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Photo Sharing | Share Photos Online | Windows Live Photos
Connect and share photos online in a few clicks—and discover new pictures of the people you care about most.
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Screen capture demonstrating Photo sharing your way
Photo sharing your way
It’s easy to share your favorite pictures with the friends in your Windows Live network—and with the “
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Screen capture demonstrating People tagging
People tagging
Tag your friends in your photos so everyone can get to know your favorite people.
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Screen capture demonstrating Instant comments
Instant comments
It’s simple to see what friends have to say about your photos and to add your own comments on their pictures.
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Screen capture demonstrating Photo mail
Photo mail
Use Windows Live Mail to add borders and comments to your favorite pictures, then share them with friends and family.
Photos for Mobile
Take your pics with you wherever you go and post photos directly from your phone to the web.
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Photos features
- Basics
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Just getting started?
Photo sharing is easy and simple! you can post your favorite photos for friends, comment on their photos, and see the latest pictures in the “
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Create an album
Organize your photos in albums according to events, places, people… whatever you want!
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Add photos to an album
It’s easy to add new photos to existing albums.
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- Share
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Share photos
There are lots of easy ways to share your favorite photos with friends and family.
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Set permissions
You decide which people – in your Windows Live network and outside it – can see your photos.
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- Socialize
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Make and view comments
Share your thoughts on your photos and your friends’ photos.
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People tagging
Tag your friends in your photos so everyone can get to know your favorite people.
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“What’s New” feed
See which of the friends in your Windows Live network posted new photos.
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Learn more from people like you
Check out what our bloggers have to say about Photos
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Photographing old documents
3/16/2010 4:14:59 PM, Ludwig J.
At times there is a need to photograph old documents. These notes may help on those occasions. This is not for the museum professionals – they have the equipment and experience to get perfect results. I want to discuss two situations, large documents, and ...
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Fun with Windows Live Writer and Photo Gallery
1/5/2010 8:10:50 PM, Ludwig J.
Windows Live Writer offers some fun options and so does Windows Live Photo Gallery. Here I will start in Photo Gallery and select some photos. Clicking the Make command offers several options. What I want to demonstrate is Make a blog post. Now if you ...
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Embed SkyDrive photos in Spaces HTML modules and other websites
1/3/2010 8:28:50 PM, Ludwig J.
Spaces offers a rich variety of options and when you really need full control you can add HTML modules. Embedding photos in an HTML module from your SkyDrive folders is not at all hard to do. The procedure described here will seem quite familiar to you. ...
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Rating photos from the couch makes for a better screensaver
1/2/2010 7:12:44 PM, Pete
I’ve never been good about rating my photos. In the past, Media center’s <date taken> view has always made it easy enough to find the photos I’m after. But since we upgraded all of our PCs to Windows 7 and set-up a HomeGroup, I’ve just about tripled ...
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Take a picture
1/26/2010 2:34:54 PM, Greg
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but that’s assuming other people can see it. While well-placed pictures are often the best way to provide a quick demonstration or example to someone in a discussion, the Windows Live Groups discussion editor ...
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Windows Live Wave 4: Windows Mobile 7
1/10/2010 5:26:34 AM, Michael
Windows Live Wave 4 and Windows Mobile 7 are both suffering from a major lack of news and I have started to think that the lack of news about both products is linked. I think the reason we have heard so little about Windows Live Wave 4 is because aspects ...
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