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Weekly Recap: Capture App v5, Faster Candy Culler & New Retail Themes 🍬📸

Weekly Recap: Capture App v5, Faster Candy Culler & New Retail Themes 🍬📸
Hey photo friends! 👋

This week’s update is a big one. The new Capture App v5 for iOS has officially landed with major performance improvements, a refreshed UI, and some helpful workflow upgrades.

On top of that, Candy Culler just got significantly faster, retail got a couple new themes, and several tools across the Dashboard have been refined.

Let’s jump in.

📱 Capture App v5 (iOS) — Major Upgrade

Capture App Version 5 brings a full UI refresh, major performance improvements, and several new quality-of-life tools for shooting events.

⚡ v5: Faster Uploads & Better Performance

A brand-new upload system significantly improves efficiency:

  • 📤 Uploads can be up to ~20–30% faster
  • 📦 Payload size reduced by ~25% thanks to image transfer improvements
  • 🔋 Lower CPU, battery, and memory usage during uploads
  • 📷 Much better memory usage with tethered cameras
  • 🧠 Improved overall memory performance across the app

These improvements should make long shooting sessions feel noticeably smoother.

🖼️ v5: New Image Gallery & Filters

The in-app gallery has been redesigned with better filtering and navigation:

  • Image name search
  • Uploaded / Unuploaded status
  • Roll filtering
  • Event filtering

Filters are easy to remove with a single tap, similar to the Dashboard experience.

🔁 v5: Duplicate Photo Warning

The Capture App can now warn you about duplicate images during a shoot:

  • Works only within the current session
  • Does not upload or save duplicate data
  • Can be disabled from the Resources page if desired

This works independently from the Dashboard’s Candy Culler duplicate detection, giving you duplicate awareness both during capture and afterward.

🧰 v5: New Event Overview Info

The event overview page now includes helpful connection details:

  • 📡 Carrier name
  • 📶 Cellular generation (if available)
  • 📶 Current Wi-Fi network

This can help troubleshoot upload issues while shooting events.

🎨 v5: Photo Booth Background Packs

Photo Booth now supports downloadable background packs:

  • 🎄 Christmas
  • 🎃 Halloween
  • More to come!

The default pack is now a downloadable set as well, which keeps the main app much smaller and makes OTA updates faster.

🔧 v5: Additional Capture App Improvements

🌍 International phone numbers supported in Positive ID (were already supported in Tap-A-Face)

🧍 Full vertical images now fit on iPhone screens

🔄 Update checks run automatically when refreshing events

📧 Tap-a-Face email validation now matches Check-In pages

🔄 Upload status updates immediately after each upload

📲 Tablets can now use portrait orientation throughout the app

✨ v5: Complete UI Refresh

Version 5 introduces a polished new interface:

  • Modern sheet-based UI
  • Improved dark mode styling
  • Larger login and event selection screens
  • Updated phone number input interface
  • New image details sheet
  • Cleaner image gallery layout

New popup styling!

Vertical orientation for iPad! Yay!

Overall, the app feels faster, cleaner, and more modern.

🧠 Candy Culler: Now 5× Faster

Candy Culler processing has been dramatically upgraded.

Up to 5× more images can now be processed at once, bringing it in line with Jersey Jotter throughput.

This means faster detection for:

  • Duplicates
  • Blurry photos
  • Exposure issues
  • Closed eyes
  • Other culling checks

🍬 Candy Improvements

Candy continues getting faster and smarter:

  • ⚡ Faster Candy responses
  • 🔎 Faster Candy Navigation results
  • 🧠 Improved event search for newly created events
  • 🎛️ Refreshed Mini Candy UI

Pro tip: Press CMD + A / CTRL + A to toggle Mini Candy.

🧾 Dashboard Improvements

Several useful refinements were made to the Dashboard:

  • 📊 Fixed Faces Report chart showing empty data
  • 🧾 QR Code generator downloads now export at 1024px
  • 📑 Scan card PDFs now sort duplicate participants exactly like the Capture App
  • 🎨 Offer editor popups for adding products and packages are now wider with product category tabs
  • 📊 Event order list diamond-press counts now include quantities correctly
  • 🧭 QR Creator and Image Tester now appear in Sidebar Find

🎨 New Retail Themes

Candy's Note: We hope you enjoy the pupper pics!

