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Autodesk and Photobucket to Bring Pixlr Photo Editing to 100 Million New Users

Popular Pixlr Photo Editor Offers Increased Customization for Photobucket Users

 

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., April 10, 2012 — Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) announced a partnership with Photobucket, the leading dedicated photo and video sharing service, to bring Pixlr™ photo editing tools to Photobucket users. Pixlr’s integration within the Photobucket website will give users access to an even more robust set of tools for editing their images directly within the Photobucket service.

 

Photobucket will now offer Pixlr tools, including the popular Pixlr Editor, which enables per-pixel editing, and the newly revamped Pixlr Express, which provides simple tools to correct, crop, resize and personalize images with effects, overlays and borders. The partnership between the companies will also provide advertisers with a creative environment from which they can deliver custom, branded effects in Photobucket ad packages.

 

“Our goal is to enable our 100 million users to share their memories and stories with simple, best-in-class creative tools; and our partnership with Pixlr enables us to do just that,” said Kate Hare, vice president, Products, Photobucket. “Whether users are looking for easy adjustments and effects, or are in need of advanced features such as layers and per-pixel editing, Pixlr significantly expands that toolset, helping us to deliver the most robust tools for photo-editing and personalization.”

 

“Autodesk is helping liberate creativity by making digital design and creation tools accessible and more enjoyable to a wide range of people,” said Samir Hanna, vice president, Consumer Products, Autodesk, “We’re excited to enhance the Photobucket user experience and continue to inspire creativity through Pixlr’s wide range of photo editing tools.”

 

With more than 25 million users, Pixlr is one of the most widely used free photo editors. It transforms any image with a fast, intuitive and robust toolset that is easy to use for inexperienced photographers with no prior knowledge of photo editing, while also offering fully featured, per-pixel editing complete with layers, adjustment tools and filters for the more advanced user. Photobucket users will have access to all Pixlr editing tools, from simple to advanced functions.

 

“We strive to deliver an unparalleled user experience, providing both consumers and brands with mobile and web options for simplifying their ability to tell stories through images,” said Photobucket’s Hare. “The Pixlr tools, in addition to our recently launched Social Importer, are critical components for providing consumers with an easy — yet comprehensive — solution for personalizing, storing and sharing all of their photos and videos for life.”

 

About Autodesk

Autodesk, Inc. is a leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software. Customers across the manufacturing, architecture, building, construction, and media and entertainment industries ¾ including the last 17 Academy Award® winners for Best Visual Effects ¾ use Autodesk software to design, visualize and simulate their ideas. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982, Autodesk continues to develop the broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art software for global markets. For additional information about Autodesk, visit www.autodesk.com.

 

About Photobucket

Photobucket is the world’s leading dedicated photo and video sharing service. With over 100 million registered members, Photobucket users upload over four million images and videos per day from the web and connected digital devices. Photobucket hosts, preserves and protects photos and videos while bringing members the very best browsing, sharing and editing experiences. In addition to uploading and sharing with friends and family on the Photobucket site, users can also instantly share memories across all of the most popular social networks, instant messenger applications, through email and from their mobile phones. Photobucket’s headquarters are in Denver, Colorado, with a regional office in San Francisco, California. For the latest feature announcements and news, visit the Photobucket press blog at http://blog.photobucket.com/photobucket_press.

 

Autodesk, AutoCAD and Pixlr are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. Academy Award is a registered trademark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. All other brand names, product names or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document.

 

© 2012 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.

 

 

Teva Mountain Games Photo Competition

Did you make it to the Winter Mountain Games this last weekend in Vail?

We were there, braving the cold to bring you Photobucket goodies and app downloads.

If you took some photos, remember to enter the public contest by adding your photos to the group album. You can win some great prizes from Eddie Bauer, Teva, Maui Jim and more!

Check out this great photo as an example:

And even if you weren't there, you can still take a good look through the group album and click "Like" for the photos you love!

Thanks to everyone who came by to say hi and learn more about Photobucket! You guys rock!

Photobucket CEO Tom Munro Interview with Robert Scoble

Hey Photobucket fans,

Check out this great video of Robert Scoble (@scobleizer on Twitter), talking with our very own CEO of  Photobucket, Tom Munro (@tamunro on Twitter) about Photobucket!

