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New Photo Gift Ideas for Valentine's Day 2010

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:11:47 +0100

Bishop Valentine of Terni is a martyred Saint of ancient Rome. Because of his believes he was executed on 14 February 269. Bishop Valentine married couples and aided Christians which Emperor Claudius II considered a crime. According to legend Valentine gave the newly wedded couples flowers from his own garden. A modern Valentine present for a friend or partner requires a personal touch, that purchased flowers can hardly provide. Cambridge. 21 Jan 2010. -- Choosing or preparing a gift for Valentine's Day should be fun - not something rushed through at the last minute. FotoInsight, a leading independent digital photo service, is expanding its range of Valentine's photo gifts year after year. "Love is a special feeling and it must be expressed in an extraordinary way, Valentine's Day is the perfect occasion", states the Catalina Martinez, Head of Communication at FotoInsight Ltd and asks: "When have you given you partner a truly unique gift?" Online digital photo services like FotoInsight can help transforming an individual photograph into a Valentine present that will be cherished and remembered for years to come: • Snow dome with red hearts – a photograph is inserted in the centre. • Love Crystallised: FotoInsight adds to its selection of photo gifts designed to display and preserve cherished photographs. Valentine’s Day photo gift ideas include crystal photo heart with a 3D laser engraved photograph, picture frames, photo key rings, pen holder glass block with a laser engraved photograph. Special about the crystal key ring is an LED light to illuminate the engraved image. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

El especialista en revelado de fotos e impresión por Internet FotoInsight se expande a Escandinavia

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:55:47 +0100

Para asegurar la oportuna entrega de foto-regalos esta Navidad, FotoInsight expande su presencia geográfica aún más. Århus, Göteborg y Madrid, 1 de diciembre de 2009. – FotoInsight ha promovido servicios de revelado de fotografía digital en línea y regalos fotográficos para consumidores y empresas en España a través de su servicio por Internet desde enero del año 2006. Ahora la compañía anuncia el lanzamiento de sus servicios en danés y sueco como FotoInsight Nordic. Durante sus primeros seis años de vida, el servicio en línea se ha expandido vendiendo impresión en papel fotográfico, pósteres, regalos y libros de fotos digitales en 32 países europeos y siete idiomas. La empresa inició sus operaciones alemanas en junio de 2005 y las italianas en octubre del mismo año, expandiéndose a Francia en abril de 2007, además de ofrecer sus servicios en español e inglés. Cada uno de los servicios internacionales está respaldado por un equipo web y de atención al cliente con dominio del idioma como lengua materna. La calidad y correcta entrega a lo largo de la Unión Europea se logran a través de seis laboratorios estratégicamente ubicados, que aseguran que todo pedido de foto regalos efectuado antes del 12 de diciembre pueda ser entregado en España a tiempo para Navidad. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

From a snapshot to printed art on the wall

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:38:39 +0100

Canvas printing is popular for a family portrait from a professional photographer or a wedding picture. But any well achieved photograph in sufficient resolution could decorate an office or home. A framed poster or canvas print from a photograph is in any case more personal than a poster from a furniture store. A few years ago, during a visit to a well know Swedish furniture chain, I noticed that most of the posters on the shelf had already been there in my own youth. This popular chain charges about £30 for a framed print. Own photographs printed onto a canvas cost about twice as much, but are infinitely more individual than posters from stock and they preserve personal memories. Instead of standard decoration for our teenager's room we printed a photograph from her skiing holidays which she chose, onto a large canvas. The print was so good and popular, that many more poster and canvas prints have followed since. It doesn't really matter if a poster print from an artist makes a higher cultural claim. Own photographs reflect the photographers impressions, and thanks to digital technology, these can be reproduced, just like when telling a story through pictures instead of words. Most people with digital images from holidays, parties or family pics have such images which should be on display. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Con una instantánea se hace arte digital para decorar

