By: Ray Hill, Fri Sep 25th, 2009
Today there are many ways to share pictures with friends, family, colleagues and clients. Images can be found everywhere online, and any social media site worth its salt provides a photo album or gallery application. With such an emphasis on sharing pictures, and so many outlets to do so, it can be hard to decide where to upload your image files. I am a bit more traditional, and maybe even conservative when it comes to posting photos of my friends and family on the web. It seems safer to just make copies of pictures and pass them out at the next family function. Unfortunately, that's not very cost effective or timely. Email has come a long way as far as using attachments to send large files is concerned, but it is very inefficient unless you have the time to send three pictures per email. If you're trying to share a vacation's worth of photos, email is not an option. Online profiles usually provide an outlet for pictures, but they frequently limit images by size and sometimes dimension. Dedicated photo sites are also great for sharing, but are often inadequate with security. I've read stories of personal pictures ending up in advertisements in foreign countries despite strict copyright protection. The solution for me is a widget within the TrueShare online file system called PhotoShare. Not only can I safely keep my pictures in online storage in their original resolution, but I can share them with friends and family without allowing the rest of the world to see. It's actually a revolutionary concept: A photo album that doesn't take up shelf space (or disk space for that matter) and is accessible to anyone I choose, at any time. Here's how it works: I use TrueShare to send a direct link that's associated with the photos I took last weekend to my sister. Yes, this is cloud computing, but it's simple and easy to understand. TrueShare, in this instance, acts like a virtual thumb drive or a virtual hard drive "in the cloud". My sister just clicks the link and there are the 150 photos I wanted her to see, viewed from their online storage through a flash viewer that starts automatically. The images are also not downloaded to her computer (unless she wants them to be) so they don't take up any space. No more worries about attaching pictures or navigating complicated websites where pictures can be stolen. Of course sending a direct link is not the only way to use PhotoShare to share pictures. If you have a website, a blog, or even a newsletter, you can link a PhotoShare album easily using a simple image tag. There are also embedding options for website integration, and slide shows you are able to connect to your blogs, sites, and articles. So if you're like me, and need a way to share your photos efficiently and affordably, check out PhotoShare. It's changing the way we view things!
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