Windows Live Photo Gallery

Martha Rotter recently discovered a nifty feature in the new version of Windows Live Photo Gallery. Apparently, if you have the Photosynth software installed on your PC, the first option under the new “Extras” menu in Photo Gallery will be “Create a Photosynth.” Once selected, you can then just…

Now that you’ve had time to check out the new Windows Live, you’re probably ready to start adding content. One of the things you’ll probably want to do is add photos. You may already have your photos stored on the web somewhere, but it never hurts to have them in more than one place – you know, for…

Today, for a change, I decided to use the Windows Live Photos upload tool instead of Windows Live Photo Gallery desktop software to add photos into my Windows Live online gallery. If you’ve never added photos this way, you may want to give it a shot, because there are a few advantages to going this…

One of the programs that received an update when the Windows Live Essentials were released earlier this week was Windows Live Writer. Although the Windows Live Essentials are still considered beta programs, the updated version of Live Writer feels like a complete product with its fresh new design,…

In previous versions of Messenger, you may remember a feature called Sharing Folders which let you share files, including photos and videos, with any of your Messenger contacts. Of course, as you may have expected, most people used Sharing Folders to share files during a conversation. That worked…

Remember when we were telling you about how to use the online tool at photos.live.com because the Windows Live Photo Gallery software did not have an option to choose the size? Well, in case you didn’t already notice – it does now! I guess someone was listening. Last month, a refresh of the…

LiveUpload for Facebook (which we’ve mentioned before here) is a plugin for the new Windows Live Photo Gallery software that uploads photos from your PC directly into Facebook. It was already one of our favorite plugins before, but now, thanks to the new version called LiveUpload for Facebook 2.0,…

If you’re already using Windows Live Mesh to keep your files and photos between PCs in sync, then you don’t really need to worry with using Windows Live Sync (formerly called FolderShare). However, if you never installed the beta Mesh software and you’re just looking for a simple solution to keep…

One of the most challenging aspects of photo sharing for many people is figuring out how to inform their family and friends that there are new photos available online. This is one aspect of the Windows Live Photos service which I think nicely addresses that issue. After you’ve uploaded photos to…

The Microsoft Image Composite Editor (ICE) is a tool created by Microsoft Research which can be used to create panoramic images. It’s essentially the same technology that Windows Live Photo Gallery uses “under the hood” when you create panoramic photos in the software (just like Alexa does in the…