Description
“PhotoBerry Studio – Manager for Photographers” is a comprehensive WordPress plugin tailored specifically for photographers. It allows users to create and display stunning image galleries while streamlining client sessions and proofing. Key features include watermarking for image protection, a proofing process for easy image selection, the ability for clients to mark favorites, and options for detailed image feedback through comments. Ideal for photographers and designers, it ensures secure and efficient collaboration, making the approval process seamless.
For detailed documentation, visit: PhotoBerry Studio Documentation
Key Features
- Image Gallery Creation: Easily create stunning image galleries.
- Mark Images as Suggested
- Set Image as Gallery Cover
- Add Comments to Images
- Manage image revisions by uploading new versions of images based on client feedback. Previous versions are preserved for easy reference.
- Gallery Display: Showcase your photos in beautiful galleries.
- Select Various Layout Options
- Watermarking: Protect your images with customizable watermarks.
- Client Sessions Management (New): Organize client projects into sessions and streamline the proofing process.
- Session Creation: Group images by client or event.
- Client Proofing Tools:
- Clients can mark favorites, comment on images, and approve suggested images.
- Clients can send final selections to the photographer.
- Once clients approve their selections, you can mark images as “Final” to display them without watermarks, ensuring clients receive the high-quality, approved versions.
- Once clients approve their selections, you can upload revisions if needed, and then mark images as “Final” to display them without watermarks, ensuring clients receive the high-quality, approved versions.
- Download Options: Clients can download all or selected images directly from the session gallery.
- My Sessions Page: Clients can view all their assigned sessions in one centralized location on the My Sessions page. This streamlined interface simplifies access to both past and current sessions for a more efficient user experience.
- Session Layouts: Customize the visual layout of session galleries for optimal presentation.
- Seamless Sharing: Share sessions via public or private links, password protection, or client login.
Future Features (Coming Soon)
Future versions will include expanded functionality such as:
– Secure Storage Integration: Connect with PhotoBerry Cloud for secure image storage.
– WooCommerce Integration: Sell photography sessions and images directly from your website.
– Team Collaboration: Features to support team workflows and collaboration.
– Event-Specific Tools: Offer guest galleries and other event-related features.
Screenshots
Installation
- Download the plugin
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/photoberry-studio
directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
- Navigate to the PhotoBerry Studio settings page to configure your preferences and start creating galleries.
FAQ
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Supported Image Formats and Size Restrictions
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PhotoBerry Studio currently supports the following extensions: “.jpeg”, “.jpg”, “.png”, and “.webp”.
There are no inherent size restrictions within the plugin itself; however, any limitations will depend on the user’s hosting provider. It’s important to verify your hosting plan’s file upload size allowances to ensure smooth uploads and performance. -
Where Are Images Stored?
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PhotoBerry Studio intentionally keeps gallery images separate from your main media library. This helps avoid any accidental use of gallery images in blog posts or portfolios. Separating these images prevents your media library from becoming cluttered and overwhelming, especially with potentially hundreds or thousands of gallery images.
Additionally, PhotoBerry Studio ensures that when you delete a gallery, all related images are automatically removed from the server to free up storage space.
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Contributors & Developers
“PhotoBerry Studio for Photographers – Image Selection, Proofing, Watermarking & Client Management” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors“PhotoBerry Studio for Photographers – Image Selection, Proofing, Watermarking & Client Management” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
1.0.9, December 2, 2024
– Fix: bug when uploading small images
1.0.8, November 28, 2024
– No-store caching header fixes
– Fixed: Ability to download images via direct request from a session when downloads are disabled.
– Fixed: Access to photo comments via REST API when comments are disabled.
– Bug: Saving a session with password access clears the password.
– Fixed: Access to photo comments via the REST API for galleries/sessions when comments are disabled.
1.0.7, November 20, 2024
– Update Session stages: Close and Archive.
– Improve styling for popup notifications.
– Resolve PHP warning messages.
– Make “number of selected images” a translatable string.
– Address delays in bulk actions, such as deleting images.
– Fix issue where session copy does not duplicate settings.
– Resolve issue where the My Sessions page appears empty for clients.
– Issue: Originals are accessible via frontend
– Fix: duplicate intermediates generated
1.0.6, November 16, 2024
– Mixed styling changes and fixes.
– Fixed issues with WordPress.WP.I18n.
– Resolved problems with non-image file handling.
– Addressed PHP plugin check fixes.
– Removed certain session statuses.
– Added Workflow Sessions feature.
– Added Studio name and email settings.
– Updated session list photos to link directly to the photo tab.
– Disabled autofill for photo search fields.
– Improved handling of invalid clients assigned to sessions.
