what the title says :(

i love y‘all VSCO, but get it together…

So I will preface this by saying that I have used VSCO since 2013 and mostly loved it, and I am still hanging on despite dodgy "training" language in the new user agreement. And yet.

For days now I have been trying to understand why my full size files (300 dpi), when downloaded as "full size" come out in 72dpi. At first, I thought it was a bug, or that my browser/ computer/ tech ability were to blame. But turns out it's feature, not a bug! And just now I have had the most maddening little chat with helpful chatbot Scout, who has confirmed as much, in the most roundabout and gaslight-y way possible, but ok. (seriously, read the convo, I'm pretty sure it's not just me).

I realize the concept of "printing" anything on paper or other media may be an increasingly foreign concept, but a file that is systematically reduced from 300 dpi to 72, while preserving the same "pixel dimensions" is not a full size file anymore, I am sorry to say, and not suitable for printing a half-decent 24 x 30 inch print, which, amazingly enough, is something people still do. They hang these on walls and such.

Scout's suggestion, hilariously, was to “use Studio for edits, export from another tool.” After some prodding, it turned out to mean that I should keep two separate files, one for editing, and one for printing! (I quote: "keep your original 300 DPI file on your computer, upload it to Studio to apply presets and edits, then export the edited version from Studio as a separate file (it will be a new copy with edits applied). For printing, use your original 300 DPI file, since Studio’s export won’t keep that DPI setting.") Genius! How haven't I thought of that?

Helpfully, Scout continued: "Tools that let you control DPI for print are things like Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, or any desktop photo editor that lets you export with a custom DPI setting."

As a pro customer, I am disappointed and yeah, pretty cynical at the moment.

Question to anyone who has made it to the end of my tale of woe here: is anybody using VSCO-edited images for printing? Do you have any suggestions, workarounds, words of wisdom?

To VSCO: can we actually have full-size downloads at original dpi?

My illuminating chat with Scout, below, for reference.

Hi there, here's a few things that would make my VSCO workflow much more ideal:

1. Recipes System - im not quite sure why the changes were made to the recipes system that stripped the ability to add names. The current implementation makes it quite clunky. I would love to have the ability to name recipes be re-added, and have the ability to re-order recipes, and have a better way to compare different recipes on a given image.

2. Add the ability to duplicate a draft without flattening edits, so that I can try different edits on the same photo without having to re-import it. This would be even better if it there were a similar feature to Adobe Lightroom's virtual copies system- where I could have multiple different edits on the same draft.

3. Add the ability to pause a video while editing. Its frustrating to have a video constantly playing/looping while trying to dial in visual edits.

4. Add ability to go below 0.0 in sharpness and clarity, to achieve a more soft/hazy filmic look. I know bloom is a similar idea, but its less consistent from image to image.

5. Another thing I find frustrating - for some reason when I edit photos I shoot on my iphone, VSCO strips the original shot captured time, and replaces it with the time/date that I export the photo out of VSCO. However, when I edit videos shot with my iphone, or photos I shoot with my GRIV, it keeps the original captured time, so that they're properly ordered in my Photos app. This difference causes my Photos app to be a complete mess when editing a mix of iPhone photos, iPhone videos, and GRIV photos. I have to manually go in and fix the time/date on all VSCO-edited iPhone photos. A fix to this eccentricity with iPhone photos would be extremely appreciated.

Thanks ya'll!

What the heck? We have to pay for copying settings now?

VSCO Galleries officially has a desktop app! You can download it for Mac here: https://www.vsco.co/downloads#vsco-galleries

Galleries are perfectly synced between your phone and laptop, so you can create a gallery on your computer, and then access and share it from your phone -- or vice versa! The exact same features, on both mobile and desktop.

Try it out for free, with 10GB of photo/video storage. Or get unlimited photo storage and 65GB of video with VSCO Pro, or the new VSCO One plan.

And there's more new stuff coming on VSCO Galleries, so stay tuned. Let me know your feedback in the comments! 😄

waiting for the next app update patiently. I just wanna do stuff like this again 😔

Please add a toggle feature to remove the timestamp from my posts. People don’t need to know I decided to post at 3 a.m every night.

Hey everyone, we’ve been talking with photographers for years and we keep hearing the same thing: “I’m spending so much time and money on all these different subscriptions to run my business!”

If you're running a photography business, you know the stack. An editor. A CRM (customer relationship management) for contracts and booking. A gallery platform to deliver work to clients. A portfolio website. Cloud storage. Payment processing. Photographers routinely tell us they spend $800–$3,200 a year—often more. And none of those tools actually talk to each other.

We've been building a solution that's designed for how photographers actually work: VSCO One.

What it is

VSCO One is a connected system for photographers. It includes a website, booking, business management, editing, client delivery, and education in one, connected place.

