The PhotoPeach Blog

This week's featured slideshow

2010-08-28T21:12:00.000+09:00

Summer Adventures on PhotoPeach
Created by nancymarch

A Day In Tanzania on PhotoPeach
Created by nancymarch

This week's featured slideshow

2010-08-21T11:45:00.003+09:00

Ingrid's Chickens on PhotoPeach
Created by robinbonner

ABECEDARIO on PhotoPeach
Created by rosakaufman

This week's featured slideshows

2010-08-14T10:33:00.001+09:00

The Creative AT&T Advertisements on PhotoPeach
Created by chetanmamtora

Tall Ships Duluth on PhotoPeach
Created by rhoeg

My New House! on PhotoPeach
Created by jclemmerson

Sampling some great foods across America - June 2010 on PhotoPeach
Created by itzick

This week's features slideshows

2010-08-07T19:16:00.005+09:00

Where in the world? on PhotoPeach
Created by paulhami

What if? on PhotoPeach
Created by judespace

National Geographic's best photos for 2009 on PhotoPeach
Created by chetanmamtora

Welcome Home Ranger... on PhotoPeach
Created by dnamiot

Cool Pianos on PhotoPeach
Created by chetanmamtora

OPPOSITES on PhotoPeach
Created by brozoscorner

This week's featured slideshows

2010-07-31T15:55:00.014+09:00

Mila's Daydreams on PhotoPeach
Created by blinky182

MORE SELF PORTRAITS BY JESSICA AND CHARLIE on PhotoPeach
Created by Room9-riwaka

Visit the Pacific Ocean! on PhotoPeach
Created by YourWonderfulTeache

Wonderful Folk on PhotoPeach
Created by ebolaniwat

The Paper Sculptures Of Jeff Nishinaka on PhotoPeach
Created by chetanmamtora

CrAzY road signs! on PhotoPeach
Created by bdo15

CHICKENS!!!!!! on PhotoPeach
Created by pluckysquirell

M. C. Escher on PhotoPeach
Created by urbanmath2010

A Paris Day on PhotoPeach
Created by ksilverboard

This week's featured slideshows

2010-07-24T13:45:00.013+09:00

We'd love to introduce the great slideshows.

Central Otago Rail Trail on PhotoPeach
Created by scarl31

Cuadernos de Armona I : Los Acróbatas del puerto on PhotoPeach
Created by Photomanu

Óleos San José y Rapto de Elías de Manuel García Villacañas on PhotoPeach
Created by MGV

Tiger Expectations on PhotoPeach
Created by QueenB40

Chagall Paintings on PhotoPeach
Created by choskins

The Clans on PhotoPeach
Created by Peacepup

PhotoPeach on Twitter

2010-07-19T17:17:00.002+09:00

We are posting our featured PhotoPeach slideshows on Twitter.

Follow us at http://twitter.com/photopeach!

This week's featured slideshows

2010-07-17T12:19:00.006+09:00

Thank you, great creators!

caffeine on PhotoPeach, created by abastian

Visiting New York on PhotoPeach, created by atorre55

Holland Tulip Fields on PhotoPeach, created by chetanmamtora

TORNADOES on PhotoPeach, created by akstavro

Libro de imágenes on PhotoPeach, created by mangelmp21

Facebook's "Like" button has been added

2010-07-16T17:05:00.000+09:00

Recently "Like" button of facebook has been added to PhotoPeach slideshow.

The button is below each slideshow. When you click on the Like button, you can very easily show on your facebook page that you like the slideshow.

Over 3,000,000 photos and 171,000 slideshows

2010-07-15T16:58:00.001+09:00

Since the release of PhotoPeach in January last year, we have more than 3,000,000 photos and 171,000 slideshows.

See the wonderful PhotoPeach slideshows which have been made by creative users at http://photopeach.com/explore.

We thank you all and we will keep working hard to make our service better for you.

This week's featured slideshows

2010-07-10T12:31:00.024+09:00

Thank you, wonderful creators!