 

Here's some highlights for you busy folks:

• Photobucket hosts approximately nine billion photos & videos!
• We serve over three, sometimes four bilion images across the web to about 2.5 million different web sites on a daily basis.
• With that capacity and scalability, Photobucket was an obvious choice for Twitter's photo service.
• Photobucket serves about 25 million photos from mobile alone every month.
• During our July survey, with 2,500 respondents, half of you who responded said you take video on their mobile devices at least once a week, and our trends show even more than that.
• Our new mobile app, Snapbucket allows you to keep your original photo, so you have permanence along with fun filters & effects.
• We're planning on a new release of Snapbucket that will incorporate social aspects as well as video filters & effects.

Thanks to all of you who help make Photobucket great!

Photobucket's Mobile Photo Editing App, Snapbucket is Here!

Photobucket is pleased to announce the release of our latest smartphone app, Snapbucket! This cool new app gives you all sorts of cool features, including a wide variety of filters, vignettes, sets and frames! How does it work? Well, we're glad you asked - it's really easy: Snap, Style & Share!

Snap a photo with your smartphone.
Style it your way with multiple filters!
Share it with friends using Facebook or Twitter.

But that's not all! You can even create your own filter sets and save them, and the more you snap, the more effects you unlock!

Check out these cool features that Snapbucket gives you:

• Choose from filters, effects, vignettes and frames to style your photos your way.
• Create YOUR OWN unique filter sets and brag about them to friends.
• Show off your stylin' skills by sharing with friends to Photobucket, Facebook or Twitter.
• Unlock new effects the more you use Snapbucket, and get filters that'll make your friends green with envy.
• You'll always keep your original photo, so don't worry, go crazy with styling!

Check out our tutorial video below or find more information at the official Snapbucket page! Keep on snapping and remember: Photobucket for Life!

 

New Editing Tools on Photobucket

Attention Photobucket fans - we have some awesome new tools for you to edit and transform your photos!

Login to your account and click "edit" on the photo you want to edit, then go to the new "retro" tab. This new editor allows you to change your photos with cool effects like:

• Cross-process. This editor adds a nice vintage look to your photo by adding blues and hints of yellow, giving it a whole new look:

• Retro. Round the corners of your photos and add a subtle layer of pink and orange hues, giving your photo a retro 70s feel:

• Lomo. Brighten the saturation of your photo, "popping" the color while giving it a vignette border:

 

You can mix and match effects too. Here's the same photo with both color splash and cross process effect:

 

After you've changed your photo around, you can play with multiple images, creating a cool mashup of your favorites with the "add more photos from your album" feature:

 

Be sure to check out our new "patchwork" and "heartify" effects on the "Decorate" tab as well to add cool effects to separate photos! Here's a sample of the "patchwork" effect in action:

Create a Graduation Collage

Create a fun collage with all your memorable graduation photos! Here are a few simple steps to create one:

1. Navigate to the album that you want to use to create a collage. Click on the "Edit Images" link at the top.

2. Click "Create a Collage" on the dialog box that appears.The Collage Creator launches.

3. Select the layout that you want.

 

4. Click "Load Photo" to select the photo you want programmed in that spot. Repeat as necessary.

5. Click "Customize" at the top of the Collage Creator after you fill all the spots.The Image Editor appears.

6. Add a border, add text, add stickers, etc. all to your collage. 

7. Click "Save a copy" to save your collage.

Voila! You now have a great keepsake for all your fun graduation photos!

Create Mother's Day Greetings

Your momma is so....WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL! Show Mom you love her with a unique greeting on your favorite picture. It's simple to create a personalized and memorable photo card that Mom will always remember. Here are a few tips:

1. Click the "Edit" button above the photo you want to edit:

You are now in the Image Editor.
2.  Click on the "Decorate" Tab, then click "Borders". Select a border that you'd like to add to your photo. You can adjust the width of the border, color, etc. at the top of this page so be on the lookout for those options. The photo below uses the "Daises" border.

3. Add a special message! On the "Decorate" Tab, click on the "Text" box. Enter a message and select a font, font color, and size. 

4. Add some stickers! On the "Decorate" tab, click on the "stickers" button. Browse through dozens of stickers and select any that you like.

