It is a very good app. Out of curiosity, what is your revenue model? I don't see ads being a good idea. Will be launching a paid version?
There is a idéa of licensing the service/technique. The pixlr.com will always stay free.
Pixlr - the online image editor
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#43Bravo! (With extra kudos for having the design sense to include the 'Jump In' button) Now let me point you to the S3 bucket, web directory, Picasa, flickr account, etc. where I store all of my photos. I might not have to buy Photoshop for my new Mac Mini now.
A browse integration will bee added soon :)
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#44Absolutely awesome - haven't been approached by Adobe yet?
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#45Really fantastic; I had no idea Flash could run so well. Minor nits: I missed Photoshop's ctrl-space/ctrl-alt-space key combos for zooming, and using the numeric keys to set brush opacity (or layer opacity for non-brush tools).
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#46http://splashup.com, yc summer '07
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why specifically?
Flash doesn't make for a nice user experience. Scrolling, copy/paste, font sizing - all broken. Also javascript is far more widespread than flash, especially on non pc browser devices.
Flash doesn't make for a nice user experience
That's ok as a rule of thumb when you are talking about a chalkboard project. I agree with it. But there's a running app here. You can measure user experience based on experience. From my 2 minute play & the comments here. Seems ok on that front.
If that copy/paste/ font sizing etc. bothers you here specifically, then it's a point against.
javascript is far more widespread than flash
I'm not sure how much non pc browsers are going to have a need for this anyway. screen size etc.
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
Like what?
You could make a shrinkwrap desktop app out of it, with a lot of additional features, and sell it for $799.
Really? At the PhotoPlus Expo in NYC last week the most expensive app I saw was Dg Foto Art for $599, and that had a million features. And most of the labs offered the ROES desktop app for free.
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#50Impressive. Coming from the pro photography industry, I could think of a few ways to monetize this right away.
Like what?
Maybe I shouldn't have said "right away". Rather, "with a few small tweaks".
One thing that comes to mind is to push it as something photographers can use to create book/album pages. Instead of File->New and choosing a size, have some pre-built page sizes that work with a partner printer.
In fact, with some of those tweaks, you could probably license it to some album companies–they already license software like photojunction for this purpose. No reason it couldn't be online and automatically order/push your files.
If you had an online archiving service, similar to Photoshelter, this would be a great add-on. You wouldn't have to pull your image(s) down to convert to B/W or prep for a certain print size. I think there's definitely room for a small agile company (leverage cloud services) in this space (with Digital Railroad going out of business).
Also, since this is Flash-based, why not convert this to an AIR app ... then you have access to the local filesystem but still have great networking features that let you push files to labs/S3/stock sites. Subscription for $3/month.
Would love to see the ability to record actions on here.