Photos Workspace
Bring photos in, shape the story, then head into the editor.
This is where the album starts to take shape. You bring the photos in, trim the chaos, and get the set ready for design.
Workspace Overview
This is not just an upload page. It is the photo bench for the whole album.
- You bring photos into the album here.
- You review, sort, and filter the library here.
- You can prepare groupings such as People and Scenes here when those capabilities are available.
- You can set a featured image for the album here.
- You leave this page when the photo set is ready for spread design.
Photos Workspace Demo
Switch between an organizing state and a ready-to-design state, then open the side panels that shape the story.
Johnson Wedding Album
84 visible of 186 totalThe handoff can stay blocked until the album is ready. In the live app, the reason is shown right next to the button.
Photo library
The visible count changes with filters, People filters, and Scenes filters.
Prep details
In scene
Dress portrait
Ready for sorting
Family hug
Ready for sorting
Ceremony entrance
In scene
Vows close-up
Ready for sorting
Confetti exit
Ready for sorting
Golden hour
In scene
First dance
Ready for sorting
Side panel slot
People and Scenes do not open as separate worlds. They share one right-side slot, so the workspace stays focused.
The live page has more moving parts, including upload progress, billing warnings, Dropbox import, and activation gates. This demo stays focused on the workspace logic you feel every day.
The photo count in the header reflects what is currently visible. Active filters, People filtering, or Scenes filtering can change that number without changing the album's raw library.
Top Toolbar
This row does most of the steering.
Upload Controls
The first group is for bringing new files into the album.
- Add Photos opens the local file picker.
- The dropdown beside it adds more upload routes such as:
- choosing files from the current device
- uploading from a phone through a QR flow
- importing from Dropbox when that capability is enabled
- Drag and drop is also supported directly on the page.
Upload Routes Demo
Pick an upload route to see what it is best at.
Current route
The straightforward path when the photos are already on this machine.
The menu also leaves a small but important hint behind: drag and drop photos anywhere on the page when that is faster than clicking through dialogs.
The live upload menu can open device selection, the phone upload dialog, or the Dropbox connection and picker flow.
Browse Controls
The browse group helps you cut through the noise.
- The filter menu currently switches between All Photos, In Scenes, and Not in Scenes.
- The sort menu can reorder by Filename, Date Taken, Date Added, Size, or Importance.
AI and Side Panels
Depending on what is enabled for the album, this row can also show:
- Analyze to start AI analysis
- AI Filters to filter by analysis-derived attributes
- People to open the face grouping panel
- Scenes to open the storyline grouping panel
Only one right-side panel is active at a time. People and Scenes share the same slot.
Design My Album
The Design My Album button is the handoff from prep into layout work.
- Use it when the photo set is ready to move into the editor.
- The button can be disabled when the album is not ready yet.
- When disabled, the UI can show a reason so the next blocking step is clear.
Featured Image
This is also where the album gets its featured image.
- If the album does not have a featured image yet, the page shows a reminder banner.
- You set it from the photo grid by hovering a photo and using the star action.
- Once chosen, that image becomes the visual representative of the album in overview surfaces.
Featured Image Flow Demo
This is the moment where the album gets a face.
Choose a Featured Image
Pick the photo that best represents the album. You can set it here, or close the dialog and choose it directly from the grid later.
No photo selected yet. The point is not to pick the most technical image. Pick the one that feels like the album at a glance.
In the real app, this chooser can appear as a dialog or drawer depending on the device.
People Panel
The People panel is for albums that are easier to organize around who is in the frame.
- It is only shown when the face capability is enabled for the album.
- Its job is to help group photos by person.
- The current UI explains this directly as Drag photos onto a face to tag.
- It also supports person-based filtering so you can reduce the visible library to the relevant faces.
Use this when you want to focus on the couple, the family, or any other key people before design begins.
Scenes Panel
The Scenes panel is the story-first sibling to People.
- It groups photos into scene buckets.
- It supports drag and drop into scenes.
- It supports reordering scenes.
- It includes a dedicated dropzone for creating a new scene.
Use this when the album should be shaped around moments like prep, ceremony, portraits, or reception before you start building spreads.
People and Scenes Demo
Open each mode to see how the same panel area serves two different kinds of organizing.
Photo grid stays put
This matters more than it seems. You keep the same library in front of you, then switch the organizing lens on the right.
People
Drag photos onto a face to tag, then narrow the grid to the couple, parents, or whoever the next spread is really about.
People and Scenes share one side-panel slot in the live workspace. You are switching helpers, not leaving the page.
Important Supporting States
This page also handles the messy real-world parts of the workflow:
- upload warnings related to storage or billing
- Dropbox import status
- activation gating when the album cannot accept uploads yet
- upload progress dock while uploads are running
That is why the photos stage matters so much. It is not just a gallery. It is where the album gets organized before the editor takes over.