To make a new Workspace Collection, simply select the + button by the Collection heading on the Event screen. Then name the collection and finally drag the images you would like in to it.

Why bother?

Collections can be used in a variety of ways and how you set them up will depend on your intent. Collections can be set to private, semi-private or public, so you can share them just with your clients or with the entire world.

You can set the collection up so clients can buy the images, or you can allow them to edit it (add and remove images), for example to decide which images are going to be used in their album.

You can use collections to filter your images before your clients see them (people can’t see your images until you share them in a Collection). Or you can split the wedding day events in to different collections.

Another possibility is to create a collection for a vendor such as the florist. You can share a few images with them, so your images promote their flowers as well as your photography. Really, the world is your oyster.

Cheers, Pete

One of the most useful features of Workspace is album proofing.

You can proof books and albums you’ve designed in Photojunction, and also Queensberry books and albums you’ve designed in Workspace. In the FREE account you can proof Queensberry books and albums, but to proof a non-Queensberry album, you need a Workspace “Basic” subscription, which will cost you $10 per month.

The main advantage to Workspace proofing over Albumexposure is that your albums will be proofed on a site that highlights YOUR brand, not Queensberry or AlbumExposure! You can also integrate your Workspace site with your existing site, use it as a stand-alone site, or just use it to proof albums – it’s your choice.

That does mean that before you start proofing albums you’ll need to set up your Workspace website.

BUT before you start having chest pains and losing all your hair – don’t worry! Our websites are template based, so can be set up in 10 minutes or so – depending on how customized you want the pages to look. Pete has a couple of Junction posts here and here to get you started, or check out our Vimeo channel for the latest.

Take a look at our demo Workspace site for an example of what your clients will see. (You’ll need to log in to see the feedback and sharing pages – the password is j4utn4n4i.)

If you’d like to find out how to proof Photojunction albums in Workspace, I’ve just posted an article in the Knowledgebase.

Cheers, Anna

Let’s face it, if you don’t import images into Workspace then not a lot is going to happen. Unless you’re just using it to proof the albums you’ve designed in Photojunction, that is.

So let’s start at the Dashboard, and click New Event. The first thing Workspace will ask for is an Event name. This could be your clients’ names. Click Create Event.

Once you have done that, click Add Images To Event, and browse for your files. The maximum size for a file is 28MB, and it needs to be a JPEG or TIFF. But choose a size that’s suitable for what you want to use it for – no bigger, or you’ll be using up your storage for no reason.

After selecting the images, click on the Upload button. Your files may take a while to upload but remember you are uploading hi-res files. When it’s done you’ll be able to share, sell, design all under one roof – what could be easier?

Enjoy Stephen’s demo movie.

Cheers, Pete

PS There are alternative ways to upload, including from Lightroom and Photojunction.

Your logo says so much about you, so when you set up Workspace take some time over it.

If you don’t add a logo your website will put your company name up there instead, which is cool, but not as riveting as a really nice logo.
Like the Queensberry one

A good logo gets remembered for good or bad. I can go for a drive with my kids and they’ll spot the Golden Arches even before we can see them properly. It’s ingrained in their little heads (I blame their mother). You want yours to fit in with the rest of your site, and not stand out like a sore thumb. The Urban Punk look won’t work well if you photograph babies. Not my kids anyway.

Adding a Logo is done in the Settings just under where you entered your name to set up your Workspace website.

You need to upload it “actual size” as Workspace won’t scale it.

Size does matter and we suggest going no bigger than 920 pixels wide, as this is the width of the Workspace page, and no deeper than 200 pixels because it starts taking up too much of the screen. It doesn’t need to be full width, or as deep, but you don’t want it to disappear on the page either.

Once you have uploaded your masterpiece hit the preview button and check it out. When you see how it looks you might want to upload a new version, which only takes a minute or so.

