Hey photo friends! 👋

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This week is packed with tools you’ll probably use right away: big upgrades to Candy Image Studio, a brand-new Participant Search across all events, and a fun but practical QR Creator.

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Let’s dive in.

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🎨 Candy Image Studio: More Control, More Power

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We’ve made some meaningful upgrades to Candy Image Studio:

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👁️ Choose whether to mark the original image invisible‍

• Previously, edits always hid the original. Now it’s your call.

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🗂️ Multiple edits can coexist‍

• Uploading multiple AI edits of the same image no longer overwrites previous ones.

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🧠 New safety agent‍

• Automatically checks for edits involving race/ethnicity/skin tone changes or nudity to keep things appropriate.

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🖼️ Generate 2K or 4K outputs‍

• 4K is recommended for images with text.

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⚡ Image Lightbox Integration‍

• Click “Candy Image Studio” directly from an image lightbox to preload it into the Studio.
• You can optionally mark the original invisible, and it keeps all participant associations intact for the new image (just like cutouts).

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🔎 New: Participant Search Across All Events

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You can now search participants across your entire account:

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• Search by name or contact info
• Access via Tools & More, Sidebar Search bar, or "/participants" directly in the URL
• Supports Candy navigation

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Huge time-saver when you can’t remember or don't know which event someone was in.

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🔳 New Tool: QR Creator

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Found under Tools & More, the new QR Creator lets you:

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• Paste in any link (event, check-in, retail, etc.)
• Customize shape and colors
• Generate something nicer than a plain black-and-white square
• Download the new, cuter QR code!

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Simple, but useful for signage, flyers, and booths.

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📱 Mobile Dashboard Improvements

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🔄 Swipe down to refresh any page (no app update needed, just refresh)

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↔️ Swipe left/right in image lightboxes to move between images (desktop users already have arrow keys)

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🍬 Overall improved Candy experience on mobile

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🖥️ Dashboard Improvements

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📂 PhotoRoster upload limit increased to 10,000 members

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🏷️ PhotoTag assignment via Edit Folder fixed (won’t remove all tags unless you choose “None”)

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👤 Create Participant button re-enabled (shows warning if event is older than 60 days; roster import still disabled for older events)

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⚡ Faster event list search for accounts with many events

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🖼️ Event cover photo now visually anchors the Event Details & Tags pages

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🧾 Fixed overlay import not working properly

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🔔 Fixed toast notifications appearing behind popups

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🌾 Candy Culler Duplicate detection improvement‍

• When using “Duplicates Only” in Candy Culler, duplicates now appear side-by-side for easier reviewing.

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🛍️ Retail Improvements

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📄 Fixed pagination buttons requiring page jump to function

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🏈 Improved Jersey Jotter search speed/performance

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🌀 LiveLoop Fixes

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🛠️ Fixed certain events stopping after running for awhile

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📢 Fixed not being able to upload advertisements

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💸 Shipping Update

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📦 5×7 Statuette shipping cost reduced thanks to a new shipping method for that product‍

• From $7.25 → $3.25 (about 55% lower)

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That’s the week!

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Bigger AI editing control, faster participant lookup, custom QR codes, and a lighter shipping cost on 5×7 Statuettes.

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Keep creating magic,

Candy 🍬

Hey photo friends! 👋

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Big week. We’ve rolled out a brand-new unified Sidebar, added new pano options, improved Dashboard speed, and dropped a Valentine’s-ready retail theme.

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Let’s break it down.

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🧭 New Unified Sidebar (Desktop + Mobile)

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The Dashboard navigation just got a major upgrade.

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🖥️📱 One unified sidebar across desktop and mobile

• No more different layouts depending on device. Navigation is now consistent everywhere.

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🔎 “Sidebar Find” (press F to search)‍

• The old command palette is now built into the Sidebar.
• Press F and start typing to jump anywhere.

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🍬 Candy Navigation Assistant‍

• If no results are found, Candy will try to take you where you meant to go!

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👀 Previously hidden items (like Extras) are now much easier to find.

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This is one of the biggest usability upgrades we’ve shipped in a while!

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🖼️ Panoramic Updates

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🖨️ New 24×8 Panoramic Print (non-group version)‍

• In addition to the group-only pano lineup, there’s now a non-group 24×8 option.

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🏷️ Existing panos renamed to “X Group Print”

• Makes it clearer which pano products are group-only.

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🧱 Extreme aspect ratio images (1:3 or 3:1)

• These are now limited to Panoramic Print products only.

