Most of you know I have been using Flickr to share digital pics for a little over a year. I have used this account since May 2nd 2007 and have a registered user until May 2nd , 2010.
April 28, 2008 You bought yourself a 2 years Pro Account $47.99
May 2, 2007 You bought yourself a 1 year Pro Account $24.95
Total spent on Flickr – US $72.94
The only alternative photo sharing service that I compare to be competitive with Flickr (in terms of ease of use) is googles Picasa Web Albums. Unfortunately I have a little over 40GB of images and using google would cost me $75 a year.
10 GB ($20.00 USD per year)
40 GB ($75.00 USD per year)
150 GB ($250.00 USD per year)
400 GB ($500.00 USD per year)
I still use Googles Picasa to manage my collection on my personal computer and love the “Web Album” button. It makes sharing photo’s online (via Picasa’s web albums) as simple as pushing a button (with Flickr I have to drag and then push a button). For 90% of you I would recommend using Picasa for of ease of use. It has 1GB of free space for initial users and I don’t see many of you having more then 10 GB a year of photos (at $20.00 USD per year). If you are looking for advice and have a questions on either of these services leave me a comment and I will help you get started.
Enough about photo services, what is this blog about.
I recently found a Picasa Facebook Upload plugin that is AWESOME! Facebook should by no means be your primary image hosting site (neither should Myspace). Both compress all images uploaded to their servers. In short, you are only sharing low detail images. The reason I am excited is now I have a tool to use to upload to Facebook quickly enabling me to use Facebook’s “Face Tagging” feature.
Face Tagging is when you see a picture and identify people who are in it. It is very easy to use. You click the “Tag Photo” button and then put the cross hairs on someone you knows face. If that person is on Facebook you only need to type a few letters of the persons name and his name will shows up (assuming you are friends of course). Here is a screen shot of Photo Tagging in progress. In this example I am highlighting Nick Hester who unfortunately isn’t on Facebook
Whenever you are tagged in a picture on Facebook you can see it in a list on your account. Whenever you tag others they get notified. You can tag yourself and other people. Since Facebook is very popular service this feature will continue to grow. I enjoy having friends tag me on photo’s they took and like to be notified by Facebook when a new photo is tagged. All in all, Facebook has nailed “Social Digital Picture Networking”.
I will start uploading more photo’s to Facebook because of this new plugin. If you don’t yet have Facebook yet go and register. It’s about time. Download Picasa, get a Flickr/Picasa web album account and start sharing photo’s!
If you don’t have a Facebook user register one here Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/
If you want to use Picasa to manage your images download here: http://picasa.google.com/
Facebook Picasa Upload Button Plugin: http://apps.facebook.com/picasauploader/
I will continue to use Flickr but keep an eye on Facebook. Hope to tag you in a photo soon
If you have Facebook add me as a Friend .
p.s. This article was written by the user of a PC. I know the Mac has some killer photo sharing applications.
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