{"id":117,"title":"Evaluate and view camera settings","description":"Evaluate camera settings of submitted photos in your photo contest and make them available to participants. Ideal for photo clubs!","post_text":"When a digital camera takes a photo, it usually stores all kinds of information about the circumstances of the shot in the photo. This includes technical information such as ISO, shutter speed and aperture. This information determines how the camera has exposed the picture. For many photographers and photo clubs these metadata are therefore of great importance.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eWith the help of the EXIF data (Exchangeable Image File Format), you can verify whether the settings for the motif have been chosen sensibly. Many members of photo clubs use this information as a technical basis for discussion.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nIf you \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003erun a PollUnit photo contest\u003c/a\u003e, you can publish these details for your participants. As administrator you can also access the extended EXIF data of the photos without having to download the photos. The extended metadata includes time and place, correction filters and processing presets. The photographers can adjust, add or remove the EXIF data of their photos with image programs.","created_at":"2020-07-07T23:15:47.704Z","updated_at":"2020-07-21T07:38:16.846Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/117/meta-data-photos"}
{"id":116,"title":"Say »Thank you« when participants submit photos","description":"Show your own thank you page when a new photo is uploaded and invite your submitters to visit your website.","post_text":"In October 2019 we have integrated the possibility to create own \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/92/custom-thank-you-page\"\u003ethank you pages for voters\u003c/a\u003e. A short time later we have made it possible to \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003erun your own photo contest\u003c/a\u003e with PollUnit. This shifted the focus from the voters to the photographers.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eTherefore it is now also possible to create thank you pages that are displayed after submitting a photo.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nYou can also format all thank you pages - i.e. you can mark texts bold, italic or underlined. You can also integrate links in the body text next to a big »Call To Action« button. So you can offer your newsletter and use the PollUnit thank you page for customer retention.\r\n\r\nP.S. The possibility of formatting was also added to your \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/104/gdpr-compliant-competitions-and-votes\"\u003eown data terms and conditions\u003c/a\u003e.","created_at":"2020-07-02T23:50:05.953Z","updated_at":"2020-07-03T00:46:59.388Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/116/thank-you-after-upload"}
{"id":114,"title":"Review, approve and vote on music and other audio data","description":"Uploading, listening to and rating MP3 audio data - Online audio reviews and votings within the team are now that easy.","post_text":"We have added an audio player to our \u003ca href=\"\u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/vote_for_images\"\u003epolls on files and images\u003c/a\u003e. With our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003eonline voting tool\u003c/a\u003e you can now upload, listen to and rate music, sounds or other audio data.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eAudio reviews and approvals on audio files within the team become a piece of cake.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nThe usual PollUnit functions are at your disposal. Allow your participants to upload their own mp3 files, choose from different rating and voting methods, hide participants and collect further information such as subtitles or contact details.\r\n\r\nDo you like our new function or are you missing something? We are looking forward to your feedback; e.g. in our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/forum\"\u003eforum\u003c/a\u003e.","created_at":"2020-06-21T00:50:00.571Z","updated_at":"2020-06-25T20:28:28.590Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/114/vote-on-music-and-audio"}
{"id":112,"title":"Set minimum resolution and collect high quality photos","description":"Only accept entries that meet your quality standards. By specifying a minimum width and height, you prevent the upload of photos that are too small.","post_text":"If you \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003erun a photo contest\u003c/a\u003e to collect user-generated content and you want to use it for e.g. print media, you may have to request a minimum quality.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eNothing would be more annoying than not to be able to use the best photos because of low quality.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nWith our new feature you make sure that the submitted images meet your quality standards. You can require a minimum megapixel value or directly specify the required pixel width and height. If the resolution is lower than the minimum, the entry will not be accepted and the user will be asked to submit an image or photo of higher quality.","created_at":"2020-05-31T14:44:18.356Z","updated_at":"2020-06-01T13:06:19.425Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/112/set-minimum-resolution"}
