Photographic prints from your digital files

Preparing files in Photoshop: Starting and Finishing

Color balance

Choosing a digital camera

Tradeoffs between using Photoshop (or other editing software) and on-line editing

Stitching images together to increase the pixel count and/or the field of view.

Tradeoffs between high quality ink jet (the kind we use) and traditional photography

Tradeoffs between using Photoshop (or other editing software) and our on-line editor.

For the sake of illustration, let's say you want to add some text to a 5 Megapixel photo, and print it at 20" x 30".  For the text to be sharp, you should make your file at 6,000 x 9,000 pixels (54 Megapixels).  On the other hand, you could send us the 5 Megapixel photo and a very small number of bytes of text and formatting information.  We'll blow the image up to 300 PPI before we add the text.  54 Megapixels or 5 Megapixels.  30 minutes on-line or 3 minutes.  The same result.  It's an easy choice.

On the other hand, our on-line photo editor doesn't do everything that Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro will do.  Also, it's easier to proof the result with Photoshop or PPP.  The on-line proofs we provide are thumbnails.  They don't show very well what the final result will look like.

We do, however, provide some functionality which is difficult to find elsewhere.  For example, we provide calendars, kaleidoscopes, and high-quality stitching.  Moreover, we think our user interface is a lot easier.  For example, try cropping a photo, adding some text, and then putting a border around it with our on-line editor.  Then do the same thing in Photoshop.  We feel that our editor is light years easier and faster than the alternatives.

All of our software is internally produced.  That means that if someone reports a bug or has a suggestion, a software change may be published within a day or two.  We welcome suggestions and comments, and appreciate the many, very positive comments we've received from our customers.