snapshot_1.5

Posted by stiwi Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:20:00 GMT

Changes, additions, updates to snapshot 1.5

First of all, i changed the user interface. The new interface looks and feels more like a community app rather than a geeky photo upload application.

  • The search feature now actually works as expected.
  • A new HUD display shows if the app is bussy.
  • New logo to better fit the original concept.

The latest entries can be seen here. More information can be found here.

snapshot_1.6

Posted by stiwi Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:25:00 GMT

Changes, additions, updates to snapshot 1.6

Added new image filter, masking and distortion tools. Some of the new image filters can be seen below. The latest entries can be seen here. More information can be found here.

snapshot_1.3

Posted by stiwi Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:28:00 GMT

What is SnapShot?

SnapShot is a (camera / social-network / blogger) application for the iPhone.

What does SnapShot do?

1.) SnapShot sends camera pictures, location data, text messages and filter settings (time, distance, tags) to a server and in return displays information about other SnapShot users according to the filter settings indicated. Select a single user to get additional information and a location map to see where and when this user has uploaded his snapshot.

2.) With SnapShot you can easily embed a camera picture to your website, forum, blog, etc. without having to deal with email activation, user / passwords, ftp settings or community services. All you have to do is to add a url or javascript snippet to your html-code and every new picture you take with SnapShot will automatically be displayed on your website, forum, blog, etc. No email, password or user registration required. The latest entries can be seen here.

What SnapShot doesn't do!

  • SnapShot does not use full resolution images. Images are scaled down to 320x320.
  • SnapShot does not save any data. All data is replaced by the next upload.
  • SnapShot has no private messaging. Everything is visible to all.

What can i do with SnapShot?

1.) If you are having a party and you want everybody to join in, simply take a snapshot of the dance-floor, add a message, set a tag like "Party" and press the sync button. Now everybody visiting your homepage, reading your blog or is using an iPhone with SnapShot gets your message.

2.) If you want to meet with people in your neigbouthood simply open SnapShot set the time and distance to maybe 30 minutes and 10 kilometer and press the sync button. You will receive a list of people in your area who have used SnapShot within the last 30 minutes. Maybe the list is to long and you are only looking for people with a special tag like "Movies". Just set the filter tag to "Movies" to shorten the list.

3.) ... well.

How to SnapShot!

1.) upload

  • Open the SnapShot application.
  • Click on the icon image in the upper left and take a picture..
  • Add a message and tag. (Touch the message overlay to open the editor)
  • Click on the sync button on the upper right to upload your data.

2.) display

  • Select the info tab and click the tools button on the upper right.
  • In the popup menu select "Email Key". The email app will come up with an email containing a link and key to your uploaded image. You only have to do this once because the key does not change until you remove SnapShot from your iPhone.
  • Select one of the html or javascript example snippets from blog.alphakanal.de, add your key (see your email), and paste it to your website, forum, blog etc.

Example SnapShot with icon (57x57) 

<img src="http://snapshot.alphakanal.de/image?key=pasteYourKeyHere_1">

Example SnapShot with image (320x320) 

<img src="http://snapshot.alphakanal.de/image?key=pasteYourKeyHere_0">

Example SnapShot with image, data and link to google maps 

<script src="http://snapshot.alphakanal.de/list?key=pasteYourKeyHere"></script>
<script src="http://snapshot.alphakanal.de/snapshot.js"></script>
<link href="http://snapshot.alphakanal.de/snapshot.css" rel="Stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
<p id="snapshot" class="snapshot"></p>
<script>snapshot_display("snapshot");</script>

Example SnapShot with icon (57x57), data, link to google maps and hover effect 

<script src="http://snapshot.alphakanal.de/list?key=pasteYourKeyHere"></script>
<script src="http://snapshot.alphakanal.de/snapshot.js"></script>
<link href="http://snapshot.alphakanal.de/snapshot.css" rel="Stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
<p id="hover" class="snapshot"></p>
<script>snapshot_display_small("hover");</script>