Scrapblog Unveils New Cropping and Photo-Editing Tools

Offers online scrapbookers full creative freedom and powerful crafting capabilities, with no software downloads

MIAMI, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Scrapblog, Inc., the first web-based service for creating and sharing multimedia scrapbooks online, today unveiled powerful photo cropping and photo editing tools. These tools will enhance the online scrapbooking experience by extending online scrapbookers' creative potential.

The new powerful and easy-to-use features include a freehand cropping tool that allows users to cut photos into any shape they can imagine, turning the mouse into a digital pair of scissors. With just one click, the new photo editor enables online scrapbookers to apply photo effects such as antique, black and white, sepia, and vignette to their photos. Together, these powerful features enhance the experience of online scrapbooking.

"Our community members are passionate about displaying their creative talent and are always looking for new techniques to make richer scrapblogs. These new features unlock a wealth of creative possibilities that will help them take their online scrapbooking to the next level," said Carlos Garcia, co-founder and CEO of Scrapblog. "Elevating our users' ability to express themselves in creative ways and preserve their memories has always been our goal. We're looking forward to seeing, and being inspired by, the Scrapblogs they create with these new tools."

The new cropping tool makes it easy to customize any image for use in a Scrapblog, with the following features:

-- Shapes: Choose from customizable shapes like circles, rectangles, and
stars to instantly crop your photo;
-- Freehand: As with scissors, cut, crop and transform photos into any
shape or design;
-- Eraser: wipe out any part of the image or delete unnecessary people and
objects.

The new photo editing tools include both a Basic and Advanced feature set, making it easy to drag and edit any photo, from the most popular online locations, without using any other photo editing applications. Scrapbloggers can choose from:

-- Basic: 12 new one-click effects including antique, black and white,
blur, matte, red-eye removal, sepia, vignette and more.
-- Advanced: five new sliders to adjust images according to brightness,
contrast, saturation, temperature and tint.

Users can now enjoy the creative freedom and flexibility that comes with the art and craft of scrapbooking, but also benefit from the ability to save, edit and share their work online.

Scrapblog is a free, online service that enables everyday people to mix their photos, videos, audio, text and other creative elements to create multimedia scrapbooks called "scrapblogs". Scrapblog requires no downloads or additional applications. Scrapbloggers can aggregate content from their computer or their favorite social media sites including Photobucket, Flickr, Picasa, SmugMug, YouTube and Webshots. Scrapblogs can be shared with just a few friends or the entire world, with direct publishing to Facebook, Blogger, Typepad, Wordpress, Flickr, MySpace and other popular blogging and social networking platforms.

To try the new cropping and editing tools, go to: www.scrapblog.com

For a video of the new cropping tools, go to: http://www.scrapblog.com/getcrafty/episode1.aspx

To see examples of Scrapblogs created with the new tools, visit:
http://www.scrapblog.com/viewer/viewer.aspx?sbid=192113
For a video tour of Scrapblog visit: http://www.scrapblog.com/tour/tour.aspx

For screenshots or logos visit: http://www.scrapblog.com/press/press.aspx

About Scrapblog, Inc.

Scrapblog is the first web-based service for creating and sharing multimedia scrapbooks online. It enables everyday people to express themselves online in creative ways. Users can aggregate their photos and videos from multiple online sources and mix them with music, audio, text and thousands of creative elements in an environment that is truly drag-and-drop-easy and free. Scrapblog, Inc. is privately held and based in Miami, Florida. For more information on Scrapblog and its features, please visit www.scrapblog.com.

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CONTACT: Michelle Homes, LEWIS PR, +1-206-224-3177,
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Web site: http://www.scrapblog.com/

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