Memeo Share 2.0.2412

Reviewed by: Hamde Rabbi(iFR)

In the wide world of photo-sharing tools, Memeo Share makes a strong effort to retain your focus with online backups, support for full-resolution photos and videos, social networking features, and a revamped interface.

The basics should be familiar to many users. Once installed, Memeo starts with a user-friendly design: big buttons delineate tasks, your profile and friends are on the left sidebar, Activity and Sharing Circles are in the central pane, and the members of the current circle you're sharing with are on the right. The Sharing Circle is the big concept behind Memeo Share. It lets people create private groups whose members can interact with each other, but only upon invite. In addition to autoposting to Facebook and YouTube, Memeo Share now scans your Web mail address book for more contacts to invite.

Other major improvements to the program include drag-and-drop uploading, enhanced searching that includes tags and comments, the ability to push content to mobile devices, and the introduction of online storage to convince casual enthusiasts from going elsewhere for backups. Sharing tags and comments isn't new in this version, but the live feed of what others in a given circle are doing is. We found that feature to be lag-free. Overall, Memeo Share is an excellent tool for families or close friends to share their content without having to engage in public social platforms.

Publisher's description

From Memeo :

No more sending photos one at a time. Memeo Share delivers your photos and videos to your friends' and family's computer desktops. With a built in viewing gallery, you can r

ate, tag, and comment on full resolution photos. Share amongst your friends who have Macs, PCs, and even iPhones. Sharing your photos and videos just got a whole lot easier. Share your photos and videos with anyone, anywhere.

Paint.NET 3.36

Reviewed by: iFR Staff

If all you want is a quick image retouch, Photoshop is overkill. Paint.NET, on the other hand, is an open-source freeware editor with all the essentials, including tools to crop, rotate, resize images, adjust colors, and create collages.

Paint.NET supports common image formats--JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, and others--but not high-resolution RAW files. There are enough basic and intermediate effects and features to keep image-tweakers happy, though the red-eye removal tool is notably weak; those images may require manual attention.

Unlike most free image editors, Paint.NET supports layers and has an actions manager. The pleasing interface boasts semitransparent windows for ease of use.

Version 3 fixes many old quibbles, including a convenient thumbnail manager for handling multiple image editing, and improved program graphics. Paint.NET is far more advanced than Microsoft Paint, and given its free price, it's a must-have for anyone needing to fix images.