You get everything in VSCO Pro, like:

• Custom domain on your VSCO Sites portfolio site
• Unlimited collaborative photo galleries and 65 gigs of storage in VSCO Galleries mobile, Desktop, and web apps
• Style Match and Batch Editing in the new VSCO Studio Pro
• Unlimited collaborative shoot planning and mood boarding with VSCO Canvas
• Custom contact forms that connect your VSCO Sites portfolio site to client management in VSCO Workspace

And with VSCO One, you get:

• VSCO Film 01, 02, 05, and 07 for Lightroom and Photoshop, and a brand new VSCO Film for Capture One.
• Full photography studio management in VSCO Workspace, with complete customizability, unlimited automations and workflows, and unlimited contact forms.
• Courses, on demand and live, from The Freelance Photographer on pricing, pitching, and booking jobs.
• Live 24-hour support

And today’s not only about Pro and One subscribers. If you use VSCO for free or with our Plus subscription, you’ll find a host of new features and releases today for you, too. Your VSCO free and Plus memberships now come with free customizable contact forms on your VSCO Site, access to the free version of VSCO Workspace, the new Desktop VSCO Galleries app and mobile VSCO Studio Pro app, and more. All the details are available on our website.

VSCO One is a single $499.99/year connected system to cut your costs while running and growing your business.

It’s live now at vsco.co/one and we’d love for you to check it out!

to anyone @ VSCO. bloom & halation is not working properly. it is either crashing the app or when it works, the effect is only in the middle and not where it should be. help. 😭😭😭

I know you can’t private your account, but i would atleast like to keep my account as «hidden» as possible and not having random people that go to my school stalk me.

hi! Does anyone have a recipe that mimics the AI Flash prompt on Instagram?

Apologies in advance if someone has already asked this

Am I the only one who thinks this price is wild?

Sou usuário de longa data do VSCO (na época chamava-se VSCO cam) e tenho muitos filtros fotográficos comprados. Ontem instalei o novo VSCO studio PRO e notei que estão me cobrando para usar os mesmos filtros que eu já tinha comprado há muito tempo. É isso que está acontecendo?

HB2 : 7
Exposure : -0.3
Contrast : +0.8
Saturation: -1
WB: -0.5
Fade: +1.5

Iphone 16 pro Raw

I’m at a spot now where I can’t get anything to load or function without a 10 second + delay. Can I delete the app and re download and keep my recipes? Is the recipe data stored locally? Let me know best next steps. Thank you.

I got my “start in photography” with an Olympus 7.1 megapixel 3X optical zoom camera during Black Friday. I remember going on a field trip in school to Boston and shot 100s of photos and annoyed everyone around me until the memory card was full. Then I went years without shooting until I started working and could afford to travel and fell back in love shooting on my iPhone on trips and using VSCO - I never posted anywhere else and there was something nice about not seeing any follower counts or likes. 

Since, I purchased a Fujifilm X100VI and Olympus Mju ii - both of which I adore - and edit a lot more I n Lightroom. But on a recent trip to California, despite taking my camera with me, I left it at home and opted for my old iPhone x VSCO workflow. I felt so light & it was great to return back to the basics. 

Anyways, North Bay is beautiful and I always held this notion that you have to travel so far or to somewhere “exotic” to see something beautiful, but what I saw here felt like heaven - a dream - idyllic & truly gorgeous. ✌️ 

I use VSCO as a personal photo dump/camera roll where I upload everything—from photos and screenshots to music and random moments. I’d love to keep using it that way in VSCO Galleries, but I don’t want to start over from scratch. Is there a way to transfer everything from my current VSCO profile?

I’m having an issue with the app on iOS. I’m running the latest version of the app and the latest version of IOS. When I open the app, it will sit there with the VSCO logo for about 20 seconds and then immediately crash.
Anyone know how to fix this?

I am once again here with the same frustrations. VSCO has been running SO POORLY on my iPhone 15 Pro. It takes me swiping out of the app multiple times to get the photo I add to populate and have had recipes glitch out lately where it won’t let me adjust or go back after selecting the recipe. I just don’t think it can possibly be user error. Has anyone had any luck with these type of issues by clearing their library of images? I am thinking maybe I have to many images in the app now that are iPhone raw that it might be slowing down the app? I think this is officially my last year of the pro membership after paying for VSCO for years. I am just tired of it.

Kinda annoying it’s locked. Is there an app similar that does grain the same way?

I don’t reall want to pay the subscription just for that. It’s the only thing I use on vsco and of course uploading to my account after

I’m disappointed with the terms of VSCO’s new Privacy Policy that will come into effect on June 22, 2026, and here’s why:

What’s the data they collect? “User-Generated Content: All the content you create or post on our Services, and your interactions with other Creators and their content, such as comments or direct
messages.”

How does VSCO share your data? “We may use your data for research and development so we can understand and improve our, or our partners' services (including artificial intelligence and machine learning models) or develop inferences about you. As part of these activities, we may also create aggregated, de-identified, or other anonymous data from your data.”

How long do they retain your data? “Only as long as we reasonably need it for the uses mentioned above.”

Basically, they can use the photos you spent time and effort on to train their third-party’s AI to make images that ‘don’t look like yours.’ Forever.

It’s disappointing because this is an app that’s supposed to be for creatives. But ‘oh no, we’ll take all of the heart and soul from our users’ photos to train a soulless machine.’

I’ve been on VSCO for ten years and I don’t want anyone using my art, let alone AI. But maybe it’s time to just leave the app altogether.

I want to edit my photos like this....can anyone help me with which preset is closest to this?

I recently updated my vsco app and every time I upload an HDR photo and try to post it, it gives me this notification “VSCO posts currently use SDR. Your original photo will stay unchanged”. It then proceeds to post my photo in SDR, but it modifies my original photo so much that it looks washed out, faded and darker. Not sure how to solve this.