Happy 4th of July from Smith Mountain Lake! on PhotoPeach
Created by smlchamber

2K's Dinosaurs on PhotoPeach
Created by julmayk

New Zealand Native Birds on PhotoPeach
Created by lms

Tour For a Cure 2010 on PhotoPeach
Created by grandlakeindependent

Mount Roberts Tramway, Juneau Alaska 22.06.2010 on PhotoPeach
Created by itzick

Portraits on PhotoPeach
Created by Brendon

Shironeko on PhotoPeach
Created by aszerk

Itálica animada 10 on PhotoPeach
Created by snowinseville

This week's featured slideshows

2010-07-03T12:42:00.009+09:00

Divorce Cakes on PhotoPeach
Created by chetanmamtora

Canada Day 2010 on PhotoPeach
Created by minilinda2001

Running with the Bulls on PhotoPeach
Created by san

Pencil Vs Camera: Creative Photography by Ben Heine on PhotoPeach
Created by chetanmamtora

Say More This Year With the PhotoPeach Mother's Day Special

2010-05-04T16:00:00.000+09:00

Mother's Day (Sunday, May 9th) is rapidly approaching and we wanted to help you give her the best gift ever. For the first time, PhotoPeach will provide new Mother's Day themed slideshows:

Show your love: by using your own photos and words she will know how much you care.
Save time: it only takes a few minutes.
Save money: it's 100% free!

Imagine sending a personalized slideshow just for your mom. It means so much more when you make it by hand, but it won't take you more than a few minutes and is super easy!

To say even more, get a PhotoPeach Premium account, and burn her a DVD of your slideshow!

However you choose to celebrate it, we hope your Mother's Day is filled with joy!

Happy Mother's Day,
Love,
The PhotoPeach Team.

Imagine Using Your PhotoPeach Slideshows to Make DVDs, Digital Video, and More!

2010-04-24T12:30:00.001+09:00

Now that you've been using PhotoPeach for awhile, wouldn't you like to do more?

The best photopeach has to offer can only be experienced with a premium account, and at 3 dollars a month it is painless to try!

You can cancel your premium account at any time, but why would you?

Download unlimited shows in burnable DVD (.iso) Format and High Quality Digital Video (.mpeg) format for sharing online

This is a great value for your money, and just imagine the reaction you will get from your family and friends when your slideshows are playing on TV!

Upload your own .mp3 music files to customize your slideshow soundtracks

Create unlimited photo albums, and unlimited photos per album

Customize the transition effects between photos to your liking

More users are upgrading their accounts to premium every day and we would love your support to continue developing the service.

Upgrade your account to premium today and help us grow more PhotoPeaches!

Lots of love,
Your PhotoPeach Team

Presenting PhotoPeach All-New Look and Premium Account

2009-12-11T11:52:00.000+09:00

We are proud to announce several great new features for you to enjoy. They include the new premium account with wonderful special features as well as a completely updated look and feel! We will continue to serve you to the best of our ability.

Now, PhotoPeach has an All-New Look!

To reflect the improvements made to the site and make your experience with us more enjoyable, we have worked with a professional designer to create a new look. This includes a new logo, new colors, new skin for the slideshow player, and a new favorite feature. Don't be alarmed, the same basic functions of the site have not changed.

Three Great Reasons to Upgrade your PhotoPeach Account to Premium (Yum!)

For just $3 / month you can upgrade your account to Premium and:

Download your slideshows as videos in DVD (burnable .iso) and HD (embeddable .mpeg) format
Get exclusive special features including unlimited Music uploading, Customizable transition effects, and more.
Get unlimited photos displayed in each show, up from the normal account limit of thirty.

Why go premium and download slideshows as videos?

Imagine the look on your friends and family's faces when they see your latest photos in high definition moving across a big TV screen.
Make your photos into personalized gift DVDs in glorious quality along with your music and comments-- perfect for the holidays!
Put your slideshows on YouTube, Vimeo, or any other sites that support video uploading.

What are you waiting for?
Purchase a Premium Account now and begin enjoying the next level of features and service today.
Your business allows us to continue producing quality web services that are mostly free for your enjoyment.

Love,
The PhotoPeach Team

New Twitter Social Graffiti Service - Announcing twitPaint

2009-07-17T11:40:00.000+09:00

Dear PhotoPeach users,

It makes us very happy when people use and enjoy our online services so today we are excited to announce a brand new social graffiti service called TwitPaint released at July 9th. With this new service everyone from kids on the streets to businessmen in business suites can now share graffiti tweets.

