> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.shootbin.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Upload and manage photos in your project

> Upload images to an album, track approval and rejection states, use bulk actions to move or delete multiple photos, and reorder by drag and drop.

Photos are the core content of every Shootbin project. You upload them into albums, where clients and approvers can review them, leave visual notes, approve or reject selects, and track revision history. Shootbin preserves the original filename of every uploaded file so you can always trace a photo back to its source.

## Upload photos to an album

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the album">
    Navigate to the album you want to add photos to.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open the upload dialog">
    Click **Add photo** in the top-right area of the album view. If you have reached your plan's photo limit for this project, Shootbin will show an upgrade prompt instead.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select or drop files">
    Drag files into the upload area or click to browse. Shootbin accepts standard image formats as well as TIFF files (`.tif`, `.tiff`).

    <Danger>
      To be able to offer you the complete flow, from shoot until delivery, it's important that you upload your photos **exactly as you wish to deliver them to your client**.

      So upload them in the biggest size and quality that you would want to send your client.
    </Danger>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Monitor upload progress">
    Each file shows an individual progress bar. Successful uploads appear in the album grid immediately. Any failed uploads are listed with an error message so you can retry.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Info>
  The original filename of each uploaded file is stored automatically in the `original_filename` field and returned by the API. This lets you match delivered or revised files back to the originals you shot.
</Info>

## Photo states

Every photo has a review state that reflects its current status in the proofing workflow.

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Pending" icon="clock">
    No approval decision has been made yet. The photo is awaiting feedback from the approver.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Approved" icon="circle-check">
    The approver has signed off on this photo. Approved photos contribute to the project's selection count.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Rejected" icon="ban">
    The approver has marked this photo as rejected. Rejected photos are excluded from the approval count but remain visible in the album.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

Approvers toggle approval and rejection directly from the album grid or from inside the photo view. Owners can also approve photos.

## Rate photos

Inside the photo view, approvers can assign a star rating to a photo using the star rating control. Ratings are saved automatically and are visible to the project owner.

## Bulk operations

When you need to act on multiple photos at once, use selection mode.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Enter selection mode">
    Click **Select photos** in the album toolbar. Checkboxes appear on each photo thumbnail.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select photos">
    Click individual photos to select them. You can select as many as you need.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose a bulk action">
    With photos selected, the toolbar shows the following actions:

    * **Approve**, mark all selected photos as approved
    * **Move**, move selected photos to another album in the same project (or create a new album as the destination)
    * **Delete**, permanently remove selected photos
  </Step>

  <Step title="Confirm and exit selection mode">
    After completing the action, click **Cancel** or the **X** button to exit selection mode.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Warning>
  Bulk delete is permanent. Deleted photos, including all their revisions and annotations, cannot be recovered.
</Warning>

## Watermarking

We chose (for now) not to include the option to add watermarks on your originals or your deliveries. This is intentional as we feel you should have full control on the way you handle watermarked images if you decided so.

If you have configured a proofing watermark on your account (on by default), Shootbin renders the watermark text over the web variant of each photo displayed to clients. The original uploaded file is never modified. Watermarking is applied during web variant generation, so it is automatically present on all proofing images without any per-album configuration.

Feel free to disable this option in your account settings if you already use watermarking in your originals/deliverables, so that no double watermarks appear on the proofing images

To set or update your watermark text, go to your profile settings and update the **Proofing watermark text** field.

## Reorder photos

In an album where you are the owner, you can drag and drop photo thumbnails to change their display order. The new order is saved immediately in the background.

<Tip>
  Reordering is disabled when feedback filters are active or when selection mode is on. Clear filters and exit selection mode first if the drag handle is not responding.
</Tip>

## Plan limits

| Plan   | Photos per project |
| ------ | ------------------ |
| Hobby  | 100                |
| Studio | 400                |
| Agency | Unlimited          |