Adding Menu Photos

Overview

From the Otter Dashboard, you’re able to add, edit, and manage photos for your menu(s) for different platforms in one place.

Within the Menus App, you can:

Manually add menu photos
Importing existing menu photos
Assign menu photos
Enable Auto Photo Enhancement
Edit menu photos
Manage a menu's photo collection

Automatic Photo Enhancement Setting

Within the Menu Settings, there is an option to enable the Automatic Photo Enhancement feature.

When enabled, this allows improvements to be made to your menu photos automatically to increase photo quality— saving you time and ensuring the best possible photos for your menu.

Learn more about this setting here.

Photo Errors

If you receive an sizing or resolution error for your menu photo, learn how to resolve the issue here. Keep in mind, some platforms do have photo requirements that need to met before using a menu item photo for that platform.

Manually Add Menu Photos

Follow the steps below to manually add new menu item photos.

Steps to manually add new menu item photos:

Step	Process	Image
1	From the Otter Dashboard, click Apps > Menus.
2	Select the menu you’d like to edit. Go to the Photos tab. Click the [+ Add photos] button
3	Upload photos by drag & drop or clicking to select files.
4	Once uploaded, click on the photo to edit, rename, & assign to menu items. Learn more about editing photos here. Click [Save].
5	Click [Publish] to publish menu updates. Select all locations and delivery channels you'd like to apply changes, then click [Publish menu].

Once a menu photo has been added, it will be added to that menu’s photo collection in the Otter Dashboard.

Info Photo Requirements

To upload photos in the Otter Dashboard, images must be:

At least 1400 x 800px
PNG or JPEG file format

If an image doesn’t follow these requirements, you will see a corresponding error message while trying to upload. Learn how to resolve photo size requirements here.

Importing Existing Menu Photos

If you have an existing menu with menu item photos and photo assignments, from the Otter Dashboard, you’re able to efficiently import those photos and assignments.

Follow the steps below to import existing menu item photos to your menu in the Otter Dashboard.

Steps to import existing menu photos:

Step	Process	Image
1	From the Otter Dashboard, click Apps > Menus.
2	Select the menu you’d like to edit. Go to the Photos tab. Click the [Import photos] button.
3	Select the location and platform you want to import menu photos from. Note: Be sure to check Assign photos to items automatically to automate photo assignment. Click [Import].
4	Once uploaded, review the imported menu photos. Click on the photo to edit, rename, or assign to menu items (if not automatically assigned). Learn more about editing photos here. Click [Save].
5	Click [Publish] to publish menu updates. Select all locations and delivery channels you'd like to apply changes, then click [Publish menu].

Once a menu photo has been imported, it will be added to that menu’s photo collection in the Otter Dashboard.

Menu Photo Collection

Once you have uploaded photos for your menu, you will be able to see all your photos for that menu from the Photos tab. You will be able to see assigned and unassigned menu photos but can filter between the two for a more specific view.

Here, you can click on a photo to:

Rename photo
Assign photo to platforms
Assign photo to menu items
Edit photo
Delete photo

Bulk Photo Actions

By selecting multiple photos, you can also bulk update platforms and menu item(s) photo assignment or photo deletion.

Learn more about editing menu photos and the Photo Optimization feature here.

FAQs

Yes— You can select multiple menu items from the drop down when choosing Item assignment.

Otter will de-duplicate photos when adding photos to the photobank. This means, only 1 photo will be kept if a duplicate photo is found.

NOTE

You don’t need multiple photos of the same item because you can assign a menu photo to multiple menu items.