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:37:32 +0100

Imprimir fotos en lienzo es popular, por ejemplo, para un retrato realizado por un fotógrafo profesional o una foto de boda. Pero cualquier fotografía bien lograda, con suficiente resolución, puede decorar una oficina o un hogar. Un póster enmarcado o una impresión en lienzo de una fotografía propia son, de todas formas, más personales que un cuadro comprado en una tienda. Hace unos años, durante una visita a una tienda de muebles sueca, noté que la mayoría de los pósteres que vendían ya existían en mi juventud. Esta conocida cadena cobra alrededor de 30,00 € por una lámina enmarcada. Una fotografía propia e individual impresa en lienzo montado cuesta el doble, sin embargo es infinitamente más personal que un póster comercial y preserva los mejores recuerdos. En lugar de elegir una decoración estándar para el dormitorio de nuestra hija, mandamos a imprimir en un lienzo grande una foto de unas vacaciones en la nieve, que le había gustado. El foto-lienzo quedó tan bien y gustó tanto, que desde entonces hemos hecho muchas más impresiones de pósteres y lienzos fotográficos. Realmente no importa si una lámina de un artista denota una pretensión cultural mayor. Las fotografías propias reflejan las impresiones del fotógrafo y, gracias a la tecnología digital, éstas pueden reproducirse al igual que se cuenta una historia en imágenes en vez de con palabras. La mayoría de las personas con fotos digitales de sus vacaciones, fiestas o familiares tienen imágenes que deberían estar a la vista. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

¿Debe un regalo de del Día de Reyes ser práctico, útil o personal? La búsqueda para el regalo ideal continúa.

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 20:56:27 +0100

Berlín, Madrid, Cambridge, 6 de Nov. de 2009. Encontrar un buen regalo de Navidad para un amigo o familiar es el desafío al que nos enfrentamos cada año. Si se observan unas cuantas reglas, la búsqueda de regalos originales y asequibles puede ser bastante fácil. Pero las compras de última hora deben evitarse, sólo causan estrés en una temporada inoportuna. Navidad, celebrando reuniones Buscar y encontrar los regalos de Navidad puede ser completamente relajado, si se hace desde casa por Internet. Las preguntas típicas como: “¿Qué le gustaría o qué le haría falta?” o “¿Tiene que ser tan caro?” se han vuelto redundantes en nuestra sociedad opulenta, donde la gente ya ha comprado las cosas que quiere y si no ha comprado algo, es porque no lo quiere. Por ello, para esta temporada he aquí ideas para regalos que ayudan a preservar recuerdos personales y celebran la convivencia. En su mayoría se trata de foto-regalos que pueden personalizarse con fotografías propias. Las tarjetas de felicitación no tienen que ser todas iguales Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Should a Christmas present be practical, useful or personal? The search for the perfect gift idea continues.

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 20:55:11 +0100

When well being and friendship become more important than material goods, then the way presents are selected changes, too. Ann Green has put together a list of Christmas gifts available online. The gift ideas range from the decorative, the practical to family friendly games. They all have in common, that they can be personalised with own images. Berlin, London, Cambridge. 6 Nov. 2009. Finding the right Christmas present for your friends and family is a challenge you have to face every year. When a few basic rules are observed, finding original and affordable presents can become quite easy. Last minute purchases should be avoided, it only causes stress at the wrong time of the year. Christmas, celebrating reunions Searching for and buying Christmas presents can be completely relaxed when done from home on the Internet. Questions like: "What would she like or what would be useful to him?" or "Does it have to be that expensive?" have become redundant in our affluent society, where people have already bought the things they want and what they have not bought yet they don't really want. For this Christmas here a list of individual gift ideas to preserve personal memories and to celebrate families and friendship. These are largely photo gifts, personalised with own images. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

New photo books shine at Christmas - with environmental friendliness

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 20:53:17 +0100

Berlin. London. 5 Nov. 2009. Printing-1 produces long lasting photo book. Now the online photo book specialist is adding an gloss vanish option to sealing the photo book pages. This ensures that after the whole family has browsed through the new photo book at Christmas it will still look like new. As an environmentally aware enterprise, the printer ensures through compliance with ISO 14001* that the pages in photo books from Printing-1 remain free of toxic substances. Glossy prints last longer For three years Printing-1 has been offering customers the opportunity to design their individual photo book. To the range of photo canvas prints and photo books as well as photobook calendars Printing-1 now adds the glossy photo book. For this the complete photo book pages are coated with an environmentally friendly glossy varnish, which improves brilliance and detail. Environmentally friendly diversity Customers can choose among seven different photo book formats with up to 250 pages. A longer lasting book binding is achieved with a Polyurethan (PUR) glue, which keeps the photo book pages in place. Thanks to the new High-Gloss finish option, the printed surface is protected from wear and de-colouring, ensuring a long life for the book and the photographic memories within. The new hi-gloss can even be used with a good ecological conscience. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

