The **Output** tab decides how guests receive their photos and videos, and who else can see them.

### **How to open it**

1. Go to **Events**.

2. Find your event and click **Edit & Launch**.

3. Click the **Output** tab.

Each channel is a row you expand, with its own **ON / OFF** switch.

![Seven channels, each with its own switch and plan badge.](https://app.chatwoot.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCSTdMd1FZPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--60067071f9c1f773723ed65b8c4f0c256d8511c7/24-output-channels.png?cw_image_width=auto)

*Seven channels, each with its own switch and plan badge.*

### **The seven channels**

| **Channel**                            | **What it does**                                      | **Plan**  |
| -------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | --------- |
| **Dropbox**                            | Backs up captured media to your Dropbox               | Pro       |
| **Printing**                           | Prints on site through the Print Partner app          | All plans |
| **Virtual Booth**                      | Guests run the booth on their own phone               | Premium   |
| **Public Gallery**                     | A web gallery guests browse and download from         | All plans |
| **Slideshow**                          | A live photo wall on a screen at the venue            | Pro       |
| **Sharing Station**                    | A kiosk where guests find and send their own photo    | Pro       |
| **Pre-Registration (QR Code Scanner)** | Guests answer ahead of time and arrive with a QR code | Premium   |

**Important - Public Gallery is already on.** A new event publishes a gallery whether or not you open this tab.

**Important -** Switching on a **Pro** or **Premium** channel raises the event's plan tier. Pictor names the feature responsible before the save goes through.

### **Email and SMS**

Guests receive their own photo by email or text. Switch them on under **Sharing methods** inside **Sharing Station**.

**Note**The same delivery fields also appear on **Flow → Share Output**, as **Email delivery** and **SMS delivery**. They edit the same settings — it is one set of values, shown in two places. The Flow stage additionally holds **Default sharing option**, **Limit country codes** and **Customize email suggestions**, which are not on this tab.

**Email settings**

| **Field**         | **What it does**                                                                                                    |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **From name**     | The sender name the guest sees                                                                                      |
| **From email**    | Optional. Left empty, delivery falls back to Pictor's own sender address — or yours, if you have connected SendGrid |
| **Reply to**      | Where replies go                                                                                                    |
| **Subject**       | The email's subject line. New events prefill it with the event name; it is required                                 |
| **Use HTML**      | Use a designed template instead of plain text                                                                       |
| **Attach output** | Attach the photo as well as linking it                                                                              |
| **Email content** | The message body                                                                                                    |
| **Template**      | Pick a designed template                                                                                            |

**SMS settings**

**Message content** holds the text.

**Important**The message must contain **{{contentURL}}** — that placeholder becomes the link to the guest's photo. Without it the guest gets a text with no link, and Pictor will not let you save: *"Message must include {{contentURL}}."*

Copy it exactly, with no **`#`** in front.

![The message must contain {{contentURL}}.](https://app.chatwoot.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCSTNMd1FZPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--987825468cbb6e6595a9207bd28f4e6c22d9dea2/41-sharing-sms-settings.png?cw_image_width=auto)

*The message must contain {{contentURL}}.*

### **Dropbox**

Dropbox is a connection rather than a switch. Link the account once under **Integrations**, then set the **Dropbox folder name** on the event.

Until it is connected the section reads *"Connect your Dropbox account in Integrations to enable backup."*

**Open Dropbox gallery** opens the folder. **Export folder** downloads everything as a zip.

![Dropbox backs every capture up to a folder named after the event.](https://app.chatwoot.com/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCSXpMd1FZPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--aee6f30ceb1072b0ef5880d2c4f875b876ce6584/31-output-dropbox.png?cw_image_width=auto)

*Dropbox backs every capture up to a folder named after the event.*

### **Pre-Registration**

**Important**Switching this on is not enough on its own. Add a **QR Code Scanner** stage to the workflow on the **Flow** tab, then choose which stages guests fill in beforehand. Without the stage the Launchpad marks the channel **Needs setup**.

### **Choosing your combination**

A typical live event:

* **Sharing Station** for instant guest delivery

* **Public Gallery** so the client can share everything afterwards

* **Printing** for physical keepsakes

* **Dropbox** for the client's copy

* **Slideshow** for the room

A virtual or hybrid event:

* **Virtual Booth** for remote guests

* **Sharing Station** for delivery

* **Public Gallery** and **Dropbox** for afterwards

**Tip -** Enable at least two ways for a guest to receive their photo. If SMS is slow on the venue's network, email still lands.

**Tip -** Connect Dropbox and check the folder name well before the event, not while you are setting up.

### **Where the detail lives**

| **For**               | **See**                                |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| Slideshow settings    | **Slideshow**                          |
| Sharing station setup | **How to Set Up a Sharing Station**    |
| Printing              | **Printing**                           |
| Virtual booth         | **How to Set Up a Virtual Booth**      |
| Pre-registration      | **Pre-Registration & QR Code Scanner** |

### **See also**

* **Email and text message sharing** — the two channels in detail

* **Set up a Sharing Station** — the guest-facing delivery screen

* **Troubleshooting: Email & Text Delivery** — when it does not arrive