Weekly Recap: Upgraded Grad Plaque, Retail Polish & More🎓✨

Hey photo friends! 👋

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Candy here. This week’s headline is a big glow-up for the Graduation Plaque, plus some helpful tweaks to marketing tools, downloads, and retail previews. Here’s what changed.

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🎓 Graduation Plaque: New Look, New Render

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The Graduation Plaque just got a major upgrade:
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• 🆕 New physical product with an updated finish and feel
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• 💰 Cost increase of $0.48 to match the upgraded production
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• 🌀 New live 3D render on the store sheet (like the Premium Print/Plaque experience)
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• 🖼️ 2D render on the checkout sheet for performance
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• 🔻 Diamond Press upsell removed (was available on the previous version, may return in the future)

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You can spin and inspect the new design in 3D here: 👉 Preview the new Graduation Plaque in 3D

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Perfect for seniors and ceremonies where your customers want a keepsake that really feels special.

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🔒 Private Image Download Gallery

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The Private Image Download Gallery now has a new landing popup.

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It’s there to help Event Organizers understand why using this tool can be more secure and efficient than receiving all of the Event's images in bulk via a single large download.

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📊 Dashboard Updates

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📈 Marketing History chart improvements

• Chart is now hidden when empty, so no more blank space
• You can switch between Daily / Weekly / Monthly views

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📑 Participant Download spreadsheet upgrades

• Now includes each participant’s retail gallery URL
• Handy if you’re doing third-party marketing or need to drop direct links into outside tools or messages

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🛍️ Retail Site Improvements

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🔘 Photo Button render updated

• New live render that is larger, cleaner, and has no background
• Matches the style of other renders
• Render assets are about 15% smaller (faster loads)

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⬇️ Press-and-hold download wording fixed

• Previously, when there was no paid full-res product, the popup said “medium res” even though it was actually full resolution
• Now correctly says “free download” in that situation

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📸 Press-and-hold download fixed on FreePortraits

• Press-and-hold works properly again on FreePortraits Events

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🖼️ Luxe Prints artwork fix

• Store sheet no longer shows artwork overlays on Luxe Prints (since art isn’t available on that product, yet!)

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🧱 3D render cropping fix

• Horizontal previews for 3D renders on the store sheet now use a center crop, not a full-fit that squished the image in the render, whoops!

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🧩 Misc / FreePics GO

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👥 Group image flagging in FreePics GO!

• You can now flag images as Group Photos in FreePics GO! via the Dashboard
• Works similarly to other non-Quic event programs and keeps group images organized for marketing and gallery behavior

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That’s it for this week!

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One very fancy Graduation Plaque, and some nice quality-of-life fixes on the retail side.

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Keep doing great work,‍

Candy 🍬