Basically, when you search for an image results such as the one below will be show. All similar images or images in the same category are grouped together in stacks as you can see.

When you click on one of these stacks, it’s expanded into a wheel format with the main images being at the centre. When you click on one of the related images it gets moved into the centre along with images related to it. The original batch of images is then moved away to the side in a new circle but is still connected by a line. You can see this in the screenshot below.

By constantly clicking images, more subsequent circles and related images are created. As you keep clicking, you search is then narrowed down to the point where just one image will be left in the main circle with the rest ‘swirling down’ in a spiral behind it. When you click on that image the Google Images page is opened as it would in normal search results.

Think of this as a huge family tree for images on the internet.

• Search Results in ‘Stacked’ style.
• Narrow them down using Swirl.
• Similar and related images grouped together.

Check it out at image-swirl.googlelabs.com (by Dean Sherwin from ArtofStinginess)

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• Similar-Images: Similar Images Search From Google
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• The Real Live Search: Search Bing Quickly
• TagBulp: Quick Tag Search Engine For Images & Videos
• SemantiFind: Cool Suggestion Tool for Searching on Google

Features:

• East to use online photo cropper.
• Rotate, add shadows and rounded corners.
• Supported image formats: JPG, GIF and PNG.
• Save edited images back onto your computer or share via email.
• No registration.
• Similar tools: ResizeYourImage, EasyCropper and PicSlice.

Check out CutMyPic @ www.cutmypic.com

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• WriteOnIt: Create Fake Photos, Captions and Magazines
• Word Mosaic: Make Cool Word Mosaic Images
• Wiredness
• WetFloorMaker: Add Reflection To Image

The way it works is this – you select the type of face alert you’d like to receive, authorize the app to access your pictures, have your photos scanned by the app and add tags on multiple pictures. It’ll auto-tag most of the pictures, rest you can add them yourself. The tagged pictures are then published on your profile.

Features

• Get your Facebook pictures auto-tagged.
• Receive alerts when your pictures are uploaded on Facebook
• Facial recognition technology by Face.com effectively recognizes your photo.
• Organize your tagged photos in custom albums.

Check out Photo Tagger @ apps.facebook.com/photo_tagger/ (via TechCrunch, By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• YouGotPhoto: Easily Add Online Images To Digital Photo Frames
• WatchItToo: View Photos & Watch Videos Together
• Troovi: Simple and Quick Photo Sharing Tool
• PrettySlide: Quickly Create Facebook Photo Slideshows
• Pikchur: Upload Photos to Multiple Online Profiles Simultaneously

Even though the add-on is experimental, it works perfectly and does what it says.

Features:

• Download multiple images on any web page at once.
• Quick, simple and easy to use.
• Works with Firefox only.

Check out Quick Image Downloader @ addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/46864

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• YoutubeDesktop: Cool Youtube Browser (and Downloader)
• Youtube Catcher : One more Tool to Download Youtube Videos
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• WorryAboutYou: Find, Listen and Download Songs you Like
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Clicking on particular app presents a page where you can read or leave comments about it, see how many people has marked it as favorite, and visit the actual site.

Features:

• Official Flickr apps directory.
• Search by keyword, browse and discover new tools by tags.
• Read and leave comment.

Check out The App Garden @ www.flickr.com/services (via Downloadsquad)

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• TwitterGram: Automatically Post Flickr Photos to Twitter
• MMSface: Upload Photos Via MMS To Hi5, Flickr & MySpace
• FlickrSync: Synchronize Flickr Sets with Local Folders
• Cellspin: Post to Youtube, eBay, Facebook … from Mobile
• ZYB : BackUp Your Mobile Online

And it doesn’t stop at just the images. It also fetches videos related to the image content, similar images from Flickr (there are separate filters based on image licenses for Flickr too) and news stories with images. If you want to find out where exactly the image appeared, you just need to hover your mouse above it and it pops up the information.

Demo video:

Features:

• Search images by similarity.
• Upload images or draw a rough sketch to find similar images.
• Also search similar images by giving an image url or keyword.
• Filter search results by size, color and more.
• Get videos, Flickr images and news results too.
• Similar tools: Pixolu and more in recent MakeUseOf article about alternative image search engines.

