New Feature | AI Face Recognition for Your Live Photo Stream
We are excited to announce the new AI Face Recognition feature, which you can now optionally turn on within Zno Instant™. AI face search enables your clients to quickly find the images that they appear in. This takes the live experience to the next level! For large events such as weddings and parties, this new feature helps customers increase engagement, and promotes instant photo sharing and downloading. Clients Can Now Easily Find their Photos How do you find yourself in a crowd of faces? If your clients are attending a wedding or party event, but they want to find photos that include themselves, then this feature is perfect for them! Once your client uploads their own face photo they will instantly get photo matches. Automatic Facial Recognition Zno Instant™‘s AI Face Recognition technology employs sophisticated algorithms to analyze facial features in photos. This technology can identify individuals across various images, regardless of the lighting conditions, angles, or facial expressions. Group by Face With automatic facial recognition, photos can also be grouped by face, all of the people photographed at the event will appear at the bottom of the page. Just click on a face to see other photos with the same person. Enhance Client Experience with Ease Save Time The AI Face Recognition feature can save both you and your clients time. It automates the tedious task of finding images of specific individuals from a huge number of photos. Protect Client Privacy Zno Instant™ places a strong emphasis on client privacy. Before using the AI Face Recognition feature, you must read and agree to the AI Face Recognition Terms of Use. Only those with authorized access can view or search images, ensuring that clients’ privacy and images are protected against unauthorized access. Increase Photo Downloads and Shares A smoother photo selection process will enhance the client experience. Customers are more likely to download and share their images if they can easily find themselves among many photos. Enabling this feature increases the exposure of your excellent work through instant photo sharing and may attract more potential clients. How to Enable the AI Face Recognition for Clients In events like weddings, where multiple guests need to be identified and their photos sorted, this technology proves especially beneficial. It can save time and enhance customer satisfaction. Additionally, this new feature is available to all of our paid plan subscribers. You can enable this feature for your clients by going to Settings and turning on Face Recognition by Photo and Automatic Facial Recognition. In conclusion, Zno Instant™’s AI Face Recognition is more than just a feature; it represents a new generation of photo sharing. The new feature will not only streamline your workflow, but also enhance your clients’ photography experience and boost your business. About Zno Instant™ Zno Instant™ offers real-time, high speed photo sharing at live events. It’s suitable for a wide variety of event photography, such as weddings, parties, school events, and more.
New Feature | Brand Your Photography Business With User-Friendly URLs
This post was last updated on June 13, 2024. When you’re done with your busy retouching schedule, how do you share the photos with your clients? Delivering photos is an important part of your photography branding. And using an online photo gallery, like Zno Gallery™, will help you brand your photography business with user-friendly URLs. Brand Yourself Down to Every Detail As a professional Photographer, you need branding to distinguish yourself in this competitive photography industry. Branding helps you create a memorable and cohesive identity that reflects your photography style and personality. Through a successful brand, you can attract your target audience, as well as establish credibility and trust with your clients. So how do you build long-lasting relationships with your clients via branding? First of all, you should determine your photography style, target audience, and unique selling propositions. These are the core parts of your brand. Secondly, you should develop consistent messaging across all communication channels. For example, your website, social media, and marketing materials should all reflect your brand. However, the most direct way to brand yourself is to put your brand name and logo on your website or gallery. Additionally, don’t forget to create a branded domain! Let Us Handle the Domain Stuff Today, Zno Cloud offers you one of the most convenient ways to brand yourself. It provides you with default domains that you can use without purchase. If you create your photography website with our photography website builder, you can use the domain name: mypixweb.com/. If you share photos with our stunning online photo gallery, then you can use the domain name: mypixhome.com/. Use Brand Matched Subdomain You can replace your default URLs with a personalized subdomain that matches your studio’s name or brand. Your subdomain should be short and easy to remember. Avoid long or complex names that may confuse your visitors. Take Zno Gallery™ as an example, if your brand name is Tracy Photography, then you can set your gallery’s subdomain as tracyphoto, or tracy-photo, then your gallery share link will be tracyphoto.mypixhome.com/, or tracy-photo.mypixhome.com/. Additionally, consider your target audience group and choose a subdomain that will capture their attention. If your photography services are primarily geared towards newlyweds, then you can choose wedding-related terms for your subdomain. What’s more, if you choose a subdomain name that contains photography keywords, it will also help to improve your website’s ranking on search engines, increasing your exposure and traffic. Once you have decided on your subdomain name, you need to make sure that the subdomain you choose is unique on the internet. Try to avoid duplication of your subdomain name with other brands or websites. You can use a domain name lookup tool to check the availability of the chosen name. Use User-Friendly URL Slugs In addition to customizing your subdomain, you can also change the URL slugs of your gallery collections. Use user-friendly descriptions to enhance your client experiences. If you’ve taken stunning wedding photos of Jane and David, you can share them via a personalized gallery link. Set the collection URL in the collection settings to jane-david-wedding so they can quickly tell by the name that it’s a link to their wedding photo gallery. About Zno Gallery™ Choose the best client gallery for photographers! You can explore the amazing features of Zno Gallery™ with free photo sharing, as well as customizable user-friendly URLs. Sign up for a free account and start branding your photography business today.
