Adobe Portfolio, has it grown up for a video portfolio's use yet?

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September 26, 2023
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Hi there,

I was curious if Adobe Portfolio has expanded to allow users to set videos as a lightbox on a landing page, or do you need to still click on an icon to go into another page to play a video that's embeded then back into the first page to see more videos?

Also, can users change the thumbnails on videos they upload via Adobe yet?

I've been hoping/waiting for years for it to allow these pretty simple but very useful features that would make it more professional for video portfolio users.

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Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Lightbox viewer is for images only.

https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/articles/360038427913-Enabling-disabling-Lightbox-for-images

For best video user experience, use the Embed Module to add videos from YouTube.

It's responsive and YT streams content from dedicated streaming media servers.

https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/articles/360036483773-Embed-module

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Roving Pictures CompanyAuthor

Known Participant

Yes, I do know that lightbox is for images only. That's why I posted about having it for videos as well. Navigating in and out of pages for single video playback isn't very user-friendly.

I appreciate the suggestion of using YouTube. However I'm hoping for a bit more "polish" than that, right?

Roving Pictures CompanyAuthor

Known Participant

I don't make the software. Submit a feature request directly to Adobe Portfolio. If it's something a lot of users are clamouring for & it's feasible, they may add it to a future version.

https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/requests/new?ticket_form_id=177168

Portfolio will never be all things for all people. At best, it's a companion site to your other sites & social channels.

I think the reason Portfolio caters more to photographers is because of it's integration with Lightroom and Adobe Stock Collections.

Most videographers have a YouTube channel they can link out to. IMO, the YouTube experience is 100% better because it's streamed from dedicated media servers.

Hi Nancy,

I do understand that you are not a software developer. It's still just seems cookoo to me to not cater to videographers, editors, directors, etc etc the list goes on. YouTube, while it plays video well, you can't personalize it for a portfolio/reel. I'll just have to hope that my suggestion is received well with develpers. Seems like it's a market waiting to be snatched up to me!