{"id":2593,"date":"2025-05-22T12:45:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T12:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web?p=2593"},"modified":"2025-12-17T23:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:31:14","slug":"picdrop-for-advanced-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/articles\/picdrop-for-advanced-users","title":{"rendered":"picdrop Guide for Advanced Users"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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As one of the best online photo galleries for photographers, picdrop offers advanced features that make photo sharing, marking, and commenting easy, both for you as a professional photographer and your clients.<\/p>

In this picdrop guide, we\u2019ll show you how to set up picdrop to match your unique photo-sharing needs. You can change the setting for each gallery, allowing you to perfectly customize how you want to present your photos and collaborate with your client.\u00a0<\/p>

If you\u2019re new to picdrop, we recommend going through our onboarding guide first to understand how picdrop\u2019s online photo-sharing app works and its main features.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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1. Collaborating with Clients<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Comments on Photos<\/strong><\/h4>
By activating the comment function in the Gallery Settings in the \u201cEdit Mode\u201d section, your clients can leave comments on your photo files. The comments are displayed at the bottom left of the single file view. You will also receive an e-mail informing you about any comments left.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Color Flags for Quick Photo Selection and Rating<\/h4>

Color flags provide a simple and efficient way for you and your clients to mark, select, and rate files. You’ll find the color flag menu at the top right corner of image previews in gallery overviews, and at the bottom left in the single-file view.<\/p>

Each color flag can be selected with a click. You and your clients can choose between red, yellow, green, and black \/ FINAL. Color flags are visible in real-time to all current gallery visitors.<\/p>

If you want to customize color flags to better suit your workflow, there are two options: starting from the Pro plan, you can assign individual names to each color flag, and you can hide color flags that you do not want to use.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Filter Out Color Flags<\/h4>

After your clients have selected their pictures by color flags, you can filter out the flagged pictures in a few seconds on your computer. You won\u2019t have to spend hours searching for the right files if you follow our steps to filter out color flags. This saves you a lot of work and precious time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Create and Manage Selections<\/h4>

Your clients can easily create and manage selections within your gallery. By clicking the blue “+” button on a photo, they can add it to a selection. Once a selection is complete, they can save and name it.<\/p>

You will be notified via email whenever a new selection is created or modified.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Filter Out Selected Photos<\/h4>

After your clients have created a selection, you can also filter it out on your computer in just a few seconds. Follow our detailed instructions on how to filter out a selection of files and continue working directly with the selection.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Selections vs. Color Flags: Which is Right for You?<\/h4>

This guide will help you determine the best use case for selections and color flags in your PicDrop galleries. Discover the key differences and how to effectively use each feature.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Client Upload<\/h4>

If you want your clients to be able to upload files to their gallery, then simply activate the client upload in the Gallery Settings. Your clients can simply drag and drop their files into the gallery\u2019s browser window. Of course, you will be informed about every upload via e-mail.<\/p>

Good to know<\/strong>: All the features described, such as color flags, selections, comments, and customer uploads, can be found in the edit mode. Therefore, make sure that your customers can use the edit mode for the gallery.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Work In Real-Time with Clients<\/h4>

Everything that happens in your galleries will be displayed in real time to everyone who opened your gallery. Whether uploads, comments or color flags \u2013 communicating and collaborating with your clients has never been faster or easier.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Using picdrop for International Clients<\/h4>

picdrop automatically checks the language settings of the browser of your clients in the background and then displays the entire picdrop interface in English or in German.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Instant Notifications<\/h4>

In the Notifications, you always have an eye on what\u2019s going on in your galleries. You can find them in your gallery overview and in every gallery at the top right of the Gallery Settings alongside the \u201cShare\u201d button. We notify you about:<\/p>