New Feature | Discover The Easiest Way Ever To Share Photos On Social Media With A Live Photo Stream
Live photo sharing has become an indispensable tool for professional photographers. It revolutionizes how you interact with your clients and how you showcase your work. Today, we are excited to introduce you to Zno’s live photostream tool known as Zno Instant™. With Zno Instant™ photos can be directly uploaded to the cloud and then social media while shooting in real time. What is a Live Photo Stream？ A “live photo stream” refers to showcasing photos in real time. When you take the photos, they can be uploaded instantly in seconds, and your clients don’t have to wait a few days to get them. Live photo streams are especially great for event photographers! During events such as weddings, family gatherings, or conferences, you can set up a live photo stream for your clients to showcase photos in real-time. This allows your clients to view and engage with the event as it unfolds. Download & Set Up With Ease Many photographers have never done live photo streaming before and therefore may think it’s painful to setup. But in reality it’s actually quite simple, so you don’t need to worry about any problems throughout the installation process. In contrast most traditional DAM software (digital asset management), for photographers, requires an enterprise wireless FTP solution and IT expertise. But Zno Instant™ works right out of the box. You can download the Zno Instant™ app and connect your phone to your camera with ease. Create A More Seamless Experience With Zno Instant™, images are automatically transferred via high-speed upload. While you can manually select uploading photos if you want to be selective, you don’t need to. In addition, instead of waiting days or weeks for their photos, your clients can simply scan the QR codes to view photos that were just taken. Your clients can now view them in real time, which enables instant feedback and interaction. Such a seamless experience will not only increase your efficiency, but will also make your clients more satisfied with your photography services. Great For Every Photo Shoot Having a live photo stream is especially important for event photographers. Your clients will be able to see their photos instantly, increasing their engagement and satisfaction with the event. Zno Instant™ allows you to share your photos for all occasions: wedding, mitzvah, quinceañera, sports, etc. Photos will be uploaded as you shoot, capturing every precious moment for your clients. Support Automatic AI Enhancements Your photos can optionally receive AI edits in real time so that they’re stunning right out of the camera. As soon as the shutter clicks, your photos will be uploaded and retouched instantly. So you can get fully edited photos without spending a ton of time retouching, which can enhance your work efficiency. Are you worried about losing your raw files? Zno Instant™ won’t let that happen. It provides a double backup in the form of still allowing you to have your raw files on your camera. Brand Your Photo Studio Through Social Media Sharing In addition, your clients can share their photos on social media such as Facebook and Instagram by easily downloading their photos. Zno Instant™ extends your reach beyond your immediate clientele, by enabling you to showcase your work to a broader audience on social media platforms. This is an instant upsell for any live event and great passive branding. About Zno Instant™ Zno Instant™ is a live photo stream that allows photos to be directly uploaded to the cloud and social media while shooting in real time. Want to try this revolutionary live photo stream now? Sign up for a free account and start your free trial today!