How to Use TwitPaint

1. Sketch a new concept or finish details on some graffiti letters but don't go over 140 strokes.
2. Instantly share with your followers and invite them to reply with a TwitPaint brush.
3. Reply to each others comments and start a conversation with brush strokes on the same painting.

Features

It is a very simple service that offers rich painting features such as width, opacity, and a good color palette.
With your twitter account you can send a message to your followers direct from the painting page on TwitPaint.com.
Share comments and brush strokes on the same painting by typing @username and pasting the same link.

Free-For-All

We hope you enjoy finding new ways to use this free service.

Our users have already created masterpieces in 140 strokes like Wierd-Al in Hawaii, Vader's Head, Funny Cats, and Anime Characters.

Roll up your sleeves and grab a brush,
The Nota, Inc. TwitPaint Team

Highest Slideshow Quality Ever And Much More

2009-07-08T10:57:00.000+09:00

Dear PhotoPeach users,

1. Now Among the Highest Resolution Pictures in an Online Slideshow

We are proud to announce our tech team has greatly improved the picture quality of all Photopeach slideshows.
Now you will get very high image resolution in all of your slideshows.
We have also resolved the problem that sometimes PhotoPeach slideshows would "twinkle" when pictures zoomed and moved- they are now clear and very fluid.
Your existing PhotoPeach slideshows will all be automatically converted to this new better quality show.

2. Better Transition Effect "Ken Burns Plus"

"Ken Burns" is an expression effect that PhotoPeach has been using to show your photos like a video. We have now evolved that effect to "Ken Burns Plus". With the evolved effect your photos will move more dynamically and beautifully than ever before.
See a wonderful example made by user simbarashe.

Africaspix on PhotoPeach

3. Description Automatically Added Into Slideshow Captions

We have added a description area in the "create new slideshow" function so you can quickly add your thoughts.

After you finish creating new slideshows, we will separate your description and change it automatically to be included in the captions of the slideshow.

We developed this feature to help you tell even better stories with your slideshows and we would love to know how you feel.

We hope you enjoy the service and all of the new updates.

As always, please feel free to contact us at feedback page with any thoughts you may have.

Love,
The PhotoPeach Team

New Feature Updates: New Labels, Click-To-Answer, Favorites

2009-06-26T11:00:00.000+09:00

Dear PhotoPeach users,

1. Quiz and Story Labels

New on the Explore page, we will now automatically add a [Quiz] label to your shows that include at least one quiz slide.
Likewise, we will add a [Story] label to shows that include more than five captions by the author .
This way you can easily find interesting quizzes and stories at any time just by visiting the Explore page.
We now also have a "Quiz" category.

2. Click-To-Answer Quizzes

Now you can click the answer you think is correct in a quiz slide.
Once you click an answer, the color will change to notify you and your selected answer will be posted as a comment on that photo automatically.

3. New Add Your Favorites Feature

Choose which interesting shows the PhotoPeach community will see by voting.
Now you can save the PhotoPeach shows you like the most with the new "favorite" feature we have just developed for PhotoPeach.
Simply click the "favorite" button next to the title now on each slideshow page to save them to your Home tab's new "Favorites" page.
Now Introducing...

The Best New Quiz Shows Of the Week!

If you have not made a quiz with one of your slideshows yet, here are some good examples to get you started:
Summer 08/09 Demonstrates using a quiz to tell a joke.

NBA Test Is a quiz for basketball fans.

Because we feel quizzes hold a lot of entertainment value, we encourage you to try some of these ideas and see how much fun you can have with this new feature:

Use Quizzes to:
- gather your friend's opinions on something you want to buy or sell
- asking friends to describe something you do not quite understand
- getting feedback or advice on a project
- making decisions

To make quiz, simply click the "edit caption" button at the bottom of your slideshow and click the "quiz button".

We hope you enjoy the service and all of the new updates.

Please let us know what you think by shooting us a feedback.

Love,
The PhotoPeach Team

New Features For You! : All-New Editor View, Speed Control, and On-Slide Quizzes

2009-06-14T11:01:00.000+09:00

Dear PhotoPeach users,

This week, we have completed some wonderful new features that we think take PhotoPeach slideshows to the next level.

