Saturday, January 5, 2008
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Simple Viewer applet
Just came across this little Flash based Simple Viewer applet, that can be used for image display on your web site. Best part, it's free. Or you can spend $45 and remove the SimpleViewer (non-disruptive) link and have more options to customize it.
View a demo or see the Simple Viewer site.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
New forum set up
This is a repeat of my announcement from ElusiveFoto blog about a new discussion forum that (for now) will only deal with photographer's web site design and creation.
I will be writing on the subject on these two blogs, but my intent is to post on the forum most of what I find. There is now so many image oriented sites, many excellent, many bad, that I thought it would help, if we could consolidate information on such sites (and how some have been build) .
I will be writing on the subject on these two blogs, but my intent is to post on the forum most of what I find. There is now so many image oriented sites, many excellent, many bad, that I thought it would help, if we could consolidate information on such sites (and how some have been build) .
Who is Me?
A shot of myself (also called an auto portrait ) taken about 2 years ago. My involvement with photography started out a while back. In fact I was around 5, when my father took me into his darkroom for the first time.
A word on Google's Picasa2 program
Recently I've started using Google's Picasa2 for emailing photos to friends and places. It's an amazing tool, especially given it's "steep" price of ZERO dollars. Simple, effective, bulletproof for the uninitiated. In other words - worth every penny.
There is enough adjustments and effects to keep anyone busy for quite some time. And results are professional. No one will know you never had any training.
Have you ever received an emailed photo that was 2 or 3 Mb and you were out of luck due to a slow connection? Picasa2 will downsize photos automatically to preset values (which you can change) as you email them. No need to worry about a large file going out anymore. This feature in itself is worth the download.
Have I mentioned Picasa2 has a nice organizer too. Best thing is, it'll scan your drives on every program start, so you can rest assured all your NEW pics are in it too. And it works fast.
Note: I have stated earlier that organizer will scan computer after each start. It appears it won't scan new (or added) folders until they're "activated" in Picasa. Not a major task, but something to keep in mind.
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