The Proof-delayed Shipping Thread (Tips, Questions)

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited June 28, 2007
    We are checking out the email notifications, thanks for the reports.
  • NavyMooseNavyMoose Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
    edited July 20, 2007
    New to SmugMug and I have question on Proof Delay
    Andy wrote:
    We are checking out the email notifications, thanks for the reports.

    Hello Everyone,

    I am a new Pro user and I am in the process of migrating my website over to SmugMug. When I was playing around with SmugMug I decided to upload full size JPEG files. In the individual gallery's I disallowed people from seeing large prints and the original.

    Do I need to use the Proof Delay if I have full size JPEGs in my gallery?

    Thank you for your assistance!

    Sincerely,

    NavyMoose
    Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.--
    Ansel Adams
  • GJMPhotoGJMPhoto Registered Users Posts: 372 Major grins
    edited July 20, 2007
    Reason for Delaying Prints
    NavyMoose wrote:
    Hello Everyone,

    I am a new Pro user and I am in the process of migrating my website over to SmugMug. When I was playing around with SmugMug I decided to upload full size JPEG files. In the individual gallery's I disallowed people from seeing large prints and the original.

    Do I need to use the Proof Delay if I have full size JPEGs in my gallery?

    Thank you for your assistance!

    Sincerely,

    NavyMoose

    I can jump in on this one:

    The reason for using delayed proofing is to give you a chance to see what your customer has ordered, how they've cropped it, and what color options they've chosen. It also gives you the ability to replace the photo they purchase with another, further retouched, version.

    Smugmug is going to print from the large jpeg you uploaded, no matter what options you chose for viewing (no larges, no originals)...so this has no bearing on your selection of proof delay or no proof delay.

    Unless your photos (and customers) are perfect, you may want to have a delay - even if it's just a day - to make sure the cropping and options are right before its commited to print.

    IMHO.
    - Gary.
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