New Feature | Transfer Your Galleries Easily With Zno Gallery™’s Migration Service
The first thing any photographer thinks about when going to a new online photo gallery is photo migration. So when you hear that Zno Gallery™ is great, you probably ask yourself, is it good enough to justify moving my photos for my photography business. Is it worth the hassle? You may not believe it, but gallery migration is a lot easier than you think with Zno Gallery™. With our migration service, you can effortlessly move your entire online photo gallery to Zno Gallery™ without losing any of your cherished moments. This article will walk you through the simple and easy steps to ensure a smooth stress-free piña colada migration experience. Sign Up Your Zno Gallery™ Account As a professional photographer, you already know that an online photo gallery is the ideal tool to showcase your best shots to your clients. Having a fully functional and beautiful layout in your online photo gallery can boost your photography business, and Zno Gallery™ is unquestionably one of the best galleries out there. In addition to beautiful presentations, it also allows for clients to easily review, share, download and purchase photos! Thanks to the Gallery Migration Service, migrating your previous galleries to Zno Gallery™ is a piece of cake. Gallery Migration Service is available for clients who sign up to any Zno Gallery™ annual Paid Plan or the annual Fulfillment Apps Bundle. Generally speaking, it charges $1 per Gallery for migration. (When we use the term “Gallery”, we’re referring to the equivalent of Zno Cloud’s “Collection”) However, first time subscribers to an annual Zno Gallery™ or Fulfillment Apps Bundle can enjoy tFree Migration for up to 50 Galleries. Submit Your Migration Request Form Once you’ve subscribed to the Zno Gallery™ or Fulfillment Apps Bundle, you then need to fill out the Migration Request Form. This form provides our team with all the critical details for carefully migrating your galleries. You can provide your name and email address so that our support team can reach you. Also, you need to fill in your old online photo gallery information so that we can migrate the galleries you want to Zno Cloud’s online photo gallery. You may ask: What platforms does Zno Cloud transfer galleries from? We can migrate galleries from Pixieset, Pic-Time, Smugmug, ShootProof, CloudSpot, Zenfolio and PASS+. As long as you have an account on these platforms, you can migrate your old galleries to Zno Gallery™ with ease. Let Us Handle It Let us take the load off you. We will work on your online photo gallery migration for the next 2 – 4 weeks. All you need to do is kick back and wait. Once done, you can re-ignite your photography business with your brand spanking new Zno Gallery™! Zno Cloud’s online photo gallery migration is a powerful service, we can ensure a smooth and seamless migration of your galleries into Zno Gallery™. Whether you use it for displaying portfolios or delivering galleries to your clients, Zno Gallery™’s Migration Service will streamline your workflow and elevate your photography business. About Zno Gallery™ Zno Gallery™ is Zno Cloud’s online photo gallery for sharing, delivering, proofing and letting your clients download images. If you want to explore a professional online photo gallery, don’t hesitate to choose Zno Gallery™! You can transfer your old galleries incredibly easily through our Gallery Migration Service. Sign up for a Zno Gallery™ account and migrate your galleries today!
New Feature | Selling Custom Mix of Print Products Online to Better Increase Your Revenue
Nowadays, many professional photographers don’t just sell their photography services. They also sell print products in online stores. This allows you to earn extra income without ever having to leave your home. Zno Cloud’s online store for photographers, Zno Estore™, now supports selling your own custom mix of products to better increase your revenue. With this new custom mix feature, your clients will have more options than ever before to purchase their print products. Zno Estore™ Custom Features Custom Print Lab As you know, Zno Cloud provides you with high-quality print products at affordable prices, so you can make more profits when you sell them to your clients. However, now your Zno Estore™ doesn’t have to be limited to one lab either if you want more print lab options. You can choose different print labs and vendors (like Bayphoto, Miller’s, Nphoto, WHCC) to print whatever you want with self-fulfillment! Of course, if your preferred lab is not on the list, you can select the custom lab option and add custom products to create your own price sheet. Custom Mix and Match Products You can also mix digital downloads with physical products such as albums, prints, wall art, and more when you sell your own custom mix of products. For example, if you want to sell album and wall art combo sets in Zno Estore™, then you can add a custom product to your price sheet that will reflect this combo. Since it is your custom product, your product description and product information can be as detailed as possible. It can include details on the appearance, features, production time, available sizes, color options and so on. These descriptions can emphasize the uniqueness of your custom product and attract more potential clients to place orders. Custom Price with Zero Commission You can set your own price in Zno Estore™. If you’ve put a lot of time and effort into your product and you feel it deserves to be charged more, then you can set the price a little higher to increase your revenue. Most significantly, even our Free Plan is zero commission! We don’t take a penny out of your sales. And we don’t charge hidden fees at any plan level, even on the free plan. Why Should You Customize Your Sale List In Zno Estore™? Increase Sale Opportunities Customization allows you to diversify your options. You can serve a wider audience by offering a variety of choices. Additionally, as clients prefer to purchase unique products that express their personal taste, custom products can meet this need. They can choose specific photos, sizes, frames, materials, and more to create their own products. This helps to inspire clients to place an order, thus elevating your photography business. Make Your Brand Stand Out Offering custom products can help you differentiate your photography business in the marketplace and stand out from the crowd of competitors in the highly competitive photography industry. Clients are often more likely to remember and recognize photographers who offer personalized services and custom products, which can add to your brand differentiation. Word-of-Mouth Marketing Word-of-Mouth marketing is a very powerful driving force in branding and helps you attract more potential clients. Custom products that delight clients often lead to positive word-of-mouth marketing. Clients with satisfaction are likely to post their unique photography experience on social media or recommend you to their friends and family directly. About Zno Estore™ Zno Estore™ is a cloud-based online store for professional photographers to sell photo print products online. With the new feature, you can customize and mix and match products as well as set your own price with 0% commission! We don’t charge hidden fees at any plan level, even on the free plan. Sign up for a free account and increase your revenue with Zno Estore™!
