Getting Started with Jobs

A Job is where everything comes together in Captura Workflow. It stores your images, subject data, orders, pricing, and gallery settings for a specific shoot or event.

In this guide, you'll learn how to create a new Job, understand the available configuration options, and choose the right settings before you begin.

Before creating a Job, make sure you have:

• An active Price Sheet

• A Shopping Cart Template

Both are required before a Job can be created.

The following options are permanently locked once the Job has been created.

These settings can be changed initially but become locked after images have been uploaded.

Important: Pre-Order Jobs should always use a Custom Form.

💡 Pro Tip: If you're unsure which image format to use, leave it set to Large Format. You can always optimize uploads in other ways, but image quality cannot be recovered later.

Think of a Job as a folder that contains everything related to a single photography event or shoot, including:

• Images

• Subject records

• Orders

• Gallery settings

• Pricing

• Online ordering configuration

Any changes you make locally must be synced before they're available on your other devices.

1. Select Jobs from the navigation menu.

2. Click + New.

3. Enter the required Job information.

Note: There are several optional configuration pages during setup. This guide covers only the minimum settings required to create a Job.

We recommend using a consistent naming format.

Suggested format

YEAR SEASON SCHOOL TYPE

Examples:

• 2025 Fall ABC Elementary Underclass

• 2025 Spring XYZ High School Seniors

• 2025 Smith Wedding

Choose a naming convention that's easy for both your studio and staff to identify later.

Choose the option that best matches your event.

Available Job Types:

• Wedding

• Portrait

• Seniors

• Underclass Spring

• Underclass Fall

• Sports

• Event

• Daycare Spring

• Daycare Fall

Using the correct Job Type helps:

• Filter Jobs more easily

• Restrict discount codes

• Improve bookkeeping and reporting

Choose how your Job will behave.

Displays only one image for each subject in the gallery.

The Primary Image is determined by the studio and defaults to the first image uploaded unless changed.

Disables automatic facial processing during image import.

Benefits:

• Faster uploads

• Faster image processing

Trade-off:

• Auto Head-sizing is unavailable for the Job.

Select an active Price Sheet.

You can browse or search your available Price Sheets.

Choose the Shopping Cart Template you want this Job to use.

You can browse or search your active templates.

Click Create to finish setup.

You'll be taken directly to the Job dashboard tab inside your new Job.

Tip: Enable Import subjects after job creation if you want to begin importing subject data immediately.

The following table shows the most common Job configurations.

• Setup automatic holding of job orders for bulk fulfillment

• Using Multi‑Subject Cart Checkout

A: No. Subject Configuration is permanently locked once the Job has been created.

Please reach out to support@captura.io if you need to change a job after creation.

A: No. Green Screen must be enabled when the Job is created.

A: Yes, but only before images have been uploaded. Once images exist in the Job, the setting becomes locked.

A: Large Format preserves the highest image quality (up to 6000px) and is the recommended setting for most workflows.

A: Always use a Custom Form when creating a Pre-Order Job. This allows customers to provide the information needed to match their order to the correct subject after checkout.