Windows Live Photo Gallery
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 Windows Live Photo Gallery |
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 Windows Live Photo Gallery running in Windows Vista |
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| Developed by | Microsoft |
| Latest release | 2008 (Build 12.0.1308.1023) / November 6, 2007 |
| OS | Windows XP, Windows Vista |
| Genre | Photo management and sharing |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | http://photogallery.live.com |
Windows Live Photo Gallery is a photo management and sharing application released as a part of Microsoft's Windows Live initiative. It is an upgraded version of Windows Photo Gallery, which is a part of Windows Vista. Windows Live Photo Gallery also supports Windows XP and facilitates viewing any image format supported by the Windows Imaging Component (including HD Photo) on Windows XP, if the appropriate WIC codecs are installed.
The application is available for download via the Windows Live Installer as part of the Windows Live 2.0 suite.
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[edit] Features
Windows Live Photo Gallery provides management, tagging, and searching capabilities for digital photos. It provides an image viewer that can replace the default OS image viewer, and a photo import tool that can be used to acquire photos from a camera or other removable media.
Windows Live Photo Gallery allows sharing of photos by uploading them to Windows Live Spaces and Flickr. According to Microsoft, it may gain the ability to upload to other photo sharing sites if the sites agree to using common protocols.[1] Windows Live Photo Gallery is also required for downloading full resolution photos and albums from Windows Live Spaces. It can publish videos to Soapbox on MSN Video.[2]
Windows Live Photo Gallery includes all the features of Windows Photo Gallery in Windows Vista. It adds several new features including:
- An improved photo/video import tool, providing the ability to view, select, and tag photos that are automatically grouped by date-taken.[3]
- Ability to view a photo's color histogram with shadow and highlight adjustment, or to adjust a photo's sharpness.[4]
- Panoramic stitching using technology developed by Microsoft Research.[5]
- Batch resize of photos.[6] and rotation of videos
- Support for displaying QuickTime videos when QuickTime 7 is installed.
Although it is an upgraded version of Windows Photo Gallery, some features (such as themed photo slideshows) which use Windows Vista-specific technologies are not available on Windows XP.
[edit] References
- ^ Microsoft rolls out Web storage, new photo gallery. Reuters Canada. Retrieved on 2007-06-27.
- ^ Michael Palermiti. Windows Live Photo & Video Blog : We make it easy to share on your Soapbox. Retrieved on 2007-12-28.
- ^ Karen Wong. Windows Live Photo & Video Blog : Changes to Photo/Video Import in the Live Photo Gallery Beta. Retrieved on 2007-12-28.
- ^ Brandon LeBlanc. Announcing Windows Live Photo Gallery. Retrieved on 2007-06-27.
- ^ Karthik Anbalagan. Windows Live Photo & Video Blog : Creating Panoramic Stitches with the Windows Live Photo Gallery. Retrieved on 2007-12-28.
- ^ Karthik Anbalagan. Windows Live Photo & Video Blog : Resizing Photos in Windows Live Photo Gallery. Retrieved on 2007-12-28.
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[edit] External links
- Windows Live Photo Gallery
- Microsoft Photography and Video Blog - Official Windows Live Photo Gallery team blog
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