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The YouTube video focuses on a detailed walkthrough of the SmugMug mobile app, emphasizing its use for photographers to store, manage, and share photos and videos. The presentation, part of the SmugMug Live series, demonstrates the app's functionalities on iOS, which mostly mirror Android features. Key themes include navigating the app, organizing and accessing galleries, the bookmark and history tabs, offline access, and sharing options. The host explains photo management features like search, creating folders and galleries, offline downloads, and using the app’s editing tools.
Highlighted functionalities also cover auto-uploads, including settings customization for backups, and the advantages of unlimited storage. Demonstrations showcase creating folders by event or year, managing family folders with privacy settings, and interactions such as comments on shared photos. SmugMug’s cross-platform consistency and newly introduced features are emphasized, particularly concerning Android and iOS auto-backups.
The presenter touches on integrating app features with social media, especially workarounds for posting images on Instagram after iOS updates. Concluding segments discuss upcoming episodes and encourage user feedback and interaction with SmugMug’s 24/7 customer service. Special emphasis is placed on the upcoming episode featuring Amelia Davis, linked to Jim Marshall's photography estate.
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In this part of the video, the host introduces episode 54 of SmugMug Live, which is dedicated to showcasing the features of the SmugMug mobile app. The episode is brought to viewers by SmugMug and Flickr. The host encourages audience interaction through the chat window and explains the benefits of using SmugMug for unlimited photo and video storage with pixel-perfect integrity. The session aims to demonstrate the app’s functionalities, focusing on the iOS version, although most features are also available on Android. The host further details how to find and download the SmugMug mobile app and other related apps, including those for Apple TV and Lightroom, via the SmugMug website. The segment concludes with a live demonstration of the SmugMug app on a mobile device.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker demonstrates navigating through the SmugMug app. Starting from the home page, they show how users can access every gallery, album, and folder in their SmugMug account. They emphasize that users can view all their images, whether public, unlisted, or private, on the go. By clicking on folders, users can explore contained galleries and individual photos, which can be viewed full-screen.
The video also covers specific features like the bookmark tab for quick access to favorite galleries and folders, the offline availability indicator for galleries, and the history tab for recently viewed items. Additionally, there’s a section for following favorite photographers and viewing their public images. The speaker mentions an automatic backup feature but focuses on navigating and using the app’s functionalities for now. They also highlight the option to share gallery links with others.
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In this part of the video, the presenter discusses several features of the SmugMug app and website. Key points include the app’s search functionality, which can find photos based on keywords, titles, and metadata. They demonstrated searching for “star trails” and successfully locating relevant photos. Additionally, the presenter highlighted the big plus button on the app, which allows users to create new folders and galleries, and upload photos directly from their phones.
The segment also addresses a viewer’s question about offline photo downloads, clarifying that the app downloads appropriately sized images for the device’s screen but not the original full-size images, which must be downloaded from the SmugMug account.
Further, the presenter shows how to create a new folder, “SmugMug Live,” and notes that changes on the app reflect immediately on the desktop version of SmugMug. They explained how family members can access shared photos by logging into the account and having their devices backed up.
The presenter also demonstrates organizing photos by creating folders for each year and events within those years, mentioning a specific example of a 2017 family trip to the Highlands of Scotland. The functionality of viewing images in landscape mode on a device was also covered, though it does not translate well in the live stream preview.
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In this part of the video, the speaker explains how to manage a family folder on SmugMug, emphasizing its unlisted and password-protected nature for privacy. They demonstrate bookmarking, rearranging items, and editing folder settings via mobile. They also delve into gallery-specific features, such as downloading albums, playing slideshows, and enabling offline access. A detailed walkthrough of moving galleries within the app showcases its functionality, mirroring desktop capabilities. The segment concludes with an invitation for questions from the audience.
