Edit and Share Photos and Videos with Windows Live Photo Gallery

re: Edit and Share Photos and Videos with Windows Live Photo Gallery

japsiatel — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:26:20 GMT

omg this is so COMFUSING but thank you!!!!

re: Edit and Share Photos and Videos with Windows Live Photo Gallery

Brandon LeBlanc — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:23:21 GMT

japsiatel, these features do not exist in Windows Photo Gallery. This post talks about and what you need is Windows Live Photo Gallery which you can download at http://get.live.com.

Windows Live Photo Gallery is sort of a upgrade from Windows Photo Gallery :-)

Thanks,

Brandon

re: Edit and Share Photos and Videos with Windows Live Photo Gallery

japsiatel — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:20:39 GMT

PLEASE HELP HERE I do NOT see this feature ANYWHERE in my windows photo gallery. I have home premium and there is just a button "make movie" nothing else :( :(

re: Edit and Share Photos and Videos with Windows Live Photo Gallery

toph — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:06:40 GMT

So I suppose it's as much an upgrade (as opposed to a new program) as Windows Movie Maker 2 was an upgrade from Windows Movie Maker 1, which is a good thing in my book because I like most everything about Windows Photo Gallery and I see no reason to start anew. :) The name change just made me wonder.

I do notice that the left-hand navigation has changed a bit, removing Ratings and the Pictures and Videos virtual folders (as opposed to the Pictures and Videos physical folders). I see that Ratings are still accessible in the center pane. But is there still a way to see every video in the library, whether it's in the "Video" folder or the "Shared Video" folder or some other random folder?

Anyway, thanks for being so responsive Brandon!

re: Edit and Share Photos and Videos with Windows Live Photo Gallery

Brandon LeBlanc — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:32:19 GMT

toph, Windows Live Photo Gallery does not lose anything the original Windows Photo Gallery had - in fact it improves upon what Windows Photo Gallery had. Windows Live Photo Gallery is the succesor to Windows Photo Gallery.

You most certainly do not lose tags or captions for your photos. Metadata for images remain in tact. Windows Live Photo Gallery continues to also let you view RAW image files within the app just like Windows Photo Gallery did with the proper RAW codec installed.

As far UI inconsistencies... its currently a beta and the UI has yet to reach its final state. Expect its UI to align with the rest of the Windows Live suite of apps.

- Brandon

re: Edit and Share Photos and Videos with Windows Live Photo Gallery

toph — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:27:16 GMT

I agree that most users will be confused by the name switch. And there does seem to be a bit of UI inconsistency, looking at the screenshots. (I haven't installed it yet.)

Here's a question: does it lose anything that the original Photo Gallery had? Is it any less integrated with Vista because of it being a separate program? And do settings, tags and captions all carry over from the original?

Thanks. Overall, it looks like it could be a nice improvement.

re: Edit and Share Photos and Videos with Windows Live Photo Gallery

Brytown — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:01:35 GMT

Agreed. a feeling of unity in the OS is lost in a way. Since it has one more major option it shouldt be a whole other program under a diferent name. As for the other improvments they should just be updated. I can understand the mail being live, though because of every other website.

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TheNewAugustus — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:23:29 GMT

The Photo Gallery improvements are nice, but why is this not just shipped as a Windows Update to the Photo Gallery built into Vista? Yes, it has the Spaces integration, but I don't see how that makes it appropriate to bundle with Web services.

Microsoft has a very poor history of updating products, and it looks like Vista is following the same road. Those who purchased Vista Ultimate with the promise of boatloads of additional content have yet to see anything compelling delivered. These sort of program updates should be shipped as part of the original OS. I want to run Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Mail, not some other programs.

re: Edit and Share Photos and Videos with Windows Live Photo Gallery

kev_gordon — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:15:07 GMT

Brandon,

did MS include my suggestion (on a previous article on Windows Live Photo Gallery) to automatically reorient thumbnails based on the exif information?

My biggest complaint about Photo Gallery (and the Windows built in pictures screensaver) is that it does not automatically rotate pictures and thumbnails to match the portrait/landscape orientation information present in most files, as most digital cameras now include this info.

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re: Edit and Share Photos and Videos with Windows Live Photo Gallery

Brandon LeBlanc — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:16:02 GMT

Forever Destiny, you can order the 64-bit media for Windows Vista here (remember that Windows Vista Ultimate comes with a 64-bit disc). You do not need to buy the OS again. Just order the media.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/2057/ordermedia/default.mspx

- Brandon

re: Edit and Share Photos and Videos with Windows Live Photo Gallery

Brytown — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:42:23 GMT

I'm also going to agree with tino's comment (if they are going to try and match the blue from vista use the same colors, I don't think its picky to say none of it matches??? When using the beta mail i noticed the colors on the top bar and the sleek transparency (i got it about a week ago) Then i get this and its 2 shades lighter blue no transparency but the splash screen was the same. Also i cant change the background color? Or did that move. I just think that ult users or vista users should just get an updated version that matches the other apps i am an (UI) interface designer So it sticks out like a soar thumb for me maybe allot less for others. The same with windows vista Basic windows inside of are glass enabled endowment, I think they should tune to the appropriate shade of the glass tent.. Its one of the things in my day to day experience that i notice and in the back of my head i know cosmetic changes to vista will come last.. I only hope people remember consistency visually can improve an experience greatly. I know its suspose to be a suite but i had most of theese things already tuned to the style of vista. I just hope its not like xp where those things turn to antiqies. I think good coding and design is the presuit of prefection... Not dumping one thing and premoting the updated version as a "whole seperate entity". MS does this ALOT, meeting space / for the new one Windows mail / for the new one/ ect ect. I find my self a bit conflicted because i LOVE to hear ms is working on new things but in the end its the way they go about it maybe? Even after all the obvious things are said It still comes back the same. Totaly agree with tino in that respect.

re: Edit and Share Photos and Videos with Windows Live Photo Gallery

Brandon LeBlanc — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:26:23 GMT

Brytown, Windows Live Photo Gallery is the successor to Windows Photo Gallery.

Updates won't occur to Windows Photo Gallery.

Here on out - its Windows Live Photo Gallery that will continue to be updated moving forward.

- Brandon

re: Edit and Share Photos and Videos with Windows Live Photo Gallery

Brytown — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:19:03 GMT

so based upon what your saying tho many vista users like the style of the original it wont be updated with the stuff from live apps.. I mean are there any plans to update the original viewer with theese things?

Brytown.

re: Edit and Share Photos and Videos with Windows Live Photo Gallery

Brandon LeBlanc — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:18:03 GMT

Marshall, actually, all of the apps (Windows Live Messenger, Mail, Writer and even Photo Gallery) all worked on 64-bit PC's at Beta 1. So its no secret they work on 64-bit PC's. Its the new shared installer that does not work currently.

Also: the Windows Live apps have absolutely NOTHING to do with SP1 for Windows Vista.

torobucks, not sure what you mean by "huge size" - the app itself isn't very big. If you're having performance issues (you shouldn't be) be sure to let the team know at feedback.live.com.

- Brandon