Photos tools //

Pixable //

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Turn Your Facebook Albums into Photo Mosaics

Are you looking for a cheap but thoughtful gift for a friend or family member? Pixable lets you create cool photo mosaics using photos from Facebook, Picasa, Flickr or your computer.

User Interface

4.5 stars

Usefulness

5 stars

Innovation

4 stars

Cost:

$8.95-$9.95 plus shipping and handling

Overall Rating:

4.5

Minicompressor //

Monday, November 9, 2009

Easy Image Compression

When you’re trying to email photos or upload them to a website, large file sizes can get in the way. Minicompressor is a handy little desktop app that makes it easy to shrink your pictures down to a more manageable size.

User Interface

4.5 stars

Usefulness

4 stars

Innovation

2.5 stars

Cost:

7.50 CAD

Overall Rating:

3.7

Dropico //

Monday, October 19, 2009

Drag and Drop Your Photos

Keeping up with multiple social networking sites can be a pain. Dropico is an app that claims to make it easier to manage photos over multiple social networking sites with a nifty drag-and-drop interface.

User Interface

4 stars

Usefulness

2 stars

Innovation

3 stars

Cost:

Free

Overall Rating:

3.0

Pixlr //

Friday, September 4, 2009

Free Online Drawing and Photo Editing

Drawing software can be expensive! Why pay for what you can get for free? With Pixlr, you can either draw freehand or import a photo to edit using a range of different tools.

User Interface

4.5 stars

Usefulness

4 stars

Innovation

2.5 stars

Cost:

Free

Overall Rating:

3.7

Picwing //

Friday, July 10, 2009

Give Your Photos Wings

There are lots of photo-sharing websites out there, but Picwing may be the only one that caters to web-savvy geeks, their parents and their grandparents, allowing you to share photos online and automatically mailing out physical copies to your friends and family.

User Interface

4.5 stars

Usefulness

4 stars

Innovation

3.5 stars

Cost:

4.95 per month for one recipient, or .19 per print

Overall Rating:

4.0