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Flickr rolled out a new feature to help us share our photos and videos. It is a little Share This button in the upper right hand corner of a photo page, sets page, or group. After clicking it you get a drop down menu where you can: email it, grab the link, grab the embed code, or post it to your blog (which requires some setup.)
This simple little feature will help us share more of the interesting stuff that we find on flickr.
Tags: blog, flickr, new feature, sharing, Social
Photoshop Express keeps gaining more and more respect in my book. Today I discovered its “social” aspect. Some of you may already know this, but it is still an outstanding feature.
Photoshop Express integrates with Facebook, Photobucket, and Picasa. Now you can edit your photos on these services through Photoshop Express. It is all done within the comfort of the Photoshop Express interface. You get all the features just as if the photo was in Photoshop Express to begin with.
I would be even happier if it were integrated with flickr as well. Hopefully this is what the future brings.
Tags: facebook, online, photobucket, photoshop express, picasa, Social
Adobe has been releasing a ton of neat things lately. The newest addition is Photoshop Express, a web based photo editing application. It may be one of the most powerful yet simple web apps that I have seen so far. To top it all off, it is absolutely free.
Photoshop Express provides users with 2GB of free storage where they can upload, organize, edit, and share photos. Once uploaded, you can change the photo’s titles, captions, descriptions and other information. The can also be organized into albums which can be shared with friends and family.
That is all neat, but the real power is the editing. With Photoshop Express, you can edit any photo that you have uploaded. There are tons of options ranging from cropping and saturation to hue adjustments. When I say powerful, I am not implying that it is comparable to Photoshop CS3. It isn’t anywhere near Photoshop and isn’t trying to be, but it is still great for what it is.
The interface is great. In editing mode, you select the action you want to perform on the left hand side. Then at the top, you can move a slider to change the adjustments. Alternatively, there are a row of thumbnails above the slider showing the affect on the photo. As you hover over these thumbnails, it demonstrates these affects on the actual photos instantly. To apply the affect, just click on the thumbnail. All of the editing in non-destructive and can be changed any time.
Photoshop Express will really shine with consumers. There are many people who want to jazz up their photos but are scared off when it the answer is Photoshop. Photoshop Express makes it insanely simple and cheap for these users to get in on the action. Adobe has done a great job at providing these users with a place to store, edit, and share photos.
My feeling is that this will become Adobe’s gateway to future Photoshop purchases. This will help get people’s feet wet and make them desire more power that Photoshop can deliver. None the less, it is a great web application to have available for those quick and easy edits. Oh, and did I mention that it’s free.
Here is a photo that I tweaked in Photoshop Express.
Last week I made the transition from a point and shoot to a digital SLR camera. After reading many reviews and articles I decided to purchase a Nikon D40.Overall, this camera has been amazing. It exceeds everything that has been said about it and has gotten me more into photography. I have been reading and learning more about the technical aspects of photography and overall it has been an excellent experience.If you have been thinking about purchasing a dSLR, I strongly recommend going to a store and trying them out. Make sure and read reviews to find one that is right for you. I can’t really give a recommendation as this is my first and only dSLR, but I can say that I have been more than happy with my new camera.The site that has helped me out the most on my quest for a dSLR has been KenRockwell.com. The site has great reviews on cameras and also provides excellent user friendly guides on how to access the basic functions of various cameras. The author has written some excellent articles on photography and is overall an excellent resource.If you want to check out the photos I have been taking with the camera, they can be found on my flickr site with the tag Nikon D40. Also go and check out the article I wrote on YourWeb about flickr.