🍵 Matcha Theme – a clean green storefront (great for spring or St. Patrick’s Day)

🍠 Ube Theme – a bold purple theme

Bonus: Retail UI styling also received improvements for tabs, checkboxes, and order tracking.

📳 Haptics for Mobile Retail & Check-In

Mobile users will now feel subtle feedback interactions when using the site:

  • Tap feedback
  • Success feedback (add to cart, order placed)
  • Error feedback

This makes mobile ordering and check-in feel much more responsive, alive, and engaging!

🤳 Selfie Check-In Improvements

The Selfie Check-In site received improvements to the local face recognition model, making it more reliable and stable on more devices.

💰 QuicPics Adjustment

Good news for high-volume QuicPics users:

Selfie Check-Ins and PhotoRoster reference images no longer count as billable images.

That means QuicPics events that use those workflows will be slightly cheaper overall.

📥 Easier Downloads on iPhone

On iOS Chrome: Press-and-hold image downloads now open the iOS Share menu, making it much easier to save images. (iOS Safari already supported this behavior.)

🌐 New QuicPics Landing Page

The Quic.Pics site now has a proper landing page instead of only a login screen in case end customers stumble across it somehow.

Hopefully this helps it seem more legit while still remaining relatively white-label for your photographers out there!

You can see it here: https://www.quic.pics

That’s the week!

Capture App v5 is a big upgrade, and combined with the faster Candy Culler and several Dashboard improvements, the entire workflow from capture → cull → sell just got smoother.

See you next week,

Candy 🍬

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Hey there, photography enthusiasts!

We've got an exciting success story that combines the thrill of NFL action with the power of NowCandid's innovative software. 📷✨

Touchdown for Jowdy Photography and NowCandid!

Jowdy Photography, the Official Photographers of the Dallas Cowboys, recently took their game day photography to the next level by integrating NowCandid into their operations.

The result? An astounding 103% increase in sales per image at their very first game day event using our platform! 🏆

"We saw a huge increase in sales per image at our first game with NowCandid, and we're planning to continue using it for every game moving forward," said Jeff Jowdy, Founder of Jowdy Photography. "The software has completely changed our approach to game day photography."

Game-Changing Technology

By leveraging NowCandid's cutting-edge features, Jowdy Photography streamlined their workflow and delivered a seamless experience for fans.

Our platform's real-time image delivery and flexible workflows gave fans instant access to their photos through private, user-friendly galleries.

Not only did this enhance the fan experience, but it also significantly reduced post-event labor costs. Talk about a win-win! 🎉

Unlocking New Opportunities

With NowCandid, Jowdy Photography has opened doors to new ventures that were previously off the table. "There were business opportunities that we didn’t pursue before because they weren’t profitable or photographable," Jeff explained. "Now, with NowCandid's tools and workflows, those ventures have become entirely possible."

From high school graduations to corporate events, our flexible and intuitive platform allows photographers to handle events of all sizes and types. This versatility is what drew Jowdy Photography to integrate NowCandid into more aspects of their business.

Looking Ahead

We're thrilled to see Jowdy Photography's continued success as they capture unforgettable moments at game days and beyond. Their partnership with NowCandid highlights the power of innovative photography solutions in revolutionizing the fan experience while driving business growth. 🚀

Join the Winning Team!

Are you ready to elevate your photography business like Jowdy Photography did?

Discover how NowCandid can transform your workflow, boost your sales, and delight your clients.

Visit NowCandid.com to learn more!

About Jowdy Photography

Founded in 1987, Jowdy Photography has become a leader in digital photography for corporations, associations, special events, and large venues.

Their extensive knowledge of photography, coupled with their utilization of the latest technology, enables them to deliver a unique blend of quality, creativity, and personalization to their customers' finished products.

Stay tuned for more success stories and tips on how NowCandid can help you capture life's best moments while growing your business.

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Hey, sports photographers!

Candy here, and I’m super excited to share a brand-new feature designed to make your SportsPics Events even easier to manage—introducing GroupTags! 🎉⚽🏀⚾

So, what exactly are GroupTags? 🤔


GroupTags is a feature made specifically for our SportsPics Program!

When you’re managing a big sports shoot with group photos, GroupTags helps you stay organized and deliver a smoother experience for your clients.

