Find the Menu
Once you've logged in, visit a gallery and look for the Tools button at the top:
The menu will have four sections: This Photo, Many Photos, This Gallery, My Account.
This Photo
Crop
Keep only the best parts of the photo and crop out the rest. More info.
Make a Copy
Click this and you'll get a new image in this gallery. It will be identical in every way to the image you copied, but will have a different SmugMug imageID. This tool is useful for keeping a color photo and making a black and white of the same photo using the Apply Color Effect tool.
Please note that videos cannot be copied.
Delete
It does just what it says it does. Use with caution!
Replace
Click this to be taken to a page where you can add a photo to replace the one you had. The newly added photo will keep the same SmugMug imageID so any links you have to the old photo will now link to the new photo instead. If you need to touch-up a photo, this allows you to neatly replace the old with the new.
Replace Video Preview Image will display here if you've selected a video. Use this tool to upload an image (jpg) that matches the dimensions of your video. We'll show that image, with a play button on top, in your gallery.
Edit with PicMonkey
This neat integration lets you edit your photo to remove red eye, adjust contrast, add text, and plenty more. You'll have the option to replace the current photo or create a new, adjusted photo.
Note that PicMonkey does resize your photo to 2800 pixels or a max of 16 megapixels. Read how it works here.
Apply Color Effect
See how this photo would look in sepia, black and white, or after a trip to SmugMug's tanning salon. More info.
Make into Watermark
A Pro-only tool that allows Pro subscribers to make this image into a custom watermark for advanced image-protection. More info.
You won't see this tool if you are a Power or Basic user.
Edit Geography
Show your visitors where in the world this photo was taken by entering a street address or geographic coordinates. More info.
Crop Thumbnail
Choose what part of the photo will be in the representative thumbnail. More info.
Attach Related Files
If you are fortunate enough to have a SmugVault, this tool allows you to upload additional files to bundle with the selected file. For example, if the selected file is a JPEG image, you can bundle a RAW file and PSD file (or any files you'd like) with it.
Feature
Make this photo the representative thumbnail for this gallery. More info.
This is Me! (Bio Photo)
This photo will become your bio photo, and gets its own special spot on your SmugMug homepage. More info.
Many Photos
Caption/Keyword
One of our most popular tools, this will let you caption and keyword every photo in this gallery... at the same time!
Move to Gallery
Pick photos from this gallery to move to a different gallery of your choosing.
Move to Multiple Galleries
Move each photo in this gallery to any other gallery on your SmugMug site.
Rotate
Delete
Arrange Photos
Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move thumbnails around.
Drag to Arrange
This generates a page of thumbnails so you can quickly arrange photos. This can also be accomplished on any gallery page by checking the arrange mode box.
Arrange by Number
Specify which numerical position you'd like for each photo.
Sort
This is a zippy way of sorting photos within the gallery. Sort by Filename, Caption, or Date & Time uploaded, taken, or digitized. This is a one-time sort, so you can still move photos around afterwards. If you'd like dynamic sorting that constantly keeps photos in a particular order, choose auto sorting in the gallery settings.
Collect photos
Place virtual copies of your images in other galleries using this option. You can select thumbnails in bulk, then choose a destination gallery. The virtual copies will link back to the source and respect all the original gallery's security settings. More on collecting.
Watermarking
A Pro-only tool that allows Portfolio and Business users to protect their images with a watermark. More info.
You won't see this tool if you have a Power or Basic account.
Apply Color Effect
This tool lets you cut to the chase and apply a color effect to more than one photo (no preview).
Adjust Thumbnails
Click to select photos then choose to make their thumbnails Square or keep their Original shapes.
You can set the gallery's thumbnail type in your gallery settings, so that all new photos you add to it are of one shape.
Make SmugMungous Sizes
SmugMungous = bigger display sizes. XLarge, X2Large, and X3Large so your admirers can see the photos big and beautiful.
These sizes are new, so older photos won't have them until you use the SmugMungous photo tool. Select the thumbs, and we'll SmugMungify 'em.
Bulk tool tips
These tips are for the "Many Photos" tools, above.
- Hover your mouse over a thumbnail and you'll see a blue "info" icon. Move your mouse over that icon to get an overlay with the photo's filename, caption and a larger view of the photo.
- There are actually four different ways to select photos on these pages.
- Click the Select All and Deselect All buttons at the top of the tool page.
- Click on each photo individually. Selected photos will be highlighted in red.
- If you want to select several photos in a row, click the first one and then hold down the Shift key on your keyboard as you click the last photo in the group. The first and last photos and all photos in between will be selected in red.
- Click your mouse and hold the button down as you drag a box around the photos you'd like to select. Release the button and the photos in the box will be highlighted in red.
