Have you ever wanted to make a quick adjustment to an image before uploading to the Social Web with Pixelpipe? Now you can with Pixelpipe for 2.05 for Android when you have the free Photoshop.com application installed.
Pixelpipe works together with Photoshop by leveraging the editing capabilities of PS seamlessly with-in our application. With Photoshop for Android you can perform a variety of edits & enhancements including crop, rotate & color/contrast adjustment to name a few, when you’ve completed editing we automatically load the new image back to Pixelpipe for uploading to the destination(s) of your choice.
Best of all it’s free, easy & all happens in just a few clicks. Here’s an example
1. Select the image by touching the pre-view or caption
2. Choose “Edit image” from the list
3. The image is now loaded into Photoshop & ready for editing or enhancemnets
4. When you’re done just save the image (green arrow pointing down in lower right) & we’ll take you back to the Pixelpipe application with your new image ready for upload.
We’ve released support for Foursquare as a Pixelpipe destination today! You can now shout out to your followers from any Pixelpipe application with a shortened pi.pe link back to a photo, video or audio file included in the post. These shouts can be combined with any other service we offer as a destination. Posting a sound clip to audioboo & foursquare at the same time to share a clip recorded at the SXSW show you’re watching would be an example of how you might combine services.
Better yet for Android users we’re now allowing you to check-in to Foursquare venues directly from our application at the time of upload. Just use the “Share to” feature & select Foursquare as the venue, we’ll automatically pull up a list of venues in the area. It’s no problem if your venue isn’t found, just use the handy search list to expand the list of choices in the area. This feature is available now in Pixelpipe 2.0.3 and above for Android, and coming soon to other supported mobile platforms.
While we’re big fans of Foursquare here at Pixelpipe we’ve always thought the text only experience was a bit limiting. We’re excited to help you to share your experiences with your followers with links to media and direct check-ins from Android. Now it’s your turn, let’s see what you create.
Here’s an overview of the new features:
- Check-in to a Foursquare venue with linked media (text, photo, video, audio or a file) with Pixelpipe 2.03 or above for Android.
- Automatic foursquare:venue_id machine tags to Flickr when checking in to foursquare and uploading to Flickr (Android only)
- Check-in directly after capture with Share to feature from the built-in camera application (Android only).
To kick things off we’re offering Pixelpipe Pro for Android free of charge for direct download. Just visit http://tr.im/pixelpipe from your Android Phone to install the latest and start uploading photos, video & audio to over 100 services including Foursquare.
For our iPhone, Palm Pre & Nokia users you’ll still be able to shout out to their friends with media however you will not be able to check-in at this time. This functionality is similar to a few other apps that are offering photo links in shouts however expands the functionality to support video, audio & even files in the post.
Enjoy!
- Team Pixelpipe
We’re rolling out support for Atom 1.0 publish protocol for Nokia Share Online users and wanted to invite you all to test out the integration in advance. While there are some advantages to 1.0 like 25% faster uploads & photo feeds (coming soon) it’s not without a cost since Nokia decided not to support Titles in the Share Online client. You can however still send photos, video, audio and files with a caption & tags however just without a title.
If you feel you must have titles with your uploads you can stick with our existing Atom 0.3 (Lifeblog) integration. If you have a need for speed and can do without the titles here’s a set of quick instructions to getting the new Atom 1.0 plug-in installed and configured.
1. Download the plug-in from http://tr.im/DXfO directly to your Nokia or to your desktop and transfer to your phone.
2. Open the Pixelpipe configuration from your phone’s Inbox to install to Share Online
3. Now open the Share Online application on your phone and select Pixelpipe
4. Select Yes if you have a Pixelpipe account otherwise choose No and create an account and return
5. Now it’s time to enter your account details to authenticate and link the plug-in to your PP account. For the Name you’ll use the email address associated with your account, the Password however is not your normal password and is unique application key that you can find at the bottom of this page http://m.pixelpipe.com/settings. We use the App Key instead of a password since the encryption utilized by Atom isn’t very strong and we want to protect your privacy, we’re not trying to be difficult 
.
6. Your plug-in will now be updated to use our Atom 1.0 endoint for uploads and will automatically start displaying photo feeds as soon as they’re available.
Let us know if you experience any issues while testing the new features Atom 1.0 features at beta@pixelpipe.com.
We’ve released an update to our Nokia Share Online integration that allows for uploads to be sent to specific services without the use of Routing Tags. You can now simply select from a list of services you’ve setup with Pixelpipe at the time of upload to send to either your Default pipes or an individual service.
Existing Pixelpipe users simply need to choose “Update service” from the Share Online options menu to download and install the update and start using the new features. If you are a new Pixelpipe user you can create your free Pixelpipe account and install Pixelpipe for Share Online from http://m.pixelpipe.com/nokia.
Here’s a few images of the new features in action.
Choose your desired Pixelpipe account for upload
We'll display a list of your Pipes, select an individual service for upload or simply choose your predefined default
You can now set your (optional) Title, Description and tags for the upload. You'll notice that this image is going to my Picasa Pipe
Now that the mighty Nokia N900 is making it’s way out to the public we thought it’d be a good time to post a brief guide to getting the N900 connected to the Social Web via Pixelpipe. Here’s a quick overview of how to get your N900 publishing photos and video to over 115 services across the globe with the Pixelpipe plug-in.
Why is this awesome?
- We allow upload directly to the N900 camera and gallery applications to allow for effortless publishing.
- Background uploads! Once you’ve started an upload(s) it’ll go into a queue and deliver your media while your N900 is available and connected via an internet connection.
- Use N900′s Tag Cloud to send to specific services at the time of upload. Just include the service name with an @prefix or create your own custom groups with our Routing Tags feature.
To get started simply:
- Install the Pixelpipe plug-in (only 27kb) from the N900 App. manager
- Authenticate or create a new Pixelpipe account.
- Add any services you’d like from http://m.pixelpipe.com/destinations/add
- You can now configure your preferences for upload from the Sharing accounts settings on the N900
- Select your media and set title and description
- Use the Tag Clouds feature to set tags for your media with a touch or use our Routing Tags feature to send to specific destinations with our Routings Tags feature eg. @twitter, @facebook
Your media uploads will now proceed in the background after you click the “Share” button as you continue to utilize your N900.
Please feel free to send any questions or feedback to nokia@pixelpipe.com.
