Photo sharing

Photo sharing (english photo sharing) is the issuing and transferring digital photos on the Internet. The user can either use his private photos and share them with friends, usually in the form of a file sharing service, or publish them, and for anyone to visualize. The possibilities for the use of photo-sharing are equally dependent on the used application and website that support the uploading and playback of images. Similarly also operate online photo galleries, however, are created and managed by individual persons, including photoblogs.

The first photo sharing sites originated from the mid-1990s and served almost exclusively online ordering of prints (target photos). A number of other photo - sharing sites then followed from the early 2000s to provide with the aim of providing a permanent and central access to user photos and in some cases video clips are available. As a result, there are various efforts on the part of providers to promote the growth of members and to improve all of the tasks of the respective application.

While photoblogs often reflect selected medium-sized photos in chronological order only by the user, photo - sharing sites offer a variety of display options such as thumbnails or slideshows. Photos can be classified according albums and with captions, key words ( " social tagging " ) as well as subtitles and comments are provided. Some photo sharing sites offer online organization tools, which are comparable to popular photo management programs.

Some photo management programs contain their own photo-sharing elements or integration alternatives to other sites to upload images to their sites. There are also applications for the purpose of operating photo sharing, normally use this peer-to -peer networks. Simple photo - sharing features are also found in applications for sending photos by e -mail, such as drag and drop.

Photo sharing is not limited to the Internet or a computer. You can operate, such as a mobile phone photo sharing via a mobile device. Using the application, the captured photos are automatically sent to the photo sharing site, or the photo blog, either directly or via MMS. Some cameras and memory cards are now standard equipped with Wi-Fi and similar sharing capabilities.

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