Getting Picky About Photo Gallery Editors
Written on November 16, 2008 – 1:21 pm | by ozjourno
It bamboozles me the extent to which technology adapts to the wants of netizens. These days it is a necessity for internet companies to evolve to the expectations of their users, in the process creating impatience & addictions for the “next big thing”.
Internet related companies don’t stand still for very long & are always looking to expand their products. Take Google for example which owns Picasa & Youtube, 54 companies in all since 2001.
Robert Niles, in Online Journalism Review, reviewed 4 such gallery editors. His criteria was they had to be able to add captions, control the style & how fast the images are displayed – and they had to able to embed as a flash gallery in a website. He chose Picasa, Picturetrail, Bubbleshare & SlideFlickr.
Picasa, owned by Google, proved simple but not good for Mac users. It came a close second. I don’t like that you have to download the software & I found it a little hard for my middle aged brain to contend with!
SlideFlickr came in front. After a bit of manoeuvoring I finally got it. They also claim to be able to do a slideshow in 10 seconds. From start to finish? Not likely – I don’t move THAT fast! Here’s the result:
Imagery in journalism goes hand in hand with text. Each compliments the other with images giving a better overall perspective. Slideshows give the story more depth & images are easier to upload than large file videos. The “best of” images can be incorporated into a slideshow & uploaded fairly quickly.
Now excuse me while I grab my camera …
Tags: editors, gallery, journalism, photo
