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 🍬