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Best Free Photo Sharing Websites
Sharing your
photos should be just as much fun as taking them.
Every good photo sharing web site combines
innovative features with a simple, useable
interface. Read on to learn about good photo sharing
sites and which one can best meet your needs.
Post your photos on any one of the free photo
sharing websites and you can share your photos with
friends and family. Some of the full-featured
photo websites allow captions, comments, and full
interaction with your users.
Many of these sites have advanced features such as
batch-upload and image editing functions that help
you quickly edit and post all of your new photos
online. In this article we review some of the
best free photo sharing websites available. |
Imgur
Imgur (www.imgur.com) calls itself “the simple image sharer”
with good reason. The Imgur home page consists of two
columns: one for uploading images of your own, the other for
browsing a gallery of other users’ images. You can
drag-and-drop images right onto the page and then upload
them with a single click of the mouse.
Once you’ve uploaded your photos, you can sort them into
albums and give them titles and descriptions. Imgur makes it
easy to share photos via Facebook, Twitter, other social
networking sites, and email. It’s also easy to find an
audience for your photos within Imgur itself. Users can vote
images up or down and comment on them within Imgur;
conversations often spring up in image comments (called
“Captions”). The site’s gallery section prominently features
images which attract the most votes.
Two drawbacks of using Imgur are that you cannot tag the
images you upload and that the site offers no photo-editing
capabilities of its own.
Picasa Web Albums
Google’s Picasa web site (picasaweb.google.com) sports a
simple user interface and an assortment of features. You can
upload photos to Picasa Web Albums just by
dragging-and-dropping photos onto the web page, without
needing to download any software. This photo-sharing service
is easy to use and rich in features, allowing you to assign
titles, descriptions, keyword tags, people tags, and even
location data to your photos. It integrates seamlessly with
Google+ social networking and also allows easy sharing via
Twitter.
The Picasa website offers both a “My Photos” tab and an
“Explore” tab, so other people can discover your photos
based on their tags and locations. Like Imgur, however,
Picasa Web Albums offers no photo-editing capabilities of
its own; you’ll have to download the Picasa software to
tweak your photos.
Splashup
Splashup (www.splashup.com) is a full-featured online photo
editor with photo-sharing capabilities. Rotating and
cropping are just the beginning; Splashup allows you to edit
multiple images down to the level of single pixels. You can
add layers to your photos, applying different effects
(filters) to different layers.
Splashup lacks some of the social networking features which
other sites mentioned in this review possess, but it
integrates well with other social networking sites. You can
import images into Splashup from your computer or from any
web site, with special support for Facebook, Flickr, Picasa,
Smugmug, and Photobucket. Once you’ve tweaked your photos to
your heart’s content, you can then share them through any of
those sites.
Pho.to
Pho.to (www.pho.to) is similar to Splashup, except that it
is more closely tailored specifically to photographs of
people. Use Pho.to to remedy red-eye and digital noise, to
correct and sharpen colors, and to enhance portraits.
One specific feature, called Makeup.Pho.to, allows you to
“make any person in a photo look like a model in a glossy
magazine” by smoothing out skin imperfections and whitening
teeth.
Pho.to is ideal for retouching and sharing family
photographs. After you’ve edited your photos online, you can
share them via Twitter or Facebook, or you can create a
custom e-card that includes them.
Flickr
Flickr (www.flickr.com) is probably the best-known photo
sharing site. Conveniently, you can use your existing Google
or Facebook account with Flickr. In addition to sharing
photos with friends, you can make them visible to Flickr’s
massive community of over 60 million photographers.
Easy-to-use privacy settings allow you to control exactly
who is able to see of your photos.
Like Imgur, Flickr sports a simple user interface; like
Picasa Web Albums, Flickr allows you to attach titles,
descriptions, keyword tags, people tags, and location
information to your photos. Tell your story through your
photographs by adding comments and notes to your albums.
Flickr’s emphasis on community creates a haven for
photographers of all skill levels.
Best Photo
Sharing Site
If you need to retouch your photos before sharing them,
consider Pho.to. Overall, however, Flickr is the best choice
for uploading, sorting, and sharing your photographs.
You might be a photography aficionado with a high-quality
digital camera, or you might just like to take the
occasional snapshot with your cell phone. Regardless of
skill level, you will appreciate Flickr’s assortment of
features and ease-of-use.
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