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In this part of the video, the speaker addresses how to manage photographs within SmugMug. They greet a participant named Chris Davies, an ambassador from Wales, and proceed to discuss various features like creating access visibility and passwords. The speaker demonstrates editing options for individual photos by navigating through folders and galleries, clicking on an image, and exploring functionalities available via the three-dot menu. These options include buying the photo, saving it to the camera roll, sharing links, creating virtual copies (shortcuts that don’t move the photo), moving the photo, and viewing photo information such as EXIF data. The speaker advises against deleting photos hastily, suggesting instead to move or make them private due to the unlimited storage offered by SmugMug.
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In this part of the video, the speaker addresses how to edit photo details in an app, including changing the title, caption, and keywords. They explain that these edits sync with the SmugMug gallery online. Additionally, the speaker responds to a question from Chris about posting images to Instagram Stories after an iOS update. They explain that the new iOS changes the sharing process, requiring a long press on the Instagram icon to open the app and then choose to share the image either as a story or a post. This method allows full functionality within Instagram, unlike the default sharing option, which only shares a link.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker demonstrates how to fully utilize Instagram features, including posting on Instagram Stories, by using a long press on an Apple device. The speaker addresses a viewer’s question, explaining that the long press is a somewhat hidden feature due to Apple’s incomplete instructions. The speaker then transitions to discussing SmugMug’s automatic iOS uploader feature, which automatically backs up photos from an iPhone to a designated folder in SmugMug. This folder organizes photos chronologically by year and month. The speaker further explains how to access and adjust the app settings, including syncing options and data usage preferences.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses the SmugMug app’s auto-upload feature and its settings. They emphasize the efforts of SmugMug’s mobile app team in keeping the app updated for both iOS and Android platforms. Key settings for auto upload include the ability to turn it on or off, the option to use cellular data when Wifi is unavailable (useful for those with unlimited data plans), and a setting to upload only when the device is charging. The speaker advises turning off notifications and having the app open during initial backups to facilitate the upload process, especially if there are a large number of photos. They share personal experience of managing and backing up a substantial number of photos efficiently using these settings, ensuring the safety and accessibility of the images outside the phone, including on iCloud and SmugMug.
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In this part of the video, the speaker explains the functionality of the SmugMug app, particularly its ability to back up photos from a phone automatically. Important points include:
– Both the speaker and their wife use the same SmugMug account, meaning they share access to all photos.
– Caution is advised if sharing the app with someone else, as they will have complete access to view, edit, and delete photos.
– Family members can install the app and view unlisted or password-protected public images.
– The speaker demonstrates how mobile images are organized by year and month within SmugMug.
– Moving images to different folders within SmugMug does not affect the automatic backup, as the system will re-upload these images to ensure they are always backed up.
– The speaker addresses a question about differences between Android and iOS backups, noting that SmugMug aims for consistency across platforms despite inherent differences in operating systems.
– SmugMug errs on the side of caution, backing up all photos if auto-backup is enabled, leveraging unlimited storage benefits.
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In this segment, the discussion revolves around the capabilities of an app that automatically backs up everything on the user’s phone, ensuring data is safely stored even if moved or deleted. The speaker emphasizes ongoing development and improvements based on user feedback for both Android and iOS platforms. They highlight the convenience of accessing photos stored on the SmugMug platform from anywhere, emphasizing the security and availability of images. Interactive elements of the app are mentioned, such as comments from family on shared photos. The speaker references a past episode about scanning old photos and slides, demonstrating how to create a digital family archive. Towards the end, they address a viewer’s question about an update issue in organizing photo galleries.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the importance of reaching out to the SmugMug customer service team for support, emphasizing their availability 24/7 and expertise in resolving issues. The speaker expresses appreciation to viewers and invites them to download and explore the SmugMug app, highlighting its features for sharing images with friends, family, and clients. Additionally, the speaker announces an upcoming special episode featuring Amelia Davis, the curator of Jim Marshall’s photography estate. The episode will include a discussion and showcase of Marshall’s iconic photographs. Viewers are encouraged to subscribe and be notified of new episodes.