{"id":111,"title":"Gather feedback and reviews in our new lightbox!","description":"Write comments on photos and images directly in gallery mode! New features like full screen, auto play and hotkeys make tuning even easier.","post_text":"\u003ci\u003eOur \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003ephoto contests\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/de/tutorials/vote_for_images\"\u003epicture polls\u003c/a\u003e get a new lightbox. The redesign includes some technical improvements as well as a lot of your feature requests, some of them especially for the needs of photo clubs.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nThe most important change in the photo gallery are \u003cstrong\u003ephoto comments\u003c/strong\u003e. In addition to the direct comments in your PollUnits, it is now possible to give individual feedback to each photographer. Also the evaluation and the export has been extended by photo comments.\r\n\r\nUse our lightbox as digital picture frame by activating \u003cstrong\u003eautomatic playback\u003c/strong\u003e. A click on the play symbol starts or stops the auto play mode.\r\n\r\nThe photos can also be played, viewed and evaluated in \u003cstrong\u003efull screen\u003c/strong\u003e. Click on the full screen icon or press the F key to activate the full screen mode.\r\n\r\nIn addition to the hotkey F for full screen, other functions can also be triggered by using your keyboard \u003cstrong\u003eshortcuts\u003c/strong\u003e. These include the arrow keys to navigate back and forth between photos - additionally press Shift to move the gallery to the beginning or end. The space bar starts and stops auto playback, and C opens and closes the comments.\r\n\r\nParticipants with mobile phones can now use \u003cstrong\u003eswipe gestures\u003c/strong\u003e to navigate between photos.\r\n\r\nEspecially for photo contests with hundreds of photos, we have integrated a \u003cstrong\u003eslider\u003c/strong\u003e that allows lightning-fast navigation through the entire contest.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eAs always, we are looking forward to your feedback! Let us know what you like and what we can do better.\u003c/i\u003e","created_at":"2020-05-03T16:05:10.747Z","updated_at":"2020-05-31T07:49:04.945Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/111/lightbox"}
{"id":110,"title":"Simplification of the computation of star ratings","description":"For all new star votings and star photo contests, the option or picture with the highest average rating wins!","post_text":"\u003ci\u003eWe have simplified the calculation of our star ratings. The old PollUnits are not affected by this change. For all new \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003evotings\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003ephoto contests\u003c/a\u003e, the option or picture with the highest average rating wins!\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nWhat will change in concrete terms? Previously the average was formed considering all voters. If a participant did not vote for an option at all, this was equivalent to a vote with 0 stars. If an option has only ratings with 5 stars but significantly more voters, the rating was significantly lower than 5 stars. This is now changing!\r\n\r\nWith the new star ratings, the average is now only formed by the votes for this option. In extreme cases, this means that an option with a 5 star rating will be rated better than one with thousands and a lower rating. If one option has the same average as another, the one with more votes wins.\r\n\r\nWith this we align the star rating with the well-known rating systems of various online shops and rating portals.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eYou do not like this change? Please give us feedback!\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nPollUnit offers you beside star ratings also other types of voting. This includes simple upvoting, likening, loving, \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/de/tutorials/consensus\"\u003esystemic consensus\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/de/tutorials/dot_voting\"\u003edot voting\u003c/a\u003e. With votes of this kind, the sum of the positive votes counts, not the average.","created_at":"2020-04-23T11:28:16.909Z","updated_at":"2020-05-31T07:49:03.317Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/110/star-rating-simplification"}
