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MySpace Enables the Ultimate in Creative Freedom for Users with Advanced Image Editing ToolsBerkeley, CA, Mar 20, 2009 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) -- MySpace, the world's premiere social portal, and FotoFlexer, the world's most advanced Web-based image editing solution, have partnered to enable the MySpace community with built-in editing tools for users' images. Available immediately, all MySpace users can now seamlessly edit and add effects to all of their images without leaving the site, making it easier for MySpace users to personalize and share their images. "MySpace has always been about connecting people and letting them express themselves, and a large part of that is done visually through users' images," said Tom Andrus, senior vice president of product for MySpace. "To give users even more creative freedom, we know that providing a built-in image editor was key and FotoFlexer is a good fit based on their industry-leading feature set and proven ability to scale." Creative Freedom MySpace users now have the ability to edit, alter, and have fun with their images and then quickly share them with the rest of their network. The integration between MySpace and FotoFlexer gives all MySpace users advanced image editing features customized as: Basic image editing - Photos can be re-sized, rotated, flipped, cropped, duplicated and corrected with red-eye reduction. Color effect options - Images can be modified with color effects such as sepia, grayscale, blueprint and many more. Decorate - Photos can be completely altered into different shapes colors and have designs added, with the ability to turn them into greeting cards. Beautify - Blemishes can be fixed, and wrinkles smoothed. Distort - All photo proportions can be distorted in various ways, such as stretching or bulging. Enhanced border system - Border width can be automatically adjusted with a simple click and drag. After completing edits, users can either create a new copy or replace the existing photo. Users can then share the photos or include them in their profiles and albums. "MySpace chose to partner with the most advanced online photo editor, and we're honored to work with them," said Sharam Shirazi, CEO of FotoFlexer. "FotoFlexer gives the already ultra-creative MySpace community the best set of Web-based tools to extend that creativity into the images they share." Leading the Way This partnership, combined with other FotoFlexer partner sites and FotoFlexer.com, make FotoFlexer the most widely used image editing solution on the planet. About MySpace MySpace is the world's leading social portal for connecting people, content, and culture. MySpace empowers its global community to experience the Internet through a social lens by integrating personal profiles, photo sharing, professional and viral videos, blogs, mobile, instant messaging, and the world's largest music community. MySpace is the highest trafficked website in the United States and includes an international network of more than 30 local community sites throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Fox Interactive Media is a division of News Corporation. (NYSE:NWS - News, NWS.A - News; ASX:NWS - News, NWSLV - News). About FotoFlexer FotoFlexer is the world's most advanced Web-based image editing solution, providing the power and functionality of expensive desktop photo editing software for free to all users. FotoFlexer integrates with social networks, online photo sharing sites and other image-based social applications to enable users to quickly and easily access all of their images for editing, regardless of where their images reside. The company is backed by Jon Burgstone, the founder of a $1.1B Internet company, Managing Director of Symbol Capital and Founding Faculty Chair of the Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology at the University of California, Berkeley. To experience the most advanced Web-based image editing solution, visit www.fotoflexer.com. Contacts: MySpace Amy Walgenbach (415) 293-9181 awalgenbach (at) myspace (dot) com FotoFlexer Neil Warren (530) 304-1537 neil (at) fotoflexer (dot) com # # # Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/03/prweb2251894.htm. PRWeb.com |