How Collaboration Mode Helps You Save Time Working with Your Photo Clients

Collaboration mode is one of two modes that picdrop's client galleries offer. In this mode, everything is optimized to make it as easy as possible for your clients to give feedback on your photos or videos, create selections and complete the job on your end with as little effort as possible and a lot of time saved.

With picdrop’s intuitive color markers, clients can quickly find and highlight their favorite shots. Whether it’s a wedding couple picking their best moments or a brand choosing product images, it’s as easy as a click. No instructions needed – just a simple, visual way to filter out the best shots effortlessly.

With picdrop’s like feature, your clients can mark their favorite shots even easier! It’s as easy as clicking the like button on Instagram.

When multiple people need to agree on a final selection, picdrop’s voting feature makes it simple. Clients and team members can ues the like button, and you (or them) can instantly sort them by popularity. No spreadsheets, no chaos – just a clear, organized way to finalize selections.

Forget endless email chains – Scribbles let clients and team members draw directly on images. They can highlight areas for retouching, suggest changes, or mark important details. It’s a fast, visual way to communicate and avoid misunderstandings.

Of course your clients can also give general feedback on your shots without scribbling. Just enable the comment feature and you’re ready to go! You will receive notifications about new comments via email immediately or can find them in your handy notifications within picdrop.

Finding client selections in Lightroom or Capture One has never been easier. picdrop’s smart export tool filters your client’s picks in seconds, saving you from endless manual searching.

Your clients aren’t tech experts. With picdrop, they don’t need an account or password – just a secure link shared by you. They can view, comment, and select images instantly, keeping their experience smooth and frustration-free. Of course you can add extra security by enabling a gallery password and even watermarks on your image previews.

Clients see changes instantly – new uploads, color markers, comments, and votes appear live on their screens. No need to refresh or send follow-up emails – everything stays in sync.

Need your clients or team to provide additional files, reference materials, or retouched versions? picdrop’s client upload feature allows them to upload their own files to your gallery – keeping everything in one place.

You often work on multi-day shoots or large projects with multiple sets of images? Subfolders help you stay organized. With picdrop you can separate images by shoot days, concepts, or file versions, so you and your clients always find what you need.

picdrop’s sorting and grouping options allow you to organize files by color markers, upload dates, filenames, and more. Grouping shots by color markers make it exceptionally easy for your clients to filter out their favorite shots within minutes. No more scrolling through endless images – just structured, efficient image management.

With the smart filters, you and your clients can quickly find the right files when needed. Filter by color markers, likes, comments or selection status to instantly refine your view and speed up decision-making.

No two jobs are the same. picdrop’s gallery settings let you control what collaboration features your clients can see and interact with. This allows you to activate only the tools they need, keeping things simple and focused on their experience. Your clients will love the simplicity!

picdrop automatically creates up-to-date ZIP files for clients to download selections or the whole gallery with one single click and no waiting time.This means you never have to create zip files on your end. And if you only need to update a single file, you don't need to update your download zip, picdrop does that for you.

We know that Pros work with more than just JPGs. That’s why picdrop supports TIFF, PSD, PNG, RAW, MP4, MOV, and more, so you can share files without conversion hassles. Of course, we make sure to render perfect sRGB previews so that even your AdobeRGB files and many other profiles look just perfect in your gallery.

Collaboration Mode isn’t just a tool - it’s a complete workflow solution that makes your life easier and your clients happier. Spend less time on admin work and more time doing what you love: creating stunning images! 

And let’s not forget: The mighty Collaboration mode is just one out of two very different modes that picdrop offers. If you're looking for stunning client galleries without feedback features, then picdrop’s Presentation Mode is the perfect choice! Learn more about how to showcase your images beautifully and share them with clients in the best possible way here​.