Updates from July, 2009

  • Google Image Search for License Free Images

    Joe Caridi 12:53 pm on July 9, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: google, images, license, search

    Google updated their image search feature today so that you can search for images with Creative Commons or GNU Licenses that you can use for FREE. All these pics are tagged as being usable by anyone. You can even search for images that you may be allowed to modify.

    To use this feature, visit http://images.google.com and go to Advanced Image Search. Then select the type of license that you are interested under “Usage Rights.”

    LEGAL WARNING: Keep in mind that the person who tagged them might not actually have the rights to the image. So be careful. You may have the rights to the artists creation, but not to the unrestricted use of the building or model. So this search is probably fine if you are looking for a picture of a flower or animal, but if there is a person or a building in the pic, you still may want to use one of the stock photo sites out there.

    For more information on this service, visit http://bit.ly/v2WnL.

    Google-Image-Search

     

  • Photo Block Holiday Kit

    Shawn Brown 7:48 pm on December 11, 2006 | 1 Permalink | Reply

    Are you looking for a Christmas idea?  The folks over at Photojojo have come up with a pretty cool idea.  If you have some photos you can turn your 4″x6″ pictures into a Photo Block using their Photo Block kit.  This is a simple yet very creative idea.  Plus if you have kids this would be a great project for the kids.  Go ahead and check it out . 

     

  • Cool Tools For Sharing Digital Photos

    Shawn Brown 9:09 pm on October 13, 2006 | 0 Permalink | Reply

    Digital photography is one of my favorite hobbies.  Taking photos of the kids or an early morning sunrise is a great joy.  But taking the shots is just part of the fun.  Once they are on the computer I look forward to browsing, editing, and sharing them.  So once those digital pictures are loaded on the computer here’s some cool things you can do with them.

    Sharing Digital Photos with a Photoblog

    This morning I came across an article at Photojojo titled Project 365: How to Take a Photo a Day and See Your Life in a Whole New Way.  The article talks about the benefits and how to of taking a photo a day and where to post it.  This posting has a lot of good tips on creating your own Photoblog. 

    In the article the writer points about a couple photo sharing websites available.  Those sites are:

    • Flickr
    • Fotolog
    • Photoblog    

    Online Digital Photo Albums, Photo Sharing, and Digital Printing

    There are numerous websites available online to share, print, create calendars, create greeting cards, and much more.  Two that I have used are Shutterfly and Snapfish.  These sites will allow you to do a great deal with your digital photos.  Other photo websites are:

    Organize Your Digital Photos

    Organizing your digital photos can be done with Google’s Picasa.   

    Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you will recognize. Picasa also makes advanced editing simple by putting one-click fixes and powerful effects at your fingertips.  

    There, now you have new cool digital photo tools to work with.  Have fun!

     

  • Digital Photography Made Easy With Snapfire

    Shawn Brown 7:38 pm on September 23, 2006 | 0 Permalink | Reply

    Snapfire screen shotCorel has launched a new software product called Snapfire.  Snapfire is great software for the digital photography enthusiast.  Snapfire is simple to use and gives you the ability to share your digital photos with friends and family.  With this cool software you can easily organize digital photos, create slide shows, and send digital photos by email. 

    Snapfire makes organizing your digital photos a snap.  This software will let you view pictures as a full screen slide show as soon as they are downloaded from your digital camera.  You are also given the tools to help you locate those photos by rating photos, adding captions, and adding tags so you can always find them.  When you want to locate your digital photos later, just type the file name or keyword into a search box and Snapfire will find the photo you are looking for.

    It’s a snap to enhance your photos with just a few clicks.  Snapfire will crop photos to a 4×6.  The Photo Doctor in Snapfire will let you know when a photo can be improved by clicking Quick Fix.  Adjust the color, brightness, and contrast and also turn your digital pictures into Black & White or Sepia photographs.

    In addition, Snapfire comes with templates to make scrapbook pages, cards, collages, and calendars.  So are you ready to get your creative juices flowing.  Download the free version of Snapfire by visiting their website at http://www.snapfire.com/.

    20 Free Prints, 12 cents per print, Free Shipping

     

  • Picasa - Free Photo Software From Google

    Shawn Brown 9:01 pm on May 16, 2006 | 0 Permalink | Reply

    Looking for free software to assist in managing your Digital Photos.  Check out Google’s Picasa.  Here’s what google says about it. 

    Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you will recognize. You can drag and drop to arrange your albums and make labels to create new groups. Picasa makes sure your pictures are always organized.

    Picasa also makes advanced editing simple by putting one-click fixes and powerful effects at your fingertips. And Picasa makes it a snap to share your pictures – you can email, print photos home, make gift CDs, instantly share via Hello™, and even post pictures on your own blog. (http://picasa.google.com/)

     

  • Snapfish - Digital and Film Photo Developing Made Easy

    Shawn Brown 8:09 pm on May 8, 2006 | 1 Permalink | Reply

    I recently purchased some photos using Snapfish. For years I’ve used another online photo developing service. Recently I purchased a new camera where the file sizes are much larger. I was getting frustrated with the time it was taking to upload my photos so I began to look around. The discovery was SnapFish.

    Using Snapfish I was given the option to reduce the file size at time of up loading the photos.  This made a huge difference uploading the photos.  Of course you don‘t have to pick that option if you want to make large prints.

    The other really great feature I found was the shipment and pickup option. When given the shipment option you have a choice either to pick them up at Walgreen’s an hour later or have them sent in the mail. Now that’s great! No more waiting for the mailman.

    Get your first 20 prints FREE! Plus, get 4×6″ prints as low as 12-cents!

    Snapfish is a leading online photo service with more than 24 million members and one billion unique photos stored online. We enable our members to share, print and store their most important photo memories at the lowest prices – online or off. Snapfish offers professionally-developed digital camera prints as low as 10¢, film developing for just $2.99 per roll, free online photo sharing, unlimited online photo storage, free editing tools and software, wireless imaging services, and more than 80 personalized photo products, ranging from calendars, mugs and mousepads, to boxer shorts, dog leashes and teddy bears.

     

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