5. After you are satisfied with all your edits, click "Save a Copy" of your photo and you have yourself a lovely  unique Mother's Day greeting!

Log in your account and start editing! Not sure what to say? Head over to our Mother's Day category and find a greeting that fits your personality!

New Color Splash Effect

Try our new Color Splash effect!  Transforming your photos with the Color Splash effect just got easier with our brand new effect in the Image Editor. Color Splash allows you to keep certain areas of your photo in color while the rest is black-and-white. Here’s how it works:

 

1)    Click the “Edit” link on the photo you want to edit. This opens the Image Editor.

2)    Click the “Effects” Tab, and select the first option: “Color Splash”. Your photo turns black-and-white.

3)    Drag the brush (black dot) over areas you want in color. You can select the brush size to apply the effect to both small and large areas.

4)    Click “Save a copy” when you are satisfied with all the areas to create your new Color Splash photo!

Share your fun Color Splash photos in our Color Splash group album, or check out our Color Splash category!

Adding Borders to Your Photos

Add a professional touch to your photos with the "Borders" feature in the image editor.  Choose from a handful of fun styles to make your photos stand out and give it an authentic feel. Here are some simple steps on how to add borders to your photos:

1. Click the "edit" button above your photo.

2. Click the "Decorate" tab and select "Borders". A menu with border options will appear. Play around with each border to see which is the best fit for your photo. The photo below has the "Vignette/Matte" border applied because it has so much extra space around the edges.

 

3. Voila! You have yourself a great professional looking photo!

 

Create Valentine's Day Greetings

Show your main squeeze you care by creating your own unique Valentine's Day greeting on Photobucket. Here are a few tips on how to create a fun and flirty Valentine:

1. Log into  your account.

2. Choose the photo you want to edit, and click the "edit" link above the photo to display the Image Editor.

3. Now that you are in the Image Editor:

Click the "Decorate" tab at the top, then click "Stickers" (the first box). You'll see hearts, kisses, fun icons and more. Select the ones you want and click "add sticker".

 
4. Click on the "Text" box (next to the "Stickers" box) if you want to add text.

5. Click "save a copy" when you are satisfied with your new Valentine greeting. (We recommend saving it this way so that you keep your original photo as it was.)

Create as many greetings as you would like, it's free!

Playing with cool pop art effects

This is interesting. Use "advanced options" on the Pop Art effect on the Photobucket image editor. You can selectively choose a focal area for the Pop Art effect, and play with fades. The results can be interesting.

How to turn a photo into an "old cartoon" on Photobucket

Click on "edit" next to any photo in your album on Photobucket to launch our built-in editor (powered by Fotoflexer).

How to make a pop art ink stamp effect on Photobucket

Here's how you make a pop art "ink stamp" effect with Photobucket's built-in Photobucket. This takes about a minute to do. Click on "edit" next to any photo in your album on Photobucket to launch our built-in editor (powered by Fotoflexer).

Eye-Fi Announces Video Support for Photobucket

Our friends at Eye-Fi today announced today that they will be supporting uploading video to Photobucket, as well as photos.  Eye-Fi provides very cool wireless memory cards which allow upload of photos and videos without needing to connect your camera. You just set up your camera to point to Photobucket, leave it on when you get home, and everything uploads automatically. It's incredibly simple and easy to do. Read Eye-Fi's press release here. Learn more about the Eye-Fi card here.

Try the "Cute-ify" feature in our free photo editor

We're having fun with the 'bulge' feature. Try it out.

See how to use the "watercolor" effect on Photobucket

Here's a really simple feature that's fun: the watercolor effect. To use it:

Color Splash Group Album very popular

We started a new group album devoted to Color Splashes.  This is a feature in Photobucket's photo editor that lets you make an area of a photo color and the rest black and white. We're impressed how creative the submissions are. Join and add your own!

Blur edges -- another cool new feature on Photobucket's image editor

Here are some other cool effects on Photobucket's image editor. Click on Edit Image next to any image in your album and have fun with all the special effects. There are lots of glittery new tricks available.

How to make glitter text on Photobucket's image editor

Sometimes we miss cool improvements on even our most popular features -- I just found a really nice glitter text editor in our Image Editor (powered by FotoFlexer) on Photobucket.