FilmLoop

TIP: Many Different Frame Styles

This frame entirely made with FilmLoop 2.0 (Beta)!

Add Frames to the Tattoo Library

Put your creativity to work. If you have a great frame you'd like to see added to the FilmLoop 2.0 Library, please tell us. 

Make a file that's 1024 wide x 768 tall, with a transparent background, and save in PNG format. You can use PowerPoint or Photoshop to do this.

Send it to us at info@filmloop.com. Make the subject line: FilmLoop Frame Submission. 

If we love it, and post it, we'll send you a really nice, special edition "FilmLoop tattoo studio" t-shirt!

Thanks! Looking forward to seeing new frames!

(By submitting frames to us, you are acknowledging that the content is freely available for distribution.)

Profile: Don Giannatti, professional photographer, photographers' mentor

Website: http://www.dongiannatti.com
Blog: http://wizwow.blogspot.com
Website gallery: http://www.dongiannatti.com/gallery/login.asp

I work with small companies, artists and photographers who want to expand their business, change direction or launch a new channel for sales. I constantly look for new and innovative ways to help small businesses utilize the web, and insist on their involvement in the process. From blogs to wikis to photosharing, I work to bring the interactivity of the new web to the people who need it. My tools are design and web design, but my business is strategy and marketing.

Personally: I love creativity. Whether in art, music, writing, film... everything. Sharing creativity can only lead to more creativity. To be a part of the creative process is a gift, and it is important to me to help others share their art and creativity. I teach and mentor whenever I can, and am thrilled when someone I work with starts to lift their art. Oh, and I play drums and keyboards for fun."

How I use FilmLoop
I use FilmLoop to expand my reach and to allow my clients to expand it for me. After portrait sessions or weddings, I quickly post a FilmLoop and invite the customer to send it to all of their friends. It works. I also use rotating FilmLoops on my login page at the PHOTOtool. This is where all my clients come to login so I use the FilmLoop to catch their eye and show them what else I am doing (http://www.dongiannatti.com/gallery/login.asp). I also use them on many other sites I have including my Blog (http://wizwow.blogspot.com) and my homepage (http://www.dongiannatti.com).

Thoughts on FilmLoop 2.0
I will be working more with the 2.0 FilmLoop over the next few weeks and am very excited about the cool tools. Of special interest to me are the color panels, text panels and collaging tools. This will allow me greater creativity in showing off my work. The draft feature will allow me to work on a FilmLoop presentation wherever I am (and I am all over the place in my daily work) without publishing till I am ready.

But the best thing I like about FilmLoop is that it is a remote publisher. Wherever I have a FilmLoop, I can change it from wherever I am... adding, changing and deleting images whenever I want.

Great work FilmLoop guys!

Profile: Paloma Alonso-Ferrer, loopl

Website: http://www.loopl.com

Paolma Alonso-Ferrer is an Elementary School Teacher working in Valencia (Spain), teaching the 3rd and 4th grades.  She created many of the cool Loops available at Loopl.com.

How I use FilmLoop
My use of Filmloop it is just a hobby. A friend of mine introduced me to it and since then, I've been making some loops of social or cultural interests people may have, or just about art, photography, movies, music...that I like.

Thoughts on FilmLoop 2.0
I like from Filmloop 2.0 the fact that you can manage all your pictures from the Studio in a simple , easy-to-use view.  If you want to make your Loops and stories funnier, just add some tattoos, frames or text.  I think people will love it!!!  Here is my first Loop using Filmloop 2.0.

Profile: Skeezix the Cat

Website: http://www.skeezixthecat.com/scratchingpost

Skeezix the Cat is a feline male model and internet phenomenon with a popular line of greeting cards (http://www.catsinhatscards.com) and a highly trafficked blog (http://www.skeezixthecat.com/scratchingpost) to his credit.

How Skeezix the Cat Uses FilmLoop
Skeezix uses FilmLoop to distribute his portfolio and as a social networking tool on his blog. For example, for his online birthday party --- attended by nearly 100 feline friends --- he used filmloop to share the birthday photos with his fellow revelers.

Thoughts on FilmLoop 2.0
FilmLoop 2.0 takes its slick interface to the next level with personalization and customization options not available anywhere else.

Profile: Wendy Geise, blogger

Website: http://www.naturallyconnected.com/my_pura_vida
Blog: http://www.naturallyconnected.com/my_weblog/

Wendy Geise shares ideas, experiences, information and images to encourage a greater human connection to nature on her Naturally Connected blog and to help promote global peace and environmental security on her My Pura Vida site. 

