Archive for the 'Photo' Category
Pros
- Ability to create custom albums on the phone
- Can delete multiple photos at once
- Works smoothly with Picasa and Flickr
Cons
- A bit pricy
- Syncing only through WiFi
- Buggy
- Limited to uploading only to Picasa and Flickr
- Cumbersome at times
The Bottom Line
The concept is a good one but the software is still quite buggy and in
need of some work.
Ratings
Recommended
No
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The concept behind SplashPhoto for iPhone is to enable iPhone users to better manage their photos from their phones. Unfortunately the app falls short in many respects. The concept is great, but the app is in need of some serious tweaking.
Pros
- Quickly and easily upload photos to Picasa, Flickr or Facebook
- Easy to categorize and organize photos
- Well laid out
- Not a memory hog
Cons
- Complicated to use with storage card in some instances
- Occasionally locked up during use
- Could me more customizable
The Bottom Line
SplashPhoto provides a good way to manage and upload your photos with your mobile device, but still has some kinks to be worked out.
Ratings
Recommended
Yes/No
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Uncertainty abounds when it comes to managing photos on a mobile device. My HTC S621 running Windows Mobile 6.1 came with a killer 1.2 megapixel camera that has just completely changed my life to the point that I’m considering quitting my current job to become a professional photographer! All sarcasm aside though, with the increased use of mobile phone cameras for day to day pictures many are faced with the question of what to do with all of those photos that get snapped at birthdays, bar mitzvas, and executions of famous dictators.
I personally was faced with a frustrating situation shortly after buying my HTC S621. I was trying out the new high-quality camera on my phone at a AAA baseball game with my family one night. My kid, of course, was doing something extraordinarily adorable and I had the phone out snapping away. All went well until I tried to use the phone’s web browser to log into my favorite online social networking site and upload my masterpieces so the grandparents many miles away could melt. After trying for 5 innings to simply upload 3 pictures I struck out (no pun intended).
So along comes SplashPhoto, a little program that can finally help you take all of those random shots of your cousin Patsy eating a footlong chili dog or the kid throwing up on grandpa and organize them into nice categories, even share them with the world.
Pros
- Can help in the time it takes to remove dust and scratches on a photo particularly in organic backgrounds
- Greatly improves the quality of portraits in less time than usual PhotoShop tools
- Improves productivity
Cons
- Learning curve to understanding the best way to use these filters (‘how to’ examples come in handy here)
- Takes time to work into existing processes if you use PhotoShop everyday
The Bottom Line
Alien Skin has a good set of filters here. If you use Photoshop on a regular basis, and are able to take the time (as with any tools) to understand their functions these filters can really improve your work process and speed up results.
Ratings
Recommended
Yes
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Using Photoshop every day, there are always ways to improve the process of image manipulation and touch up work. Alien Skin has developed these filters to help in that arena. Everything from major image repair to the skin tone improvements — these filters can find their way into your process in provide results.
Pros
- Easy to use (Very intuitive software)
- Quick project creation (fast photo upload; no account to set up or other front end hassle)
- Built in guidance (set page margins “goof proof” your design)
- Great creative flexibility- able to do full page spreads (see photo) and more
- Quality product delivered to your door
Cons
- Not compatible with Mac
- Only supports Internet Exlorer (ActiveX required)
- Lack of spell check
The Bottom Line
If you’ve been looking for a product that delivers quality while being easy to use, try RocketLife. A focus group ranked RocketLife far superior to other mainstream competitors (CVS, Kodak Easy Share Gallery, Shutterfly, and Snapfish) in every category and overall. Save yourself the hassle and make RocketLife your first choice.
Ratings
Recommended
Yes
Full Review
RocketLife may be relatively new to the market, but their products are top of the line in the internet photo processing arena.
Beginning with an amazingly well thought out software package for book creation, you can literally create a book product in a matter of two minutes with their standard templates. That’s right, there’s no account to set up, no password to create, none of that front end hassle. You just choose your product, upload your photos and play. Which means you get more done in less time.