--- title: Branding, privacy, and your studio page description: Configure your Galleries logo, colors, gallery header, portfolio visibility, passwords, watermarks, and client privacy. url: "https://shootcal.com/docs/branding-visibility-and-studio-page/" updated: "2026-11-13" category: "ShootCal Galleries / Brand & website" --- # Branding, privacy, and your studio page # Branding, privacy, and your studio page Your studio name, logo, gallery cover, and header style create the client-facing brand. Gallery privacy and studio-page visibility are separate controls. ## Studio branding In ShootCal, open **Settings > Studio**. **Logo & studio name** holds your studio name and your light and dark logos; the same name appears on your booking page, client documents, gallery pages and gallery emails. **Studio profile** holds the introduction, and **Gallery address** holds your web addresses. Under **Gallery header** in **Settings > Galleries**, choose a frosted, subtle, bold, or text-only title card and a full-screen, tall, standard, or compact header height. These display choices apply to every gallery, including ones you already made, as soon as you save; individual galleries keep their own title, subtitle, cover, and shoot date. A frosted title card blurs the cover photo behind it, a subtle card is lighter, a bold card is darker for busy photos, and text-only shows the title over the photo with no card. Shared logos keep their natural proportions, including square and wide artwork. For booking, a transparent PNG **500 px wide × 100 px tall** is a useful starting point; **500 × 500 px** and intermediate shapes also work. ShootCal Settings shows the full image first, with an optional wide crop. Existing square logos display larger in gallery headers, access pages, print price lists, and default Website branding without another upload. ### Clean up a logo In ShootCal **Settings > Studio**, under **Logo & studio name**, choose an image or select **Edit image** under an existing logo. Turn on **Remove solid background** and pick the background color, then choose **Keep original colors**, **Reverse colors**, **White logo**, or **Dark logo**. These tools work in your browser without AI or an AI usage charge. Plain backgrounds work best; matching colors inside the artwork also become transparent, so check the preview. Save dark artwork in **Dark logo** for light backgrounds and white artwork in **Light logo** for dark backgrounds. An empty slot offers **Use other logo** to prepare a second version. **Download unedited logo** keeps a copy before saving. Cancel leaves your saved logo unchanged. ### Describe a session Open a gallery’s **Gallery details** and write a **Session description** of up to 500 characters. This replaces the old Subtitle label and keeps any existing text. Visitors see the full description on the gallery and an excerpt on its collection and Website gallery cards. ## Studio page header image The studio page can carry a wide header image. Upload one in **Settings > Studio**, under **Collections page**, and adjust the horizontal and vertical focus so the crop keeps the right part of the photo on phones and desktops. ### Logo over the header Your logo sits large and centered over the header image. Choose **Automatic** to show the dark-background logo when you have one (the header darkens the photo, so it usually reads best), or force the **Light-background logo** or **Dark-background logo**. ## Individual gallery visibility - **Unlisted:** not listed on the public studio page; anyone with its hard-to-guess link can open it. - **Public:** eligible to appear on the studio page and be shared publicly. - **Password protected:** viewers must enter the gallery password; available on Plus and Pro. Download PINs are different from gallery passwords. A **Download PIN** protects individual original photos, whole-gallery ZIP downloads, and video originals while still letting people browse the gallery. PINs are available on the Free plan. ## Studio page visibility The studio page is the portfolio that lists galleries you deliberately select in **Send & Share**. You can include public galleries or select individual password-protected galleries. A protected gallery shows its title and a locked placeholder, with no photo preview; opening it still requires its password. Other protected galleries stay hidden. It can be public and indexable, hidden from search while remaining reachable by its link, or password protected on Plus or Pro. Changing the studio page never makes an unlisted or password-protected gallery public. The studio page is separate from your Website. Free Website hosting includes Home and an optional Contact page. Basic ($5/month) and Plus host five pages; Pro can add unlimited pages. Accounts with an earlier six-month Basic Website trial keep it until it ends, and accounts from before the Website rollout keep their promised full Website access. All five standard pages stay editable on every plan. To build a website from your existing galleries, see [Build your photography website](/docs/galleries/website-builder). The studio page is your standalone Galleries portfolio. Your WordPress website has its own pages, header and footer; links to recent work open the gallery destination you choose. ## Watermarks and originals Preview watermarking overlays your studio logo on generated viewing images. The stored original and client downloads remain unwatermarked. This makes watermarking useful for proofing without damaging delivered files. Watermarks need a studio logo. Add one in ShootCal **Settings > Studio** under **Logo & studio name** first. ### Turn watermarks on for one gallery 1. Open the gallery and open **Settings** (under the activity strip; **Edit** beside the title opens the same card at the gallery details). 2. Turn on **Watermark on-screen photos**. 3. Choose **Save settings**. The change applies to the viewing images the gallery generates. Downloads are never watermarked. ### Watermark every new gallery In **Galleries > Galleries settings**, under **Gallery defaults**, turn on **Watermark photos on screen**. New galleries inherit the choice. Existing galleries keep whatever they are set to, so change those individually. ## Put a password on a gallery Password protection is a Plus and Pro feature and is separate from a download PIN. 1. Open the gallery and open **Settings** (under the activity strip; **Edit** beside the title opens the same card at the gallery details). 2. Under **Who can open it**, choose **Password protected**, enter a **Gallery password**, and choose **Save settings**. 3. From then on, anyone with the link must also enter the password; share it separately. The password page shows the gallery cover behind a frosted card. A browser that has entered the password stays unlocked, so your own browser opens the gallery without asking again. The gallery settings show **A password is set** while a password is saved. To see the password page as a client does, open the gallery link in a private window. Changing the password locks every browser again. To remove password protection, choose **Public** or **Unlisted** under **Who can open it** and save. Leaving the password field blank keeps the existing password. Use a **Download PIN** instead when you want people to browse freely but want downloads of individual original photos, whole-gallery ZIPs, and video originals protected. PINs are available on the Free plan and take 4 to 8 digits. --- ### Discover more from ShootCal Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.