{"id":2611,"date":"2025-05-22T14:22:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web?p=2611"},"modified":"2025-12-17T23:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:31:13","slug":"first-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/articles\/first-steps","title":{"rendered":"Your first steps with picdrop"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2611\" class=\"elementor elementor-2611 elementor-2601\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e7cfdc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2e7cfdc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd93684 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd93684\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>These are the first steps in picdrop:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Gallery overview<\/li><li>Create your first gallery<\/li><li>Upload files<\/li><li>Gallery Settings<\/li><li>Send your gallery<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-391bd98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"391bd98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you\u2019ve already mastered these steps, you may continue with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/articles\/picdrop-for-advanced-users\">picdrop for Advanced Users<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f67f420 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f67f420\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ac4711 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ac4711\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Gallery Overview<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38ea4cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38ea4cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After the\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/picdrop.com\/web\/sign-up\" href=\"\/sign-up\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">free registration<\/a>, you will land in your empty gallery overview. Here you will later see all your galleries from A to Z, as you know it from your computer. On the right side, you will always find the last used or modified galleries. This gives you direct access to your current projects. Once you have created a few galleries, it will eventually look like this:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cf2e24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8cf2e24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/eng-picdrop-faq-first-steps-01-1024x.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2612\" alt=\"A photo gallery website dashboard shows a sidebar menu on the left and a grid of recently updated photo galleries with preview images, including weddings, portraits, flowers, business, parties, and outdoor shots.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/eng-picdrop-faq-first-steps-01-1024x.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/eng-picdrop-faq-first-steps-01-1024x-960x534.png 960w, https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/eng-picdrop-faq-first-steps-01-1024x-768x428.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e383af e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0e383af\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e0a382 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0e0a382\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Create your first gallery<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e96cc5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e96cc5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Click on \u201ccreate new gallery\u201d. Then you can decide the gallery name and confirm. You will end up directly in the gallery. You can change the name of the gallery at any time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8eeaded elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8eeaded\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"419\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/eng-picdrop-faq-first-steps-02-1024x.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2614\" alt=\"A pop-up window with the title Create new gallery prompts the user to enter a name. The text field contains My first picdrop gallery and there is a yellow Create gallery button.\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21f2291 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"21f2291\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cf63cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0cf63cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Upload files<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b04be93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b04be93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To upload files to your first gallery, it is sufficient to load them into the browser window with the gallery open and simply drag &amp; drop. The upload will start automatically. Alternatively, you can also click on the green upload button and then select the files on your hard drive. Incidentally, the speed and duration of your upload are limited only by the upload speed of your Internet connection.<\/p><p>As an alternative to browser upload, you can also upload files directly from Lightroom. You will find more information later in the section \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/articles\/picdrop-for-advanced-users\">picdrop for Advanced Users<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f653b39 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f653b39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07a62c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"07a62c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Your uploaded files are ready<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43e3c76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43e3c76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>picdrop automatically generates previews of yourfiles during your upload.\u00a0This makes your files look good on all devices \u2013 whether on a PC or Mac, tablet or smartphone.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0e9c35 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c0e9c35\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c359f8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c359f8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Gallery Settings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6be368d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6be368d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>All clients are different. Therefore, you can tailor each gallery to exactly what your client may see and do. So you keep the control over your files and your workflow, not your client. These \u201cGallery Settings\u201d can be found in each gallery at the top right.<\/p><p>The Gallery Settings are divided into four sections:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea4090e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ea4090e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/eng-picdrop-faq-first-steps-03-1024x.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2616\" alt=\"Screenshot of a \u201cGallery Settings\u201d window showing options for welcome message, downloads, sorting, grouping, subgallery navigation, language selection, and buttons for Set your default settings and Apply Changes.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/eng-picdrop-faq-first-steps-03-1024x.png 674w, https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/eng-picdrop-faq-first-steps-03-1024x-537x540.png 537w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62a9321 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62a9321\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>General Settings<\/strong>: this is where all the general gallery settings are gathered, such as your welcome message for the gallery, whether downloads are allowed, and the navigation setting between gallery levels.<\/li><li><strong>Edit Mode<\/strong>: here you will find the different views and all the handy picdrop features like the color flags, comments and selections that your clients can use in the gallery\u2019s edit mode. It pays to try everything here to understand the full scope of picdrop.<\/li><li><strong>Presentation Mode<\/strong>: With the presentation mode you can create especially beautiful galleries for your clients, which deliberately provide few functions. All functions for appearance and design can be found in this section.<\/li><li><strong>Security<\/strong>: The security of your files is important. Therefore, here you can protect the gallery with a password and watermarks. By the way, the external address prevents an unauthorized third party from guessing the link to your project or even trying it out. If you want to use a telling name for your URL this is also possible with editing the URL to your wished Custom Link. If you put a gallery on \u201cprivate\u201d, it will only be accessible to you.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a8f805 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a8f805\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You will find detailed information about each individual setting in our FAQ.<\/p><p>If you have everything set, you can save the settings by clicking on \u201cApply Changes\u201d. To make sure that your client gets exactly the settings you expect, you can click on \u201cClient View\u201d in the top right corner. You will then see the galleries exactly as your client will see them later. Don\u2019t forget to switch back to the admin view.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-377b0d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"377b0d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b228bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b228bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Send your gallery<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edad456 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"edad456\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Send the gallery to your client by simply sending the link! You will always find this link in the upper right corner of every gallery under \u201cShare\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9b5fa7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b9b5fa7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/eng-picdrop-faq-first-steps-04-1024x.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2618\" alt=\"Screenshot of a Share Gallery window with fields for recipient, template, subject, and message. There are buttons to copy a link, send email, and send now via picdrop. A sample email with an image link is shown.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/eng-picdrop-faq-first-steps-04-1024x.png 625w, https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/eng-picdrop-faq-first-steps-04-1024x-547x540.png 547w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2904e8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2904e8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can either send the link directly from picdrop or via your email app or chose to copy the link of the gallery and send it by Messenger, Whatsapp, Skype, Facebook, etc\u2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2083b8e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2083b8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af3923e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af3923e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Done!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6da489c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6da489c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You\u2019ve sent your first gallery! That was easy, right?<\/p><p>Of course, picdrop can do much more. Many tips and tricks can be found in the section \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.picdrop.com\/web\/articles\/picdrop-for-advanced-users\">picdrop for Advanced Users<\/a>\u201c. And if you have any questions, feel free to contact us at any time. We look forward to helping you!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are the first steps in picdrop: Gallery overview Create your first gallery Upload files Gallery Settings Send your gallery If you\u2019ve already mastered these steps, you may continue with \u201cpicdrop for Advanced Users\u201c. Gallery Overview After the\u00a0free registration, you will land in your empty gallery overview. 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