Upload with the Mobile Uploader App

Note: Upload functionality now exists in the newer FileFlow mobile app for iOS and Android users! Please use that app for the most updated experience.

PhotoShelter for Brands was known as “Libris by PhotoShelter” until June 2020 - the FileFlow App will replace the Mobile Uploader App referenced below.

The Mobile Uploader app gives you a direct route from image (or video) capture right to any PhotoShelter for Brands accounts you have Contributor access to. You should have already received an email inviting you to contribute to this PhotoShelter for Brands account, and clicked a link to set a password to go with your email address. Read more about accepting your Contributor invitation.

Supported devices

iOS

Requires iOS 8.4 and above
Formally supported devices: iPhone 4s and later
Compatible devices: iPad, iPad mini, and iPod Touch
While our testing revolved around the iPhone experience, the app should work for your iPad as well. If you're having trouble with an iOS device, please contact our Customer Success team.

Android

Requires Android 4.0.3 and above

Download the app

On your iOS mobile device:

Open the App Store and search for “Libris Uploader”
Or visit this link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/libris-uploader/id1104730629

On your Android device:

Go to Google Play and search for
Or visit this link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.photoshelter.photoshelterlibris

Logging in

Log into the Mobile Uploader app with your PhotoShelter for Brands Contributor account email and password.

If you have upload access to more than one PhotoShelter for Brands account, you’ll choose which account to upload to after logging in.
Please note: if your organization has enabled SSO, you will not be able to log in through SSO with this mobile application. You will need to set a password to go with your email address as a PhotoShelter login in order to use this app.

On the home screen, you’ll see the PhotoShelter for Brands account name and several options:

Your Uploads
Send Images
Settings (gear icon)

To upload, tap “Send Images”
To view your previous uploads, tap “Your Uploads”
To switch accounts or log out, tap “Settings”

Uploading

From the home screen, tap “Send Images”
Note that if you do not see any images from your Camera Roll upon clicking "Send Images," you may have to edit your phone's settings to allow access. You can find this in Settings > Privacy > Photos. Make sure Libris Uploader is toggled to "on".
Select up to 20 images from your Camera Roll and tap “Next”

If an Administrator or Editor on the the organization's PhotoShelter for Brands account has confirmed they have video enabled, videos in your Camera Roll will also appear, and you can select and upload videos in addition to images. There is a file size maximum of 200MB (equivalent to ~2 minutes of uncompressed raw video on an iPhone 6).

Describe your upload. This will become part of the gallery name and also added as IPTC keyword(s) to the files uploaded. This description is limited to 25 characters. Do not use any special characters or emoji to describe the upload.

When the images and/or videos land in the PhotoShelter for Brands Library, the gallery name format will read: “UP: [description] - [First initial. Last name] - [Date]”, e.g. “UP: Opening day - M. Roberts - 27 May 16”
If your description contains commas, it will be split into multiple keywords, e.g. if you put “Playoffs, men’s baseball” the images will contain the IPTC Keywords “Playoffs” and “men’s baseball”.

Tap “Upload,” then confirm the upload on the next screen by tapping “Upload Now”

You’ll see a progress bar for your upload. You can either exit the upload screen or wait until the upload is done; either way, the upload will complete.

Please note: by default, as a Contributor, you are not able to view where you upload lands in your organization's PhotoShelter for Brands account. The Administrator and Editors on the organization's PhotoShelter account manage your upload.

Add More Files to the Same Gallery as the Previous Upload

From the home screen, tap “Send Images”
Note that if you do not see any images from your Camera Roll upon clicking "Send Images," you may have to edit your phone's settings to allow access. You can find this in Settings > Privacy > Photos. Make sure Libris Uploader is toggled to "on".
Select up to 20 files from your Camera Roll and tap “Next”
Describe your upload. If it is the same date and you would like to add more files to what was previously uploaded, tap the blue “Use: [description]” to apply the same exact description to this upload. The second upload will land in the same gallery as the previous upload. If it is a different date, your upload will land in a separate gallery no matter what.

Add More Files to a Different Gallery than the Previous Upload

From the home screen, tap “Send Images”
Note that if you do not see any images from your Camera Roll upon clicking "Send Images," you may have to edit your phone's settings to allow access. You can find this in Settings > Privacy > Photos. Make sure Libris Uploader is toggled "on".
Select up to 20 files from your Camera Roll and tap “Next”
Describe your upload. If it is the same date, use a different description for this upload than you previously used. This will make your upload will land in a totally separate gallery from the first batch you uploaded. If it is a different date, your upload will land in a separate gallery no matter what and you won't need to worry about giving this batch a different description.

Viewing previous uploads

From the home screen, tap “Your Uploads”
You’ll see any uploads in progress, as well as previous uploads

If you tap a previous upload, you’ll see the images you uploaded during this app session. If you’ve logged out of the app and logged back in, your previous session’s uploads will be cleared from the app.

If you tap “Delete” on a previous upload, it will remove that upload record from your “Previously Uploaded” list. No images will be deleted from your device or from the PhotoShelter for Brands Library.

Switching accounts

If you have upload access to more than one PhotoShelter for Brands account, you can switch which account you’d like to upload to within the app.
On the home screen, tap the gear icon, then “Switch Accounts”

Select a new account and tap “Next”

The name of the new account will appear on the home screen to indicate where your uploads will go.

Logging out

On the home screen, tap the gear icon, then “Log out”
Logging out will clear your upload record, so “Previous Uploads” will be empty the next time you log in. No images will be deleted from your device or from the PhotoShelter for Brands Library.