Check out GazoPa@ www.gazopa.com (via TechCrunch, by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• The Real Live Search: Search Bing Quickly
• TagBulp: Quick Tag Search Engine For Images & Videos
• Swirl: Cool Image Search From Google Labs
• Similar-Images: Similar Images Search From Google
• Pixolu: Search for Similar Images Using an Image

The process is fairly easy, just list URLs of input images, select the shape or type in a text and hit “Create” button. Few seconds later you will be redirected to a new page showing your collage. Ready collages can be saved to your computer, embedded online and shared with other by forwarding a link.

Features:

• Create shape and text collages online.
• Create as many collages as you like.
• Works only with web hosted images.
• Save created collages onto your computer.
• Share collages by embedding or forwarding a link.
• Free, no sign up.
• Similar tools: Fotonea, Photovisi and Collagr.

Check out Shape Collage @ www.shapecollage.com/online

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Another cool feature the site has is a shopping cart where you can drag and drop your favorite images while browsing. Then when you are ready to go download all as zipped file.

You can also create an account to stay up-to-date on new updates and keep track of the downloads you have already made.

Features:

• Lists collection of free stock vector symbols, photos and custom created artwork.
• All images are free and can be used for commercial or private purposes.
• Drop images into shopping cart and download all at once.
• Register to stay up-to-date on new additions and keep track of the downloads you have already made.
• Similar sites: StockVault and MorgueFile.

Check out AllOurStock @ www.allourstock.com

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• PicFindr: Stock Photography Search Engine
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• Behold: High Quality Image Search For Flickr

Once the GIF is ready you can save it onto your computer, share it online or post it on your web page by embedding. See sample GIF below:

Features:

• Create GIF animations online.
• Create as many animations as you like.
• Customize the size and speed of animations.
• Free and easy to use.
• Similar apps:  LooGix, Gickr, MakeAGIF and GIFmake.

Check out CreateAgif @ www.createagif.net

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• LooGix: Free Online GIF Animator
• GifSoup: YouTube Video To GIF Converter
• Text Anim: Easily Create Animated Texts
• SplitGif: Split GIF Animations Online
• SeeNow: Have Fun With Your Photos Online

The process is simple, just choose a template you like, upload your photo and wait for SeeNow to align, crop and blend it for you. You can also tweak the face position manually if needed. When readey your enhanced photo can be easily shared online, downloaded onto computer or printed on a t-shirt.

Features:

• Have fun with your photos by adding various photo effects.
• More than 350 different photo effects and templates to choose from.
• The templates are organized in categories i.e. Halloween, Magazines, Movies, Music, Sport etc.
• Check out popular templates.
• Share enhanced photos online and download them to your computer.
• Similar websites: FunPhotoBox, MeOnMag, Facebomb and many others.

Check out SeeNow @ www.seenow.com (via CrunchGear.com)

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• FunPhotoBox: Apply Funny Effects On Your Images
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The concept is simple – pose in front of camera, take a picture and upload it to the site. And then get rated by the community of users. You could also rate people quickly and easily. Just take a look at a photo and choose an impression that person makes from the drop down menu. There are various options like arrogant, sexy, cute etc to choose from. After you select the impression he/she made on you, you can see the overall ratings for that person.

The rationale behind this site is that strangers would give an unbiased opinion about you and you’ll know the kind of impression you’ll make on people in a particular dress or pose.

Features:

• Check what kind of first impression do you make.
• Rate other users depending on the first impression they make on you.
• Simple and easy to use.
• Choose the gender and age group when searching for people.
• See the overall ratings for a particular user.
• Similar site: HowOldAreYou.

Check out SpeakingFaces@ www.speakingfaces.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• WikiWorldBook: Free Online Address Book
• WhitePages: Address and Phone Number Look Up
• WhereToWork: Find Out Where To Look For Jobs

There are also output settings where you can set colors (Black  & White or Colored) and characters (Letters or Squares) for the generated ASCII picture. When the ASCII picture is ready you can get its HTML code and save it onto your computer.

