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Getting started

This walkthrough takes you from a brand-new workspace to a customer viewing (and paying for) their photos. It mirrors the onboarding checklist you’ll see the first time you sign in.

The four first steps

When you first sign in as a workspace admin, an onboarding banner highlights the four things that get you to a real delivery:

  1. Set your watermark — so previews are protected the moment you upload.
  2. Upload a shoot — a set of images for one customer or session.
  3. Invite a customer — give them a link to their gallery.
  4. Configure billing — connect the account that collects customer payments.

You can do them in any order, but this is the fastest path to a finished delivery.

1. Set your watermark

Open Settings → Branding / Watermark and choose how previews are marked:

  • Text — your studio name or any short string.
  • Logo — upload a transparent PNG.

Pick the size, opacity, and position. Every watermarked preview in your workspace uses this setting, so you only configure it once (you can change it any time). See Watermarking for details and tips.

2. Create and upload a shoot

A shoot is one batch of images tied to a customer or session.

  1. Go to Shoots → New shoot and give it a name.

  2. Choose the access tier for the shoot:

    • Watermarked — customers preview watermarked images and unlock the originals after paying.
    • Prepaid — watermarking is skipped; the customer gets the full-resolution files directly (use this when they’ve already paid you).

    See Customer access tiers to choose.

  3. Upload your images. Watermarked shoots are processed automatically — large shoots take a few minutes before previews are ready.

3. Invite your customer

From the shoot, add the customer’s email and send the invite. They receive a link to their gallery, where they can:

  • Browse watermarked previews,
  • Select the images (or package) they want,
  • Pay, and
  • Download the full-resolution originals.

Everything works in a mobile browser — your customers don’t install anything.

4. Configure billing

So you can actually get paid, connect your own payment account:

  • Payment setup — connect Stripe or Square. Customer payments route directly to you; Skyforge takes no cut.

Separately, your own Skyforge subscription (what you pay us) is covered under Pricing & overages.

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