Digital Album Studio › All in one app
Your client picks their favourites in the gallery, you turn them into an album in one click, they page through it and approve it on their phone, and you get the files for your lab. All in Digital Album Studio.
Digital Album Studio is software for Windows that brings together four jobs of a photographer: an online client gallery, album design from the client’s favourites, online album approval on any phone, tablet or computer, and print files for any lab. Plus costs €29 a month with 30 GB, on servers in the European Union.
Most photographers work today with two tools: a gallery service and an album design program. Between them sits a step done by hand. The client sends their list, you find the photos one by one on your computer, you bring them into the design program, and the approval happens with PDFs, images or messages. That is where mistakes happen: a missing photo, a comment on the wrong spread.
You upload the photos and send one link. Your client chooses with hearts and notes, and every person (the couple, the parents) can make their own list.
A client list becomes an album in one click. The full-resolution photos go to the album folder and a new album opens, ready to design.
Automatic spreads or free design, covers and lab templates (PSD), text and backgrounds.
Your client pages through the album like a book on their phone, writes comments on the spread and presses “Request changes” or “Approve for print”.
After approval you export the files for the lab you already work with.
Seven questions worth asking about any program or combination of programs.
| Criterion | What to check | With two separate tools, usually | In Digital Album Studio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. From favourites to album | How many steps it takes for the client’s choice to reach the design | A list of file names, and finding the photos by hand | One click, with the files in full resolution |
| 2. Choices from several people | Whether the couple and the parents can choose separately | Depends on the gallery service | A list for every person, with hearts and notes |
| 3. Approval on the phone | Whether the client sees the album itself, comments on the spread and approves with one button | PDFs or images, and comments by email or message | A book they page through, comments per spread, “Request changes” and “Approve for print” |
| 4. Lab | Whether the files come out for any lab you like | Usually yes, from the design program | Lab templates (PSD) and files for any lab |
| 5. Your name | What the client sees: your studio or the name of the app | Varies with each tool | Your studio’s name and logo, in the client’s language (6 languages) |
| 6. Cost | How many subscriptions, and whether there is a fee per album | Two subscriptions, about $52 a month together | One subscription, Plus €29 a month, no fee per album |
| 7. Where the photos live | In which country the servers are, and what happens when you stop | Varies | Servers in the European Union, 30 GB on Plus, clear rules in the terms |
The app runs on Windows; a Mac version is planned. The public launch is in January 2027; until then founding members (20 spots) have all of Plus free.
Yes. In Digital Album Studio your client chooses in the gallery, their choice becomes an album in one click, and they approve the same album online on their phone. You need no second program and no file transfers.
Most use an album design program and, separately, a gallery service. Some design in general layout programs. It is worth checking how much time the transfer between them costs you (criterion 1 of the table).
Usually with an online gallery: one link, with a PIN if you want, where the client views, chooses and downloads. See the guide how to send photos to clients without losing quality.
Yes. They open a link, page through the album, write comments on the spreads and press “Approve for print”. They need no account and no app. More on the page online album proofing.
Yes. The print files come out for any lab, and you can load your lab’s templates (PSD) for covers and spine.
Plus, with design, approval, galleries and 30 GB, costs €29 a month or €280 a year, from January 2027. Founding members have it free until then. All prices on the pricing page.
Not yet. The app runs on Windows and a Mac version is planned. The client pages (gallery and approval) open on any device.
Founding members have Plus free until January 2027, then 40% off the first year.