Documentation
Help & guides
New to SnapFlow? Start with the User manual — it walks the whole workflow, camera to client. Below it are short how-tos for individual features.
Photographer (web)
1
Getting started
Sign in and get oriented with the dashboard.
2
Create an album (event)
Set up an event, its gallery, QR code and FTP credentials.
3
Getting photos in
Web drag-drop, live FTP from your camera, or the desktop sync app.
4
Album settings & workflows
The Edit page — every toggle that powers delivery, recognition and AI.
5
Culling & rating
Rate, reject and pick your keepers fast.
6
Recognition: people & faces
The foundation pipeline — face detection, the People page, the registry.
7
Recognition: numbers
Read jersey, bib, car, sail, saddle and bike numbers.
8
Recognition: teams & kits
Match uniforms and liveries; name kits once, reuse them.
9
Recognition: vehicles
Cluster cars, bikes, boats and horses; manage drivers.
10
Recognition: helmets
Identify drivers and riders by helmet paint.
11
Metadata & IPTC
Album defaults, per-photo IPTC, captions and keywords — on the web.
12
Metadata workflows
How tags travel from camera/Lightroom into the file your agency downloads.
13
Galleries & sharing
Themes, access control, proofing and sharing your work.
14
Proofing & client delivery
Client selects, watermarked preview, ZIP/CSV export, finals, sneak peek.
15
Live delivery & editor gate
Publish frames live, approve with the editor gate, set gallery visibility.
16
Instagram & socials
Connect, post Stories, auto-post, carousels, tips, reels and analytics.
17
Account, storage & billing
Profile, FTP credentials, storage, plans, data export and deletion.
Desktop sync app
1
Install & sign in
Download, sign in, and where your files live on disk.
2
The sync model
Local-first pull/push, the push filter, and 'Pull N missing'.
3
SD-card import
Card → album, filename templates and ingest profiles.
4
Culling & rating
Grid multi-select, the loupe, compare, and the full keyboard map.
5
Metadata tools
Inspector, IPTC presets, photographer profiles, keywords, code replacements.
6
Recognition corrections
Enable pipelines, run/re-run recognition, and fix clusters.
7
Command-line reference
The snapflow-sync CLI and integrity verification.
8
Search & smart collections
Search albums/photos/people, filter, and save queries as smart collections.
9
Editing & styles
Develop RAWs locally (Edit stage), learn looks and set Album Styles (Styles stage).
Organizations & agencies
1
Overview & nav
How org mode differs from solo — projects, clients, team, reports.
2
Projects & event phases
Group shoots into projects; the upload → review → proofing → delivered lifecycle.
3
Team & roles
Owner, manager, proofer, viewer, photographer — invites and event assignment.
4
Clients
A lightweight CRM linking contacts to projects and deliveries.
5
Internal review, proofing & delivery
Team approve/reject, retouch notes, client proofing, confirm delivery.
6
Reports & analytics
Storage, quota, storage-by-project, upload activity and deliveries.
7
Branding & white-label
Put your brand colours on the gallery and portal; full white-label on request.
8
Marketing consent
Record per-person consent and filter to marketing-cleared photos.
9
Billing & ownership
Org plan and quotas, ownership transfer, organisation deletion.
10
White-label & custom domains
Studio name on galleries, hide SnapFlow branding, and a custom domain (agency Pro+).
Client portal
1
Signing in
How clients reach the portal — magic link or password.
2
Albums & delivery status
The album list and what each status badge means.
3
Favourites & notes
Hearting picks and leaving per-photo retouching notes.
4
Downloading
Downloading delivered photos as a ZIP, and the quality options.
5
The agency / organisation portal
One client login spanning every photographer in an organisation.
iOS app
1
Getting started
Sign in, the Albums/Posts/Reels tabs, and your profile.
2
Albums
Browse, create, upload from your phone, rate, cull, and photo info.
3
Recognition
Run recognition and name, share or ignore people on the go.
4
Sharing
QR codes and links for albums, people and teams, plus Wallet passes.
5
Posts & Reels
Compose Instagram posts, tips carousels, Stories and reels.
6
Notifications & profile
Push refresh, account, and the camera-upload album picker.
7
Editing on iPhone
Import a photo, develop it on-device, and save it back to an album.