About StainedGlass Collage and Direct Access to Flickr

  
 

The StainedGlass Collage website allows you to create collages reminiscent of stained glass windows from your digital photos. You can select photos to be transferred directly from your Flickr account or you can upload them.

After you transfer some photos, you can easily create a photo collage with them. If you want to make changes to your collage, it's simple to do using the StainedGlass Layout. Once you have created your collage, you can upload the collage to Flickr, print it, email it, or download it for other uses such as including it in your photo blog. In the Community Gallery, you can see the collages that other people create and vote for the one that you like the best.

Logging in to your Flickr account. The first time when you try to transfer your photos from or upload collages to Flickr, you will be asked to sign in, click on the blue OK, I'LL ALLOW IT button to give StainedGlass Collage the permission to gain access to your account.

Transfer from Flickr. When you choose to transfer your photos, you may be asked to sign in to Flickr if you have not already done so, after you've been authenticated you will be presented with thumbnails of your photo sets and popular tags. After clicking on a thumbnail, you can select which individual photos to transfer. If you have hundreds of photos, it might take a while before you see anything.

Upload to Flickr. To upload your collages to Flickr, first you may be asked to sign in to Flickr if you've not already done so. Once you're authenticated, you will be presented with thumbnails of your collages. Select the collages then click on the "Upload To Flickr" button. Once the collages are uploaded sucecessfully, you will see the page that says "Your photo were uploaded successfully." Click on the blue OK button to proceed to the next page to view and tag your newly uploaded Stained Glass collages. If you have selected many collages to be uploaded, it might take a while before you see anything.

Account. You need to have a StainedGlass account to upload photos and to create collages from them. If you don't have an account, you can create one (it's free). Otherwise, just sign in.

Greeting cards and personal gifts. The collages you make can be printed just like any photo or you can use them on holiday cards, greeting cards or personal gifts. Just download the photo collage to your computer and then print them on your printer or at any photo development center. Many photo development centers also have software that allows you to make holiday or greeting cards and personal gifts. In addition, we provides email templates to allow you to customize your collage on the StainedGlass Collage website. This makes it even easier and fun for you to personalize your electronic greetings with a collage of your own photos!

Photo printing. The StainedGlass website is integrated with the Fuji Film Print Service which supports standard and custom photo printing. Once your print request is send to the Fuji Film USA website, you have the choice of ordering prints by Mail or pick up from your local stores e.g. Longs Drugs, Ritz Camera etc. Photo development kiosks are also available at many locations. To use the kiosks, just put your collage on a USB drive, CD or a photo memory stick and take them to the location to print.

Java applets. To make the most out of your StainedGlass experience, your browser should have Java 1.4 or higher installed and enabled. Without it, you won't be able to use some of the tools provided for uploading your photos or modifying your collages.

More information. The StainedGlass Collage application was developed by the StainedGlass team at the FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Inc. in Palo Alto, California, USA. You can learn more about FXPAL and the StainedGlass project. We welcome your comments and questions on the feedback page.

The StainedGlass Team
support@sgcollage.com