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Branding, privacy, and your studio page ​

Your studio name, logo, accent color, 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. Studio profile holds the studio name and introduction, and Gallery address holds your web addresses. Your light and dark logos and brand color are set in Logo & business name on the same page. 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 across the studio; individual galleries keep their own title, subtitle, cover, and shoot date.

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.

In ShootCal Settings → Logo & business 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.

  • 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 PIN protects the whole-gallery download while still letting people view the gallery. PINs are available on the Free plan.

Studio page visibility ​

The studio page is the portfolio that lists only galleries you deliberately make public. 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. New accounts receive a six-month Basic Website trial with no automatic charge; existing accounts retain their promised full Website access. All five standard pages stay editable when a trial ends. To build a website from your existing galleries, see Build your photography website.

If your website is published, the studio page appears inside the website's header and footer, and the site menu links to it as Recent work (you can hide that link in the website builder). Without a published website, the studio page keeps its standalone look.

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 & business name first.

  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.

In Settings > Galleries, 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.

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. Enter a Gallery password and choose Save settings.
  3. From then on, anyone with the link must also enter the password; share it separately.

To remove password protection, clear the field and save.

Use a Download PIN instead when you want people to browse freely but want the whole-gallery download protected. PINs are available on the Free plan and take 4 to 8 digits.