Kodak Gallery

Kodak Gallery has launched a new beta version of their site. The changes were made in response to comments from their customers and to promote their enhanced photo sharing options. They are competing with the major social networks on photo sharing. Their best feature is that you can download your photos in the same resolution that you uploaded them. Most places do not allow this unless you have an expensive membership to do so. Kodak recently changed its photo storage policy. The long time policy had been that you could store your pictures if you purchased as little as $.15 a year. There is a high cost associated with the storage of photos, so they now require a purchase of $4.99 year if you store 2 gigabytes or less of photos and $19.99 if you have more than 2 gigs stored.

A photo book review of Kodak shows that they expanded their photo book offerings. They offer a personalized cover along with the linen die cut and leather covers. There are also Hello Kitty and Eric Carle's World themed books for the younger set.

The Kodak Gallery photo book software is very easy to use. It is very straightforward, and if you are able to upload your photo to their site in the first place you certainly will be able to complete a book. There are some weaknesses with their software too. You can only choose one page background. A recent update lets you change the background once you start your book, but that one background applies to the whole book. Another limitation is the inability to change the order of the pages you have created. If you discover a photo you would like to insert in the beginning of a book you have been working on it will require a lot of page recreation on your part.

My absolute favorite part of the Kodak Gallery is that is very easy to incorporate pictures from people who have shared albums with you. This allows people to upload photos to their account and you don't have to get the photos from them in another way. This is a good way to create a group project.

Although the photo book software does not provide robust in-book picture editing, Kodak does offer free Easy Share Software. If you edit your pictures with this software before you upload them, then you will not miss the in-book editing as much.

Live Chat is available during a large portion of the day if you require any help that is not found in the FAQ's.

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Specifications

Paper Weight	Archival Glossy
Max. # of Pages	80
Shipping for one book	$4.99 - max of $7.99/order regardless of size
Mac Compatible?	Yes

Updated: March 4, 2010

Kodak Gallery Photo Book Review

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Comparative Photo Book Software Review

Background Themes	30
Layout Variety	Moderate variety
JPG as a Background	No
Digi-Scrapbooking Friendly	Yes
In-book Editing	Limited to zoom in and out, move and flip pictures.
Text - variety and Full Page	Full page and captions
Embellishments and Corners	No
Full-Page Bleed	Yes
Final Grade	B