A wedding gallery with several hundred frames asks a lot of a couple. Many of the photos are close variations, and the client has to decide alone which one of five near-identical portraits belongs in the album. Photographer suggestions let you mark the frames you would choose, so the client starts from your shortlist instead of a blank grid. This guide shows how to set them in PixiProof and what the client sees.

Before you start

Suggestions are part of a gallery where the client selects photos. When you create a gallery, the wizard asks for the Gallery type, and suggestions belong to the Client selects photos option, not Deliver a finished gallery.

Mark suggested photos

Open the gallery in the dashboard and click Suggest photos in the gallery navigation. The window Suggest photos to the client opens.
Mark the frames you recommend. Each marked photo is added to the photographer suggestions. Click it again to remove it.
Use the All and Suggested filters to review your shortlist. Reduce visual noise dims non-suggested photos so suggested ones stand out.
Changes save automatically. The footer shows how many items are suggested. Click OK when you are done.

You can also mark a single photo while viewing it, with Mark as suggested for the client, and undo it with Remove from suggestions. In the gallery overview, Suggested: N tells you how many photos are on the list.

The window only lists originals that have not been delivered yet.

What the client sees

A message in the gallery: "Your photographer marked N photos — tap to view suggested picks."
A Suggested (N) filter next to All and Selected (N), so the client can look at your shortlist alone.
A Suggested by your photographer mark on each suggested photo.

The client still decides. A suggestion does not select the photo for them. If they deselect a suggested photo, your suggestions stay unchanged. After the selection is approved, a suggested photo that the client did not choose is marked Suggested — not in your order.

What suggestions do not do

They do not add photos to the order. Only the client's own selection counts.
They are not automatic. PixiProof does not pick photos for you. You mark each one yourself.
They are not an offer. Suggestions don't change prices. If you want to offer extra photos when the client confirms, that is a separate setting, the selection upsell.

How many to suggest

There is no rule in the product, so treat it as an editorial choice. A shortlist close to the number of photos in the client's package gives them a complete starting point. A few extra suggestions above that show where adding photos would make sense.

Try it

Your first PixiProof gallery up to 1 GB is free and does not require a card. Upload a session, mark your suggestions and open the gallery as a client to see the shortlist. See pricing and the free first gallery.