Creating and Editing Gallery Presets

Gallery Presets allow you to create a preselected set of settings that can be applied to new Galleries created in your account. This is a quick and easy way to apply specific types of settings for specific Shoot Types that you may be uploading to your account. Have a certain setting selection for weddings? Create a weddings Gallery Preset. Have a certain setting selection for graduation portraits? Create a different Gallery Preset for this type of shoot.

Creating and Editing Presets

With Gallery Presets you can quickly apply all settings to a Gallery as you're creating it within your account. Use the following steps to create and edit Gallery Presets.

1. In your Zenfolio account, go to the Dashboard , or All Galleries sections of your account.
2. Click on the Gallery Presets button in the bottom left-hand corner.
3. To create a new Gallery Preset, click on the  icon.
4. To edit an existing Gallery Preset, move your mouse pointer over the icon and choose Edit. You can also make it the Default, Rename it, Duplicate it, or Delete it.

5. After creating, or choosing to edit, a Gallery Preset you can go edit the name of the Preset.
6. Also, select a Shoot Type you want this Preset to apply to.
7. In Settings, choose all the different settings you want to apply to the Gallery with this selected.
8. In Design, choose the appearance of the gallery when Clients, Guests, or Visitors view this Gallery.
9. Once you've completed setting up the Gallery Preset, click on Done.

Saving a Preset From an Existing Gallery

In addition to creating a Preset from scratch, you can also save an existing Gallery's settings as a new Preset.

1. To do this, click on the Galleries  icon on the left-hand side of your account.
2. Select the Gallery you want to view. 
3. With that Gallery open, click on the Settings button.
4. Scroll down and click on Setting Presets.
5. Click on the Save New Preset button.
6. Give the Preset a name.
7. And choose which Shoot Type this Preset will be associated with.
8. Click Create when done. 

Adding Presets to Existing Galleries

If you have Galleries already created within your account, you can not only save the settings of that Gallery as a new Preset, but you can also apply any existing Preset to the Gallery to change the settings of that existing Gallery.

1. To do this, click on the Galleries  icon on the left-hand side of your account.
2. Select the Gallery you want to view. 
3. With that Gallery open, click on the Settings button.
4. Scroll down and click on Setting Presets.
5. Click on the Apply a New Preset button.
6. Select the Preset you want to apply.
7. Click on Apply.

NOTE: Gallery Presets are designed as a one time application of settings. Editing a Preset will not change the Settings of all Galleries that had the Preset selected. Settings of the Galleries must be manually adjusted after the Gallery has been created, if changes are wanting to be made. And a preset cannot be applied to a Gallery after creating that Gallery.

Adding Presets to New Galleries

After you've created a Preset, you can now select it when you are creating a new Gallery. In the Gallery creation process, just select which Preset you want to use, during the Shoot Type step.


See this guide for more information about creating new Galleries.


If you have the BookMe add-on for your account, you can also set up a Preset to get applied when a Gallery is automatically created from a new Client booking. To do this, either edit or create a Service and select the Preset you want to be used in the automatically created booking Gallery. 


See this guide for more information about creating services in BookMe.


NOTE: Gallery Presets are designed as a one time application of settings when first creating a Gallery. Editing a Preset will not change the Settings of all Galleries that had the Preset selected. Settings of the Galleries must be manually adjusted after the Gallery has been created, if changes are wanting to be made. And a preset cannot be applied to a Gallery after creating that Gallery.