1. New Peachy Editor to Help You Tell Better Stories Online!

With our new editor you can now:

Choose where to show the caption on each photo (center or bottom)
Explain your stories in more detail by inserting a blank slide with text only.
One-Click Duplicate photos to make better explanations and transitions.

Start using the new editor today by clicking the "Edit caption" button below your slideshows! The editor is incredibly simple yet supports making more elaborate slideshows than ever before.

For your comparison, here is an example of both the new slideshow and the old one to showcase its features:
Tug of War 2: The New Editor
Tug of War: Original

2. Fine-Grain Speed Control Options

Want to change the speed of photo changes in your slideshow?

Step 1: Simply click the "edit caption" button at the bottom of your slideshow and to enter the new editor and you'll see the speed control slider at the bottom.
Step 2: Drag the bar to change the speed to your desired value and then click "preview" to check the result.
Step 3: Click "OK" to permanently save this speed for the entire slideshow and return to the normal view.

Here is an example of a really fast slideshow to show what you can do with the speed adjustment:
Kaiyukan Aquarium - See 40 photos in 30 seconds

3. Introducing the All-New Quiz Concept to the PhotoPeach service.

Now you can make slideshows with a quiz for your friends and family to test their knowledge.

When inside the editor,

Step 1: Select the slide you wish to add a quiz to, and click the quiz button on the left.
Step 2: Add a question for your audience, add two or three possible answers, and be sure to click the circle next to the correct one.
Step 3: Click "OK" to save the changes.

Use our sharing buttons below the slideshow on the viewing page to send the quiz to your audience and test their knowledge or get feedback.

We can't wait to see you create your own new public quiz show! See an example here .
That wraps up our new features for this week. We sincerely hope you enjoy them.

As always, please provide any feedback you may have; we always love to hear your opinions.

A Big Thank You goes out to all of our users who responded to the questionnaire. It has already proven to be invaluable feedback and the Amazon Gift cards have been sent to the 10 lucky winners.

Thanks for using our service.

Love,
The PhotoPeach Team

Two New Features, Free Gift Cards For Feedback!

2009-05-14T11:06:00.000+09:00

Dear PhotoPeach users,

Today we not only have new features for you, we are also announcing the launch of our gift card reward campaign!
Just fill out the questionnaire in the link at the end of the email and you will be entered to win one of ten, 10$ Amazon.com Gift Cards.

Also, just this week we are adding two new features to our service.

1. Explore by Category that you are interested in.

With public categories, creators can place their shows in a category that best targets their audience and everyone can enjoy watching shows from other people with similar tastes.
Here are the list of categories : World & Travel Pets and Animals Nature Science Commedy Sports Art & Illustrations Education Computer & Tech Politics & Society Cooking & Food Family & Wedding Party & Event

2. Import from Web

Do you have a blog with photos? If so, you are already setup to make a photopeach slideshow with one click!
Now we have added an import from web page function .
Just copy & paste the URL of your blog in upload page and click the "get" button.

We will retrieve all images from that web page automatically. You can remove unnecessary images or change the order as always, and make new slideshows in seconds!

Questionnaire

By answering these questions you will be helping to make PhotoPeach better and be automatically entered to win one of Ten, 10$ Amazon gift cards.

As we wrote above, we want you to answer the questionnaire so that we can better grasp your needs, and then improve our service for you.

To answer the questionnaire, please visit this page:
http://bit.ly/photopeach_questionnaire

The questionnaire will only be available until May 22 so act now.

We will inform the Ten winners of Amazon.com Gift Cards, selected at random on May 31 by email.

Thanks for reading and hopefully helping us provide a better service for you.

Love,
The PhotoPeach Team

Three Freshly Grown Features for You

2009-05-03T11:09:00.000+09:00

Hello from PhotoPeach!

We have been busy at work and are releasing delicious new features into the wild for you to enjoy. Check it out:

1. More Music Options

We have added more than fourty tracks to our music library so now you can enjoy more music options and make your slideshows more unique.

2. Hot Slideshows Added to Explore Mode

We have just added a "Recently Popular" tab in the explore page. In this mode, slideshows that received more than 5 comments from others will appear. Now you can easily find slideshows that are hot right now and add your two cents.