Here’s how it works:

1. Before your Event

You can set up as many GroupTags as you need within an Event. These GroupTags could be team names, league divisions, or even different sports if you're covering all of one school's teams over the same weekend. 🏆

2. Once you’ve started photographing

Anytime you mark a photo as a Group Photo (either on the Capture & Upload App, or on the Web Dashboard), you’ll have the option to assign a GroupTag to it. 📸

3. Once They Visit the Retail Site

Your subjects will be able to choose from the GroupTags you set up, and easily find their group shots!

As soon as they arrive to the retail site via their person gallery link, they'll be prompted to choose a GroupTag.

4. Mission Accomplished!

And once they select a GroupTag, they'll see their personal images, in addition to their Group Photos!

How does this help your clients?

To recap:


When your customers open the link to their personal gallery, they’ll be prompted to select their GroupTag—whether that’s a team name, division, or whatever you’ve set up for the Event.

With their GroupTag selected, their Group Photos will show up right alongside their individual images, making it super easy for them to see everything at once! 🖼️

Plus! GroupTags automatically fill in the GroupTag Name on products like Memory Mates, Bag Tags, and more when ordering. How cool is that? ✨

Need to make changes? No problem!


GroupTags are easy to edit after the Event if you need to fix a mistake or assign a Group Photo to multiple GroupTags. And don’t worry—if there’s ever a typo or minor error, your customers can still browse and shop while you fix it in the background! 🛍️

Works with all Workflows!


Whether you’re using Face Matching or Positive ID Workflows, GroupTags are a fantastic way to organize your Group Photos for large sports leagues or any big SportsPics Event. ⚡

Quick Recap:

As a reminder, marking a photo as a Group Photo will only allow it to be purchased on Group Photo Products, allowing you to sell them on different prints at different prices, prevent the sale of digital downloads for Group Photos, and allow them to be selected on multi-image products like Memory Mates.

We hope GroupTags makes your next SportsPics Event even smoother!

As always, feel free to reach out with any questions. 💌

Until next time, happy shooting! 🏅📸

Cheers and sparkles,


Candy 🍬

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Hey, fabulous photographers! 🎉

Candy here with some sparkling news about a brand-new program that's just been added to the NowCandid family—introducing QuicPics GO! 🚀

You all know and love our QuicPics program, where you get paid upfront by an event organizer and deliver free downloads to your photo subjects throughout the event, all while still offering them the option to purchase physical products. It’s a fan favorite for those looking to provide an engaging, modern experience!

So, what’s new with QuicPics GO? 🤔

Well, the “GO” in QuicPics GO stands for Gallery Only! That’s right, this new program is designed to streamline the process by delivering just the image gallery link to your subjects—no individual MMS image files sent directly to them.

The QuicPics GO Gallery provides multiple ways for your subjects to download their free images, as well as the opportunity to purchase optional photo products, making sure they still have plenty of options to enjoy and share their favorite moments! 🎁

While this may be a less flashy approach, it’s perfect for those who are looking for a more cost-conscious solution, while still utilizing NowCandid's convenient Workflows & technologies to deliver free downloads to guests. 📷✨

Why choose QuicPics GO?

Affordable Pricing:

QuicPics GO offers a budget-friendly option with a fee of only 6 cents per image at this time of launch — that’s significantly lower than the 20 cents per image fee for standard QuicPics. Perfect for events where cost-conscious clients are looking for a great value!

Simple Experience:

While QuicPics provides that cool, interactive experience of receiving images via MMS throughout the event, QuicPics GO keeps it simple with just one link to the image gallery. It’s less flashy, but it gets the job done!

So whether you're working with a budget-conscious client or just looking for a way to offer a simpler service, QuicPics GO is here to provide that perfect middle ground. 🎈

Important Note:

Just like with QuicPics, you’ll need to have a credit card on file with your NowCandid account to use QuicPics GO. This ensures a smooth, hassle-free experience for everyone involved. 💳

Streamlined Free Checkout for QuicPics GO! 🚀

We’ve made grabbing your free QuicPics images easier than ever! While easy downloads are available directly from the site, we’ve also simplified the checkout process for those who prefer it. 🎉

Now, instead of filling out billing and shipping info for a $0 cart, all your subjects need is a cell phone number and email address to complete the free checkout.

Quick, convenient, and hassle-free—just the way it should be! 🖼️📲

We’re thrilled to bring you this new addition, and we can’t wait to see how you’ll make the most of it!

As always, if you have any questions or need a little help, just reach out. We’re here for you! 💌

Cheers and sparkles,


Candy 🍬

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