{"id":109,"title":"Simple up and down vote with hearts and thumbs","description":"With four new voting methods, you can now upvote with a heart and thumb up or downvote with a broken heart and thumb down.","post_text":"We supplement the green check mark of our simple yes/no votings with a heart and thumbs up symbol to agree more sensitively. So now we distinguish with our three upvoting methods between »love«, »like« and »accept«.\r\n\r\nIn \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003ephoto contests\u003c/a\u003e, pictures can be hearted or marked as \"like\" with a thumbs up symbol. The symbols are also available in the \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003etabular voting\u003c/a\u003e and scheduling and allow you to collect emotions and reactions of your participants.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eYou decide how emotional your voting should be!\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nA PollUnit with active resistance votes turns the heart symbol into a broken heart and the thumbs up into thumbs down. Thus the upvoting becomes a downvoting.","created_at":"2020-04-13T09:11:33.702Z","updated_at":"2020-05-31T07:49:01.607Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/109/vote-with-a-heart-and-thumb-up"}
{"id":107,"title":"Redesign and extension of the options generator","description":"Through a technical and graphical redesign, we have not only improved usability for mobile devices, but also made it possible to reorder options and photos.","post_text":"With today's deployment we roll out a major update. We have updated our \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003evoting\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003ephoto contest generator\u003c/a\u003e. To be more precise, we got rid of some old technologies and redesigned our date and option fields. Besides a better usability for mobile devices you can now change the order of options and photos.\r\n\r\nThe order can be set in the wizard while creating or editing. Except for date options, they are still displayed in chronological order. To rearrange your options or photos you can grab the handle and drag it to the desired position.","created_at":"2020-04-02T21:58:53.677Z","updated_at":"2020-05-31T07:48:58.658Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/107/redesign-and-sort-options"}
{"id":108,"title":"Stay productive while working from home","description":"COVID-19 has the world under control. But PollUnit remains your reliable companion through home office time. This way we stay communicative, productive and connect in distance!","post_text":"COVID-19 has the world under control. Only a few weeks ago, hardly anyone would have expected this.\r\n\r\nAs a team with many children, we know what it means to work from home, to do homeschooling, to take care of the children without the help of grandparents or a babysitter. But as a collaboration tool or as the team behind PollUnit, we also know how to work remotely and have been doing so for a long time. PollUnit will continue to provide a first-class service you can rely on.\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eBeing productive despite corona:\u003c/strong\u003e with our tools and programs you can \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/voting\"\u003eshorten online coordination processes\u003c/a\u003e, find appointments, \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/collect-ideas-and-feedback\"\u003ebrainstorm\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials/vote_for_images\"\u003eevaluate designs\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/table\"\u003ecollect information\u003c/a\u003e and thus use your time efficiently.\r\nOr you can cheer up your team with a \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003ephoto competition\u003c/a\u003e about the most beautiful home office desk - all with one tool.\r\n\r\n\u003ci\u003eTo be able to offer all our services at a reasonable price in this crisis, our discounted introductory price is now active again and our long-planned price adjustment has been postponed indefinitely.\u003c/i\u003e\r\nAs with our introductory prices, the subscriptions that will help you through the Corona crisis will remain exempt from future price increases. Of course you can still get our free accounts!\r\n\r\nLet's stay positive!\r\nLet's connect in distance!\r\n\u003ci\u003eYour PollUnit Team\u003c/i\u003e","created_at":"2020-04-02T22:58:12.984Z","updated_at":"2020-05-31T07:48:59.866Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/108/stay-productive-while-working-from-home"}
{"id":106,"title":"Bulk download of all photos in your contest","description":"With a batch download you can now download all submission files of your PollUnit as zip with one click.","post_text":"\u003ci\u003eFor the creators of \u003ca href=\"https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest\"\u003ephoto contests\u003c/a\u003e, which use PollUnit to generate content, we have a small update. With a batch download you can now download all submission files with one click.\u003c/i\u003e\r\n\r\nUsers with access to the export functions can now also access the image bulk download feature. The image bulk download will create a zip file with all source files. The source files can also be used for print media if the uploaded file provides a sufficient resolution. This zip file can be downloaded in the evaluation or in the export dialog. \r\n\r\nWe have also simplified the single file download. As administrator you will find a link to download the file in the context menu of each image.","created_at":"2020-03-03T22:38:47.169Z","updated_at":"2022-09-08T17:26:56.291Z","url":"https://pollunit.com/en/posts/106/bulk-download"}