Steps to Properly Download Your Images from PicTime
The time has come and your photos have arrived! You view the entire gallery and want to download all the photos. But how? Here’s a quick and easy tutorial on how to download your entire gallery. You can either download them on your computer or mobile phone. This blog will show you how to do it for both.
How to Download the Full Gallery on Desktop
Before anything else, I recommend you take a tour of the site and get familiar with where everything is. You can either download the full-resolution or web-size photos. But I always suggest full resolution. The difference? Full-resolution images retain maximum quality and detail, making them ideal for printing and professional editing, but they have large file sizes. Web-size images are resized and compressed for quick loading on websites and social media, with smaller file sizes and reduced detail.
Let’s begin:
1. Just click the downward arrow in the top right corner of the screen and pick the "Download Full Gallery" option.
2. Next, click "Download to Computer." You can also choose "Save to Dropbox" or "Save to Google Photos" if that works better for you.
3. To make things quicker, all the images are packed into a zip file. Just click on the photos.zip file to start downloading it to your computer.
The zip file will end up in your computer's "downloads" folder. Once it's done, double-click the zip file or use any zip extraction tool to open it up and enjoy your photos!
How to Download Individual Photos from the Gallery on Desktop
You can also choose to download a few select images rather than the full gallery at once.
To pick photos to download, just hover over an image you would like to download in the gallery and click the downward arrow.
2. Choose the image quality and where you want to save it, check the box to agree to the download terms, and click Continue.
The image JPEG file will then be saved to your Downloads folder, Dropbox, or Google Photos, whichever you choose.
How to Download a Specific Selection of Photos on Desktop
You can also download a specific section, such as your favourites if you don’t want to download everything. Your favourites are determined by the images that you have clicked on the heart icon.
1. To download a specific set of images from the gallery, just click the downward arrow in the top right corner and select "Multiple Selection."
2. Then, pick photos from any collection on the left, like Favourites, Gallery Scenes, Selections for Photographer, and Previously Downloaded. You can choose specific photos or hit "Select All" or "Unselect All." After you've picked your photos, select the download size you want.
3. Next, click "Download to Computer." Or, if you prefer, you can save them to Dropbox or Google Photos.
4. For faster downloads, the images are bundled into zip files. Just click on photos.zip to start the download to your computer.
The zip file(s) will go to your "downloads" folder. Once it's done, double-click the zip file or use any zip extraction tool to open it up.
5. You can also grab web-sized versions of the photos by clicking "Download Here." But I always suggest downloading the full resolution ones as they have higher image quality.
How to Download the Full Gallery on Your Mobile
At the beginning we talked about how to download your photos for Desktop. Now let me walk you through how to download your full gallery for mobile.
To download all the photos, tap the menu button in the upper left corner of the gallery and choose "Download Full Gallery."
2. Select "Download to Mobile" and click on the zip file.
3. The zip folder will save to your Files app. From there, you can unzip it into your Photo library. Or, you can just click the download link from your browser to open the zip folder directly.
How to Download Individual Photos from the Gallery on Mobile
Pick the photo you want to download and click the downward arrow at the top.
2. Choose either High-Resolution or Web-Size (if available), and select to download to Mobile, Google Photos, or Dropbox.
3. Let the image load, then press and hold to save it. To save it to your photos folder, tap "Add to Photos." Keep in mind, this process might vary depending on your device.
How to Download a Specific Selection of Photos on Mobile
To start downloading a couple of images on your phone, tap "Select" up in the top right corner. Pick the images you want by ticking the checkboxes next to them.
2. Hit "Download”. If there's a size option, choose what you want and then tap "Download to Mobile" if you want to save them right to your phone. Or, you can choose to save them to Dropbox or Google Photos instead.
3. Next, click on the .zip file.
4. The .zip folder will end up in your Files app, where you can unzip it into your Photo library. You might also be able to just click the download link from your browser to get to the .zip folder directly.
EXTENDING THE INVITATION
(How to Share Your Gallery with Guests)
I'm thrilled to invite you to relive the magic and joy of these special moments alongside your loved ones!
Simply use the 'Share' button in the top navigation to send out the gallery via email or generate a Guest Link to spread the excitement far and wide.
Here's a little something to note about Guest Access:
Your guests will have access to all the images, except those marked as 'Private.'
You can now relive your special day and enjoy your photos!
Thank you for letting me be a part of it.