PORTRAITROW
a Maddie Creative product
Picture day is done. PortraitRow finds the faces, auto-crops the grade to one head size, puts a roster name on each portrait, and hands Photoshop a layered sheet for every class in the folder.
After the cameras are packed
The crop pass that used to take the night
The shoot is finished. The slow part is still ahead: one consistent crop across hundreds of faces. PortraitRow runs that pass first — then names, then the class sheet the lab already knows how to open.
Find faces across the school folder. Choose face, torso and head, or full body. Line the eyes up. Apply that framing to the grade in one pass — and leave any portrait you moved by hand where you put it. Oddballs are flagged before you build. That crop review is the main time saver.
Load a CSV, a PSPA index, or a GotPhoto zip. A preferred name replaces the camera filename. Type a name on one portrait when the roster misses it. The proof PDF sits on the same layout as the Photoshop file, so the office can check names first.
Leave someone off the sheet, or replace them with a retake and rebuild that class only. Mark a teacher or coach, print their name apart from the learners, and place them above, below, or beside the class.
After the crops are right, the preview and the Photoshop job share one layout. Each class can come out as a PSD and a JPG. A team job can be a pyramid. Portraits and names stay in the folder on that PC.
The workflow
From the school folder to the lab file
Point PortraitRow at the folders you already keep. Let it auto-crop the grade. Check the odd ones. Photoshop builds the sheets.
Bring in the school
Open the job by grade and class. Pick face, torso and head, or full body once. Load the roster. Use one background for the whole run when that is how you deliver.
Auto-crop, then review
Find faces runs first and sets a consistent crop across the class or grade. Nudge a head, line the eyes up, or re-apply framing where you need it. Mark teachers, pull a portrait out, or drop a retake in. Most of the night used to be this step.
Build the sheets
Class grid or team pyramid. Titles, logo, borders, learner names, teacher names. Then a PSD, a JPG, and a name-check proof for the classes you include.
Built for the shop
Volume school work, on the machines you already use
Creative Cloud is fine. Same Windows PC. Not Photoshop Elements.
Installer Setup file for the PCs that already run your school season. Mac later.
School-day machines often have no internet. Activate once, then crop and compose offline until the date on the key. The school folder stays on that PC.
14 days or 5 class composites — whichever comes first. Enough to run a school, not a demo reel.
How you own it
A yearly release, or month to month.
Both seats are sold two ways. A yearly release runs for 12 months from the day you activate. Month to month runs for one month. Either key works offline until the date printed on it.
Single is $139 for one PC. Studio is $270 for three PCs. Renew when the year ends to keep building.
Single is $17 a month. Studio is $30 a month. Stop when the season ends, and start again when the next one does.
Activate once. Crop and compose with no connection until that key’s end date.
Three Singles cost more than one Studio, on both the yearly release and the monthly license.
Pricing
Yearly or monthly. Single or Studio.
Seats are machines, not named users. Studio is three PCs for less than three Singles. No per-composite fee.
Prices in USD. A yearly key lasts 12 months from activation. A monthly key lasts one month. The app keeps working offline until that date.
Get started
Prove it on a real school job
Download the Windows Setup — no license key needed. The trial is 14 days or 5 class composites, whichever comes first. When you’re ready to buy, open Help → License and activate a Single or Studio key, yearly or month to month.
Windows PC with Adobe Photoshop CS6 or later. After install, open PORTRAITROW and start a real school job — the trial begins on first use.
FAQ
Common questions
Do I need a license key for the trial?
No. Download the Setup, install, and start working. PORTRAITROW runs a free trial (14 days or 5 class composites). A paid license key is only needed when you buy.
What does the auto-crop actually do?
It finds faces in the school folder, applies one framing choice (face, torso and head, or full body) across the class or grade, and can line the eyes up. You still nudge or override any portrait by hand. Hard cases are flagged before you build. That pass is where most of the time usually goes — and where PortraitRow saves it.
Does it replace Photoshop?
No. You still finish in Photoshop. PORTRAITROW runs the auto-crop and crop review, then the layout, then hands Photoshop a job that builds the layered composite.
Where do the names come from?
A CSV, a PSPA index, or a GotPhoto zip, matched onto the portraits. You can type a name on Crops. If a portrait still has only the camera filename, PORTRAITROW says so before the build, and that filename is what prints until you replace it.
Do the photos leave this PC?
No. PORTRAITROW reads the school folder on the machine you are using. It does not upload portraits to a composite service.
Is Photoshop Elements enough?
No. You need Adobe Photoshop CS6 or later (Creative Cloud is fine) on the same PC.
Can I run it on more than one computer?
Single is one PC. Studio covers three PCs. Deactivate on the old machine before activating on a new one when you move.
Do I have to pay every year to keep using it?
A yearly release lasts 12 months from activation. Month to month lasts one month. When that date passes, activate a new key to keep building. Until then the app runs offline.
Is there a Mac version?
Not at first launch. Windows ships first; Mac follows once early sales fund Apple notarization.