On our weekly Real Deal podcast today, Tom and I covered online photo sharing. It's not so much a comparison of the dozens of good photo sites we know of, but rather an overview of the issues for people confused about the whole space. Topics covered: Various services. How to pick a site. Privacy and copyrights. Online editing. And listener questions.
How to select a photo site, and why.
See also our Newbie's Guide to Flickr.
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Yahoo Photos will be shut down in 99 days for some users, but Yahoo released tools Wednesday to let members move their pictures to alternative sites.
Yahoo Photos members now can migrate their pictures elsewhere.
(Credit: Yahoo)In a blog posting Wednesday, Tim Anderson, the senior product manager of Yahoo Photos and Flickr, encouraged the Yahoo Photos users to move their photos to Yahoo's other photo site, Flickr. But the company also will let members move their photos to four other sites: Snapfish, Shutterfly, Photobucket and Kodak Gallery.
Look at the options carefully before you switch. Some are offering perks such as free prints, and others don't support some Yahoo Photos features such as tags. And don't be in a rush: The site won't shut down until September 20, and international users likely will get even more leeway.
Conspicuously missing from the migration list is Picasa, the photo-sharing site run by Yahoo archrival Google.
The site was misbehaving on Wednesday evening. When I tried to move my photos, I got an error message: "Wait! There's a problem. We're sorry about this, but we couldn't start your migration for a very technical reason that you probably don't want to know."
Members also can buy archival CDs--which might not be a bad idea no matter in any event given that most folks are backup shirkers.
"We've watched photography gradually change from a tool for simply recording life events (seen enough baby/wedding/graduation/vacation photos, anyone?) to a social tool for sharing and connecting with others. That's why we believe it's time to shift our focus towards Flickr," Anderson said.
- NBC and News Corp. push new Web rival to YouTube. If you can't beat 'em join 'em, which is what AOL, MSN, Yahoo and MySpace are doing to combat media juggernaut YouTube. The companies have combined forces and are gearing up to launch a new online video service this summer. Besides user-submitted clips, expect to find full-length TV shows and paid-for movies from two major studios. (CNET News.com)
- HP to acquire photo start-up Tabblo. Photo sharing and printing service Tabblo is being acquired by Hewlett-Packard. In our hands-on we noted the ease and simplicity of its built-in printing options, and apparently HP took notice too. HP purchased competing photo-sharing service Snapfish a few years ago, and intends to keep it and Tabblo as separate brands. (CNET News.com)
- Site wants to become YouTube of games. Flash games site Kongregate (previous coverage) has a received $1 Million in funding and has opened up the site to everyone (it was previously a private beta.) The site now hosts over 300 games. (CNET News.com)
- Picnik adds new features, Picasa Integration. Picnik, the Web-based photo editing and browsing tool we checked out last month, has added some neat new features like tinting, focal change, and drawing right on photos with a doodling tool. Also new is the ability to sync up with Picasa Web albums using the newly released Picasa Web Album API.
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