Why Family Vaults?
Every family's photo collection is scattered — some prints are with one sibling, others are in a parent's attic, and a few live in a cousin's drawer. Family Vaults give everyone a single, private space to contribute scans and share restored versions. No one needs their own account to view — but contributors can upload, restore, and organize together.
Creating a vault
Open your Library on the web, navigate to Vaults, and create a new Family Vault. Give it a name that describes the collection — 'Grandma's Photos', 'Dad's Side', or 'Wedding 1987' all work. You are the vault owner and can invite others at any time.
Inviting family members
Invite family members by email. They will receive a link to join the vault. Invited members can view all photos in the vault, upload new scans, and run restorations. The vault owner can remove members at any time.
Members do not need a paid plan to view photos in a vault. Restoration operations use the uploader's quota — so if you invite someone and they restore a photo, it counts against their plan.
What vault members can see and do
Everyone in a vault can browse, view, and download all photos — both originals and restored versions. Members can upload new scans, run AI tools on vault photos, add captions, and organize into albums within the vault.
Vault photos are separate from each member's personal Library. Deleting a photo from your Library does not remove it from a shared vault, and vice versa.
Privacy within vaults
Vaults are private by default — only invited members can see the contents. Photos shared to a vault are not visible to anyone outside the vault, not indexed by search engines, and not used for AI training.
AI-generated descriptions and tags within a vault are visible to all vault members. If a photo contains sensitive information, consider whether vault sharing is appropriate before uploading.
Using vaults for a family scanning effort
The most effective way to digitize a family collection is to split the work. One person scans a box of prints, another handles a photo album, a third contributes loose photos from their own home. Everyone uploads to the same vault, and the whole family benefits from the restored, organized result.
Assign someone to review and organize — creating albums, adding captions, and flagging photos that need a better scan. A little coordination turns a scattered collection into a permanent family archive.
Start sharing with your family
Create a Family Vault and invite relatives to contribute scans. Everyone benefits from the restored collection.