In short: guests already know how to drop a file into a shared Google Drive folder. Set one up before the event, share the link, and let the pile grow. Confetti does not collect the uploads itself; it connects to that same folder, read-only, and organizes whatever landed there.
What is a shared Drive folder for guest photos?
It is a single Google Drive folder you own, set to let anyone with the link add files. You create it in your own Google account, the same as any other Drive folder. Guests open the link on their phone, upload the photos they took, and the folder fills up over the following days as people get around to it.
Why is a Drive folder simpler than a phone-upload app?
There is nothing to install. A guest who has never heard of Confetti can still drop a photo into a folder, because they already know how Google Drive works. One link covers the whole guest list, and you, the folder owner, stay in control of who can see or add to it the entire time.
Does Confetti collect the guest uploads?
No. Confetti does not have a guest-upload feature, and it is not the place guests send their photos. The collection point is the Drive folder you already have. Guests upload there, on Google's infrastructure, using Google's own sharing controls. Confetti's job starts after the photos exist in that folder.
How does Confetti fit in?
Once you are ready, you connect the shared folder to Confetti with read-only access. Confetti reads what is in the folder, groups faces so you can find "everyone with the couple's grandmother" in one click, and lets you build an album from the results. See our guide on AI face tagging for how the grouping works.
Where do the photos live?
In your Google Drive, before and after Confetti touches them. Confetti's access is read-only: it can display and organize what is in the folder, but it cannot add, edit, or delete anything there. Confetti stores only the organizing layer, tags, named people, and album definitions, never a copy of the photo library. See how Confetti keeps your photos private for the full detail.
Do guests need a Google account to add photos?
They need a Google account to upload to Drive, which almost everyone already has, but they do not need a Confetti account for anything. Viewing and sharing what you eventually build with Confetti is a separate step you control later, described in our guide on sharing wedding photos with your guests.
What happens to the folder after the event?
Nothing, until you decide otherwise. The folder keeps collecting stragglers for as long as you leave the link open, since not every guest uploads the same night. Connect it to Confetti whenever you are ready, a few days later or a few weeks later, and everything that has accumulated by then gets organized in one pass.
Related
- How to gather every guest's photos into one Drive folder
- How to share wedding photos with your guests
- What is AI face tagging?
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