3. Watch Your Favorite Creator's Newest Shows Automatically

Last week, we released a brand new "watch the creator" function. Many people are now enjoying their favorite creators shows as soon as they are made. If you are not watching anybody yet, find your favorite creators in the new creators page or go to friends you know and start "watching" today.

Collect your favorite creators' slideshows and follow their latest updates automatically!

As always, thanks for enjoying the service and let us know if there is anything that could make your experience sweeter.

Love,
The PhotoPeach Team

Just Released: Three Major New Features

2009-04-16T16:52:00.000+09:00

Dear PhotoPeach Users,

At PhotoPeach, we are constantly working to make the service better for you
and we are proud to announce three new changes that we think.

1. New fun way to comment

We just added a new way to comment on slideshows.
You can now exchange comments in a chat window while you're watching a PhotoPeach slideshow.
The comments are connected with each photo in a show, so you can easily chat about all the great pictures that appear.

As a creator, you can also manage comments left for your photos by clicking "Manage Comments" in the Owner Options of each slideshow.

We think that this new system makes it even more easy and fun to comment, so get in there and start chatting!

2. Faster Upload

You might have noticed before that our Java-based photo upload tool took a while to load up.
Well, that's no longer a problem. Our new Flash-based uploading tool loads quickly and even automatically optimizes the size of your photos to improve the upload speed even further.
We think that we now have one of the fastest uploaders on the web!

3. Watch Your Favorite Creators

We also just added the 'Watch' functionality to PhotoPeach. When you find a creator with slideshows that you like while browsing featured shows or your friends' shows
you can simply click 'Watch this creator' and whenever they publish a new public slideshow, it appears on your home page automatically.
You can also see when slideshows that you are watching have new comments.
I watch a lot of good creators at featured show. I always look forward to seeing their updates!

Lastly, our Canon Digital Campaign has come to an end! We got so many great entries and it was really difficult choosing,
but the winner of the Canon Rebel is Iheartmonster and Alexgmitu with this great slideshow entry! Congrats!

To see the complete results, check our results page.
http://photopeach.com/campaign/result

We hope that these changes make PhotoPeach even more fun and easy for you to use! We can't wait to see what new slideshows you come up with! Enjoy!

Love,
The PhotoPeach Team

Announcing the Latest PhotoPeach Feature: Feedshows

2009-03-21T10:40:00.000+09:00

Want hands-free internet news so you can finally relax?

Try PhotoPeach's new FeedShows today:

You can enjoy content (like Digg, Delicious, TechCrunch, and more) in a format as gorgeous as TV.

PhotoPeach FeedShows present news in a slide show format with big photos and the title of each piece read aloud automatically by the computer.

Now you can follow the latest news even while you are doing other tasks like checking email or reading your real newspaper.

Imagine watching the news from your computer in the morning while you relax and have a cup of coffee:

We have also created a special Feedshow for the World Baseball Classic game of the day and it is available until March 23rd (the final game). You can also check out all past WBC games from the same page.

World Baseball Classic on PhotoPeach

We hope you begin enjoying your news in style on Photopeach Feedshows today.

Win A Cannon Digital Rebel and More!

2009-03-06T12:12:00.000+09:00

Dear PhotoPeach Users,

To celebrate over 150 Thousand photo uploads in our first two months, we have started our first ever "Embed PhotoPeach, Win a Canon Digital Rebel" prize campaign.

Enter now to win!
Two First Prize Winners Will Receive: Canon Digital Rebel XSi
10 Runner-Up Winners Will Receive: Vista Quest VQ1005 Digital Toy Cameras

Canon Digital Rebel XSi 12.2 MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens (Black)

VISTA QUEST VQ1005 Digital Toy camera

Anyone can apply for the campaign in three steps!

Step1 : Make a PhotoPeach Slideshow.
Step2 : Embed it on your blog or website.
Step3 : Click the button below to submit your entry by April 5th and wait for the results.

We are looking forward to your visit!

Love,
The PhotoPeach Team

Users Page and More

2009-02-26T23:10:00.000+09:00

New Features
Users page has been added;
you can check out other users' public shows and profile.
"Join PhotoPeach" link was added in ending.

Small Changes
Increased server network speed
Changed email icon at "Share" window
Embed button icon changed
Faster slideshow flash loading
Added page navigation at "Home" and "Explore"