The release that turns your studio into a business hub
Your Photography Workflow, Now More Connected
You’ve finished the shoot. Now come the client selections, editing notes, final files, payments, and invoices. Sound familiar?
When every part of that process lives in a different tool, even a straightforward session can turn into a lot of admin.
Meet Picstome 2.0: our biggest release yet, with more than 90 updates across invoicing, galleries, camera uploads, client delivery, security, and the everyday Picstome experience.
Here’s what’s new, and how it can help you spend less time managing your work and more time creating it.
Create Invoices Without Leaving Picstome
You already manage your clients and payments in Picstome. Now you can create their invoices there too.
A guided flow takes you from choosing a client to adding line items, reviewing the details, and issuing the invoice. You can also start directly from a client record or a payment.
- Keep drafts without using up invoice numbers. Numbers are assigned only when you issue an invoice.
- Add your studio’s logo and accent color to your invoice PDF.
- Include VAT and IRPF withholding, with a legal reason for VAT exemption where applicable.
- Give clients a QR code and public verification link to check that an invoice is genuine.
- Issue a corrective invoice linked to the original when something needs fixing.
- Duplicate an issued invoice into a new draft instead of starting from scratch.
Received a payment through Stripe? You can turn it into an invoice in one click, with automatic paid or pending tracking to help you keep things organized.
One Photo, Every Version
The original shot. A first edit. A warmer version. The black-and-white alternative your client asked for.
A photograph rarely stays at just one version. Now Picstome keeps those versions together, rather than leaving you with a gallery full of separate copies.
- Compare versions at full resolution.
- Restore an earlier version if you or your client prefer it.
- Delete a specific version without removing the current photo.
- Share a comparison with your client so they can choose between edits.
Your comments stay connected to the photo and its versions, helping you keep the editing conversation in one place.
Send Photos Straight from Your Camera to Your Gallery
Why wait until the end of a shoot to start uploading?
With live camera upload, a compatible camera can send photos directly to a Picstome gallery as you shoot, without a laptop or card reader in between.
Set up your studio’s camera connection once, then choose the receiving gallery from your phone instead of changing the destination in your camera’s menus for each session.
- Configure your camera’s connection to Picstome.
- Choose a receiving gallery from your phone, or start a new live shoot.
- Start shooting and let your photos arrive in the gallery.
Picstome supports FTP, FTPS, and SFTP connections. Compatibility depends on your camera’s transfer capabilities and setup, and your storage limits still apply.
Point to the Exact Detail with Pinned Comments
“Could you retouch that bit on the left?”
Feedback is much easier to follow when you can see exactly what someone means. You and your clients can now place a comment directly on a specific point in a photo.
Mark a detail on a face, point out a distraction in the background, or show where a crop needs adjusting. Pins stay in the right place across screen sizes and zoom levels.
If you upload a new version, annotations from an older version are clearly flagged, so it’s easier to tell which feedback still applies.
One Client Link for Every Shared Gallery
Work with the same client regularly? You no longer need to send them searching through old messages for a different link after every session.
Share one client link, and they can browse all their shared galleries from a single page, complete with covers, photo counts, and dates.
The page carries your studio’s branding without displaying the client’s name or email. Password-protected galleries remain hidden until the password is entered. If several galleries use the same password, entering it once unlocks them together.
Keep PDFs Alongside Your Photos
A delivery sometimes needs more than image files.
You can now add PDFs to your galleries alongside your photos: model composites, mood boards, contracts, print instructions, or other documents your client needs.
PDFs appear as document tiles and open in the browser’s PDF viewer. No need to split the delivery across another email or a separate file-sharing service.
Work Out Your Session Price with the Built-In Calculator
What should you charge for a session? There’s more to that answer than the hours you spend holding a camera.
The price calculator is now part of Picstome’s tools. It guides you through a recommended session price, taking monthly recurring costs and equipment depreciation into account.
You can include optional IRPF withholding and see a breakdown of VAT, withholding, and the amount your client pays. The calculator uses your studio’s currency and language, and you can copy a summary to refer back to later.
A Black Screen, Whenever You Need One
Sometimes a simple tool is all you need.
Open Tools → Black Screen and select Go Black to switch to a full-screen black display during a shoot, presentation, retouching session or cleaning your computer screen.
It keeps your screen awake while active. Press Escape, click, or leave full-screen mode to return to your work.
You can also launch it from anywhere in the app with Ctrl+B or ⌘B.
A Fresh Look, with Improvements Behind the Scenes
You’ll also notice a refreshed interface, with Picstome’s brand colors and a reorganized sidebar that separates photos, business management, and tools.
Your public pages still keep your studio’s own branding.
Behind the scenes, we’ve also improved security, gallery access, duplicate customer handling, storage calculations, and upload reliability. These changes may be less visible, but they help keep your everyday workflow running smoothly.
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