FotoInsight starts the Calendar Season 2010 with 1/3 off on photo calendars

Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:43:58 +0200

Ever more and better images rest on ever smaller storage media. FotoInsight uses increased image resolution for innovative photo products and offers during October 2009 only 1/3 discount on photo calendars orders. Cambridge. 7 Oct. 2009. - A professionally printed calendar using own photographs must rank among the most convenient photo gifts for friends and family. But photo labs can only print calendars, once the images have been uploaded. In the days before Christmas calendar production is running at full capacity. To entice early birds, FotoInsight offers 1/3 off on photo calendars during October with the discount voucher "EARLYBIRD". Those ordering their personalised Christmas gifts in October can therefore make real savings. Photographic calendars can be ordered by uploading 13 digital images online. Alternatively FotoInsight also offers free Designer software, with additional calendar models, many calendar templates and many more editing tools than an internet browser could handle. Editing the calendar through a special software tool allows for example to freely position any number of images on a single page. This is useful when an event should be enhanced by scanned holiday memories, like entrance tickets, postcards or maps – these can now be integrated into a professionally printed photo calendar. The increase in design flexibility follows requests from customers, ordering photographic calendars year after year for friends and family. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

FotoInsight anuncia una mejora de calidad con la nueva línea de revelado Premium

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:18:47 +0200

La fotografía digital ha cambiado profundamente la manera en que se consumen fotos impresas. La mayor cantidad de fotos tomadas contrasta con un número inferior de impresiones. La consecuencia es una mayor exigencia de calidad por parte del consumidor. Madrid. 16 de Sept. de 2009. – El servicio de revelado en línea FotoInsight introduce una nueva calidad Premium. Fotos y ampliaciones de la línea Premium se revelan en papel de marcas líderes, a prueba de manchas, garantizando mayor brillo. Usando la calidad Premium, permite además mezclar diferentes tamaños en un sólo pedido. El laboratorio también aplica una nueva tecnología para la corrección de ojos rojos. Conveniente para los fotógrafos aficionados y profesionales es la impresión del nombre de archivo y fecha en el reverso de la foto. La asignación de fotos impresas es más fácil con FotoInsight, que entrega dichas fotos con un índice gratuito. FotoInsight procesó los primeros pedidos de revelado en línea hace ya seis años y ha crecido de manera constante desde el año 2003. La empresa ha desarrollado una gama de productos que cubren las exigencias tanto del usuario casual como del profesional. Liberar a los usuarios de cámaras digitales de las limitaciones de sus impresoras de tinta es un nicho de mercado ofrecido por laboratorios de foto revelado profesional. Según FotoInsight, los usuarios que esperan la llegada de sus fotos del laboratorio exigen una mayor calidad. El espectro de colores de la impresión por tinta es comúnmente limitado por el uso de pocos colores básicos para cada punto de impresión. En cambio, los laboratorios revelan colores exactos en cada pixel. Según FotoInsight basta normalmente un JPEG de un 1MB para revelar un póster de 50x75 cm en colores vivos Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

FotoInsight's New Photo Paper Book Makes Book Bulge Disappear

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:56:19 +0200

Cambridge, 20 August 2009. - Europe's most popular photo book software is now also available for Linux and Mac OS. Against an ever growing number of photo book services, FotoInsight is increasing its technological lead with the introduction of version 4.5 of FotoInsight Designer. The application is available as a free download on the photo service's website and it can create a 130 page photo book lay-out in under three minutes. The new release of the order software adds photo albums processed on thick, lustre finish photographic paper pages. The new photo paper album styles ranging from 26 to 82 pages (in steps of eight pages) are only available in the FotoInsight Designer software. In FotoInsight's new Photo Paper Album each page lays flat FotoInsight states that the book bulge in the new photo paper albums disappear, as the pages lay flat when the book is opened 180 degrees wide. A new binding process is being used for the album pages, which are thicker than pages in CEWE Photobooks. This allows the pages in an open photo paper album to lay flat, rather than bowing or arching up towards the spine. Flat pages make it easier to view images which spread across a double page. FotoInsight's Managing Director Klaas Brumann states: "The new printed photo album's thicker pages provide a premium feel over traditional coffee table style photo books. We expect the new photographic paper books to be popular with professional users and for wedding photo books!" Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

