How to build a team photo composite
The team photo builder replaces the traditional “line everyone up and shoot one frame” workflow with a deferred composite — individual subjects photographed separately, then assembled into a team image with consistent lighting, posing, and arrangement. Solves coordination problems (absent kids, weather, varying heights) and produces a more polished final image.
1.Confirm individual portraits are uploaded and matched
A team composite is built from the same individual portraits that already drive the parent gallery. Before opening the team builder, confirm every player on the team's roster has at least one face-matched portrait in the event. The builder pulls from the existing pool — it doesn't accept fresh uploads.
2.Open the team builder for the specific team
In the dashboard, navigate to the event, then My Clients → [organization] → [team]. Click Team Photo Builder. The page renders a canvas with the team's subjects in a sidebar, plus a background-photo selector at the top.
3.Choose a background
Pick a stock background or upload your own (a team-color backdrop, a stadium photo, a school logo image). Backgrounds set the visual tone of the composite; you can swap later without redoing placements.
4.Drag subjects into row slots
The builder presents three rows (back, middle, front) with human-silhouette slots. Drag each subject from the sidebar into a slot. The math holds physical proportions: the same kid renders at the same canvas size across different source photos, with row-spacing-based perspective scaling so the back row appears slightly smaller than the front.
5.Adjust placements as needed
Each placed subject gets a selection ring and drag handles. Resize, reposition, and re-layer (Cmd/Ctrl+[ / ]) until the arrangement looks right. Order subjects by height or by jersey number — depends on what the coach asked for.
6.Render to print-quality output
When the layout looks right, click Render. PPS uses Cloudflare Browser Rendering to produce a high-resolution PNG at print resolution — typically 8x10 or 11x14 size at 300 DPI. The render takes 30-90 seconds; you'll see progress in the dashboard.
7.Add to the team's available products
Once rendered, the team composite becomes a purchasable product for each player's parent (commonly bundled into Memory Mate packages alongside the individual portrait). Parents see it in their gallery alongside the individual portraits of their child.