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title: Client favorites and proofing
description: "Collect client favorites, per-photo notes and comments, selection messages, and Lightroom-ready filename lists without client accounts."
url: "https://shootcal.com/docs/favorites-and-proofing/"
updated: "2026-11-13"
category: ShootCal Galleries / Deliver galleries
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# Client favorites and proofing

# Client favorites and proofing

Clients can choose favorite photographs and add notes without creating a ShootCal account. Saved selections are private to the verified client and the studio, so different people viewing the same gallery can keep their own lists.

## Choose and save photos

1. Tap the heart on any photograph. You can filter the gallery to your selected images and open **Your selections** to add per-photo notes.
2. Choose **Save favorites**, or enter your email in **Your selections** and choose **Email my private link**. Before verification, **Save for later** keeps the draft only on this device. Your current picks and notes stay here while you verify.
3. Open the email link and choose **Open my private favorites**. Enter the gallery password if requested. The link expires after 15 minutes and can be used once; keep it private.
4. If this device has a local draft, choose whether to keep those picks, use your saved list, or combine both. Opening the link does not save, combine or send your selections automatically.
5. Review the photographs and notes. **Save for later** saves the list without sending it to the studio. To share the finished selection, add an optional overall message and choose **Send to** your studio.

Picks made before verification are stored in this browser. Use **Save for later** after verifying your email to keep the selected photos and their per-photo notes available on another device. An unsent overall message stays on the current device until you send it. A completed submission remains visible to the photographer even if the gallery is later republished.

## Continue on another device

Open the same gallery and request a private link using the email associated with your saved selections. After verification, you can resume that list. Having the gallery link or knowing another client's email does not open their saved favorites or notes. Gallery passwords and access restrictions still apply.

To switch identities on a shared device, open **Your selections** and choose **Use another email**. Verify the new email before opening its saved list.

Older browser-only notes and recovery drafts that cannot be tied to a verified client are preserved but hidden for privacy. Verify your email to recover notes already saved to the server; some older unsaved notes cannot be matched to an owner.

## Review favorites in ShootCal

In ShootCal, choose **Galleries** at the top, then **Favorites**, to see every gallery's selections, or open a gallery and choose **Favorites**. Each set shows the client, selected photographs, per-photo notes, and overall message. **Deliveries** also shows each gallery's favorites, orders, and downloads.

## Return to Lightroom

Use **Copy Lightroom list** to copy the selected filenames, then paste them into Lightroom’s Library filter. Republishing does not erase favorites because a selection is tied to the photograph record rather than its current rendered preview.

## Export a client's selections

Choose **Download CSV** on a client's selection card to export their selected filenames and per-photo notes for a spreadsheet or retouching checklist. The gallery, client, selection status and overall message appear once on the first photo row. Each remaining row contains its photograph's filename and note. The export includes only that client's selection and does not add email address fields or gallery access links.

The download starts in your browser. Check your browser's downloads to find the saved file.

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