#photostack

[phytophiliac]

Palisota bracteosa. This is a photograph that I think needs to be viewed at high resolution to be appreciated. Like many plants in the commelinaceae family, it has these cool anther filaments that are like a string of pearls.

[mikeahrens]

One of the few photo stacks I do. Already rendering the raw data is an artful experience for me. With some settings of the render program you can observe interesting things on the monitor! The finished image I show tomorrow! It has become very interesting!

[anaisangotphoto]

Parc René Levesque (photos stack)

[phytophiliac]

Stapelia. Not sure of the species. Has that distinct rotting corpse aroma that has earned Stapelia the common name of carrion flowers. #stapelia #carrionflower #CUgreenhouse #macro #photostack #succulent (at CU Greenhouse) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkgMxU6Oj2u/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[anaisangotphoto]

This-is-what-happens-when-you-have-an-afternoon-off picture

- stacked photographies - 

(Copyright Anaïs Angot Photo 2017 - All rights reserved)

[mikeahrens]

So wet this time. Astereae, Photo Stack.

[corbindavenport]

PhotoStack 2 (and PhotoStack Classic) is now available!

I finished the first version of PhotoStack back in May 2019, after a few months of development. It’s a batch photo editor with the ability to make changes to many images at once, including adding watermarks, changing the file name and image format, removing EXIF data, and more.

PhotoStack has become my most successful web application, and has been covered by outlets like Android Police (mostly because I work there), MakeUseOf, TekCrispy, and others. Today, I’m super happy to announce that PhotoStack 2 is out of beta!

PhotoStack 2 may look very similar to the existing version, but it has been significantly re-written to take better advantage of newer browser features like JavaScript Promises. It’s now a single-page web app, and thanks to Promises, the interface is more responsive during intensive tasks (like exporting).

The main improvement to the editor is that images are now resized using Pica.js, which means photos scaled down in size will no longer appear heavily pixelated. The pixelation effect on earlier versions of PhotoStack was especially noticeable with screenshots and images with text watermarks. There’s also a new sharpness setting for the resize function.

The watermark editor has also been significantly overhauled. Clicking the ‘Manage watermarks’ button in the main editor now opens a popup containing a list of all saved watermarks - along with edit, delete, and export buttons for each. Also, you can now import multiple watermark files at once.

Other improvements in PhotoStack 2 include: keyboard shortcuts, printing support for previews, improved support for Safari, an icon badge for completed exports (only on Chrome, for now), a progress bar for exports, a ‘Clear’ button for clearing imported images, and lots of bug fixes.

Because PhotoStack 2 requires newer browser features, I’m also releasing PhotoStack Classic. The Classic app is a continuation of the 1.x codebase, so it works in browsers as old as Internet Explorer 10, while also containing some improvements from 2.x (like the Clear button). PhotoStack Classic will continue to be supported, and watermark files created in 2.0 can be opened in Classic, and vice-versa.

You can try out PhotoStack at photostack.app. There’s also an Android app available, which is in the process of being updated to 2.0.

[corbindavenport]

PhotoStack’s new look

After months of work, I released a web app called PhotoStack a few months ago. It’s a batch photo editor, allowing you to edit and convert many images at once, using only your web browser. The interface wasn’t super intuitive, but I’ve been working to improve it, and now PhotoStack looks and works great on both desktop and mobile.

On the desktop (and tablets), PhotoStack now uses a dual-pane layout that uses all available screen width. A preview is on the left, and all settings are on the right. If your preview image is especially tall, it will shrink to fit your screen’s height. Also, it will always stay in view, even if you scroll up and down the options.

The mobile view has seen the most improvement. Previously, exporting images used to require clicking the menu button, and then clicking the Export button. On small screens, PhotoStack now displays a toolbar permanently fixed to the bottom of the screen, which contains both the Import and Export buttons. PhotoStack is much easier to use this way.

The watermark editor has received the same visual facelift, with a two-pane interface and a fixed toolbar on mobile devices. I think there’s still more I could do in the way of making the watermark editor easier to use, but this is still an improvement.

These interface changes are on top of everything else added to PhotoStack since release, which include a faster multi-process export function for newer browsers, support for the Web Share Level 2 on Android (exported images can be directly shared to installed apps), notifications for finished exports, and more.

If you haven’t already, give PhotoStack a shot at https://photostack.app!