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Team Banner Photo Resolution: How Many Pixels Do You Need?
How many pixels a photo needs for a 2×4 or 3×6 ft team or senior banner, what a phone photo can cover, and what file to ask your photographer for.
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How proof galleries work, how to get the photos you paid for, and how to make them print-ready.
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How to Find and Download Your PhotoDay Digital Photos
Where PhotoDay sends your download link, how to save photos on a computer or phone, what to do if it's missing, and why you might still see a watermark.
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GotPhoto Download Link Expired? How to Get a Fresh One
GotPhoto download links last up to 6 weeks. How to renew yours from your order page, what to do if you can't find the order, and what to send your studio.
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How to Download Your Lifetouch Digital Photos After You Order
Lifetouch digital images arrive in Shutterfly. How to download them, what size prints best, where your copyright release is, and who to call.
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Does Buying a Photo Include the Right to Edit It?
Usually not. Why photographers keep the copyright, what a print release covers, how to read yours, and a message to ask your photographer for permission.
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Pic-Time Web Size vs. High Resolution: Which Download Do You Need?
Web size is for screens; high resolution is for prints. Why web-size downloads can have a watermark, how many pixels you need, and how to get high-res.
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How to Repost Your TikTok to Instagram Reels Without the Watermark
Turn your own TikTok into a clean Instagram Reel: find the original, remove the TikTok watermark, trim the end screen, and swap the music.
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Do Reels With a TikTok Watermark Get Less Reach?
Instagram has said Reels with other apps' watermarks are less likely to be recommended. What that means for reach, and how to repost your own TikToks.
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How to Get Watermark-Free Copies of School Photos You Already Paid For
Paid for school pictures but only have a watermarked proof? Here's how to get the digital file, contact the photo company, or clean up the copy you have.
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ShootProof vs. Pixieset vs. Pic-Time: How Photo Proof Galleries Work
How ShootProof, Pixieset, and Pic-Time handle proofs, watermarks, and downloads, and what to do when you've paid but only have watermarked photos.
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My Photographer Disappeared. How Do I Get My Photos?
Paid a photographer who stopped responding? A step-by-step plan to get your photos: document, request, dispute, and save clean copies of what you bought.
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Senior Picture Proofs Explained: What the Watermark Means and Your Options
Why senior picture proofs have watermarks, what you should get after ordering, and how print releases and yearbook deadlines work.
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Team Sports Photos: How to Get Clean Copies for Banners, Yearbooks, and Gifts
How youth sports photos are sold, which print sizes need which resolution, and how to get clean copies of team photos for banners, slideshows, and gifts.
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