)
    • Info dialogs on event overview use native UI
    • Name Lookup modal now correctly titled “Name Lookup”
  • 🛠️ Fix: Upload toast now shows correct number of uploaded images

🛍️ 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
  • 💻 Cutouts default: Desktop retail site will selects the first custom background automatically when none is chosen when a subject goes to preview a dynamic-background image

📋 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.

Let’s dive in:

📱 Capture App 4.20.6

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  • 💤 CamFi stays active after periods of inactivity
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The new image preview user interface!

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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,


Candy 🍬

Weekly Recap: Positive ID Upgrade, Wallet Glow-Up & Capture App Fixes 📱🛍️
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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.

Here’s the scoop:

✅ 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!

📋 Dashboard Improvements

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Retail site renders have also been updated to match the upgraded wallets!

📱 Capture App 4.20.4 (iOS)

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  • 📷 Nikon Z series fix: Prevents cameras from showing as “connected” while powered off with USB power on

🛠️ Small but Mighty Fixes

  • 👤 No more comma-separated names if merged participants have identical first + last names
  • 💲 Recent price changes went live this week
  • 🍎 Fixed Apple Pay prompt not reappearing after dismissal
  • 🌎 Fixed timezone issues on “X min ago” displays in Image Details & Order Details
  • 🏷️ Fixed PhotoTag/Group selector incorrectly showing on package image picker when no PhotoTags existed
  • 📧 Download receipt emails now specify that files will come from YourPhotos@orderssupport.picsemail.com, helping subjects find their downloads

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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