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Tell Your Summer Story!

You took tons of summer photos, and want to make them look their best before showing off, so today we're going to show you cool ways to Share, Print and Edit your photos with those you care about the most!

Editing:

With a few clicks, you can turn your summer photos into creative projects.  Here's how:

1. Log in to Photobucket and click "edit photos" at the top of the page. Select the image you want to edit, which will then launch the image editor:
   
   
2. From here, you can make your summer photos pop with the "Color Splash" effect, or add a cool summery look with the "Cross Process" effect on the Retro Tab.  Don't forget to take a look at the other tabs on the page, as there are tons of sweet ways to edit your photo!
3. To watch a short tutorial on editing ideas, click here!

Sharing:

Sharing your summer photos or even a whole album is fast and easy with Photobucket! Here's a quick way to share a photo:

1. Log in to your Photobucket account and hover over the image you want to share.
   
2. Click the "Share" button. You'll see some options like these:  
3. Click the option that fits your need. You can share using Facebook, Twitter, email and more.   Add a message and tell your friends and family what your photo or video is about! 
4. Watch a short tutorial showing you how easy it is to share! 

Printing:

Printing photos is a great way to always have your stories with you. From simple prints to fun collages, we offer great options for you to print your summer moments. It's easy:

1. Log in and click "My Home" at the top of the screen.
2. Click "Order Prints & More".
3. We have partnered with the leading printing service, Lifepics, for all your printings needs.  You can order prints, make cards, calendars, photo books, and gifts of all sorts!
4. Click here to get some fun ideas on print projects and learn more! 

We hope you enjoyed learning about the easy and fun ways to share your summer memories with friends and family! Keep an eye out for further features we're bringing you at Photobucket!

Great ideas for celebrating the end of the school year on Photobucket

The end of the school year is approaching. We have so many great things you can do to remember the school year on Photobucket. Here are some ideas:

Teacher Gifts

• Have your class parents upload their favorite photos from the year to a Group Album on Photobucket
• Gather the photos together into a printed Scrapbook for the teacher. It'll cost less than $40, and it'll be a wonderful gift she or he can keep forever.

Go here to start a Group Album: http://photobucket.com/groupalbums/
Go here to make a Scrapbook: http://photobucket.com/scrapbooks

Learn how to make a class memory book on Photobucket

Don't build one of those boring, all-the-same memory books at the end of this school year. 

Photobucket, in collaboration with the awesome people at Scrapblog, can help. Here's just a few pages that show designs for memory books. You can drag and drop to add your own photos easily. We have hundreds of styles to choose from. Then print them out as books or cards.

Last minute Mother's Day ideas for free on Photobucket

It's Mother's Day in the USA on Sunday. Forgot a card? Send her something sweet from Photobucket. You can choose some nice pics. And you can make a scrapbook to email to her. Both are free, fun, and show your love.

FREE Mothers Day card on Photobucket -- limited time offer

We know you're all very busy. But it's easy to make a wonderful, personalized card for Mom on Photobucket. Plus, it's free for Mothers Day! We bet it'll take you no more than 15 minutes.

Kodak and Photobucket Team Up to Make Photo Sharing Even Better

Kodak’s Unique and High Quality Products Turn Photobucket Images Into Treasured Keepsakes

Emeryville, Calif. and San Francisco, Calif. –  March 4, 2009 – Kodak and Photobucket (http://photobucket.com) today announced an agreement that empowers Photobucket’s millions of users to turn images from their Photobucket account into tangible stories using KODAK Gallery products.  The alliance is intended to extend the Kodak brand to new audiences through Photobucket and the Fox Interactive Media network of media properties and to help Photobucket further monetize the photo sharing behavior of their users and the billions of images stored on their site.  

Scrapblog marketplace launches on Photobucket

Photobucket users now have access to the brand new Scrapblog Marketplace.  Scrapblog has invited top designers of the scrapbooking world to set up shop right inside Scrapblog, allowing Photobucket users endless amounts of high quality content for purchase.

Beautiful scrapbook designs on Scrapblog with Photobucket

There are some really great scrapbook designs on Scrapblog integrated into Photobucket these days.

Great gifts for under $20 on Photobucket

None of us are enjoying the news about the economy. But we still have some nice, personal and easy gifts available for under $20 to show people you love that you care.