New Feature | Elevate Your Photography Business With Unlimited Online Proofing
Taking visually appealing photos is just part of the job as a professional photographer. Once the photos have been taken and edited into photo albums, photography wall art, or other printed products, you can show your clients a draft of the layout and design, and let them provide their feedback on how to adjust it. Although this part of the workflow might be a bit complicated, you can save a lot of time and improve your client’s experience by using Zno Designer™’s online proofing feature. Zno Cloud has launched the Unlimited Plan, which includes both unlimited exports of album designs to third-party labs worldwide and unlimited online proofing! You can send unlimited online proofs directly to clients for feedback and make updates quickly and directly in Zno Designer™. No matter what type of photography you do, you should be familiar with online proofing software, and Zno Designer™ is your ultimate tool for album design, exporting and online proofing. Proof Your Album Online Within Zno Designer™ Unlimited Online Proofing When you’re designing albums for your clients, you’ll definitely need their feedback to help you do your work better. But if your clients cannot communicate the details of modifications to you directly and clearly, your design process will get drawn out and complicated. Thus, you can use Zno Proofer™, which is a feature within Zno Designer™. You can send unlimited online proofs directly to clients in Zno Proofer™ to get their feedback, and each comment will be time stamped and synced directly to Zno Designer™, helping you easily revise and check all requests. There is no need to download or upload anything, all comments are tracked on each spread in the software. This eliminates the need to ever go back and dig through emails and texts. Powerful Email System Once your design is finished, it can be sent to your client for preview. Instead of using your own email, you can send an approval request directly to your clients’ email from Zno Proofer™. This not only makes it easier for clients to preview your work, but also simplifies the workflow and improves your efficiency. If you need it, the software also provides 100% unbranded URLs to ensure that “Zno” will not appear anywhere. Premium Cover Renders Zno Designer™ offers authentic high-resolution previews that faithfully capture the details and textures of your customized printed products. This not only makes printed products seem better and more appealing, but also makes you look more professional. Export to Third Party Labs All projects designed and proofed in Zno Designer™ can be exported to any lab in the world. This provides convenience for photographers who want to use third party labs. We want to provide you the tools to fulfill your albums wherever you want even if that’s with another lab. Why Choose Zno Designer™’s Unlimited Online Proofing? Easy to use For professional photographers, having an unlimited online proofing software that is easy to use and has a simple user interface is essential to elevating photography business. Then Zno Designer™ is unquestionably your best choice! Compared to traditional counterparts, some print labs may require you and your clients to download and install proofing software, as well as upload and download files for online proofing. However, if you choose Zno Designer™, since it is a cloud-based tool, you can interact with your clients online without any downloads or installation required. Save both your and your clients’ time It’s a known fact that if you spend a lot of time exchanging emails with your clients throughout the proofing process, it can eat up a lot of time better spent on other things. However, if you use Zno Designer™’s unlimited online proofing feature, your clients can view it immediately and make modifications directly on the platform. This simplifies your workflow and speeds up the communication, which saves time for both you and your client. About Zno Designer™ Zno Designer™ is Zno Cloud’s cloud-based software for albums, books, wall arts, prints, calendars, cards and more. Not only can you use auto-fill and smart layout features, as well as send unlimited proofs on it, but also export your designs to other labs all over the world.Try Zno Designer™ Now!
