In the past, we’ve discussed our commitment to building unique experiences and integrating with great services from across the web. With the release of Windows Live Essentials 2011, we’ve made it easier to create and share across your sites.
With the amount of photos and videos we capture and store on our PCs (the average person adds nearly 1GB of photos to their computer every six months [1]), we wanted to ensure that Windows Live Photo Gallery can easily connect to your sites so you can conveniently share your photos to your friends and family online.
Some of those great sites include major photo and video services and social networks like Facebook, Flickr, and YouTube. We’ve also made it possible for any site to build a plug-in so you can directly share photos from Windows Live Photo Gallery to that website. And we’ve partnered with other popular sites to build some of these plug-ins – for example, you can upload to Picasa Web, Multiply, Vimeo, and SmugMug.
Today, we’re excited to announce we’re adding a unique partner plug-in from Inkubook, a high-quality photo book manufacturer. The Inkubook plug-in lets you easily create a professional-quality photo book from your photos in Windows Live Photo Gallery. And using Inkubook’s Photo Book Uploader, you can easily preview what your book will look like before you upload your photos to Inkubook’s customized experience.
For more detailed instructions on how to use Inkubook, check out Brandon’s post on the Windows Experience blog.
We hope you enjoy creating some great photo books using the Inkubook plug-in. We’re excited to keep connecting Windows Live to the services that matter to you.
Brad Weed
Group Program Manager, Windows Live Photo Gallery & Movie Maker
[1] InfoTrends US Photo and Video Survey 2009
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