Skinit launches terrific integration with Photobucket for custom skins

Our friends at Skinit.com have just launched their integration with Photobucket.

Printing with Scrapblog launches on Photobucket

Since launching our scrapbook integration with Scrapblog in August, hundreds of thousands of scrapbooks have been made on Photobucket.

Now we have worked with Scrapblog to integrate printing as well. Our friends at Scrapblog provided us boxes of samples of the kinds of books and cards they print, and they are, well, fabulous!

Click here to get started.

Print Cards With Scrapblog Designs

We are excited about the cards you can print on Scrapblog. Using Scrapblog's top quality designs, you can drag and drop your own images into the pre-built layouts, and print up cards that are much, much better than your regular "stick a photo in a designed border" holiday greeting card. These cards will make your holiday greetings really look amazing!

Print greeting cards on Scrapblog

Print Memory Books with Scrapblog

Of course the traditional perception of scrapbooks is memory books. But forget the stickers, scissors and glue. (Who the heck has time for that anyway?) Just drag and drop photos and images into Scrapblog's pre-built designs, and print them out. They will look gorgeous!

Click here to get started.

Print memory books on Scrapblog

Lots of Holiday Designs

There are plenty of holiday designs to choose from. They make great inexpensive and beautifully personal gifts.

Click here to get started.

Lots of holiday designs for cards and books

 

Target and Photobucket Unite to Expand Creative Photo Options

Target guests can take advantage of new, innovative online photo-sharing tools while Photobucket users gain convenient in-store print pickup

MINNEAPOLIS & DENVER (August 26, 2008) — Target and Photobucket, the leading stand-alone photo and video sharing site, today announced the agreement that offers expanded online photo services for Target guests and new in-store print options for Photobucket users.

Beginning today, Target will offer print-to-store services to Photobucket users through www.photobucket.com  and www.target.com/photo.   After creating a free account on Photobucket, users can upload and organize their photos, edit their images and order prints for pickup – in about an hour – at most Target stores nationwide. Photobucket also enables users to organize videos; create slideshows and group albums; customize unique photo gifts; and share photos with friends and family through e-mail, IM, social networks, blogs or mobile phones.

"Photobucket has emerged as a leader in online photo and video sharing," said Mark Schindele, senior vice president, Target. “The site has an active community of more than 22 million monthly visitors in the U.S. Through this collaboration, our guests can now combine Photobucket’s creative tools with the convenience and quality they have come to expect from Target Photo.” 

“Photobucket is thrilled to provide people with more easy ways to enjoy and share photos and easily get prints,” said Alex Welch, president, Photobucket. “As much as people love the convenience of going online to store and share photos and videos, there is always the need for great prints to capture special memories.” Welch continued, “Target is a world-class retail organization. We share a goal of bringing fun and convenience to our customers, and this relationship will extend that experience to photos – both online and off.”

Now pick up your Photobucket prints at Target

Pick up prints at Target®, or have them mailed to you

Now you can print from Photobucket, and pick up your prints at any of the more than 1,600 Target® stores around the US.

When you click on 'buy prints' in Photobucket, you are given a choice: either print to Target, or have your prints (and other kinds of photo goods) mailed to you at home from our trusty online photo store.

For our customers outside the US

The online photo store, powered by our friends at QOOP, is your only choice. QOOP ships pretty much anywhere in the world on our behalf, and they do a mighty fine job.

We hope you enjoy the added convenience of picking up your prints at Target.

Did you know you can make mugs from your photos on Photobucket?

Check out the Photobucket Store Did you know that you can make mugs with your photos at the Photobucket store?  We have mugs of different sizes and shapes. Even beer steins. Just right for back-to-school shopping, or any shopping really. Prices start at $13.99. And we ship almost anywhere in the world too.

Unusual new products in the Photobucket store

We just introduced some interesting new products into our Photobucket QOOP-powered store. There's still time to order these for the holidays, all printed with your photos.

Jigsaw Puzzles

Jigsaw puzzles are printed with your own photo, and come in wood, or on paper in a tin printed with your photo. They are very unusual. The wood puzzles are "FSC" (Forest Stewardship Council) certified. Click here to visit the puzzles in our store.

Wrapping Paper

We can print wrapping paper with your photos featured right on the paper. This is for a very special gift. Click here to visit wrapping paper in our store.