Features:

• Turn images into ASCII art.
• Supported input image formats: JPG and JPEG only.
• Required image dimensions: 60 x 50 pixels.
• Control output settings: Color, ASCII character type etc.
• Download and save ready art onto your computer.
• Get HTML code to post the pictures somewhere online.
• Similar websites: Text-Image, ASCIIPoster and PicASCII.

Check out ASCII-O-Matic @ www.typorganism.com/asciiomatic

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From the page:

Have you ever noticed that the pictures you send along with your tweets ends on public images hosting services? These hosting services put ads around your content, and can make traffic (and money) with YOUR pictures.

Twitter2Press is a little plugin that wil transform your WordPress in an image hosting service. So, your images will still be your property, and the generated traffic will be yours.

Using the plugin is easy, simply download, install and configure it by following instructions. In one of the steps you will be asked to provide your Twitter login details. The plugin also works well with Tweetie – a popular iPhone Twitter client.

Check out this example page which shows an image gallery created on a WordPress blog using this plugin.

Features:

• Wordpress plugin which lets you self-host Twitter images.
• Download and install Twitter2Press wordpress plugin in order to use it.
• Easy to use and configure.
• Works great with Tweetie (iPhone Twitter client).

Check out Twitter2Press @ projets.lesniak.fr/twitter2press (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• WeFollow: User Powered Twitter Directory
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Once you are done, you can download the image onto your computer or share it online using the provided buttons on the right. If you register on the site, you will be able to send your images as email greetings, save them online in an album and more.

Features:

• Create image mosaic from your text in different shaped symbols.
• Free, no registration needed.
• Register to save your images online in an album, send your images as email greetings and more.
• Site available in multiple languages including Spanish, Russian, German, Turkish and others.
• Similar tools: Wordle, Pixisnap and Picartia.

Check out ImageChef’s Word Mosaic Maker @ www.imagechef.com/ic/word_mosaic/

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A photo-book or hotbook as they call it can be build using their Facebook app. You can drag and drop pictures, customize the background, tweak the titles, borders and more. Quick and easy.

Features

• Get a free 16 page photo book shipped to you every month anywhere in the world.
• Works with Facebook and Bebo.
• Use their Facebook app to create hotbooks.
• Drag and drop pictures and customize your photo book.

Check out Hotprints @ www.hotprints.com (via TechCrunch) (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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To put it simply, it processes each image and identifies the type of visual concepts present within the image (animal, beach, car, cloud, face etc). It allows for better filtering of image search results according to your needs.

Image search results for pictures tagged “coast” that look like “beach”

Image search results for pictures simply tagged “coast”

Features:

• Search only high quality Flickr images.
• Search inside Flickr images.
• Similar sites: LiteFlick, CoolFlick, MultiColr and FlickrBabel.

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• Wrapr: Cool Panoramic Image Viewer
• MultiColr: Find Flickr Photos with Specific Color Scheme
• LiteFlick: Nice Flickr Search Tool
• FlickrBabel: Search & Filter Flickr Photos by Location and Language
• Flickorama: Cool Flickr 3D Viewer

Features:

• Easily remove skin spots from your photos.
• Make your face beautiful, by removing blemishes, acne spots, marks, etc.
• Enhance as many photos as you like.
• Minimum image resolution: 500 x 600 pixels.
• Free, no registration needed.
• Similar web tools: PicTreat, MakeUp, FotoCrib and FlauntR.

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1 – Select Flickr photos.
2 – Customize map.
3 – Save and share it online.

The maps with photos on them can be easily customized in terms of size and color. The site doesn’t require any registration, however if you sign up you will be able to save and manage all your Flickr photo maps in one place online.

iMapFlickr in action:

Features:

• Google Maps & Flickr mashup tool.
• Create custom Google Maps and map your Flickr photos.
• Create as many maps as you like.
• Embed ready maps on your website or blog.
• Share by forwarding a link.
• Customize the size and color of maps.
• Free, no registration necessary.
• Sign up to save and store your maps online.

