Photo delivery to clients?

I'm interested in how other deliver their photos to their clients.  I'm looking for a simple method where I 1) upload the photos to some sharing service and 2) notify my client(s) their photos are ready and 3) my clients can download the photos without the need to log in or create an account.  As long as they have, say, a link they can download the images.

Thanks,

Kent

 

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Permalink Reply by Pat B on February 29, 2012 at 5:21pm

I found my answer so no need to answer.  I found out downloads of original size are allowed if I allow it.

Permalink Reply by TourBuzz Support on February 29, 2012 at 4:50pm

We are looking to add a print-quality file size very soon. We are trying to be sure the file size is going to work for everyone.

Would 300dpi @ 8.5" x 11" be better, or 11" x 14"? That's 2550x3300 or 3300x4200.

Basically we'd end up with a fit-to-box for 3300x3300 or 4200x4200. I just want to be sure that this is a big enough file, but also not too big. I am not sure what all limits are out there in the print systems that might cause trouble base on max/min file size (MB) and max/min image resolution.

Permalink Reply by ryan on February 29, 2012 at 5:27pm

Did I miss something.... is this for a flyer... or to download the tour images...  Most cameras shoot 4x6 ratio and I'm sure most load their photos that way.  Anything 3000 pixels wide and over would be great... so i guess to accommodate the portrait shots.

I vote 4200x4200 but this will get quite a large image.

Ryan

Permalink Reply by Pat B on February 29, 2012 at 5:28pm

I checked Smugmug sizes in their help section that might help in determining the size/pixels.  The following is if you order a print from my account through one of their print houses.  So would these settings also not apply to what you are asking? 

read "Recommended settings", below.

 Size   Pixels    Size   Pixels     Size   Pixels     Size   Pixels     Size   Pixels 
wallets 240x320   5 x 30 575x1536   10 x 10 925x925   12 x 18 768x1152   20 x 24 1280x1536
3.5 x 5 438x625   7 x 10 700x935   10 x 13 925x1100   12 x 20 1024x1280   20 x 30 1280x1920
4 x 5 460x575   8 x 8 750x750   10 x 15 768x1024   12 x 24 1024x1536   24 x 30 1536x1920
4 x 5.3 460x610   8 x 10 750x935   10 x 16 768x1152   12 x 30 1024x1920   24 x 24 1536x1536
4 x 6 470x705   8 x 10.6 750x990   10 x 20 768x1280   14 x 22 1024x1400   24 x 36 1440x2160
4 x 8 470x940   8 x 12 750x1125   10 x 30 768x1920   16 x 16 1152x1152   30 x 30 1920x1920
5 x 5 575x575   8 x 16 750x1152   11 x 14 768x1024   16 x 20 1024x1280   30 x 40 1650x2200
5 x 6.7 575x770   8 x 20 750x1280   11 x 16 768x1152   16 x 24 1024x1536   36 x 36 2160x2160
5 x 7 575x805   8.5 x 11 775x1000   11 x 28 768x1800   18 x 24 1100x1536      
5 x 10 575x935   9 x 12 825x1100   12 x 12 1024x1024   20 x 20 1280x1280      

Permalink Reply by Michelle Barrett on March 9, 2012 at 10:30pm

I use Dropbox.  You zip the pictures, upload to dropbox, and send the client a link.  I copy the link into the email that gets sent when I publish a tour.  So they have a choice to download mls/small print size from the Tourbuzz client panel link, or the High Res from the dropbox link.  However, if they could download the High Res from Tourbuzz/client panel, it would save a little time for me.

Some people have difficulty working with zip files, so I have to walk them through it.

Michelle

Permalink Reply by Alan Pinstein on March 22, 2012 at 11:02pm

We talked to several customers today and came up with an idea that I wanted to share more broadly:

  1. When you upload images to TourBuzz, for any images bigger than 2000x1333, we will keep the image you upload (or at least 4000x4000) for 30 days after the tour publishes.
  2. The larger image format (if provided) will appear on the Client Panel as "print" download links on the individual media items. We are not sure whether it makes sense to include them in the "media kit" since in most cases people use 1-10 "print" images but having all images in print size would make the media kit quite large...
  3. We will have a cascading preference for letting people access the "print-quality" image; this gives you flexibility to charge for print-quality and easily control this.
  4. After 30 days the "print" link will simply disappear.

This seems like it will cover 95% of the cases where customers want print-quality images of the tour. For the handful of cases where people need super-large images, or need them more than 30 days after tour publishing, that could be handled manually.

We would love to hear your thoughts on this concept.

Permalink Reply by Michael Basch on March 23, 2012 at 5:18am

Alan

That's a great idea!!!   Looking forward to seeing this implemented!

Mike

Permalink Reply by Michelle Barrett on March 23, 2012 at 9:31am

Sounds great to me!

Michelle

Permalink Reply by Carol Grape on March 23, 2012 at 8:38pm

Alan,

Great idea. So, would one just upload the photos they know will be for printing at the larger size and just upload the rest the regular size for the tour?

Has the size changed to 2000x1333. I am still uploading still images that are closer to 1500 x 1000?

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