Light Blue 2022.1 available with new online scheduling features
07/03/2022
Light Blue’s new online scheduling calendars allow your clients to book shoots and appointments directly into your diary. You no longer need to send messages back and forth to find the perfect time, or rely on complicated integrations with third-party tools. We’re excited to announce launch of the latest version which is available as a […]
Read MoreLight Blue 2022.1 release notes
07/03/2022
Light Blue 2022.1 is a major update that introduces an online scheduling tool that allows your clients to book shoots and appointments directly into your diary. You no longer need to send messages back and forth to find the perfect time, or rely on complicated integrations with third-party tools. Setting up our online scheduling tool […]
Read MoreChristmas & New Year support
17/12/2021
We’re still here to help over the festive season, but we’re also going to be taking a bit of a break so won’t be answering emails quite as quickly as normal between Christmas and New Year: We’ll be offering our usual support hours until 5pm UK time on Friday 24th December. There’ll be no email […]
Read MoreOur new online scheduling calendars are available for testing
16/12/2021
We’re delighted to let you know that our next major update is in prerelease testing and includes one of our most popular feature requests: an online scheduling tool that allows your clients to book shoots and appointments directly into your diary. You no longer need to send messages back and forth to find the perfect […]
Read MoreLight Blue 2021.2.3 release notes
11/10/2021
We’ve just released Light Blue 2021.2.3, which is a minor update that adds new features and fixes bugs reported since we launched Light Blue 2021.2. It includes the following changes: Added an “Import Custom Translations” button to the “Template Translations” section of the Preferences window, to allow you to import a set of translations that another […]
Read MoreLight Blue 2021.2.2 release notes
22/09/2021
We’ve just released Light Blue 2021.2.2, which is a minor update that adds new features and fixes bugs reported since we launched Light Blue 2021.2. It includes the following changes: Added an Undo command to the Edit menu that can undo changes you’ve made in the field that you’re currently editing. The %ContactFullName% mail-merge tag […]
Read MoreLight Blue is compatible with major iOS, macOS, and Windows updates that are coming soon
15/09/2021
We’re entering a bumper season for major OS updates: iOS 15 is due to be released next week, Windows 11 is coming in October, and macOS 12 will probably be arriving in October or November. We’ve been testing the current version of Light Blue with the beta versions of these major OS updates and it […]
Read MoreLight Blue 2021.2.1 release notes
05/08/2021
We’ve just released Light Blue 2021.2.1, which is a minor update that adds new features and fixes bugs reported since we launched Light Blue 2021.2. It includes the following changes: Added “Reload Base URL” and “Open in Default Web Browser” commands to web viewer widget options menu. Changed the name of the “Default” Home screen […]
Read MoreNew features for emails sent to your Light Blue account
27/07/2021
Light Blue subscribers are given a unique email address, and any emails sent to your unique email address are automatically imported into your Light Blue account. They appear in the Inbox, and from there you can use them to create a new enquiry or link them to an exist shoot or client. This makes it […]
Read MoreSunshine online proofing gallery starts sending orders to Light Blue
26/07/2021
WordPress e-commerce plugin Sunshine has added a direct link to Light Blue’s API, allowing photographers who are using Sunshine’s online proofing and ordering galleries to have their client orders sent directly to their Light Blue account. The Light Blue API allows our subscribers to send information straight to their Inbox from a variety of sources, […]
Read MoreLight Blue 2021.2 release notes
14/07/2021
Welcome to your new Home screen Light Blue’s new Home screen lets you see your business in a completely new way. You can now customise the Home screen by choosing a selection of widgets that give you unique and powerful ways of looking at your business as well as customising the look of Light Blue. […]
Read MorePublic beta for new Home screen features
28/06/2021
We’re really excited to announce that we’ve given all of our beta testers access to a major update that brings some big improvements to Light Blue’s Home screen. Light Blue’s new Home screen lets you see your business in a completely new way. You can now customise the Home screen by choosing a selection of […]
Read MoreContinuing support for photographers affected by the pandemic
23/03/2021
Today marks the first anniversary of the UK entering lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so we wanted to mark the occasion by reiterating the support that we’ve been offering our customers. Although the situation is starting to improve in the UK now and many of our subscribers are going to be getting back to […]
Read MoreScheduled website maintenance
23/03/2021
We’re going to be carrying out some scheduled maintenance on our website servers this weekend, which is going to lead to some unavoidable downtime for our account management pages and support resources such as our knowledgebase. However, Light Blue’s online services will be unaffected and you will be able to carry on using all of […]
Read MoreLight Blue 2021.1
01/03/2021
We’re excited to announce the immediate available of Light Blue 2021.1. This is a major update to our desktop app that improves lots of the features that you use every day. Entering shoot details is faster Adding a new shoot has been streamlined, with the “New Shoot” window efficiently guiding you through the process. Light […]
Read MoreLight Blue 2021.1 release notes
01/03/2021
Light Blue 2021.1 is a major update that improves lots of the features that you use every day, including: Adding a new shoot has been streamlined, with the “New Shoot” window efficiently guiding you through the process. Dealing with contact form and API submissions has been made simpler, and it’s also much easier to use […]
Read MoreContinuing help for subscribers affected by COVID-19
05/01/2021
Since March 2020, we’ve been offering to reduce the cost of Light Blue subscriptions by 50% for six months for any of our customers who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. That help is still open to anyone who needs it: if you need assistance but haven’t applied for our offer yet, […]
Read MoreMerry Christmas from the Light Blue team
16/12/2020
Although we’re still hard at work here in the Light Blue bunker, we thought we should take some time out to let you know when we’ll be available to help anyone who’s going to be busy over the Christmas and New Year period. We’re here to help over the festive season, but we’re going to […]
Read MoreLight Blue 2020.1.4
25/11/2020
We’ve just released Light Blue 2020.1.4, which adds more new features and some bug fixes. You can update to Light Blue 2020.1.4 by using the “Check For Updates” command from within Light Blue. You’ll find that in the Light Blue menu if you’re on a Mac, or in the Help menu if you’re using Windows. […]
Read MoremacOS Big Sur
06/11/2020
Apple is currently beta testing their next big macOS update, macOS Big Sur, and is likely to release it in the next few weeks. Big Sur is one of the biggest updates to macOS in recent years and includes lots of user interface changes as well as big changes to some of the key technologies […]
Read MoreLight Blue 2020.1.3
29/10/2020
We’ve just released Light Blue 2020.1.3, which adds more new features and some bug fixes. You can update to Light Blue 2020.1.3 by using the “Check For Updates” command from within Light Blue. You’ll find that in the Light Blue menu if you’re on a Mac, or in the Help menu if you’re using Windows. […]
Read MoreLight Blue 2020.1.2
12/10/2020
We’ve just released Light Blue 2020.1.2, which adds more new features and some bug fixes. You can update to Light Blue 2020.1.2 by using the “Check For Updates” command from within Light Blue. You’ll find that in the Light Blue menu if you’re on a Mac, or in the Help menu if you’re using Windows. […]
Read MoreContinuing our help for subscribers affected by COVID-19
29/09/2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns are continuing to affect professional photographers in many countries. We’re a small company and the whole Light Blue team is either currently or previously a professional photographer, so we understand the difficulties that you are going through at the moment. Since March 2020, we’ve been offering to reduce the cost […]
Read MoreLight Blue 2020.1
22/09/2020
Light Blue 2020.1 is a major update that includes big new automation features and a whole load of other improvements. Payment schedules Payment schedules allow you to easily break an invoice down into several smaller payments. That means that you can offer a payment plan to your clients and make it easier for them to […]
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