Check out iMapFlickr @ www.imapflickr.com

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• Wrapr: Cool Panoramic Image Viewer
• Wayfaring: Create & Share Custom Maps Online
• PictoBrowser
• oSkope: Visual Search for eBay, Youtube, Flickr …
• Offeretti: Local Business Discounts Search Engine

Drag-and-drop face parts (eyes, noses, lips, ears, eyebrows etc.) onto the canvas from the left column and use provided menu buttons to apply different colors and manipulate the objects (scale up/down, rotate, flip).

When you are done, forward the painting to an email address and/or save it in the website’s gallery. There are many other user-submitted paintings in the gallery as well.

Features:

• Make Picasso art face drawings online.
• Forward your painting to an email address or save it in the site gallery.
• Browse over 1 million user submitted paintings online.
• Free, no registration needed.
• Similar tools: PimpTheFace, PsykoPaint, FlashPaint and others.

Check out Mr. Picassohead @ www.mrpicassohead.com

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• SwarmSketch: Collective Sketching
• RateMyDrawings
• Queeky: Draw and Share Drawings Online
• PsykoPaint: Turns Your Pictures Into Awesome Paintings

Using the EXIFremover you can easily delete the EXIF information online. Simply, select your image (s) and hit the “Upload & remove exif” button. The application will erase EXIF data and give you a clean image back.

Features:

• Delete EXIF data online.
• Maximum allowed image size: 10 MB.
• Works for JPG images only.
• EXIF reader also supported.
• Similar tools: Get EXIF Info and CameraSummary.

Check out EXIFremover @ www.exifremover.com

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• Get EXIF Info: Extract and View EXIF Data from Images
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• YouGotPhoto: Easily Add Online Images To Digital Photo Frames

Firstly, signing up take just a few minutes and you deal with the majority of your preferences there. For example, if you only want a few of the photos you upload to be sent to Twitter, you can create a special tag for these photos such as ‘ForTwitter’ or ‘Tweet’.

Once you enter in your Twitter and Flickr details and click ‘Submit’, the rest will simply work by itself. There is little or no need to re-access the service again unless you want to change your preferences. All of it is done via the normal uploading method on Flickr.

As you can see from the example below, what’s posted on your Twitter account is neat and tidy with order; unlike some of the links you see done manually. There is plenty of room for a title and the program uses Bit.ly, the URL shortening service to save on space.

For those who enjoy photo sharing this is a great web tool that really requires next to no effort to get your favourite snaps on Twitter for your followers to enjoy.

Check it out TwitterGram @ flickr.twittergram.com (by Dean Sherwin)

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• The App Garden: Great Flickr Tools Collection
• Spy: Monitor Social Media Conversations For Certain Topics
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• Phandy: Twitter Like Photo Sharing Tool

My Avatar Editor is also available as a Desktop application, which you can download and use it offline to create and edit avatars.

Features:

• Online avatar creator and editor.
• Download your avatar in popular JPEG/PNG image formats to your computer for later use or share it online using its unique URL.
• Export avatar as an XML file or as a binary avatar file (.bae) to edit it later within the avatar editor.
• Also available as a standalone downloadable desktop application.
• Compatible with Mii characters used on Nintendo Wii game console.
• Similar tools: AvatarPhoto, AvatarsDB, Alpoy and more in related MakeUseOf article on how to create avatars online without any image editing.

Check out My Avatar Editor @ www.myavatareditor.com

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• AvatarPhoto: Create Your Own Animated Avatar Online
• Alpoy: Animated Avatar Making Tool
• TurnYourNameIntoaFace: Online Avatar Creator
• FaceYourManga: Easily Create Super Cool Online Avatars
• EmotiYou: Create Free Animated Emoticons From Images

1 – Chose one of the music themes.
2 – Customize it by adding images or videos.
3 – Generate cool video clip and receive it via email.

The site provides you with lots of ready to use themes in variety of genres (Pop, Rock, Soul, HipHop, Electronic, Folk… etc.). The images and videos can be either added from computer or imported from your account on Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket and Smugmug.

Once the video is ready, you will get a download link via email. There is also an option to quickly publish it on sites like YouTube and Photobucket. Or you may simply forward it via email to anyone you like.