Audio Cards

These are folded "audio" greeting cards, not only printed with your own photo, but recorded with your own message (up to 10 seconds in length -- plenty of time for a holiday chorus). You can record and erase the message until you get it just right.  Click here to visit the greeting cards in our store.

Holiday Card Designs from Photobucket's Store

Before you buy your holiday cards this year, be sure to check out the cards in Photobucket's store. Nice designs, and at a great price. Here's the "frosty the snowman" style. You can write whatever you like on the right side, with choices on colors and fonts.

There are winter-y, Christmas, and Hannukah styles to choose from: Click here to see them all.

Right now, you can buy them in 4x8 photo cards.  Later this week, the 5x7 folded cards will be coming online.

And the prices? Here they are:

Photo cards start at $0.99 for just one, and then go down to $.50 if you're ordering 200 or more. Take 20% off if you buy this week.

Folded cards start at $1.99 for a single card with envelope, going down to $1.50 if you're buying 200 or more, with envelopes. Take 20% off if you buy this week.

And they're all printed on the very best, top-of-the-line digital presses. We don't think you'll be disappointed in the results.

Comparison shoppers: be sure to check out the shipping fees

Our prices at our QOOP-powered store are absolutely competitive. But so are our shipping prices.  When you're checking around for the best prices for your holiday cards this year, please don't forget to compare shipping costs. They can be dramatically different from store to store.

Lots of terrific holiday gifts at Photobucket

Have you checked out the latest gifts for sale at Photobucket? The best bit is that we've got a 20% off sale running, and it's only for a limited time. Click here to check out the QOOP store on Photobucket.

Our greeting cards are easy to make. Use your own photos, and add a personal message. Folded cards come with an envelope. As low as 40c each for a photo card. On sale now.*

Calendars make great teacher and grandparent gifts. Or just a terrific way to remember nice events from your past year. We can include US, European, and Canadian holidays. Starting at $11.99, with discounts on multiple calendars. On sale now.*

Prints, prints, prints. We do them in every size from 2.5"x3" right up to 30"x40" (with high res images). Print up one or two to include in all your greeting cards. Ours start as low as 12c each. On sale now.*

You can have lots of fun with posters. Show off just one, or many photos. They are a very personal way to decorate the room of someone you love. We can print them as large as 30"x40" and they start at only $7.99. On sale now.*

Books are an incredible way to record an important event, or remember someone special. We do beautiful soft or hard bound covers, printed on glossy paper on top-of-the-line digital presses. Starting at $9.59. On sale now.*

It's time to upgrade the photo on that mousepad! From $8.79 each. Great stocking stuffer! On sale now.*

Mugs make great stocking stuffers. Print them up with your favorite pics, add a personal message, and enjoy them all year long. They work for everyone! Starting at $9.59. On sale now.*

We can print t-shirts, ringer t-shirts, baseball shirts, baby doll t-shirts and hoodies all with your own prints and a message. Starting at $14.40 on same now. On sale now.*

We have lots of other things in our store too: luggage tags, stickers, keychains, CD/DVD discs, Mini Photo Books and more. * On sale now. Everything is 20% off right now. This is a very limited time sale.

Back to school sale starts today

Have some great pics of the summer you want to show off when you get back to school? Get them printed on tees, hoodies, mugs, calendars ... and keep that summer feeling going long into the winter.

Take advantage of our special "Back to School" sale.

20% off every single thing in our store. Use the coupon code "BACKTOSCHOOL" when you check out. Your discount will be automatically applied to your purchases. (Limited time offer.)

Here's to wishing summer wasn't over quite so soon ... :(

FREE Postcard offer in our all new store

Click on the "Buy Prints" in your album. Choose Postcards, and click on the "Advanced Postcard Printer" -- choose any pic, write a friendly greeting, and we'll mail it anywhere in the world for you. For free.

Tell us what you think! We would love to get feedback on the store. pbfeedback (at) photobucket.com.

ALL NEW Photobucket store launches today!

To celebrate, we have got something special going on: we'll send a Postcard with your pic anywhere in the world for you. For free. Seriously. Totally free.*

Click on "buy prints" in your album to see the new print store, and check out all the cool stuff:

* Hurry though. All good things come to an end. This is a limited time offer!