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Getting started

This walkthrough takes you from a brand-new workspace to a customer viewing (and paying for) their photos. It mirrors the onboarding checklist you’ll see the first time you sign in.

The first steps

When you first sign in as a workspace admin, your dashboard shows an activation checklist that tracks what’s left before you’re ready to deliver and get paid — connecting a payment processor, adding a subscription card, uploading your logo, setting your watermark, creating a package, publishing a shoot, and inviting a customer.

This walkthrough focuses on the core path to your first delivery:

  1. Set your watermark — so previews are protected the moment you upload.
  2. Create and upload a shoot — a set of images for one customer or session.
  3. Invite a customer — give them a link to their gallery.
  4. Configure billing — connect the account that collects customer payments.

You can do these in any order; the dashboard checklist tracks the full set.

1. Set your watermark

Open Settings → Watermark and choose how previews are marked:

  • Text — your studio name or any short string; set its opacity and color.
  • Logo — upload a transparent PNG; set its size, position, and opacity.

Every watermarked preview in your workspace uses this setting, so you only configure it once (you can change it any time). See Watermarking for details and tips.

2. Create and upload a shoot

A shoot is one batch of images tied to a customer or session.

  1. Go to Shoots → New shoot and give it a name.

  2. Choose how the customer gets the photos, using the Pre-paid / Contract (no watermark) checkbox in the shoot form:

    • Leave it unchecked — watermarked (default): customers preview watermarked images and unlock the originals after paying.
    • Check it — prepaid: watermarking is skipped; the customer gets the full-resolution files directly (use this when they’ve already paid you).

    See Customer access tiers to choose.

  3. Upload your images. Watermarked shoots are processed automatically — large shoots take a few minutes before previews are ready. iPhone HEIC/HEIF photos are converted to JPEG during upload on every shoot (watermarked or prepaid), so customers always get files that open everywhere.

  4. For a watermarked shoot, set what’s for sale before you invite anyone. Pick one of two ways (it’s per shoot):

    • Packages (default) — a set for one price (e.g. “10 edited images”). Attach an existing package, or create one inline, from the shoot’s Packages section. See Packages.
    • Individual photo pricing — check Individual photo pricing (à la carte) on the shoot, then set a price on each photo in the photos manager. Customers buy exactly the photos they want; turning this on hides packages for the shoot, and a photo with no price isn’t for sale.

    Without either, a watermarked gallery has nothing to purchase and the customer is stuck on the previews. (Prepaid shoots skip this step.)

3. Invite your customer

From the shoot, add the customer’s email and send the invite. They receive a link to their gallery, where they can:

  • Browse watermarked previews,
  • Select the images (or package) they want,
  • Pay, and
  • Download the full-resolution originals.

Everything works in a mobile browser — your customers don’t install anything.

4. Configure billing

So you can actually get paid, connect your own payment account:

  • Payment setup — connect Stripe or Square. Customer payments route directly to you; Skyforge takes no cut.

Separately, your own Skyforge subscription (what you pay us) is covered under Pricing & overages.

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