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🧼 Fixed banner artwork incorrectly appearing on pano products in the store sheet.

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🛍️ Retail Improvements

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⚡ Much faster initial image grid rendering

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✨ Removed quick “No Images” flash during load

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🎨 Fixed “View Images” hero button text being too dark on some themes

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✂️ Crop size checker now correctly respects orientation for large-format products

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💕 New SweetHearts Theme (Valentine’s Ready)

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💖 SweetHearts retail theme released

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🎉 Includes custom heart confetti at checkout

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Just in time for Valentine’s Day sessions!

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🖥️ Dashboard Improvements

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🌾 Candy Culler upgrades

• Can now set an entire filter to visible or invisible (except duplicates)
• No longer also culls PhotoRoster reference images (whoops!)

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🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group Photo toggle added for Portraits Program

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📂 Increased row limits for roster and PhotoRoster uploads

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🛠️ Fixed overlay import not working properly

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📏 Improved DPI validation on banner artwork (matching full frame improvements)

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⚡ Faster requests across many areas including:

• Profile updates
• 2FA verification
• Invoice loading/downloading
• Retail settings updates
• Bank info updates
• Password reset emails

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📱 Fixed mobile dashboard scrolling/focus issues in popups

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🧾 Fixed create event occasionally not redirecting correctly

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📸 Fixed FreePics creation confirmation spam edge case

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📬 Fixed unread inbox items appearing from before account creation

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🔐 Security Improvements

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🔒 Improved password reset security

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🔑 Strengthened 2FA flows and verification handling

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🤳 Selfie Check-In

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🖼️ Images under 100×100 are now blocked (lab requirement enforcement)

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🌀 LiveLoop

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🌫️Updated backdrop blur

• Looks better and is more performant, reducing crashes on WebKit browsers.

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That’s the week!

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A cleaner, unified Dashboard experience, smarter pano handling, better retail performance, and a Valentine’s-ready theme to boot.

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Keep creating magic,

Candy 🍬

Hey photo friends! 👋

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This week is a mix of one new product and a handful of refinements across retail pricing, check-in validation, and Dashboard tools.

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Here’s what changed.

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🆕 New Product

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🖼️ 24×8 Panoramic Print (Group-only)‍

• A new panoramic option in the same aspect ratio as the other pano prints, built for team and group shots. (Like the others, it’s group-only.)

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🛍️ Retail: Pricing & Editing Improvements

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💸 Package “slashed” pricing corrected and standardized‍

• Fixes around week 2/3 slash amounts so package comparisons are more accurate and consistent (including cases where tiered pricing is disabled on Quic events).

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✍️ Captions editor now allows hyphens and periods‍

• Small change, big relief for subjects with multi-hyphenate names.

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✅ Check-In Page: Better Email Validation

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📧 Improved email validation‍

• Now also requires at least one period
• Now blocks obvious typos like addresses ending in “.con”
• These are in addition to previously existing "catches" we had in place to help customers avoid typos

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👥 Additional Contacts now use the same validation rules‍

• Makes additional contact info more typo-proof too!

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🖥️ Dashboard: Fewer Snags, More Visibility

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🧪 Image Tester now supports PNG files‍

• Helpful for validating cutouts and art files.

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📏 Improved DPI validation for artwork uploads (and Image Tester)

• Better handling for images that don’t explicitly include DPI metadata.

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📦 Package editor expanded limits‍

• You can now include up to 16 4×6 and 5×7 prints in a package
• (Digital downloads remain capped at 16; most other items remain capped at 8).

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📁 Manage Images: Folder Download fixed for large folders‍

• Folders over 100 images now reliably download in multiple ZIPs (no more stopping after the first chunk).

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🧾 Order Details page got a big clarity upgrade‍

You can now see key indicators and selections more directly, including:

• ✨ product finish/overlay indicators
• 🖼️ backgrounds / AI background indicators (where applicable)
• 📝 captions and chosen colors
• ⬇️ background downloads working correctly again

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🍬 Candy Culler Improvements

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📊 Results update automatically while culling runs‍

• As progress changes, search results refresh so culled images can appear without you manually refreshing.

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🗂️ New downloadable folder report‍

• Quick export alongside the toggle for easier review/sharing.

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💬 Misc

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📲 Day 0 SMS link placement updated‍

• The retail link now appears after the unsubscribe text to encourage better MMS link previews.

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That’s the week!

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Another new pano option, tighter retail pricing presentation, cleaner check-ins, and a more informative Dashboard where it counts.

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Candy 🍬