Creating albums and folders
You can create albums and folders in your account to keep your photos organized.
Difference between Album and Folder
- Albums hold photos/videos.
- Folders hold any number of albums
- You can arbitrarily nest folders
If you import via the desktop app, it will preserve your folder structure and create albums for the lowest level folder to add photos/videos to them.
Creating albums
You can select any number of photos/videos from the main photo grid. It is also possible select whole months or select from start to end by holding down the Shift key while selecting the first and the last item.
Select the "Add to album" button and create a new one by entering a new name.
It is also possible to first create a new album and then add photos to it by going to the "Albums" view. On the web app you can find it in the menu on the search bar. Click then the "New album" button on the top right.
For the mobile apps, it is behind the second icon in the main action bar.
Deleting albums
If you open an album, you can delete it by clicking on the "three dots" menu
Renaming albums
You can also rename on the web app by clicking on the title. In the mobile apps you can rename it via the "three dots" menu.
Copying albums
On the web app you can duplicate an album via the "three dots" menu, either on an album in the "Albums" view or inside an opened album. This creates a new album containing the same photos/videos, named like the original with "Copy" appended. You are taken to the new album, where you can rename it by clicking on the title.
The photos/videos are not duplicated. The copy references the same items, so it does not use any additional storage.
Cover image
Every album has a cover image. To choose it, select a single photo or video (in the album or from the grid) and pick Set as cover . That item becomes the album's cover.
You can set a cover for your own albums, and for shared albums where you have permission to contribute. For a read-only album someone shared with you, the option is not available.
Sorting an album
Inside an album you can reverse the order its photos and videos are shown, switching between oldest first and newest first, whichever suits that album.
Sharing albums
Behind the "three dots" menu there is also a "Share" option. When creating a new share link you are asked for the duration of validity, and whether or not you want to allow uploads to that share.
Collecting photos from an event
On wedding, birthday parties or other social events, people tend to make a lot of photos/videos, which then sit on a dozen different phones.
To collect them all, create a new album and a share link with "Allow uploads" enabled. Stitch the generated QR-Code into the menu card or somewhere on the entrance.
Your guests can then just scan the QR Code and immediately upload photos/videos from the event, without having to install any app or requiring an account.
That way you can easily collect photos/videos from your events.