Jun 28 2008
Smilebox
I was revisiting the wonderful ‘50 web 2.0 ways to tell a story‘ by CogDog while trying to find a way to record video directly into a web 2.0 tool to blog (which I am still looking for if you can help – leave a comment) and was looking at the Cutting Room Floor section at the bottom where he mentioned tools that didn’t work so well for him. I noticed that Smilebox was listed because it didn’t have Mac and PC options. I clicked on the link with idol curiosity and found that it now supports Mac as well so downloaded the free software to have a play with it. I think this is a BRILLIANT tool. It works really well with iPhoto and I imagine the PC version opens up your ‘My Pictures’ folder. There are a large number of templates to play with and each one has a number variations within it. You can simply drag and drop your pictures into the templates and change all the text to suit your purposes. I played with the newspaper template. You can then choose to blog it at the push of a button and it will upload it to your online Smilebox account and gives you the embed code. See my efforts below.
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Thanks for that Suzie very cool.
Love the new jawline – it pays to stand out in a crowd!! Thanks again for all your help – you are the application guru in my book!
I’ve been using Smilebox for several months now and it is awesome. I paid for the premium membership ($4.99/mo), and to my surprise, teachers can get it FREE! Here is the link:
http://blog.smilebox.com/2008/05/06/smilebox-introduces-teacher%E2%80%99s-toolbox-program/
Seems like a nice tool, very easy to use. I am not too kean on the adverts. You might be interested in Flash Album Exporter a free plugin for iPhoto which produces a variety of gallery/slideshows, no hosting though.
Hi Suzie,
I’ve been playing with Smilebox too, and yes it is fantastic! Love your creative photography…
Wow Suzie!
I am in love with smilebox — it looks great and I can really see it being used in the classroom. Thanks! I have also signed up for a free teacher account!