Below is the sample video clip created using ClipGenerator:

Features:

• Cool online video clip creator.
• Creates clips from your personal images and videos.
• Create as many clips as you like.
• Images and videos can be either added from computer or imported from your account on Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket and Smugmug.
• Supported file formats:
  - Image formats: jpg, png, gif
  - Video formats: wmv, mov, avi, mpg, 3gp
• Max. allowed file size: 20MB per image or video.
• Videos can be saved on your computer, uploaded to YouTube or Photobucket and shared via email.
• Free, no registration needed.
• Similar websites: Animoto, Masher, Pixorial and more in 18 Tools to Edit, Mix and Enhance your Videos.

Check out ClipGenerator @ www.clipgenerator.com

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• Stupeflix: Generate Cool Video Presentations
• PrettySlide: Quickly Create Facebook Photo Slideshows
• Picupine: Quick Image Sharing Tool
• PhotoSnack: Cool Picture Slideshow Maker
• MyLiveGallery: Instant Online Image Gallery Creator

Features:

• Online animated face creator.
• Create as may animated faces as you like.
• Apply funny masks, hairstyles, beards and mustaches.
• Download and save created images on to your computer.
• Free, no sign up needed to animate photos.
• Other similar websites: Beema and PhotoFace.

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• MeOnMag: Make Fake Magazine Covers With Your Picture. (Updated)
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The site offers a bunch of magazine covers including popular covers like People, Vogue, GQ, Time, Cosmo… etc. The process is very easy, just upload your image and choose the magazine cover you want to put yourself on. After that you can instantly download ready image back onto you computer.

Features:

• Create fake magazine covers with your picture on them.
• Chose between popular magazines like People, Vogue, GQ, Cosmo and others.
• Download fake magazine covers to your computer.
• Share read covers with friends or upload to your online profiles.
• Free, no registration needed.

Update: The site is no longer functional. Here is alternative sites you can use MagMyPic or  CoverDude.

Check out MeOnMag @ www.meonmag.com

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• Personalized Money Generator
• MpChange: Turn Your Photo Into 3D Animated Face
• Monjee: Generate Faces and Add Effects To Them

We have already profiled similar applications in the past (SplitGif and GIFWorks ) but GIFexplode makes the process of extracting images way faster and easier by offering a browser bookmarklet.

Features:

• Online animated GIF splitter.
• Split as many GIFs as you like.
• Upload GIF from your computer or web URL.
• Save extracted images individually.
• Includes browser bookmarklet and Firefox addon.
• Free, no registration needed.

Check out GIFexplode @ www.gifexplode.com (via Technospot )

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• Screedbot: Animated Scrolling Typewriter Text Generator
• MakeAGIF: A Simple Animated Image Maker
• LooGix: Free Online GIF Animator

Here is the list of things you can do:

• Resize Images - Lets you resize images. You can specify the image size in a percentage or resize images to a custom size. Options for preserving aspect-ratio is also available.
• Crop images - Lets us crop images to a custom size, which is very helpful to create fixed size avatars, favicons, gravatarts and thumbnail images.
• Convert Image Formats - Lets you convert file formats between jpeg, gif, png, bmp, ico, pbm and a lot more. Not only this, we can also select the quality of the rendered image from highest to medium to lowest.
• Add Effects - Lets you apply perspective, texture and mirror effects like horizontal flip, wave, vertical flip, emboss, engrave, change colors etc. The effect application can also be set by a certain value.
• Photo frames - Select and add variety of frames on to your images.

Most of these effects require images to be less than 1 MB in size.

Check out Change Images @ www.change-images.com (by Chinmoy from Techarraz)

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Using the app is easy and there is no need to sign up. Start the diagram creator and start selecting different objects (backgrounds, cameras, persons, lighting sources, lighting modifiers, props, accessories, bouncing and reflecting equipment) from drop down menus. Drag selected object onto grid and position and rotate them in anyway you like. When the diagram is ready it can be saved as JPEG or PNG image. In order to share the diagram with others, get the URL and forward it to others.

The site is still in beta, so there are some bugs to be fixed, and more features are on the way.

Features:

• Lighting diagram creator.
• Create and share as many diagrams as you like.
• Drag and drop interface.
• Export your diagram to JPEG or PNG.
• Share diagrams by forwarding URL
• Free, no sign up needed.

