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Clean, Powerful Approach to Web Album Creation
From the makers of ImageWell, XtraLean Software introduces ShutterBug, a refreshing approach to web album creation and updating content on the fly. ShutterBug equips users with efficient and revolutionary content creation tools including Thumbnail Zoom, "ImageWell-Inside," and the first of its kind, the Edit-in-Place Browser window.
ShutterBug empowers users to design and publish content to the web without any knowledge of HTML. Edit-in-Place lets users edit the layout and design on the fly, web preview the site, and test the links all in one window, pushing the limits of what users can do with their content. Users can crop, rotate, add thought clouds to photos with the ImageWell editor and take close-up shots of thumbnails with the Zoom tool. With the click of a button, ShutterBug makes uploading and sending changes speedy and hassle-free. No other consumer web album maker in this class can perform all of these functions in one compact application.
"We're redefining easy," Co-founder, Hagen Kaye says, "If you can use a mouse, you can design, create, and publish a photo album to the web." Users can drag and drop to position and resize objects on the page, float text around objects, and customize thumbnail sizes to whatever aspect ratio they want. Advancing the WYSIWYG concept, ShutterBug goes one step further in providing a multi-task environment that supports a smooth and uninterrupted workflow, paving the way to true innovation in web content publishing. What users do and see in ShutterBug is what really appears in all browsers on all platforms.
Other standard features include drag and drop to reorder photos and pages, drag and drop photos from iPhoto and other picture folders, text content editing, easy hyperlink insertion, automated slideshows, slideshow editing, fade transitions, captions, watermarks, thumbnail resizing, number of rows and columns, add borders and frames to objects and photos, add background images to web pages, customize a template, use one of the pre-packed templates, or create own unique look and feel. Plus much more.
A full-featured demo version that watermarks images with 'Demo' can be tried for free, downloadable from xtralean.com. Purchase and registration of the product will remove the watermarks and can be purchased for the special introductory price of $29 from XtraLean's online store. ShutterBug requires Mac OS X 10.3.4 or higher and web host space for uploading websites to. ShutterBug supports dot Mac accounts and WebDAV.
More useful additions are planned for ShutterBug in the near future. XtraLean offers full customer support services for ShutterBug and welcomes all feedback. For more information about XtraLean and future developments, check the company's website and support forums at www.xtralean.com.
ShutterBug, a compact 784 KBs download, is available immediately from XtraLean's website at www.xtralean.com for a special introductory price of $29 USD. A free demo version is also available for evaluation.
Founded in 2002, XtraLean Software is a new software developer for the Mac OS X platform with over a decade of experience in developing and marketing leading edge applications on the alternative platform. XtraLean Software is committed to creating affordable and innovative software for Mac OS X users by providing slim and useful alternatives that give users what they ask for.
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