Using the Google Photos Picker
If your record photos already live in Google Photos, you can pull them in directly during Album Scan instead of re-uploading from your device.
Bringing photos in
- On the Album Scan page, choose Choose from Google Photos.
- Pick the photos you want from your Google Photos library.
- Each photo lands in the Selected Photos tray, ready to assign.
Assigning photos to a slot
Every photo needs a slot so Album Scan knows what it's looking at. Each slot is optional — only add photos for what you actually have.
- Front cover and Back cover
- Label — Side A and Label — Side B
- Deadwax — Side A and Deadwax — Side B — close-up shots of the runout area, used to read matrix/runout etchings
- Spine and Anything else — for gatefolds, inserts, obi strips, or anything that doesn't fit the categories above
For a multi-disc release, the same set of label and deadwax slots repeats for each additional disc, so every side of every record gets its own place.
Tip: deadwax photos matter most for pressing identification — a clear, well-lit close-up of the runout area gives Album Scan the best chance at reading the matrix numbers accurately.