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09/01/2014 01:10:47 PM · #1 |
So we made this app called Polarr with the dream of an image processing platform and engine completely in the cloud, frequently updated and most importantly free.
I am not able to post link but you guys can google polarr and you will see our chromeapp and website.
We've already started to plan some community features as our next step (an experimental album). A few ideas we have:
1) Image storage/album/portfolio management
2) Batch image processing
3) Crowd sourced image editing
4) Photo editing education/editing replay/interactive tutorial
5) A community only focus on photo presentations and critiques while using our tools as interactive references
6) Semi-automated image enhancement and optimization in the cloud
We might be able to do all six but start with a few. I\\\'d love to hear your suggestions and thoughts and any other ideas.
Thanks in advance! |
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09/01/2014 02:01:54 PM · #2 |
| I'd be most interested in safety features, such as image theft off your servers, etc. |
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09/01/2014 02:19:46 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by tanguera:
I'd be most interested in safety features, such as image theft off your servers, etc. |
that is actually a great advice. what will be a safety feature that you will appreciate? |
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09/01/2014 02:30:41 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by liangx4:
Originally posted by tanguera:
I'd be most interested in safety features, such as image theft off your servers, etc. |
that is actually a great advice. what will be a safety feature that you will appreciate? |
Watermarks and right-click protection seem to be common, though, I'm sure most of us would like to see a feature that involves a degree of electrocution. |
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09/01/2014 02:40:25 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by aliqui:
Originally posted by liangx4:
Originally posted by tanguera:
I'd be most interested in safety features, such as image theft off your servers, etc. |
that is actually a great advice. what will be a safety feature that you will appreciate? |
Watermarks and right-click protection seem to be common, though, I'm sure most of us would like to see a feature that involves a degree of electrocution. |
Do you feel more comfortable uploading your existing watermark/signature or create a new one on polarr? We have been thinking about that feature, and we are creating the user account features now so people can actually manage their portfolio easily.
Also our album is actually rendered in a protected frame, so you can't right click and save images. |
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09/01/2014 03:06:49 PM · #6 |
Though the "cloud" seems here to stay, I am still completely leery of it. I don't know when/if I'll ever be comfortable using it. With huge companies having their servers hacked and personal information lifted, almost on a weekly basis, it's not that hard a stretch to imagine the same thing happening with images. Especially those of successful photographers. I'm not there yet, but I do hope to be, and am not sure how this will play out in the cloud world.
Right click disabling and watermarking are good tools. But the former can be worked around with a screen grab (albeit for an inferior quality image), and the latter can be cropped around, unless the watermark is so prominent and centrally placed as to wreck the image altogether.
I think that if you focused your efforts on a site where one's images could be displayed without worrying about theft, you'd be a billionaire overnight :)
Message edited by author 2014-09-02 19:22:24. |
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09/01/2014 04:43:26 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by tanguera:
Though the "cloud" seems here to stay, I am still completely leery of it. I don't know when/if I'll ever be comfortable using it. With huge companies having their servers hacked and personal information lifted, almost on a weekly basis, it's not that hard a stretch to imagine the same thing happening with images. Especially those of successful photographers. I'm not there yet, but I do hope to be, and am not sure how this will play out in the cloud world.
Right click disabling and watermarking are good tools. But the former can be worked around with a screen grab (albeit for an inferior quality image), and the latter can be cropped around, unless the watermark is so prominent and centrally placed as to wreck the image altogether.
I think that if you focused your efforts on a site where one's images could be displayed without worrying about theft, you'd be a billionaire overnight :) |
Thx for the advice. we will definitely look into that.
Any suggestion on the tool side? The interface so on and so forth?
Message edited by Bear_Music - fixed quote. |
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09/01/2014 05:03:58 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by liangx4:
...The interface so on and so forth? |
Don't try to be clever and different - keep the icons/tools/buttons/functions simple so that people will feel "at home" very quickly. Being predictable is a GOOD thing in this case.
Allow users to customize as much as possible. For example the light grey background on DPC... some people hate it because they think the screen needs to be deep black to make the photo look "classy". I really LIKE it because strong contrasts make my eyes hurt and force to leave a site/page pretty quickly.
