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Wedding Album Design & Photo Editing Blog
In-depth articles from the Smart Photo Selection team on photo selection, face scanning and wedding album design: how the centre fold and bleed work, how many photos a spread can hold, which size to choose and how to keep a grade consistent. For click-by-click instructions, use the Smart Photo Selection guides.
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Photo SelectionWhat Is Photo Selection Software? The Complete Photographer's Guide
Photo selection software explained: online galleries, client proofing, AI shortlists and face search — what it does, who needs it and how it differs from culling.- Photo Selection
How to Select the Best Wedding Photos Faster
A practical method for choosing the best photos from a large wedding shoot: two passes, folders per function, AI help and a locked client choice. 
Face ScanFace Scan: Find Any Person's Photos in an Event Gallery
How a face scan photo finder works: a guest scans their face in the phone browser and sees only the event photos they appear in, with no app and no account.
Photo DeliveryThe Client Photo Selection Workflow, Start to Finish
How client photo selection works online: share a gallery, let the client mark favourites, lock the set on submission and download exactly what they chose.
Album AutomationWhat Is Wedding Album Automation?
Wedding album automation explained: upload a PSD template once, confirm the photo slots, and map every wedding's photos into finished sheets automatically.- Photography Business
The Complete Wedding Photography Workflow
One workflow from the wedding day to delivery: folder uploads, culling, client selection, face scan for guests, gallery delivery and album sheets. 
AI PhotographyAI Wedding Album Design: The Complete Guide
How AI wedding album design works, what it does well, where you still decide, and a practical workflow from photo selection to print-ready export.
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Photo SelectionPhoto Selection vs Photo Culling: What's the Difference?
Culling removes rejects on your computer; selection collects the client's decision online. What each step does, who it serves, and the order that works.- Photography Business
Best Photo Selection Software for Wedding Photographers: How to Choose
How wedding photographers should compare photo selection software: online proofing, AI shortlists, face search, album handoff — and the questions that reveal fit. - AI Photography
How AI Chooses Photos and Album Layouts
What Smart Photo Selection's AI measures — sharpness, exposure, faces, orientation and duplicates — and how those signals become a hero photo and a balanced spread. 
Album PrintingBleed, Safe Area and the Centre Fold in Wedding Albums
What bleed, trim, safe area and the centre fold mean for wedding album spreads, how binding affects the gutter, and how to keep faces and text safe.
Wedding Album DesignHow Many Photos per Wedding Album Spread?
Choosing how many photos to put on each wedding album spread: density, pacing, hero images, page splits like 3 + 4, and when fewer photos tell more.
Album Printing12 × 36 vs 14 × 40 Wedding Album: Which Size Should You Offer?
12x36 vs 14x40 wedding albums compared: page size, ratio, pixels at 300 DPI, photo resolution needed and which layouts and clients each size suits best.
Wedding Album DesignDouble Exposure Wedding Album Ideas That Actually Work
Ten double exposure pairings for wedding album spreads, how to choose photos that blend well, where to place them in the album and when to avoid the effect.
Wedding Album DesignIndian Wedding Album Design Ideas: Haldi, Mehndi, Sangeet, Wedding and Reception
Indian wedding album design ideas for every function: haldi, mehndi, sangeet, baraat, pheras, vidaai and reception, with layouts, palettes and pacing.
Color GradingWedding Photo Colour Grading Styles: Choosing a Look That Lasts
Warm, film, clean and bright, moody cinematic or teal and orange: how each wedding colour grading style works, who it suits and how to keep albums consistent.
Photo EditingNatural Skin Retouching for Wedding Photos: What to Fix and What to Leave
Principles of natural skin retouching for wedding albums: what to remove, what to keep, preserving texture, consistency across spreads and asking clients.
Album PrintingJPG vs PNG vs TIFF vs PSD: Which File Format for Wedding Albums?
Which file format to send your album lab: JPG, PNG, TIFF or PSD compared on quality, size, layers and colour profiles, and what Smart Photo Selection exports today.
Photography BusinessA Wedding Album Delivery Workflow for Photographers
A practical album workflow for wedding photographers: client photo selection, design, review rounds, revisions, lab checks, printing and final delivery.- Photo Selection
AI Photo Selection for Wedding Photographers
What AI photo selection does with sharpness, exposure, faces and duplicates, and how to use it on a wedding shoot without losing the moments that matter. - Album Automation
From Selected Photos to a Finished Album
Turn a couple's submitted selection into printable album sheets: create the project, choose the photos, generate, review, edit and export at full size. - Face Scan
How to Find Bride and Groom Photos Faster
Practical ways to locate bride and groom photos across a wedding gallery of thousands: folder structure, selection marks and face-based search. 
Photo DeliveryHow to Deliver Wedding Photos Faster
Shorten the gap between the wedding and the final handover: background uploads, an early cull, online selection, one gallery link and ZIP delivery.- Photo Selection
A Wedding Photo Culling Workflow That Keeps Up
A repeatable culling workflow for wedding photographers: remove rejects, break ties between near-duplicates and hand a clean gallery to the couple. - Face Scan
Face Scan vs Manual Photo Search: What Helps Guests
A clear comparison of face scan photo finding and manual gallery search: speed, coverage, privacy and what each approach means for photographers.