Check out LightingDiagrams @ www.lightingdiagrams.com

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It enables you to create custom RSS feeds for Flicks using parameters like tags, tag mode, sorting order and maximum number of images to return. Users can also choose the sorting order between relevance, date and interestingness. Just configure these parameters and click on the ‘Flick-RSS-ify’ button to get your unique RSS feed.

Features:

• Simple and elegant Flickr RSS feed generator.
• Parameters to generate the RSS feed based on tags, tag mode and sorting order.
• Options to sort the order of images by date taken, interestingness and relevance.
• Free to use, no registration required.

Check out Flickr RSS @ www.degraeve.com/flickr-rss (by Srikanth AD from Techonaut)

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Loggel is a cool web app that allows you to have an online diary with tonnes of multi-media. You can upload audio, video and pictures to conical your life. This can all be done via a multitude of devices from your home PC right down to that cell phone sitting in your pocket.

You can also keep track of what your friends are up to by following their Loggel account. Loggel has combined all the best bits of Twitter, social networking and blogging and really made it work.

I would recommend this app for those who either travel a lot or who are just too busy to really engage with social networking on a large scale but still want a place for friends to catch up with them and their antics.

Features:

• Keep your friends and family updated.
• Upload photos, video and audio. You can also simply use plain text.
• Can be used from a mobile phone for uploading media and making posts.
• Geo-tagging: mark your current location on a map.
• Free registration is needed.
• Check out lifelogs of other users and make new friends.
• Similar tools: Memiary, Diary.com and Penzu.

Check out Loggel @ www.loggel.com (by Dean Sherwin)

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The site also lets you contribute by identifying pictures submitted by others. When some answer gets five votes an image becomes officially identified. Anyone can identify pictures and vote on images without the need to sign up, the registration is only required for people who want to submit pictures for identification.

Features:

• Submit photos of anything or anyone and identify them with help from others.
• Try to identify photos of other users and vote on answers.
• Identify pictures randomly or browse them by categories.
• Get an image link and share it on your Twitter or Facebook profile.
• Free and easy to use.
• The iPhone version available as well.
• Similar websites: PicAnswers.

Check out idthis @ www.idthis.org (via TechCrunch)

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By clicking on “start your makeover”, you can upload photos and apply a variety of effects using makeup materials from different beauty brands. The choice of hairstyles, cosmetics, looks, accessories available is quite extensive and you could completely transform the look of the picture. The resultant picture can be shared with friends, emailed and downloaded.

Features

• Free online makeover tool.
• Huge set of tools and effects available.
• Change hairstyles, apply cosmetics, add jewelery and much more.
• Uses face recognition technology.
• Free registration.

Check out Daily Makeover @ www.dailymakeover.com (By Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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To view the EXIF data from the image you need to upload an image and hit on the “Get EXIF info from file” button. The app will then show you the data. There is also an option to save extracted data onto your computer as a CSV file.

Features:

• Extract EXIF data from JPG images.
• EXIF data tells you the model of camera used, image creation date / time, resolution settings and so on.
• Works for JPG images only.
• Export extracted info as CSV.
• Includes online image resizer.
• Similar website: CameraSummary.

Check out Get EXIF info @ www.pictureresizer.org/Get-exif-info.aspx

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• Zamzar
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The process is straightforward, simply pick a templateyou want to use, enter seal text, customize borders and emblems, select colors and finally click on the “Go” button. When the seal is ready you can save it onto your computer, upload to ImageShack or get it printed on a cup, hat, magnet, t-shirt and so on.

The Seal Generator app is free and doesn’t put any restictions on the number of seals users can make.

Features:

• Create cool custom seals online.
• Create as many seals as you like.
• Provides a number of different templates to choose from.
• Customize seal text, border, emblem and color.
• Download created seals onto your computer.
• Order seal to be printed on a cup, hat, magnet, t-shirt, buttons and more (not free).

Check out Official Seal Generator @ www.says-it.com/seal

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To use the calculator simply click on the map or select a location from the drop down list. It will then calculate the transit of the sun through the sky and present the panel below the map with the Golden Hour clearly marked around dawn and dusk. You can also explore how the Golden Hour shifts with the seasons by browsing different calendar dates.

