Oct 14
2008iTunes CoverFlow Photo Template for Picasa
Filed Under: Photo Templates, Photos/Videos, Reviews, Software & Tools
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ImageFlow is a photo template you use with Picasa to generate slideshows that look like iTunes CoverFlow. This template is created by Paul van Roekel and comes in two versions, black and white. This template supports landscape-oriented images, so portrait-oriented images will be distorted.
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Review
| Criteria | Review | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Design | The design is exactly like the iTunes Cover Flow style, nice and slick. The background is in black, showing the reflection of each photo. The one major limitation with this design is that it displays all the photos in landscape size. | 8 |
| Loading speed | This template is flash-based and loads all the images at once. Takes some time to load if album has lots of photos. | 6 |
| Number of clicks | You can navigate through the photos by clicking the photos or using the left/right key on the keyboard. | 9 |
| Browsing efficiency | Scrolling through the photos is pretty fast as this template is flash-based. However, the template displays about 6-7 photos at a time. While you can jump to a few photos to the left or right, you cannot see all the photos in the album right away. If the album has a lot of photos, you have to keep scrolling to the right to view the photos. | 6 |
| Image size | There’s only one size for the photos and it’s pretty small, about half the screen height and one-third the width. Lots of “wasted” space due to the slick design like reflections and other photos. In addition, all portrait-oriented photos are distorted. | 4 |
| Caption | Caption appears at the bottom of the photos, with the album name. Nothing fancy about the captions. | 6 |
| Customizable | There’s not much you can customize in this template, except for the background color which already comes in black or white version. | 2 |
| Embed in blogs | This template does not embed well in blogs or websites unless the width is close to screen size. The template does not scale to embedded size. | 4 |
| Browser-friendly | This template works well with both IE and Firefox. However, you need to have Adobe Flash Player installed in order to view this slideshow. | 8 |
| Downloadable images | This template is flash-based and you cannot download the images. | – |
Overall |
ImageFlow is a slick design that is great to look at. You can impressive people with slideshows using this template. It is great for creating albums that you want people to view all the photos, but not friendly for albums with lots of photos. Also, the size of the photos are rather small. |
6 |
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