Cheers Pete

When you log in to Workspace for the first time, all you need to do to start playing is click the big New Event button at the top of the Dashboard screen, and import some images.

But if you really want to see what Workspace can do, I suggest setting up your website first.

In the movie, Stephen and Ian (Stephen actually – Ian just gets to interrupt occasionally) will give you an idea of how your site might look. It’s so simple you can do it in a few minutes, so why not do it first? Fooling around in Workspace will be a lot more rewarding if you do.

1. Click the Settings button on the Dashboard and choose a website “theme”. Don’t worry too much which one. You can choose another any time you like. Just don’t forget to click Save!

2. Then, scroll down on the same page and enter something in My Workspace Website Address. Something like studioname.queensberryworkspace.com, where “studioname” is the name of your studio*. What you’re doing is creating what the geeks call a sub-domain.

You’ll need to wait a few minutes for it to become active, but now you have a website powered by Queensberry Workspace.

If you do nothing else, you have a working website (try uploading some images and see) but it will be very plain…

You can juice it up if you do two more simple things:

1. Upload some images to your Image Gallery and share them on your new website.

2. Upload your studio logo.

They will only take a minute or two more, and I’ll explain how to get your logo up there in my next post.

Cheers, Pete

PS You only have to enter the studioname bit, not queensberryworkspace.com. No www, capitals, spaces or weird characters either. Once again, don’t forget to hit the Save button!

Here’s the recording of the latest Webinar on getting started in Workspace. It’s about an hour long and covers how and why you’d use Workspace, setting up your image gallery, collections and storyboards, social media tools and designing and proofing albums.

Enjoy!

Anna

If you’re one of the people who’s logged in with Workspace over the last weeks, thank you! It’s been great to see people working on their websites and exploring the application. There’s been a lot of activity and progress…

You may have wanted to design or proof albums, sell or share your images, or set up a Workspace website. On the other hand maybe you just wanted to check our pricing, or download Photojunction.

No matter why you came, thank you!

A short while ago we pushed our third major release. The last one was largely about the shopping cart feature, but this time we’ve added a number of features we’re very excited about:

1. A Lightroom plug-in for uploading your images.

2. Reconfigured sharing tools, including a new “semi-private” option.

3. An improved album design tool, and…

4. A pricing module for Queensberry albums (we’ve been dreaming of this moment for years!).

We also have a much better idea of how you’re using the software, and the roadblocks that might be holding you back, so, apart from the fact we’re constantly refining the application, Stephen and I will be recording some introductory videos tomorrow. We’ll announce them on our Facebook page and here on the Junction as they’re released.

Facebook is probably the best way to keep in touch with us, ask questions and tell us what you think. You can also email us at techsupport@queensberry.com

Thanks for reading. We hope you’ll go back to Workspace and tell us what you think!

All the best from everyone at Queensberry, and remember, we’re here to help.

Enjoy!

OK, you’ve posted some photos on Facebook for the bride to share with her friends and family. Which is great.

But imagine how much BETTER it would be if you could show them the photos on YOUR site … and they could check out YOUR products and services while they were there! Today’s bride delivering tomorrow’s brides to your door…

With Workspace you can do just that, and we’ve set up a site that shows how it works.

You may know we publish an album a day on Facebook, which is great for us and for the featured photographers (we can see who knows how to play the Facebook game by the traffic it generates).

In future, instead of uploading the complete album to Facebook, our Facebook post will point to our Queensberry Workspace site.

It’s an example of what we call an “integrated” Workspace site. In other words it shares the look and feel of other Queensberry web pages. It has the same navigation at the top, so visitors can click straight through and look at the rest of our site.

The site uses out-of-the-box Workspace “widgets”, so you can do exactly the same with your own site. The albums look great on my iPhone too.

Have a play!

Cheers, Ian

PS We’ll still be publishing these albums on Facebook of course (that’s where the world is hanging out) but instead of looking at a Facebook “album”, they’ll click through to our own site.