Gallery Management
The Gallery Design Studio
Design the couple's gallery in three panels — Controls, Live Preview and Inspector — with autosave, undo and a publish step.
You'll be able to design, preview and publish a gallery without guessing what the couple sees.
Design Studio
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Editorial grid
Cormorant / Karla
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Section
First look
Quick answer
Open an event and switch from Moments to Design. Controls sit on the left, the couple's live preview in the middle, the Inspector on the right. Edits autosave to a draft; nothing reaches the couple until you press Publish.
Quick steps
- 1.Open the event → switch to Design.
- 2.Edit cover, layout and type in Controls.
- 3.Select a section in the preview to edit it in the Inspector.
- 4.Check the draft share link, then Publish.
Full walkthrough with screens below.
Before you begin
Prerequisites
- An event with at least a few Ready files
You'll walk away with
- Publish a designed gallery
- Share a private draft preview before publishing
The Design Studio separates the three questions you're actually asking: what can I change, what does the couple see, and what does this specific section do. Each gets its own panel.
The three panels
- 1Controls (left) — story, layout, style, cover and sharing settings for the whole gallery.
- 2Live Preview (centre) — the couple's gallery, rendered with your unsaved draft applied.
- 3Inspector (right) — the selected section's title, intro, cover, layout options and featured state, with live validation.
Autosave, draft and live
Every change writes to a draft a moment after you stop editing. The publish bar at the bottom always tells you the truth: Saved, Saving, Unsaved changes, or Draft ahead of live.
Publish promotes the draft to the version the couple sees and stores the previous version in history. Discard throws the draft away and restores the live design.
Undo and redo
The studio keeps a 60-step history covering setting changes, section reorders and layout edits. Use ⌘Z to undo and ⇧⌘Z to redo (Ctrl on Windows), or the arrows in the publish bar.
Preview as the couple, before you publish
- 1In Controls → Sharing, generate a draft share link.
- 2Open it on your phone, or send it to a second shooter for a second opinion.
- 3The link renders the draft, is private, and can be revoked at any time.
Common mistakes
- Editing all night and never pressing Publish.
- Choosing an accent colour that fails against the gallery type.
- Sending a draft link to the couple as the final delivery — publish instead.
Pro tips
- Set your studio defaults once so every new gallery starts on-brand.
- Design on the widest screen you have, then check the draft link on a phone — most couples open on mobile first.
- Publish early with a partial gallery, then publish again as more clips land.
Best practices
- 1Lead with a hero moment, not a chronological dump.
- 2Keep three to five sections; more dilutes the story.
- 3Re-check the preview after reordering sections.
Troubleshooting
If something goes wrong
The publish bar says Unsaved changes and stays there
You're offline. Stay on the page — the draft saves on reconnect.
Publish is disabled
A section fails validation. The Inspector marks the field.
The couple isn't seeing an edit
The edit is still a draft. Press Publish.
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Frequently asked
Can I roll back a published design?
Yes. Open history in the Inspector and restore an earlier version.
Do design changes affect other galleries?
No. Design is per gallery; only your studio defaults are shared.
Is there a mobile Design Studio?
Yes, but the three-panel workflow is far easier on a laptop or iPad.
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