PhotoUpLink Updates

Launch of PhotoUpLink for Windows enables personal area publishing

Simply distribute large image and video files to email recipients, FTP servers, and ODBC data sources with one application.

OAKLAND, CA September 18 2007 – PhotoUpLink for Windows is now available for download and purchase at http://www.photouplink.com. PhotoUpLink offers a variety of features to Windows users, for images, video and other file types. Included are a complete FTP and SFTP feature set, enabling direct upload of images to many image gallery websites. Sending image and video binary data directly to any ODBC data source is now possible, including EXIF metadata. PhotoUpLink also integrates with Microsoft Office applications.

Most uploads are followed by notification to individuals of the location of the files. These users then must login and download – PhotoUpLink simplifies this process with innovative email attachments that will import these files into a local Windows My Pictures folder with Windows PhotoUpLink installed. No longer are photos and videos being sent limited by attachment size restrictions, the PhotoUpLink generated email triggers downloads directly from any FTP site, eliminating email server limits. Additionally, PhotoUpLink.Net is provided as a service to PhotoUpLink users to streamline this process.

PhotoUpLink’s data features allow export of image information to Excel or an SQL database.  ODBC export sends both EXIF metadata and the binary information of any group of images and video to any ODBC data source that supports binary large objects, including MySQL, Oracle, IBM DB 2 or Microsoft SQL Server.  PhotoUpLink is a comprehensive, accessible media warehousing solution, available directly from the context menu.

For users of Microsoft Office, PhotoUpLink will create a PowerPoint presentation or Word document based on photos selected.  “This really takes the manual labor out of setting up these documents. PhotoUpLink positions the images and title text for you automatically on each page or slide, a great starting point from which users can easily resize, relocate, and add information to”, explained PhotoUpLink creator and author Mark Morris.

Rounding out the feature set of PhotoUpLink are the convenient panorama creator and QuickTime movie joining tool. Short QuickTime movies are often imported from many camera devices. Joining them together is possible by selecting them in PhotoUpLink and using the Effects section. Panorama creation is also available in Effects.

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As you may guess from the version number this is a platform test build that only runs until the end of August. This application will support direct camera integration, using Pocket Excel to store session data, shot lists including GPS location information, date, time, comments, etc. Support for ODBC and local mobile databases will be included. Direct integration with Pocket Outlook will allow you to send groups of shots and session information to your address book. Also you will be able to select a group of images and create a Pocket PowerPoint presentation easily. Expect feature implementation and application layouts to change dramatically over the development cycle. Windows Mobile 5.0 or greater is required.

This build contains all tabs largely feature complete. ODBC, create PowerPoint, FTP, etc are all now available. Panoramas can be created, and  Quicktime videos joined together. Open PhotoUpLink by selecting files and right clicking. Additional files can be dragged on to the new Files tab, or deleted from the list of files.

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Developer Mark Morris today announced that PhotoUpLink for iPhoto ‘08 is available and can be downloaded and purchased from http://www.photouplink.com. All users of PhotoUpLink who have upgraded to iLife ’08 should download the new version for continued functionality, and access to new features.

“With Apple’s new plugin interface support in iPhoto ’08, it is now possible to access more data about individual images “, said PhotoUpLink creator and author Mark Morris from Jack London Square. PhotoUpLink for iPhoto ’08 uses this information to enhance the database creation process from image libraries. Both Excel spreadsheets and SQL databases created using PhotoUpLink now have expanded entries for all EXIF information available from iPhoto, in sortable, searchable column entries.

The rest of PhotoUpLink’s features are fully compatible with iPhoto ’08. Both FTP and secure FTP exports can create notification emails that trigger automatic downloading by recipients, using any FTP server. PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, and Excel spreadsheets can be created from iPhoto libraries with Office X or Office 2004. Any ODBC data source can be exported to that supports binary large objects, including MySQL, Oracle, IBM DB 2 or Microsoft SQL Server.

This is a test build for ODBC, Office compatibility and installer functionality. Download and run the installer, then in the Windows file Explorer select about 5 photos, and right click on them. click Send To on the context menu, where you should see the famous PhotoUpLink icon in the Send To list, PhotoUpLink will open when you click on that. Go to the Documents tab. Choose PowerPoint (should be default) format, or Word. Click Select to define the output filename, eg test5.ppt. Click OK to create the document. Database features are also present, though FileMaker is not supported in this version. You can export the selected images to any ODBC datasource using the technique described above by selecting the Database tab, images are exported as binaries with some EXIF data added. You must have table creation privileges to use this feature. Additionally, you can create an Excel spreadsheet of the metadata from the selected images.

This build fixes some minor compatibility issues with Office 2004 and modifies the layout of generated PowerPoint slides slightly.

This build corrects some FTP issues and contains several other bug fixes. The expiration date of this build is the end of August 2007, and it includes test support for PhotoUpLink.Net one click transfer. Creation of email is improved - viewing links are added and .pul files can be created and attached to a notification email. Other Windows PhotoUpLink users can click on this attachment to import the described files to their local My Pictures, or any other folder. This automatically downloads the files from the originator PhotoUpLink specified FTP site and facing URL, with or without password protection and using FTP or HTTP.

This early Windows build allows users to access PhotoUpLink FTP from the Send To menu. Select the images, video, or other files you wish to FTP, then right click. The Send To menu will appear in the popup context menu, and from there you can select PhotoUpLink as a destination option after running the Windows installer. Download then run / doubleclick on PhotoUpLinkInstall.msi to install this version on your Windows system. Clicking on any .pul sent to you from iPhoto or Aperture PhotoUpLink will also trigger the asset download process from another PhotoUpLink client with this build installed.

This build is now available, and works with both FileMaker 5 and FileMaker 7 formats, as well as Office X through Office 2004, and SFTP. Here is the press release with more information. Thanks to M 5tevens for the hardware support, this version was written mostly in Berkeley. Thanks also to David Florek and Jonathan Monroe for their help with database issues.

This build completes the ODBC portion of the program - EXIF, IPTC and custom metadata are now written as complete plists to the database. Refer to the new Aperture page for more detailed information. All testing was done with MySQL Community Server and the Actual ODBC Driver for Open Source Databases. Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and Word documents can all now be created instantly from your Aperture library. SFTP processed images to any secure server. The Panorama effect is functioning, and link generation in FTP notification emails. Download