– Enhanced duplicate filename checking during image uploads.
– Fixed handling of duplicate usernames when adding clients.
– Introduced admin notifications.
– Added “View” buttons to Sessions and Galleries.
– Fixed inability to clear trashed session items.
– Added security enhancements, including sending no-cache/no-store headers when viewing sessions on the frontend to prevent unauthorized caching of images and other data.
– Improved session gallery access by showing a permissions error on the gallery edit page if linked to a session and redirecting frontend access to the linked session URL.
1.0.5, November 5, 2024
– Fixed issue preventing clearing of trashed session items
– Resolved error encountered during image uploads
– Corrected photo comment count display in admin panel
– Display the number of selected images on the session page’s “Send” button
– Fix: Session date defaults to today’s date when creating a new session
– Added a separate message field for users after image selection
1.0.4, October 20, 2024
– Fix issue where the lightbox does not refresh after a revision is deleted
– Add feature to skip image upload if the image already exists based on its title
– Introduce option to bulk regenerate image thumbnails
– Implement upload progress indicator with a progress bar
– Add action icon for revisions
– Update gallery image option from “suggested” to “featured”
– Handle guest comments not enabled and user not logged in
– Fix JavaScript error when image loader is missing
– Fix lightbox to close after an image is deleted
– Fix issue initializing client field with client objects
1.0.3, October 9, 2024
– Favorites: Resolved visibility issue for logged-out users.
– Fix Undefined Variable
– Added warning for missing client ID.
– Final Photo Checkbox: Resolved potential issue with the final photo checkbox in image settings.
– Image Selection: Fixed email link issue caused by missing access or login.
– Fix potential PHP error when storage can’t be found.
– Minor styling fix for client list
1.0.2, October 5, 2024
– Add: Final images and image revisions within sessions.
– Add: Translation strings for the comments interface.
– Add: Ability to download single photos from sessions on the frontend.
– Fix: Checkboxes for multi-image downloads in sessions were not visible when proofing was disabled
– Fix: Missing alt tags for images in the admin panel.
– Fix: PHP error when downloading a single image in the admin panel.
– Enhancement: Session admin: display Final and Selected image statuses
1.0.1, September 30, 2024
– Fixed issue where incorrect text was displayed on the empty “My Sessions” page.
– Resolved a PHP fatal error on the “My Sessions” page.
– Enabled closing of the Image Side Settings panel using the Escape key.
– Fixed bug where checkboxes in the photo settings sidebar did not update properly.
– Resolved error when posting comments as a guest user.
– Addressed PHP deprecation issues.
– Fixed bug where settings in the Translation tab were not applied on the frontend.
– Corrected JS error occurring after uploading a photo.
– Ensured sidebar closes automatically after an image is deleted.
– Added option to disable downloads in Sessions.
– Added notification when leaving the page without saving changes in the gallery and session.
– Minor styling fixes
1.0.0, September 12, 2024
– New Session Management Features:
– Introduced the ability to create and manage sessions, allowing photographers to group images by event or project.
– Client Proofing Tools: Clients can now:
– Mark images as favorites.
– Add comments on individual images.
– View photographer-suggested images.
– Send finalized selections back to the photographer for approval.
– Session Layouts: Multiple layout options for presenting images in a session.
– Download Options: Clients can download selected or approved images, with customizable restrictions.
– Seamless Sharing: Sharing options for sessions, similar to Galleries, including:
– Public sharing.
– Private with URL key.
– Password-protected access.
– Client login required.
– Mixed minor fixes
0.0.4-beta, August 27, 2024
– Fix issue with clients page in playground
– (The read_private_* permissions are added to Administrator and Editor roles)
0.0.3-beta, August 27, 2024
– Set all post statuses to private by default.
– Resolve the issue where images are not displaying.
– Remove the “404” class from the body when displaying the gallery authentication screen.
– Apply styling fixes and improvements.
– Fix a potential JavaScript error on the gallery page.
– Correct the issue where auto-draft galleries appear in the admin list.
– Add a default value for gallery sorting.
– Prevent the selection of multiple clients for galleries.
– Fix an issue where the scheduled cleanup task could be scheduled multiple times.
– Preserve the order of gallery items upon upload.
– Correct the label of the edit button on the client edit page.
– Add support for uploading WEBP and PNG images.
– Implement a more graceful exit when encountering permissions issues on the gallery edit page.
– Resolve issues affecting users with multiple roles.
– Implement various other minor fixes and improvements.
0.0.2-beta, August 9, 2024
-Make Photo post type non public
-Localization
-Add polish translations
-Fix issue with search on clients list page
0.0.1-beta, July 18, 2024
– Initial Beta Release