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Living photos, WebAR and growth

Practical guides on AR photos, QR campaigns and turning prints into digital experiences.

Pairing a family photo with a video greeting in the Stories AR dashboard
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Family Holiday Photo Cards That Play a Video Greeting

How to turn a family portrait card into a video greeting: the printed photo plays a message when scanned. Workflow for photographers, DIY route for families.

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Uploading a photo and a video greeting in the Stories AR dashboard
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How to Make a Talking Photo Gift for the Holidays

Step by step: turn a printed photo into a talking holiday gift — record a greeting, pair it with the photo, print, gift with a QR code. The free tier is enough.

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Stories AR video editor preparing a living photo from a holiday mini-session
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New Year Photo Shoots: How to Upsell Living Photos

A holiday mini-session playbook: which studio decor scenes make great video moments, how to pitch living photos, and the package math behind PRO pricing.

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Pairing a photo with a video in Stories AR to create an AR photo gift
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Photo Gifts for Christmas: 6 Formats That Play Video

Six living-photo gift formats for the holidays — framed prints, albums, magnets, calendars, postcards, keychains — with who each fits and how to order in time.

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Stories AR mobile dashboard with a list of AR photos for a kindergarten album
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Kindergarten Graduation Albums That Play Video

How photographers make kindergarten graduation albums with AR: each child's photo plays a clip of them singing or playing. Pitch, production, season timeline.

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Phone browser playing a video greeting on top of a printed Christmas card
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Christmas Cards That Play a Personal Video Greeting

How to make Christmas and New Year cards that play a personal video when scanned — family and business versions, plus a realistic print timeline for December.

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Stories AR dashboard with ready AR photos and QR codes for a print run
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Corporate New Year Gifts That Play a Video Greeting

Corporate New Year gifts with AR: branded postcards and calendars that play a CEO greeting video when scanned. Bulk workflow and timeline — start in October.

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Uploading school photos and videos to the Stories AR dashboard
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School Photo Season: How to Prep With AR Photos

A back-to-school prep guide for photographers: pitching schools with AR photos as your differentiator, what to shoot on photo day, and the timeline to delivery.

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Pairing a card photo with a video greeting in the Stories AR dashboard
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Video Greeting Cards: How to Make and Sell Them

How to make a greeting card whose photo plays a video message, which occasions sell best, and how photographers and print shops turn cards into a product.

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Stories AR upload step: adding twelve photo and video pairs for a calendar
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Photo Calendars That Play Video: 12 Months, 12 Clips

How photographers turn a photo calendar into 12 living photos that play video, why September is when calendar sales start, and how to price the product.

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Stories AR mobile dashboard with a list of ready AR photo magnets
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Photo Magnets That Play Video: A Product Guide

How to sell living photo magnets: production basics, minimum size that still triggers AR, which video to pair, and why magnets are a high-margin add-on.

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Pairing a wedding photo with its video in the Stories AR dashboard
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Anniversary Gift: A Photo That Plays Your Video

A printed wedding shot that plays the original wedding video, or a parents' portrait with messages from the kids. How to make an anniversary living photo yourself.

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