1001, the desktop Flickr client
Submitted on October 13th, 2005 by admin
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1001 is a really cool application for Macs (OSX 10.3 or later) which lets you control your Flickr account directly from your desktop. Not only can you upload photos to your Flickr account directly from this application, but it will also inform you when new photos are added to any album to which you subscribe, whether it be a friend’s, a particular tag’s, or anyone on Flickr. Additionally, 1001 also lets you look at all the images which are being streamed into Flickr in real time so you can see what the latest images are.
1001 also comes with a screensaver which will gather images from Flickr but it is standalone so you do not need to have 1001 installed to use it. The application is free but still in beta.
23, a great Flickr alternative
Submitted on October 12th, 2005 by admin
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23 is a great new photo sharing service which aims to take a crack at the current leader, Flickr. 23 offers all the features we’ve come to expect from photo sharing services including the ability to make albums public or private, or sharing photos via blogs, e-mail, and even by subscribing to groups or users albums. 23 offers plenty of ways to organize photos as well, including photo albums or tags, and even lets you add stories to each image. The interface is super easy to use and pretty attractive.
The basic service is free and allows up to 15MB of transfers per months. There is also a plus account with unlimited transfer quota which will cost you about 29 EUR per year (about USD35.00). 23 also provides printing services but they aren’t done in-house. Instead, the service will connect you directly to a local print shop and arrange the prints. Pretty cool.
Panoramio, a new photo explorer
Submitted on October 11th, 2005 by admin
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One of the things I love about Web 2.0 is the ability to mash up different services and share that data. The best example of this currently are all the nifty Google Maps hacks we’ve been seeing over the past few months. I recently discovered a new one called Panoramio which shows great potential. Quite simply, Panoramio is a photo atlas in many ways, in that it lets you post pictures of particular places. When you click on a particular area of the map, you’ll be presented with the image as well as satellite imagery of the surrounding area. Go sign up and start posting some photos!
The Flickr bookmarklet
Submitted on October 10th, 2005 by admin
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Here’s a tool that pretty much no Flickr user should be without, the Flickr bookmarklet. Like any bookmarklet, you’d simply drag the code into your browser toolbar. This particular bookmarklet will send a particular image to your Flickr account with just a mouse click. Remember, you do need to be logged in to your Flickr account for this to work.
UPDATE: it seems some people aren’t quite sure how to create the bookmarklet from the code provided so just drag the following link to your browser toolbar: Send to Flickr.
[Via Lifehacker]
Free image manipulation software: Paint.NET
Submitted on October 5th, 2005 by admin
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Though the name of the application might imply ties to Microsoft Paint, it is actually much better than it’s predecessor and is (pretty much) unrelated to Microsoft. Developed by students at Washington State University, Paint.NET is an image manipulation application like Photoshop and GIMP, though much simpler. Unlike the two aforementioned programs, Paint.NET’s user interface is super simply and uncluttered, but offers useful features which anyone who wants to play around with images will need including brushes, special effects, red eye removal, the ability to acquire images from a camera or scanner, and more. For a full set of features, visit the Features page. Paint.NET is free, and Windows only.
Getting album art from iTunes
Submitted on October 4th, 2005 by admin
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We’ve done articles before on how to find album art for a particular CD which you own. There are applications available for Windows and Macs, but now there is a web-service which scans the iTunes Music Store for album art. The best part is that you get very high resolution images of the art, unlike the other applications which use images from Amazon. The downside is that it can take a few steps.
Open iTunes, go to the music store, and do a search for the album you want. When you receive search results, right-click on the album title, and click on Copy iTunes Music Store URL. Next up, go to this site, paste the URL into the form, and click Submit. Within a few seconds, you’ll have a link to both a low and high resolution copy of the album art!
More PSP subway maps
Submitted on October 4th, 2005 by admin
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I guess people must really dig these subway maps, because recently, maps have cropped up for many different cities around the world. There are maps for U.S. cities like Boston and Chicago, European cities like London and Paris, and more. For the full list, be sure to check out the post over at Joystiq.
Resize images with ImageCrop
Submitted on October 4th, 2005 by admin
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Unless you do some kind of design work (whether web or print), the chances that you will need a full fledged image editor like GIMP or Photoshop or not very high. Most people will simply use whatever image viewing application their operating system has to view images and maybe tweak a few simple things. If all you need is a quick way to resize an image, then check out ImageCrop, a free web service which lets you crop and resize images, no catch. One nice feature of the service is the predefined image sizes, which lets you convert an image into an avatar for MSN, AIM, Skype, to be used as a forum icon, and even various different wallpaper sizes. There’s no catch, just a handy service, so check out ImageCrop.
Back up your Flickr photos
Submitted on September 28th, 2005 by admin
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Flick users have lots of great tools to sync their accounts with their computers, but until recently, not the other way around. Now there is a tool called Flickr Backup which will download photos from your Flickr account straight to your computer. All you need to do is enter your username and password into the application and watch as the magic happens. Because Flickr Backup is written in Java, it will work on any operating system with Java installed, including Windows, Macs, and Linux. It’s totally free, so Flickr junkies, go get it!
[VIa Lifehacker]
Frame your Flickr photos
Submitted on September 19th, 2005 by admin
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Are you a Flickr users who is a sucker for the old days of film negatives? Then here’s a cool (but useless) service called Flickr framer which lets you add a little frame around your photographs. There are many different frame types you can choose from including U.S. and Canadian stamp borders, 35mm and Polaroid borders, and many more. If you want to add a special touch to your Flickr collection, check out Flickr framer.
The service is super easy to use. All you need to do is enter the web address of a photograph’s Flickr page, then choose your border and hit Frame it. That’s all there is too it!
[Via Lifehacker]
