I am wondering what services people like (or don't like) for online photo printing and hosting - like SnapFish, PhotoBucket, etc. My mom has a ton of photos she wants to upload and print. What service do you think is the best (i.e. price, quality, service, ease of uploading, etc.). Opinions and experiences appreciated. Thanks.
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Which online photo service is the best?
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I've been using Photobucket for about 6 months. It's good.
I tried Snapfish and Picassa lately. Both resized my photos too much. I don't like them.
Photobucket is quite flexible as far as size goes, is easy to use and is generous with the free capacity, but...lately it hesitates and/or gets stuck when I upload (or try to). Were it not for that one thing, I'd recommend it without reserve.
I'd like to read more opinions, so I'll watch the thread with interest.
I tried Snapfish and Picassa lately. Both resized my photos too much. I don't like them.
Photobucket is quite flexible as far as size goes, is easy to use and is generous with the free capacity, but...lately it hesitates and/or gets stuck when I upload (or try to). Were it not for that one thing, I'd recommend it without reserve.
I'd like to read more opinions, so I'll watch the thread with interest.
www.Shutterfly.com has been the best for me. Quality is great and the turn around time on printing the books is less than a week. Plus no limts on uploaded files. You can also upload straight from iphoto.
Winkflash!
The pictures come out great, very little shift in colors from what the picture looks like onscreen.
Plus, there's no charge to download the full-res version of the picture back from the website-which means people who can see my shared album can download the full size image rather than the scaled version from snapfish, shutterfly, photobucket, etc.
The pictures come out great, very little shift in colors from what the picture looks like onscreen.
Plus, there's no charge to download the full-res version of the picture back from the website-which means people who can see my shared album can download the full size image rather than the scaled version from snapfish, shutterfly, photobucket, etc.
I used Photobucket a lot about a year ago, and then I didn't use it again until last month. (free account). The pictures are slower than before to upload, but videos didn't even seem like they were uploading.
Upload directly from iPhoto to Picasa web albums.
http://picasa.google.com/web/mac_tools.html
This simply rocks and makes so nice photo albums on web. And is totally free.
http://picasa.google.com/web/mac_tools.html
This simply rocks and makes so nice photo albums on web. And is totally free.
I have galleries with both imageevent and pbase. imageevent is far more reliable. I've had too many bugs and issues with Pbase, so I never upload to them anymore, and will probably just allow my account there to expire.
After trying a few options, my wife and I have decided that PhotoWorks is best for us.
It's fairly easy to upload pictures, easy to keep them organized, and the prints come out pretty good too. For xmas we made a couple of photobooks online (they seemed to have the best options and value) which were a big hit at both of our families.
I keep on reading about flickr though. It sounds nice and all, but what kind of printing options do I have? Also, the limits on the free account is lame compared to the unlimited storage and printing options from photoworks, snapfish, kodak, etc.
Good luck. Let us know what you go with.
-DCBass
It's fairly easy to upload pictures, easy to keep them organized, and the prints come out pretty good too. For xmas we made a couple of photobooks online (they seemed to have the best options and value) which were a big hit at both of our families.
I keep on reading about flickr though. It sounds nice and all, but what kind of printing options do I have? Also, the limits on the free account is lame compared to the unlimited storage and printing options from photoworks, snapfish, kodak, etc.
Good luck. Let us know what you go with.
-DCBass