Article by Medialateral
Digital cameras are fantastic! They have revolutionized the way we remember special events in our lives, capture memories, important moments and people in pixel perfect clarity. The downside is the sheer volume of digital photos that we now have to manage.
If we’re honest, most of us continue to amass a huge collection of digital photos stored on our computer, thumb-drives, cell phones, memory cards and CD’s but rarely if ever look at them again.
This fall I was determined to make a change and I began a search for a way to handle the growing mountain of digital memories. Not just handle them, but actually do something useful and meaningful with my digital photo library. And it had to be simple and reasonably cheap or else it was not going to get done.
The search for a cheap photo album solution began with online photo sharing, digital scrapbooking and free digital photo printing sites. The concept I felt drawn towards the most was the ability to easily create digital photo albums that could be both shared online as well as printed offline for other family members. Two sites that quickly became my favorites are Picaboo and Smilebox. Both provide free digital photo album software to make your life easier and they both come loaded with a huge array of album cover styles, page backgrounds, and layout ideas that let you easily create a fabulous digital photo album that you’ll be proud to share with others.
Picaboo focuses primarily on digital photo albums and cards for sharing and printing and they have been ranked as “best in class” for their professional photo albums and products. Take a look at their huge selection of album covers, styles and themes, then download their free digital photo album progam and get started. The process is simple, the end product is gorgeous and it’s so easy that I created several photo albums in one short sitting.
Smilebox offers a broader selection of digital slide show options, photo printing and scrapbook ideas in addition to their solid digital photo album capability. They too have downloadable, free digital photo album creation software and a variety of output formats for printing and sharing online and offline.
Whichever service you choose for your cheap photo albums, make sure that they live up to the following free digital photo album software checklist:
Supports all popular image formats, jpg, gif, bmp, png, tif.An easy, intuitive user interface.Simple import or drag and drop album creation. No HTML or programming requiredBuilt-in image management tools for managing your digital photo collectionLoads of premade themes, backgrounds and album layout ideasCompletely customizable album including coversFree to share your custom photo albums onlineReasonable cost for printed album versionPrinted album should use acid and elemental chlorine free materials to prevent fadingDigital photo album software free to download and use
Picaboo and Smilebox both pass with flying colors. Grab their free download and get started making cheap photo albums from your digital photos today.
Lifestyle is all about convenience, and anything that helps me manage the growing mountain of digital photos is an A+ in my books. Digital photography and free digital photo album software are some of my favorite subjects.
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