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Album design for Pixieset users, in four steps.
You are staying on Pixieset for galleries and store. This page is the literal handoff guide for the album-design step in Cuppafolio: how to get selects out of Pixieset, into Cuppafolio, to your album lab, with nothing to integrate.
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A clean split: Pixieset delivers, Cuppafolio designs
If Pixieset already runs your galleries, proofing and store, the last thing you want is to rip that out to get a better album. The galleries work, the clients know them, the store sells. The only gap is wanting the album step to be sharper and the finished file to be yours.
Cuppafolio fills exactly that gap. It is purely an album designer, so it never overlaps with Pixieset. You keep delivering and selling through Pixieset, and when the album is the job, you design it in Cuppafolio and export a print-ready PDF you own and print with any lab.
Nothing about your Pixieset setup has to change
There is no integration to configure and no migration to plan. Your Pixieset galleries, store and client experience carry on untouched. Cuppafolio simply becomes the place the album gets designed once the selects are final.
The payoff is a dedicated album editor and, more importantly, a file you own: a print-ready PDF you can send to any lab rather than an album living inside a platform.
A focused tool that does the album job brilliantly.
Everything you need for the album, nothing you don't, and the finished file is always yours.
No integration to set up
Two tools that never share data.
Cuppafolio does not need access to your Pixieset account, your galleries, your store or your client emails. The handoff is a folder of selects you download from Pixieset and drag into a Cuppafolio project. That is it.
Four-step handoff
Pixieset → folder → Cuppafolio → lab.
1) Export final selects from Pixieset as JPGs in your chosen size. 2) Drag the folder into a new Cuppafolio project. 3) Lay out the album from templates with smart snapping. 4) Export the 300 DPI sRGB PDF and send to your lab.
Print-ready PDF
300 DPI. 3 mm bleed. Yours.
One click and a press-ready PDF lands in your downloads: 300 DPI, sRGB, embedded fonts, optional crop marks. No watermark, no expiry, no per-album unlock fee.
Flat pricing
One monthly price. No per-album fees.
From £19/month. Design as many albums as your plan allows for the same price every month, with no surprise charge when a busy season hits.
The handoff people get stuck on
The album step should be the fun part. Too often the tooling gets in the way.
Wondering whether Cuppafolio needs API access to your Pixieset account (it does not)
Worrying about gallery URLs or client links changing when you add a second tool
Not knowing which format to export selects in for the cleanest re-import
The difference is in what we deliberately leave out.
A narrow tool, an honest deal, and a file that is genuinely yours.
It does one job well
No gallery, no CRM, no store bolted on. A focused album designer that respects, rather than replaces, the tools you already pay for.
You own the export
Every album leaves as a print-ready PDF with no watermark and no per-album unlock fee. It is a real deliverable you keep, not a file held hostage.
Any lab, no markup
We do not print or fulfil anything. Your PDF goes to the album supplier you already trust, with no print margin quietly skimmed along the way.
Where Cuppafolio sits next to Pixieset
Cuppafolio is deliberately narrow. It does not deliver galleries, take payments or manage clients, so it never competes with Pixieset. It picks up exactly one job: turning your final selects into a designed, print-ready album.
Keep Pixieset for galleries, client proofing and your print store. When the album is what is on your plate, open Cuppafolio, design it from designer templates with smart snapping, and export a PDF you own and send to any lab. Nothing about your existing setup has to change.
- Keep Pixieset exactly as it is today
- Bring final selects into Cuppafolio for the album step
- Export a print-ready PDF and send it to your album lab
- No migration, no integration to configure, no lock-in
The Pixieset → Cuppafolio handoff in detail
- Step 1 — Export selects from Pixieset using its built-in 'Download selected photos' tool
- Step 2 — Drag the downloaded folder into a new Cuppafolio project (no upload UI to fight)
- Step 3 — Choose a designer template and place selects with smart snapping handling alignment
- Step 4 — Export the print-ready PDF (300 DPI sRGB, 3 mm bleed) and send to your album lab
- Pixieset galleries, store, proofing and client links stay exactly as they are — Cuppafolio never touches them
- Flat £19/month Solo (£39 Studio, £79 Agency) on top of your existing Pixieset subscription
“Finally a tool that doesn't assume I want to order prints through them. I have a lab I trust. I just needed the design side sorted.”
Good questions, straight answers.
Does Cuppafolio need access to my Pixieset account?
No. There is no API key to issue, no integration to configure, no shared credentials. Cuppafolio cannot see your Pixieset galleries, store or client emails. The only thing that moves between the two tools is the folder of selects you download from Pixieset to your computer.
Which Pixieset export size should I use?
Use the largest available — typically 'Original' or the highest 'Display' size. Album-print resolution needs more pixels than gallery proofing, so the bigger the source select, the cleaner the printed page. Cuppafolio handles the resizing and 300 DPI output at export.
Will my Pixieset gallery URLs change?
No. You change nothing in Pixieset. The handoff is one-way: Pixieset → your computer → Cuppafolio. Gallery URLs, store links, client invites and proofing flows in Pixieset are untouched.
Can I keep selling printed albums through Pixieset's store too?
If you currently sell albums through Pixieset's store and want to keep that running, you can — Pixieset's product and a Cuppafolio-designed album are separate products. Most photographers using this handoff are intentionally moving custom-quoted premium albums to a chosen lab; the Pixieset store continues handling other print products.
How long does the four-step handoff actually take?
Step 1 is whatever your selects-download takes from Pixieset (a few minutes for a typical wedding). Step 2 is a drag-and-drop. Step 3 is the album design itself — typically one focused sitting per album. Step 4 is one click. The handoff overhead beyond the design step is essentially zero.
Does it integrate with Pixieset automatically?
There is no integration to set up, and none is needed. Export your final selects from Pixieset as you would for any tool, design the album in Cuppafolio, and export a print-ready PDF. Two simple steps, no configuration.
Will this disrupt my client experience?
No. Clients still see your Pixieset galleries and store exactly as before. Cuppafolio is only the behind-the-scenes album-design step.
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