Selecting multiple photos

When you want to act on several photos at once, use selection mode. Instead of handling each photo separately, you mark a whole group and apply an action in one go – for example, give every photo of one round a heart, or save them all as a ZIP archive.

Selection mode: marked photos get a red border and a counter bar appears at the top.

Note

This guide is for guests. Four actions matter for you as a guest: selection mode, Like, Save (ZIP) and Range. Hosts, moderators and admins see extra actions in the same bar (Hide, Delete, Bulk Actions) – those are covered briefly further down.

Entering selection mode

There are two ways to start selection mode. Take whichever one you come across.

Way A – via the gallery bar (works everywhere)

1. On a computer or tablet: tap Select in the gallery bar at the top.

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   Computer

   

   On a computer, you find the Select button in the gallery bar.

2. On a phone: space in the bar is tight, so tap the “…” menu (three dots on the right) and choose Select Photos.

3. The selection bar appears. The counter at the top shows “0 photos” until you mark the first one.

   

   The selection bar with counter, Select All and Range.

Way B – right-click a photo (on a computer)

1. Right-click any photo in the grid. The context menu opens.

   

   Right-click opens the context menu with Open, Select, Like, Download and more.

2. Choose Select. The photo is marked instantly and selection mode turns on – saving you a step.

3. When selection mode is already active, that same menu item reads Deselect and removes the mark again.

Caution

On a phone there is no press-and-hold and no double-tap to enter selection mode, and no menu button on the tile itself. On a phone, always use Way A (the “…” menu → Select Photos).

Marking and unmarking photos

Once selection mode is active, you collect your photos:

• Tap a photo once to mark it – it gets a red border. Tap again to clear the mark.
• Keyboard (accessibility): use Tab to focus a photo, then press Enter or the Space bar to mark or unmark it.
• Select All (top of the bar) marks every currently loaded photo at once. If a filter is active, it only marks the filtered set. Tapping the same button again (now Deselect All) clears the whole selection.
• Range is the fastest way to grab a continuous group: mark the first and the last photo of the group, then tap Range – every photo in between is marked as well. The button is greyed out while you have fewer than two photos marked.
• The counter at the top (“N photos”) updates live as you mark.

Tip

Range is perfect for grabbing “all photos of one round” or “everything from the dance floor” without tapping each one: mark the first photo, scroll to the end, mark the last one, tap Range – done.

Leaving selection mode

You leave selection mode via the X at the top left or via Cancel Selection. Selection mode also turns off automatically once an action (such as Like or Save) is finished.

Note

Leaving selection mode discards the selection. So if you cancel by accident, you have to mark the photos again.

What you can do with the selection – as a guest

The selection bar offers these actions for all marked photos at once:

• Like – gives every marked photo a heart in one go. The button only appears when liking is enabled for this event. More on this: Liking and commenting.

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  Computer

  

  Like gives all marked photos a heart in one sweep.

• Save – downloads the selection as a ZIP archive. All the details – including single-photo downloads – are under Downloading photos.

• Range – fills the gap between the first and last marked photo (see above).

Extra actions for hosts and moderators

Note

The following actions are visible only to hosts, moderators and admins – as a guest they don’t appear at all. If you are the host yourself, switch to moderation or the admin portal via the profile menu at the top right.

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Computer

As a host, you reach moderation and the admin portal via the profile menu at the top right.

• Hide / Publish – toggles the visibility of the marked photos. See Moderation.
• Delete – moves the photos to the recycle bin (recoverable for 30 days). See Recycle bin.
• Remove from album – only appears when exactly one album filter is active, and removes the photos from that album only. See Browsing albums.
• Bulk Actions – opens a powerful dialog (admin/owner only), see the next section.

The “Bulk Actions” dialog (admin/owner only)

Caution

The Bulk Actions button and its dialog are tied to the admin or owner roles. As a guest you never see it – that’s normal. Which role can do what is covered under Roles and permissions.

The Bulk Actions dialog has several tabs. Which ones appear depends on the event: Challenge only if the event has photo challenges; Album only if there are albums. Description, Rotate and Metadata are always there.

• Challenge – assign marked photos to a photo challenge or remove the assignment. Ties in with your event’s photo challenges.
• Album – add photos to albums or remove them from albums. The “Search albums…” box helps you find the right album quickly; you can tick several albums. See Browsing albums and Managing albums.
• Description – set a shared description for all photos (up to 2000 characters), prepend some text (up to 500 characters), or clear the description (red, irreversible).
• Rotate – 90° Clockwise, 180° Flip or 270° Counter-clockwise. Rotation is queued for background processing, so it isn’t visible immediately.
• Metadata – add location (latitude/longitude/altitude; “Pick on map” or “Current position”), capture time, camera/lens, and artist name/copyright notice. Only the filled-in fields are updated.

At the bottom you confirm with the action button, whose text changes per tab (e.g. “Add to albums” or “Update metadata”). For very large selections the action runs automatically in blocks of 500 photos; at the end you see one combined message (“X updated, Y skipped”).

Troubleshooting

Tip

I don’t see “Select”. Select is practically always there. On a phone it lives inside the “…“ menu of the gallery bar, not directly in the bar.

“Save” is missing. The host has disabled bulk download (Settings → Features) or the plan doesn’t include it. You can still save a single photo via right-click → Download. See Features.

“Like” is missing. Liking is turned off for this event or not included in the plan.

“Bulk Actions”, “Delete” or “Hide” are missing. Those are host/moderator features. Normal as a guest.

“Select All” marks too few. It only covers loaded or filtered photos. Remove the filter or scroll further so more photos load.

Large ZIP downloads: the ZIP is built right in the browser; above about 100 MB it automatically splits into several ZIP parts. With very many photos, allow a little patience.

Selection gone after an action? That’s intended – after a successful action, selection mode is left.

Note

Missing an action here? Some actions depend on your plan and the event settings (Settings → Features), others on your role in the event. Bulk Actions, Delete and Hide are only visible to hosts and moderators. More on this under Features and Roles and permissions.