Allow and encourage ongoing feedback. Make it easy for people to tell you what they like/hate/want to see.
Provide an acceptable level of "service" - i.e. actually READ emails you get and answer them pretty promptly.
You are up against a lot of competition, there are tons of programs out there already. Good luck.
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09/04/2014 01:09:09 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by Beetle:
Originally posted by liangx4:
...The interface so on and so forth? |
Don't try to be clever and different - keep the icons/tools/buttons/functions simple so that people will feel "at home" very quickly. Being predictable is a GOOD thing in this case.
Allow users to customize as much as possible. For example the light grey background on DPC... some people hate it because they think the screen needs to be deep black to make the photo look "classy". I really LIKE it because strong contrasts make my eyes hurt and force to leave a site/page pretty quickly.
Allow and encourage ongoing feedback. Make it easy for people to tell you what they like/hate/want to see.
Provide an acceptable level of "service" - i.e. actually READ emails you get and answer them pretty promptly.
You are up against a lot of competition, there are tons of programs out there already. Good luck. |
Thank you so much for these advice! I believe we actually do meet these things though. Did you manage to take a look at the tool? Should be fun to play with it~:) |
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09/04/2014 03:35:45 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by liangx4:
that is actually a great advice. what will be a safety feature that you will appreciate? |
How about a dude named "Skeeter" standing outside the datacenter with a shotgun and an old hound dog? |
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09/04/2014 03:54:11 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by smardaz:
Originally posted by liangx4:
that is actually a great advice. what will be a safety feature that you will appreciate? |
How about a dude named "Skeeter" standing outside the datacenter with a shotgun and an old hound dog? |
Probably cant afford a dude. I will buy a dog for sure. |
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09/04/2014 04:51:39 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by tanguera:
Though the "cloud" seems here to stay, I am still completely leery of it. I don't know when/if I'll ever be comfortable using it. With huge companies having their servers hacked and personal information lifted, almost on a weekly basis, it's not that hard a stretch to imagine the same thing happening with images. Especially those of successful photographers. I'm not there yet, but I do hope to be, and am not sure how this will play out in the cloud world. |
Originally posted by Dave Ross:
Nudity In The Cloud
The FBI is now trying to figure out who hacked those nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence and other celebrities. But nude celebrity photos themselves are certainly nothing new. What's new is that this time, the photos were not deliberately uploaded or even emailed.
They were simply stored exactly as the late Steve Jobs intended, "We're going to move the digital hub, the center of your digital life into the cloud."
Which as any computer security expert, like Kevin Mahaffey, will tell you has its downside. "Before the cloud, if somebody guessed your password they'd have to go steal your laptop or your phone in order to get access to your data. Now, they can be anywhere in the world and use that password and take your data."
If you're a typical iPhone user, your data is being uploaded automatically, even though you're not emailing it, Instagramming it, tweeting it or Facebooking it.
Making everything you presume to be private potentially hackable by Peeping Toms anywhere in the world.
Be grateful they didn't hack into the phone itself and turn on the camera remotely - which we also know is technically feasible.
Whether the hackers managed to find celebrities with really obvious user names and passwords, or came up with a slick formula for guessing them - either way, more photos are bound to turn up .
Fortunately, it's easy to protect yourself.
When arranging a nude selfie session, use old-school Polaroid, easily available at many thrift shops, often with a 20-year-old film pack still in it.
Another way is to put duct tape over your phone's camera, and when taking the selfie, leave it there.
Of course, the best way is not to become famous, because then nobody cares what you look like nude. |
I find the whole move toward "the cloud" to be the direct antithesis of the "personal computer revolution" which took control of data and computing power away from a couple of big companies and universities and placed it in everyone's individual control. I find it ironic that it is so associated with Steve Jobs, since Apple has (tried to) become the Big Brother they supposedly shattered in the iconic Super Bowl commercial of 1984 ...
ETA: Definitely go listen to today's audio: Fill In The Blanks -- it is much funnier than the news it imparts ... :-)
Message edited by author 2014-09-04 18:02:16. |
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