Features:

• Golden hour calculator.
• Tells you the times of the day when you can take beautiful pictures.
• Click any location on the map or choose from the list.
• Explore golden hour shifts throughout the year.
• Similar site: BlueHour andShotAddict.

Check out Golden-Hour @ www.golden-hour.com (via Delicious)

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PrettySlide offers various slideshow themes. The slideshows can be shared with others using a permalink that never changes.

The video below shows how PrettySlide works in more detail. Check it out.

Features:

• Online Facebook photos slideshow creator.
• No separate registration to the site required.
• Choose from 5 different slideshow themes to create a slideshow.
• Share your slideshow easily using the permanent link.
• For more slideshow tools see slideshows section.

Check out PrettySlide @ www.prettyslide.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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PrettySlide: Quickly Create Facebook Photo Slideshows

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FunPhotoBox: Adding Special Effects to Pictures Made Easy
]]> FunPhotoBox is a free online service for easily adding special effects to your pictures. It also allows you to create realistic looking animations, funny magazine covers and e-cards. Currently there are around 120 high quality photo effect templates available, just choose the one you like and apply it to your photo in 3 simple steps.
1. Select an effect from a the list.
2. Upload your image.
3. Apply effects.

When your image is ready you can download it onto your computer and share it with others by forwarding a link or embedding the image on your Facebook or MySpace profile.









Features:

• Create funny pictures from your photos and apply high quality special effects.
• Around 112 photo effect templates.
• Create animations, ecards and funny magazine covers.
• Supported image formats: JPG, PNG and GIF.
• Download photos to your computer or share them online on your webpages.
• Maximum allowed image size is 4MB.
• The website available in English, German and Italian languages.

Check out FunPhotoBox @ www.funphotobox.com

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Taaz: Upload A Photo & Create A Virtual Makeover
]]> Taaz is a brilliant online virtual makeover site which adds a number of enhancements to uploaded profile photos at one click of the mouse. Users could quickly change the color of lipstick, lip liner, hair, add new hairstyles, eyelashes, apply foundation on the face, use the concealer and the blush option to pamper the face and much more. The ease of use is what makes this photo enhancement tool really cool. It’s free and requires registration.





Features

• Create free virtual makeovers.
• Apply amazing effects in one click.
• Choose from different options for face, eyes, hair and lips.
• Registration required to upload your photos.

Check out Taaz @www.taaz.com (by Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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PimpTheFace: Create A Face Online
]]> PimpTheFace is new web application that lets you create people faces just like policemencreates photorobots of suspects. On the site you will find an easy to use photo editor where you can drag and drop different face parts to create a face online and manipulate it in various ways.



The best part about the tool is that you can upload your own image and use it as a background to get the best matching photorobot possible. Ready face images can be saved online, printed out and shared on your blog or Facebook profile in seconds.



Below I posted a couple of videos shwoing PimpTheFace in action. Check them out.

Features:

• Create people faces online.
• Easy to use face editor with a drag and drop interface.
• Control scale and opacity effects on different face parts.
• Upload background image to get better results.
• Print out or save created images online.
• Similar tools: BeFunky, FaceMaker and PhotoFace.

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EmotiYou: Create Free Animated Emoticons From Images
]]> EmotiYou is a web based utility which enables you to generate animated emoticons and smileys from uploaded images. Created emoticons can be then easily used in web forums, instant messengers and online games.

Creating emoticons is easy and requires few simple steps; select a photo ( JPG, PNG or GIF ) from your computer, crop it as you like, choose the animation effect of your choice, and once finished emoticon will be sent to your email.





You can also browse through and download hundreds of free animated emoticons created by visitors.

Features:

• Create animated emoticons from images in a few clicks.
• Supported image format: JPG, PNG and GIF.
• Options to crop and animation effects are available.
• Browse through and download hundreds of free animated emoticons.
• Quick and easy to use, no sign up required.

Check out EmotiYou @ www.emotiyou.com (by Srikanth AD from Firefox Ninjas)

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