What is a dynamic image QR code?
A dynamic image QR code opens a photo album on a mobile page. A QR code is far too small to hold a photo, so the code holds a short link and QuickQRC hosts the pictures behind it. You can add, remove and reorder photos after the code is printed.
How it works
- You upload your photos and choose how the album is laid out.
- The QR code holds a short link to the album page.
- People scan and browse the photos in their phone's browser, and can download them if you allow it.
An image code opens a page QuickQRC hosts for you, so it uses one of your plan's hosted pages as well as one dynamic code.
How to create a dynamic image QR code
You make the code in the QuickQRC dashboard. The free plan is enough to follow every step below, and the whole thing takes a few minutes once your content is ready.
Step 1: Create a free account
Press Sign up free on this page and enter your email address and a password. No card is needed. QuickQRC sends a link to confirm your email address; open it and you land in your dashboard.
Sign up with an email address and a password.
Step 2: Pick the Images type
If you came from this page, the wizard opens with Images already selected. Otherwise choose New QR code in the sidebar and click the Images card. The phone on the right shows what an image page looks like, so you can check you picked the right type. Press Next.
The Images type selected in step 1 of the wizard.
Step 3: Add your content
Start with the name field at the top. Only you see it, so use something you will recognise in your list of codes later.
The Images form has three cards:
- Appearance: a colour palette, the header and page colours, and the fonts for the title and text.
- Basic information: drop your photos in, drag them into order and pick a view type such as a grid, carousel or stack. A switch decides whether visitors may download all the photos.
- Album information: the album title, a description, a website button and an optional welcome screen.
Large photos are resized in your browser before upload, so a phone picture of several megabytes is stored at a size that still looks sharp on a phone screen.
The live preview updates as you fill in the form.
Step 4: Design the QR code
Press Next to style the code itself. The tabs across the top cover the dot shape and colours, a logo in the middle, a frame with a call to action such as "Scan me", and the error correction level. The scannability score on the right warns you if a colour choice makes the code hard to read.
Shape, logo, frame and error correction level, with a scannability score.
Keep the dots darker than the background, and keep a plain margin around the code. Most scanning problems come from low contrast or a busy background.
Step 5: Generate and download
Press Generate. The code is saved and appears in My QR codes with its short link.
Your new code in My QR codes, with its short link.
Click the QR icon on the code's row to open it. Download PNG suits screens and documents; the arrow next to it offers SVG and PDF for print, plus JPEG and WebP. You can also copy or share the code from the same window.
Download the code as PNG, or pick SVG or PDF for print.
Scan the downloaded code with your own phone, then print a test copy at the real size and scan that too before you print the full run.
Step 6: Edit it whenever you need to
To change the image content later, press Edit on the code's row, make your changes and save. Design restyles the code, and the chart icon opens its scan statistics. The short link inside the printed code never changes, so every copy already printed shows your update on its next scan.
Removing a photo from the album hides it on the next scan. Visitors who already downloaded it keep their copy.
Tips for image QR codes
- Put your strongest photo first. It is the one everyone sees.
- iPhone HEIC photos need to be exported as JPEG first.
- Anyone with the code can open the album, so leave out anything you would not show a stranger.
New to dynamic codes? How dynamic QR codes work explains short links, scan counts and when a static code is the better choice. For printing, see the QR code print size guide.