How I use FilmLoop
I use Filmloop to showcase nature photography on my blogs.  Some of my past Loops have included tide pools, butterflies, tropical flowers, and insects.

Thoughts on FilmLoop 2.0
The ability to add text, frames and tattoos to my Filmloop images will help me to better convey messages about my images to viewers on my blog sites.

Profile: Sellsius Real Estate Community

Blog: http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/

Sellsius is a new online grassroots real estate community where anyone can list any type of real estate.  We give members the tools to promote themselves, their businesses and their real estate listings for a low annual fee of $29.95.

How we use FilmLoop
Since we also have a blog to promote our members, we are using FilmLoop in our sidebar as a clever and eye-catching way to archive our blog posts.  We also intend to add the slideshow to incorporate our long blogroll. 

Our thoughts on FilmLoop 2.0
We love FilmLoop because it combines images, interactivity and linking ability.  For us the headings and linking factor are very important.  We intend to incorporate FilmLoop in our new website so members can display their property listing photos in a Loop where prospective buyers may comment, and where links will take them to the broker site directly or the detailed listing deep link.

Announcing FilmLoop 2.0 (beta)!!

FilmLoop 2.0 is a major upgrade to the incredibly popular and addictive FilmLoop 1.0.  We've watched over a million users have fun with FilmLoop -- building portfolio Loops, party Loops, vacation Loops, cartoon Loops.  The variety has been amazing.

With FilmLoop 2.0, we're adding features these users have been asking for to take their Loop creativity and Loop posting to the next level.

FilmLoop 2.0 is completely free and is available now.

See an overview demo of FilmLoop 2.0.

How do I upgrade?

If you already have FilmLoop, the easiest thing to do is to go to www.filmloop.com, download the latest product, and run it. You'll be prompted to overwrite your existing copy of FilmLoop. Your Loops will be safe.

These are the major new features:

• Enhance Loops with text and graphics; speech bubbles, text, clip art "tattoos", borders, photo collages, title frames, and transparency. See examples on this site.  See this Loop for a show and tell.
• New styles and options for posting on the web, blogs, MySpace; (Watch the demo for "how to post." ) Plus, there's one-click, full screen Loop viewing when anyone clicks on a Loop posted on a site. No download, no login required. Visit the "Post on Web" area in the product to see the options.
• Improved email sharing; enables one-click, full screen Loop viewing from any browser. No download, no login, no attachments. (Watch the demo for "how to share.")
• Sequence and reorganize photos in the new "Thumbnails" view; the single most requested feature. Now you can reorganize your photos by dragging and dropping in the thumbnails view. (Watch the demo about the new thumbnails view)
• Customized "click" actions on Loop frames;  when you make a Loop, each frame can go to a URL, open another Loop, or do a variety of other actions.  Now you can make the "click text" be anything you want. See the Beyonce Loop for a good example. In this Loop, there are a variety of suggestions for clicking to videos etc.
• Complete control over save and print permissions; particularly important for our users who are working with copyrighted material and images they don’t want to share beyond a screen show.
• Other power user features; FilmLoop lets you work with a “draft” version of a Loop locally so you can really get it the way you want it. Then, when you’re done, you can publish and the world will see your changes instantly if they’re subscribed to your Loop or watching your Loop on a blog or web site.
• Searching Loops: go to www.filmloop.com/view/ and search through the huge library of Loops.

Reorganize, edit, enhance in the new FilmLoop Studio.

Enhance images with tattoos, emo-tats, frames, shapes -- all sorts of fun stuff

A Picnic with FilmLoop 2.0

Loop entirely made with FilmLoop 2.0 (beta). Click "See it Big" to see a fun way to tell a story.

Profile: Heium Report website

Website: http://www.heliumreport.com

Helium Report is the independent guide for wealthy consumers. Analysts review luxury categories such as private jets, fractional yacht ownership, and destination clubs. Helium Report has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes.com, and Barron's/

How Helium Report Uses FilmLoop
Helium Report uses FilmLoop to feature the product portfolios of luxury providers. For example, previous Loops have included resort homes or private jets to show consumers various options to consider.

Thoughts on FilmLoop 2.0
FilmLoop 2.0 is iPhoto meets ticker-tape for the Web. Its simple-to-use interface makes it easy to create animated slide shows. The text and captions are a fun and useful addition to the 1.0 feature set.