Photo Show-Off
I've always envied WHAMs or SAHMs since I'm still figuring out how to be one. But I'm more envious of moms who can make scrapbook albums out of their children's/family's photos.
Why? First, scrapbooking and photo collages takes tons of time to do. You will have to figure out the look you want, find elements and pieces for your chosen theme then put them all together so that it'll look somewhat artistic. Second, you'll need more time to take those photos, collate/organize them or even process/edit them. But if you need less-hassle ways of preserving and/or presenting your photos, here are some highly recommended sites which does the job in lesser time and hopefully lesser effort.
Scrapblog.comThis site isn't on top of my list for nothing. Its easy to use, they've got tons ready-to-use themes which you can edit, edit, edit to your heart's content. Delete or add elements in a click of a button and upload photos, the drag-and-drop way. You can download hi-res versions for printing or leave them online for the world to see.
The Good: unlimited photos and page hosting
The Bad: Requires fast internet connection (at least 384kbps), sometimes hangs, sometimes slow, takes a lot of processing speed because its flash-based
This old photo-album site has a new feature, photo collages. Create collages from your uploaded photos and voila, you're good to go! Themes are more simple with scrapbook-like backgrounds. You can also create nifty gifts by pasting your photos on different items like puzzles and playing cards or have your creations printed in a book. Is that sweet or what?
The Good: unlimited photo hosting, printing and shipping anywhere, promo of free 15 prints just shoulder $5 shipping until October 2007
The Bad: Can't download your creations unless you get a screenshot of it, oh-so limited backgrounds
This is similar to Scrapblog but with simpler templates for that no-fuss, layouts. It has less options than Scrapblog but more than Shutterfly. You can also save a low-res version on your computer by printing it out using the "Microsoft Office Document Image Writer".
The Good: Easiest to use of the three
The Bad: Saves only low-res version of photo
More help...
With the arrival of high megapixel cams (and their humongous files), uploading to websites and photo sharing is fast becoming a chore. Here's an app (developed by Microsoft) which you can download for FREE (ding!ding!ding!) and makes image-resizing a breeze. All you have to do is select/highlight the photos you want to resize from the file explorer, right click then select "Resize Pictures" from the menu. Click on the new size you want and viola! Smaller pictures without compromising quality.
Download the uber-useful app here or view more cool apps here.
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i use aol pictures. we've
i use aol pictures. we've had aol ever since the late 90s, but the service is free now. i upload the pics and email them to family and friends. Ü the best part is downloading. with multiply, you gotta click each pic then right click to save. with aol pictures, you can select as many as you want from the album and download a zip file. Ü
@nicquee Yes po Shutterfly
@nicquee Yes po Shutterfly is free. :-D Flicker just needs to be tinkered a bit but its a really dynamic and useful photo application.
Our princess Ayex too has
Our princess Ayex too has too many pictures. I had to select her 5 best pics every month and have them printed for her baby album. I host her high res pics in multiply so my relatives abroad can see them.
Is shutterfly free? When I got the news that Yahoo! Photos is closing and had to choose where I want to transfer my pictures, I chose Flickr but then I'm not so happy with it. I feel that it's not so user friendly thus I cannot take advantage of its features!
@momma_den: you're welcome
@momma_den: you're welcome po. I hope they come out with more sites like these talaga.
ei, i totally agree...i've
ei, i totally agree...i've got tons of pictures of my baby that i want to collate...pero up to now, pictures pa rin! hehe...karamihan soft copy pa rin! even the baby book that a cousin of mine gave me is still on its original form...meaning walang laman...hayyyy....thanks thanks ng marami for the useful websites that you've mentioned :)
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