The Shutterfly site is easy to use and its preview
function allows you to see how your pictures will look at
any print size. Its album view and slide shows are excellent.
Our test prints came out crisp and richly colored. Shutterfly's
red-eye reduction tool worked great on my dog's eyes. Shutterfly
offers monthly promotional coupon codes for great
discounts on photo prints and gifts. Shipping was
fast and my shipment came in a sturdy cardboard envelope.
As with most online photo services, membership is free.
NEW:
You can now upload your digital images to Shutterfly and
pick up your 4x6 prints at your local Target store.
Unlike some other online
photo services, Shutterfly lets you apply more than
one discount to your order. For example, I recently ordered
some personalized photo calendars and photo cards and took
advantage of a 20% discount plus free shipping, for a total
savings of over $14.
Shutterfly uses Fuji
Crystal Archive paper and Fuji chemicals and equipment to
ensure that your pictures will last for years. Their exclusive
VividPics® technology automatically adjusts your photos
for color. PC Magazine rated Shutterfly as Editors
Choice among photo-printing services in their April
12, 2005 issue. Real Simple magazine awarded it Best
Online Servie for Photo Cards in Nov 2005; Money Magazine
deemed it their Field Test Winner for hardbound photo books
in Jan 2006.
Something else I like is
that Shutterfly is one of the few photo services
that allows you to add comments to each photo, such
as file name and date, names of the people in the photo,
etc. that will print on the back of your pictures.
FREE PHOTO ORGANIZING
SOFTWARE:Shutterfly is featuring a FREE image
organizer, Shutterfly Studio. This downloadable software
(for Windows XP) allows you to edit your photos with 10
tools, rate your photos on a 5-star scale and add keywords
to organize your pictures by person or occasion. You can
upload, share and order prints with one click.
NEW:Shutterfly
offers a new service for photographers, websites and organizations
to sell their photos while Shutterfly handles all
the details. Click
here for more details.
Shutterfly Review Details
Last
Reviewed
May
2008
Free
Membership?
Creating account, uploading
photos, and photo-editing software is free at Shutterfly.
All you pay for are the photos and related merchandise.
Special
Offers & Sales
Get
25 FREE prints to try Shutterfly.com
Get 10 free prints each for up to 10 friends
in a calendar year who join and place an order. Shutterfly
offers monthly promotions. Just enter the discount
coupon codes mentioned below at checkout.
Printing photos, online photo album, photo editing
software with red-eye removal, photo sharing, screensavers,
wallpaper, frames you can preview with photos, process
35mm film.
NEW:
Pick up your Shutterfly prints at your local Target
store.
NEW: Photo store with expanded selection of
products including a wider variety of photo frames
and albums and large selection of children’s
picture books that can be customized with your child’s
photos.
NEW: Image organizer allows you to search
for photos on your computer. Search by order date,
description or date added. Mark your favorite photos
for easy reference. New size slider lets you change
size of photos for easier viewing.
New: Shutterfly Collections--create
a personalized web page for your pictures and comments,
complete with its own web address and optional password
protection. Each Collection can hold multiple albums
and friends can sign in and contribute their own photos
and comments. For a limited time, you can make up
to 2 Collections for free. Go to Shutterfly.
Print
Sizes Available
4x6, 5x7, 8x10, wallet
(4), 11/14, 16/20, 20x30
Special
Features
A great feature of Shutterfly is that it allows
you to preview photos in a variety of digital picture
frames to help you select the best frame for your
photo. Snapbook, a professional-looking spiral bound
book of your photos with captions or stories, is a
nice option. Fun feature is special effects such as
sepia tone and black and white. If you have 35mm film,
they'll process it, scan the photos and put them on
line so you can have all the benefits of digital pictures.
New: Order 4x6 prints online at Shutterfly and
pick them up at your local Target store.
NEW
PHOTO BOOKS FOR KIDS:
8x8
Clifford Story Book
A great preschool class book: Add everyone's picture
to thoughtfully designed layouts featuring Clifford
the Big Red Dog™.
12x12 Thomas the Train Memory Book - Put pictures
of your young one on the same page with the characters
from the Thomas the Train series.
8x8 Angelina Ballerina Story Book - Little
girls will enjoy seeing themselves side-by-side Angelina
Ballerina in her whimsical world.
ARCHIVE DVD
An archive DVD is an affordable way to preserve your
digital memories. Shutterfly is replacing archive
CDs with DVDs. Archive DVDs hold 7x more images than
a CD and offer permanent archival of one or more albums
on DVD media.
With the new archive DVD, you receive:
• Mac and PC compatible DVD
• Full-resolution JPEG copies of your original
pictures (without enhancements, such as borders or
effects)
• DVD-ROM with your personalized title and date
printed on the DVD
• Protective, clear DVD case
• DVD also includes free Shutterfly Studio photo
management software for Windows, and iPhoto Export
Assistant for Macs
Free
Software
Shutterfly's free Shutterfly Studio photo organizing
software now features:
• Collage creator allows you to feature up
to 400 photos. 150 layout options.
• 11 new editing tools - Improve your pictures
with tools to correct overexposed areas, remove or
boost color saturation, straighten pictures,
and more
• Faster editing previews - See your picture
enhancements instantly as you are using editing tools
• Lighten shadows - Brighten underexposed areas
and bring out more details
• Whiten teeth - Correct discolored teeth easily
• Create a painting effect - Transform your photo
to look like an oil painting
• Picture comparison tool: View similar shots
side-by-side and select your favorite.
• Maximize window in Edit mode: See the largest
view of your pictures when editing.
• View pictures in a film strip: Scroll through
a film strip in full-screen mode.
• Improved performance: Faster zooming, picture
uploading and overall speed.
Download the free software at Shutterfly.com
(click on the "free software link" at the
bottom of page)
Ease
of Use
The Shutterfly
site is easy to navigate and upload images. Creating
digital photo albums and calendars is a snap.
Other
Comments
Shutterfly
has consistently good prints. Great preview function
and slide-show. Shutterfly offers free photo editing
software with very good red-eye reduction and cropping
tools. There are tons of photo cards to choose from,
but you are limited on font styles and colors per the
photo card template.
Shutterfly offers a pre-paid
plan for 4x6 prints as low as 19 cents each. Shutterfly
also offers great discounts using their promotional
coupon codes at checkout. See
above for current coupon codes.
The Shutterfly site is easy to use and its preview
function allows you to see how your pictures will look at
any print size. Its album view and slide shows are excellent.
Our test prints came out crisp and richly colored. Shutterfly's
red-eye reduction tool worked great on my dog's eyes. Shutterfly
offers monthly promotional coupon codes for great
discounts on photo prints and gifts. Shipping was
fast and my shipment came in a sturdy cardboard envelope.
As with most online photo services, membership is free.
NEW
PHOTO BOOKS FOR KIDS:
