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Inside Spreadu: Easier Photo Placement in Spreadu
Oct 6, 2026

Inside Spreadu: Easier Photo Placement in Spreadu

Moving photos around an album just got easier. Spreadu’s black placement line shows where a photo will fit before you drop it. Use it for three everyday changes: Hold the photo over your chosen spot for a moment to preview the new layout. When it looks right, let go. To try another position, move the […]

How to Choose the Best Wedding Album Size
Sep 28, 2026

How to Choose the Best Wedding Album Size

Choosing the right wedding album size is less about offering every option and more about helping the client make an easy decision. Most couples do not know whether they want a 20×20, 25×25 or 30×30 album. They just want something that feels beautiful, well made and right for their story. That is why it helps […]

Lab Spotlight: Digitalab
Sep 23, 2026

Lab Spotlight: Digitalab

Some labs feel like they appeared yesterday because someone bought a printer, opened a website and decided to have a go. Digitalab is definitely not one of those labs. Based in the North East of England, Digitalab has been working with photographers since 1949, which means they have seen film, darkrooms, digital files, online galleries, […]

How to Make Your Photography Album Offer Easier to Sell
Sep 22, 2026

How to Make Your Photography Album Offer Easier to Sell

Most photographers do not need a bigger album offer. They need a clearer one. Album sales often become harder when clients are shown everything at once: sizes, covers, spreads, papers, boxes, parent copies, upgrades and delivery options. All of those things can be useful, but if they appear too early, the client has to make […]

Lab Spotlight: Floricolor
Aug 17, 2026

Lab Spotlight: Floricolor

A quiet workshop on the Portuguese coast Along the northern coast of Portugal, where the Atlantic ocean meets the vibrant culture of Matosinhos near Porto, craftsmanship has always been a way of life. That is where Floricolor began its journey back in 1979. What started as a dedicated regional photo laboratory over four decades ago […]

Lab Spotlight: Folio Albums
Aug 17, 2026

Lab Spotlight: Folio Albums

There is a certain reputation that comes with things made in Yorkshire: honest, hardworking, and built to last. That is exactly the foundation Stewart Randall built Folio Albums upon over 14 years ago. What started as a personal search for a truly exceptional, UK-crafted digital album has quietly grown into an industry benchmark. Folio isn’t […]

Magic in Action: Designing Albums Without the Drama
Aug 16, 2026

Magic in Action: Designing Albums Without the Drama

If you aren’t already tuning in to Magic Wedding Photographer, you are missing out on some of the funniest, most honest advice in the photography world. In a recent YouTube feature, Magic takes Spreadu for a test drive, showing what happens when a real working pro puts our album designer through its paces. Let’s be […]

Multi-Language Album Designer: Spreadu is now available in Spanish, Italian and German
Jul 28, 2026

Multi-Language Album Designer: Spreadu is now available in Spanish, Italian and German

Spreadu now speaks more languages. Our online album designer is now available in English, Spanish, Italian and German, making it easier for photographers around the world to design albums in the language they actually use every day. It is the same fast, flexible Spreadu experience: drag and drop layouts, no surprise auto-cropping, live proofing, and […]

Learn Spreadu Faster with Our New YouTube Series
Jul 22, 2026

Learn Spreadu Faster with Our New YouTube Series

We’ve created a new YouTube series to help photographers get more from Spreadu without having to sit through one long tutorial. Each video focuses on one feature and shows exactly how it works, from swapping images and changing image ratios to adjusting layouts, using scenes, designing per page and exporting the finished album. The idea […]

Lab Spotlight: Dekora Album Co.
Jul 21, 2026

Lab Spotlight: Dekora Album Co.

There is a big difference between an album that simply holds photographs and an album that feels like part of the whole client experience, and Dekora Album Co. seems to understand that difference very well. Based in Canada, Dekora has been making handmade albums for professional photographers for over 20 years, with a strong focus […]

Inside Spreadu: Online proofing just got a lot better
Jul 14, 2026

Inside Spreadu: Online proofing just got a lot better

Hey, we just made the proofing experience in Spreadu better than ever before. This is one of those updates that makes album revisions feel completely different. Until now, if a client wanted to swap a photo in the album, it usually meant an email. Or a screenshot. Or a message saying something like, “Can we […]

10 Wedding Album Layout Ideas for One Spread
Jul 9, 2026

10 Wedding Album Layout Ideas for One Spread

One of the best things about Spreadu is that you are not locked into one way of designing a spread. The same set of images can feel clean, editorial, emotional, bold, minimal, playful, or completely different, depending on how you arrange them. That is the whole point of flexible album design: the layout should follow […]