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My wife can spend hours at her desk creating the perfect series of 4 pages to add to our family scrapbook. The latest trip to the zoo or aquarium, one of our kids’ latest birthdays or even a recent family get together ends up looking like the moment of a lifetime by the time she’s through.
I will readily admit, however, that I am just not that handy when it comes to… well… using my hands for most anything other than typing, especially when it comes to anything remotely artistic. So I was very happy to see what amounts to a Digital Scrapbooking Application come across my desk for a review.
This software from PhotoFrameShow let’s you frame your digital pictures in one of over 600 frames that are available for download from their site. You are able to do some very basic “editing” to zoom in/out on the photo within the frame, to rotate your picture, and to resize the overall image prior to saving it out (especially handy if you want to post your resulting image to the web.
The company has done a nice job in designing a piece of software that is very easy to use. After downloading and installing the software (7.6MB download), I was able to create this framed picture of my youngest son in a matter of a few minutes. There is a categorized collection of frames available for you to download on a one-by-one basis, and selecting an image is just a point and click away.
PhotoFrameShow Features
The overall application has been designed with simplicity in mind, and as a result has limited functionality - but that’s a good thing. It is difficult to get confused or go too far off-track exploring off-beat features that don’t add any value to what you are trying to accomplish. To that end, the basic feature set of PhotoFrameShow include:
Save your framed pictures in multiple formats and sizes.
For me, I simply saved out a large version (for possible future printing) and a smaller web-version (seen above) in the standard .jpg format, although other formats are available.
Share your picture directly from the application.
You can email the picture simply by clicking “email” and then entering your recipients email addresses, a subject line and a welcome message. The application will then use your default email client to send your picture to family & friends.
Customize your Frame
Over 600 available themes are available to download through the website in a number of different categories, ranging from Sports to Family to Holidays to Special Events.
Virtual Printer
When you are done with your design and sharing your new picture, you can also print your picture directly from the application.
Try PhotoFrameShow for FreeÂ
I always like to try before I buy, and PhotoFrameShow makes their software available for a full-featured Trial period - 15 days - before you need to purchase for $29.99 (although if you visit their blog, you may be able to find a promotional discount from time to time). This will give you sufficient time to try the product and and see if it fits well into your everyday quiver of personal photo and video editing and sharing products. I am sure that after I show it to my wife, we’ll be purchasing the software and be putting it to good personal use.
