Unique top-level Phanfare URL provided (yourname.phanfare.com), changeable at any time.
No advertising on albums.
No requirement for viewers to join Phanfare.
Resizable viewing experience adjusts to viewers display.
Multimedia Flash-based web slideshows with photos and videos intermingled.
Downloadable multimedia slideshows for offline viewing.
Full size images available for download on the web.
Bulk download of full albums available on web.
Personal web drop box where friends and family can upload high resolution photos and videos.
Integration with iTunes to upload your own music for slideshows.
Image and video hosting for eBay, blogs and other 3rd party sites.
Photos and videos arranged chronologically.
Optional password protection at site level.
Owner controls whether visitors can download originals and order merchandise
Opt-out of indexing by search engines.
Integrated email tools allow polished invitations to view site.
Media RSS feeds of albums (latest, random, and album-specific feeds).
Stories-only RSS site feeds (e.g. My Yahoo! style news feeds).
No Phanfare branding.
Customizable header and footer.
Customizable colors and backgrounds.
Up to 1000 subsites at yourname.phanfare.com/subsitename, each with any subset of your albums and optional password.
Archival storage of photos.
Original resolution images stored and accessible via web and client software.
Full versioning of changes with ability to rollback to uploaded version of image.
Individual images limited to 20 Megabytes/image.
Optional hiding of photos; suppresses publishing to site but keeps in collection
(for shoeboxing).
Import formats: JPEG, PSD (single layer), TIFF, GIF.
Maintains multiple renditions of each image to facilitate optimization of viewing experience.
RAW images limited to 100 MB/image.
Supports archival storage of videos.
Each video limited to 10 min.
Video length extended to 20 min for
.
Each video limited to 2 GB.
Support video formats (partial list): MPG, MOV, AVI, WMV, 3GP, MP4.
Videos converted to H.264.
HD video archival support (videos with resolution greater than 640x480). 5 Megabits/second
version of video rendered on service as archival version at 720p. If original video
is under 5 Megabits/second, original video retained.
Non-HD video archival support (videos with resolution less than or equal to 640x480).
3 Megabits/second version of video rendered on service as archival version. If original
video is under 4 Megabits/second, original video retained.
Three H.264 renditions maintained for web display: 512 Kilobits/second (320x240),
used for iPhone/iPod Touch; 900 Kilobits/second (480x360); 1.3 Megabits/second (640x480).
720p HD H.264 rendition maintained for web display at 2.75 Megabits/second.
Support for embedding videos on blogs and third party websites.
Flash uploader, support for files up to 256 MB.
Java uploader, support for files up to 2 GB.
Image correction: rotation, auto-levels.
Image captioning, album descriptions and section descriptions.
Automatic EXIF/IPTC extraction on import, including auto-dating and auto-captioning.
Site security control.
Visitor reporting.
Integration with Picnik for web-based image editing.
Windows and Mac compatible.
Background synchronization.
Synchronizes automatically across multiple computers.
Supports importing of photos and videos.
Support for custom captions, album descriptions and section descriptions.
Image fixing: red-eye removal, auto-levels.
Image editing: cropping, rotation, auto-rotation.
Image adjustments: grayscale, straighten, brightness, contrast, sharpening.
Image effects: sepia, antique (Windows only), invert (Mac only) and blur (Mac only).
Images on local disk are copied to Phanfare; original images are not altered
by system.
Automatic EXIF/IPTC extraction on import, including auto-dating and auto-captioning.
Universal accessibility to images and videos from multiple computers.
Apple iPhone and iPod touch optimized viewing in mobile Safari.
RIM Blackberry optimized viewing.
Email gateway allows emailing images into a Phanfare account via a cell phone.
Full management and viewing experience on Apple iPhone via Phanfare Photon (see
below).
Runs on Apple iPhone or iPod touch.
Displays photos and videos.
Uploads photos and videos in the background while shooting other photos.
Synchronizes photos to device for offline viewing (airplane mode).
Image effects: sepia, black & white, antique, auto-levels.
Image cropping.
Image rotation.
Emailing of images, videos and albums.
Display of videos.
Multimedia slideshows with music.
Allows ordering prints.
Supports creating new albums.
Supports deletion of albums and images.
Supports reordering images and videos.
Supports hiding images and videos.
Integrated transfer to Facebook and Flickr.
Search Phanfare account.
Camera enhancements: image stabilization, self-timer, tap-anywhere to take photo.
Adobe Lightroom plugin, allows export of selected JPEG renditions of images to Phanfare.
Optional hiding of images below a certain rating.
Apple Aperture plugin, allows export of selected JPEG renditions of images to
Phanfare. Optional hiding of images below a certain rating.
Apple iPhoto plugin, allows export of images to Phanfare.
Google Picasa plugin, allows export of images to Phanfare, optional downsampling,
limitation of 100MB per export.
RAW export to Phanfare within Apple Aperture and Adobe Lightroom plugins.
Facebook integration allows transfer of select photos and videos to a Facebook
account and/or posting of links back to Phanfare into Facebook news feed.
Flickr integration allows transfer of select photos to a Flickr account.
Eye-Fi integration allows automatic transfer of images uploaded via the Eye-Fi™
wireless SD memory card to Phanfare.
FrameChannel Integration for display of photos on compatible frames.
Screensaver for Mac & PC.
Background switcher for PC.
Media server software for PC (Beta) creates DLNA stream of photos playable on
XBOX 360 and PS III.
Custom hard cover photo books, side stitched binding, 100 lb glossy stock, wrapped
custom photo cover.
5x7 flat and 5x7 folded digitally printed photo cards.
4x8 silver halide photo cards.
Silver halide photo prints, variety of sizes.
Unlimited online storage
On-demand backup data DVDs include most Phanfare meta-data, original photos and
archival videos.
Subscription-based DVD backup service, sends level 0 DVD backup at inception,
incremental DVDs each quarter.
All data stored at Amazon S3, redundantly storing data in multiple US data centers.
Trash-can available from web and desktop client allows rollback of user-initiated
accidental deletes.
Upload bandwidth limited to 10 GB per month upstream and 15 GB per month downstream.
No upstream limit in month one to accommodate initial data transfer to Phanfare.
Limit of 500 images or videos per album section, 3000 images and videos per album.
No limit to number of album sections or number of albums.
Mobile import from cell phones and other email-enabled portable devices.
1-hour response time on email support during business hours.
3-hour response time on email support during evenings and weekends.