How to Upload Photos from Your Gallery to CrewBox

Photos taken outside CrewBox — texted by a sub, shot before you had the app, screenshots — import them into the right project.

Project details sheet with the Upload action

The Upload action in the project's details sheet opens your device's media picker.

Steps

  1. Open the project the media belongs to.
  2. Tap the Details pill → tap Upload in the action row.
  3. Your device's media picker opens — select photos and/or videos from the gallery.
  4. Confirm — the media uploads into the project's Photos tab (background upload, progress strip under the header).

After Import

Imported media behaves like any CrewBox capture: tag it, note it, annotate it, comment on it, put it in reports. One difference — GPS and capture attribution reflect what the original file carried, not a CrewBox capture record, so shot-in-app photos remain the stronger documentation.

When to Import vs. Capture

Capture in CrewBox whenever possible (auto project filing, GPS, attribution, offline tray). Import is the catch-up tool: media from texts, emails, other phones, or the pre-CrewBox era.