New Feature | Selling Digital Downloads in Your Online Photo Gallery
Again, Zno Cloud is doing its best to help you boost your revenue! With Zno Cloud’s online photo gallery, Zno Gallery™, professional photographers can offer products to their clients from the largest selection of customized print products in Zno Cloud’s online store, Zno Estore™. But it’s not just print products anymore, digital downloads of images are now also available to add to your product offering. You can sell digital downloads and let your clients instantly preview their images on print products in your online store including albums, prints, wall art and more! Perhaps you’ve never considered selling your images digitally. However, by showcasing your photographic skills online and digitizing your photos, you can earn money directly with this online photo gallery. Zno Cloud’s online store, Zno Estore™, is natively built into Zno Gallery™. It’s free and Zno Cloud takes zero commission. You can sell digital downloads of individual photographs or sell entire galleries, it’s up to you. It requires minimum effort to setup and once it’s done, this much requested feature is an effortless way to sell and grow your business. Take Full Control with Custom Pricing You set your own price when selling digital downloads in your online store. You can also configure different prices for different image resolutions. After you’ve added ‘Photo Download’ to your price sheet, click “Manage Options” to edit the type and size of your digital downloads available for sale. Then go to ‘Pricing’ to set their prices. For example, selling images in high resolution or original size is typically higher priced than web size images which is more affordable. After prices are set, assign the price sheet to your online photo gallery collections to start selling. Make Transactions More Convenient Zno Gallery™ facilitates easy and secure transactions, providing an easy-to-use experience for both you and your clients. Once you have your Photo Download product setup and available to your online photo gallery, it’s simply a matter of waiting now for your clients to make the purchase. When the download purchase is confirmed, an email with a link to download the photos will be sent to your clients. If your clients have not downloaded the photos within 7 days, the link will expire and you will need to click ‘Resend Digital Photos’ to send a new link when requested. Selling Single Downloads & Full Gallery Downloads With this new feature of selling photo downloads, let’s go over the differences between Single Photo Download and Full Gallery Download. The following description will assist in you making the right choice based on your needs: Single Photo Download indicates that clients will select the digital images to buy and that each photo will be sold separately. They can choose images based on their specific preferences, making it possible for them to make a highly customized purchase that meets their requirements. For customers who only want a certain image or with limited budget, this option is the more affordable choice. Full Gallery Download means digital photos will be sold as an entire gallery. Full Gallery Download often provides a cost-saving advantage compared to purchasing single photos separately, which gives clients the impression that they are getting a better deal. Meanwhile, Full Gallery Download enables you to present a collection of stunning images to your clients, enhancing the overall impact of your work. Ultimately, the decision to sell Single Photo Download and Full Gallery Download depends on your target clients, the type of photography that you do and your business goals. No matter which one you select, Zno Gallery™ will enable you to profit from the sales of digital downloads. The Necessity of Selling Digital Downloads Selling digital downloads has numerous advantages that make it uniquely attractive to professional photographers. It not only promotes your work, but also allows you to get benefits from it. High Profit Selling digital download eliminates physical production costs. There is no inventory, no shipping charges, the majority of the profit goes to you. Additionally, you have the flexibility to adjust your photo pricing in your online photo gallery. You can make extra money with your digital downloads by showcasing your talent and quality of your work. Intellectual Property Protection Providing watermark digital downloads keeps your work safe from unauthorized usage and gives you control over how your images are used. Digital downloads without watermarks are only available to clients who make a purchase. They can only view watermarked photos if they choose not to make a purchase. Photographers prioritize intellectual property protection, and selling digital downloads at Zno Gallery™ assures you retain ownership of your photos. Diverse Income Source Online photo gallery supports selling both physical products and digital downloads which broadens your income stream. This enables you to adjust market trends and maintain a consistent income in an ever-changing business. About Zno Gallery™ Professional photographers can use Zno Gallery™, a cloud-based online photo gallery application, to share, showcase, and even sell their images. You can present your clients with professionally taken photos that they can proof online. It natively integrates with Zno Estore™, allowing you to turn your online photo gallery images into digital downloads, print, wall art, and album sales with 0% commission. Create your amazing online photo gallery right now.