FotoInsight introduces photo products for the new school year

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:17:05 +0200

Cambridge. 23 July 2009. - When the start of a new school year approaches, the school bag needs filling. The online photo printer FotoInsight from Cambridge offers a new service to individualise such items. The idea is to personally engage the youngsters with their school supplies, to ensure that they will look after them. In addition, own pictures of a pet, a group of friends or from the holidays keep positive memories alive. An aluminium water flask with a personal photograph is less likely to be kicked in-lieu of a football. The school bag will be treated with due care if the the own image has been printed onto it. FotoInsight now prints digital photographs onto practical items like spiral note pads, money boxes or fluffy key rings. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

FotoInsight Opens the Internet Deco Shop for Europe

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:25:13 +0200

Online poster and canvas services will usually only print the customer’s image. FotoInsight is launching its new “Deco Shop”, where a matching, natural wood frame can be combined with a mounted canvas or laminated poster. Large format prints from own digital photographs will then be delivered mounted and framed, ready to decorate the wall at home or in an office. Paris and Dublin. 23 June 2009. – The resolution of digital cameras is rising constantly. Many digital photographs could impress at home or in an office meeting room, when printed as a laminated poster or a stretched canvas in a floating frame. With the right image it makes a worthy present. FotoInsight, a specialist serving amateur and professional photographers alike, prints canvases in different sizes from 20x30 cm (minimum resolution 800 x 1100 pixel) to 60x80 cm (2500 x 3300 pixel recommended). FotoInsight states that it uses man made optimised fibres and fade-resistant "archival" inks to guarantee longevity and brilliant colours. The hi-tech inks penetrate deep into the fabric and can therefore be printed and mounted over the edges of the wooden frame. Standardised sizes allow a largely automatic production process. According to FotoInsight this ensures constant quality and long durability at lower prices for the first time. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

lexican 3: The Software for Knowledge Workers

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:24:03 +0200

Easy to use authoring tool to collect, store, organize and publish information. London. 23 June 2009. - vetafab Software is releasing a new version of it's Windows application lexiCan. According to the developer, the upgrade improves productivity and collaboration. Individuals and teams use lexiCan to manage information and knowledge for projects, in business management, research and idea gathering. The developer is also introducing a new read only client lexiCan Reader, which allows users to publish content such as guides, manuals, references, support data bases, knowledge bases within a network with one click, making publishing as easy as editing. The software remains simple, no special training is required. Similar to a personal Wikipedia, lexiCan allows users to build articles using texts, pictures, tables, links to websites and files. Using the title as a reference, articles can be accessed in seconds even in voluminous collections, overcoming the daily burden of clicking through folder hierarchies as done in Windows Explorer. Unlike Wikipedia, lexiCan purely works as a desktop application based on Microsoft .NET framework, enabling user convenience, such as setting links per drag and drop or dropping emails from Outlook into a description. lexiCan features full text search that includes embedded files. The developer points at several other intuitive retrieval features, like an automated view on pictures, embedded files and tags. Articles can have multiple tags which lexiCan displays as a list or clout. The article tree can be structured in the application's Outline section. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

From a snapshot to printed art on the wall

Sat, 6 Jun 2009 11:52:37 +0200

El software editor de libros de fotos integra fotos compartidas de Flickr y de webs de geoetiquetado

Sat, 6 Jun 2009 11:52:12 +0200

Los beneficios de los sitios de imágenes compartidas como Flickr, Facebook, Picasa o la web de geotiquetado "locr" llegan al software de libros de fotos impresos. Hoy FotoInsight lanza la nueva versión del FotoInsight Designer con nuevos formatos de libros de fotos y nuevas funciones como las máscaras degradadas y nuevas plantillas para eventos festivos. Cambridge, 8 de Junio de 2009. - FotoInsight expande su liderazgo tecnológico con la introducción de la versión 4.4 del FotoInsight Designer en Español. La facilidad con la que se pueden insertar fotos en el diseño, libremente o usando plantillas, ahora también se extiende a los clip art, mapas, textos e imágenes de los sitios de fotos compartidas Flickr, el sitio de geoetiquetado "locr" y la enciclopedia Wikipedia GeoNames. Las webs de fotos compartidas se vuelven un interfaz para crear fotolibro con la familia y amigos, ya que los usuarios pueden complementar sus álbumes de fotos con imágenes adicionales (por ejemplo la Torre Eiffel desde una perspectiva diferente) de las webs de imágenes compartidas, directamente desde la nueva versión de la aplicación FotoInsight Designer. Bookmark/Search this post with: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |