Kodak Easy Share Gallery, formerly Ofoto, and Kodak Easy Share desktop application are the most popular tools for organizing, sharing and storing photos. This is largely due to the fact that copies of the software are included with many digital cameras. The site is virtually ad-free, yet still has no fee for basic membership.
This site offers many gift ideas and has detailed instructions for great photo projects.
If you are a digital imaging rookie, you may want to check out the glossary for descriptions of general features found on photo and video sites, and for some insight into basic industry terms.
[#Unique#]
Many editing options online and in the desktop software make this one of the best sites for working with photos.
Kodak Mobile gallery allows you to view your albums on your phone or PDA.
Create cool collages in multiple sizes from up to 100 photos.
[#Membership#]
Free membership includes excellent desktop software, gallery account, unlimited online storage and even video file support. With upgraded membership to the Premiere Package for $2.49 per month, you get four personal URLs to which you can publish/unpublish albums and send notifications to friends when new photos are added. These four homepages can also be
divided into sub-homepages. Also with the Premiere Package extra security measures are taken to protect your photos from being lost or corrupted. They save two copies of each photo on different servers for backup.
[#Drawbacks#]
Interfacing between the desktop software and the actual Kodak Gallery website is a little tricky. While the desktop application provides many editing and organization tools, it is difficult to determine which photos have been added to the site.
Another drawback: Kodak does not provide image hosting, so another site must be used to post photos in blogs.
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[#Storage#]
Storage is unlimited and organization is simple. Kodak is also one of the most useful for uploading photos from a digital camera.
[#Products#]
Kodak offers high quality photo gifts and printing supplies. In addition to the photo books offered on other photo sites, they have hard cover photo books, scrapbook pages and accessories and traditional sleeve albums. Kodak has one of the most diverse gift selections, including unique items like teddy bears and holiday ornaments.
[#Prints#]
You have the option of picking up your prints at a local developing center, but there is a $1.43 service charge for this convenience. Prints are, of course, Kodak quality.
[#Sharing#]
When you share an account, the guest has the option to leave either public or private comments in your guestbook. Sharing is done through emailed links, password protected albums or public galleries.
[#Privacy#]
You have the option to mark photos for public or private viewing. You can also submit them to galleries.
[#SiteNavigation#]
Kodak Gallery is easy to navigate and the software is as well. However, navigating between the two can be confusing.
