Guide: How to make a Keepsy Instagram photo book

You have have seen my posts about Keepsy, the service that lets you create photo books from your Facebook, Instagram, Flickr or PicPlz accounts, well now, thanks to the guys at Keepsy, here is a video guide to creating a Keepsy photo album.

If you like the idea of creating your very own Keepsy, then help support the iPhoneography blog by clicking on the Keepsy advert found to the right, which will redirect you to the Keepsy website, and earn the blog some commission.

Keepsy meets Facebook, Flickr and Picplz

Keepsy, the Instagram photo book printing service has extended its service to Facebook, Flickr and Picplz [with Picasa coming soon], so if you use any of these services for sharing your photos, you can now produce fantastic photo books, quickly and easily.

For more information, check out the Keepsy blog post here.

App Update: Instagram

Instagram is going from strength to strength, and has just received a nice little update. Version 1.8.5, which has just hit the App Store, now lets you auto-complete your hashtags, lets you view photos that you've liked, and has added the option to include your website URL in your profile, which can be launched via Mobile Safari when clicked.

App Store Link: Instagram; Price: FREE

Your Instagram's in a muddle, with Instapuzzle

If you own an iPad, like puzzles, and are a fan of Instagram, then Instapuzzle for iPad may appeal to you.

App Store Description: Instapuzzle for iPad is a social game built on top of the most popular photo share App Instagram. It converts Instagram photos into amazing jigsaw puzzle games and users compete with each other based on the time they used to solve the puzzle. This amazing App offers fun yet engaging entertainment to everyone in the family.

Instapuzzle for iPad has the best jigsaw piece rendering technology in the App Store. It makes truly 3D puzzle pieces with precise thickness and shadow effects, stunning motion animation, and powerful piece snap. You can move piece to anywhere on the game table. Neighbor pieces will snap automatically when moved together. You can move individual piece or a group of pieces. The simple but flexible user interface brings the jigsaw experience to a whole new level.

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App Update: Instagram

Instagram, the popular social networking photo sharing app has just been updated, bring with it some nice features.

In Instagram version 1.8 you will find the following new features along with reliability & speed improvements.

• Above: Out with the old, in with the new. The new interactive comment screen.Double-tap on photos to Like them
• Autocomplete usernames
• New interactive comment screen

The double-tap and autocomplete are nice, easy features, however the new interactive comment screen may cause some confusion, as the ability to manage/delete comments made about your photos has been moved, and is now accessed by tapping the "comment" button itself, then slide your finger across the comment you wish to delete. If you want/need to manage/delete multiple comments, then tap the gear icon that can be found in the top right of the new interactive comment screen, to reveal all options.

App Store Link: Instagram; Price: FREE

App Review: PicFrame

Updated on Monday, May 30, 2011 at 5:15PM by Glyn Evans

PicFrame from developer ActiveDevelopment, the same developer behind picfx, is a Diptic like app, but is cheaper and does not require an in-app purchase to enable different layout ratios, but what's it like?

The App

Launch PicFrame and you are presented with a choice of 16 layouts across 2 screens. The default ratio is 1:1, however you can select 3:2, 4:3 or 3:4 by tapping the ratio icon found in the top right-hand corner of the screen. It is here that I spotted my first niggle. If you select a ratio that is not 1:1, then the layouts do not reflect this change, for example if you select 4:3, then the layout view does not change, and you are still presented with 1:1 layouts, although if you select a layout and move forward to the photo picker stag, then the correct ratio is displayed.

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Postagram, 1 month later

Almost 1 month ago Postagram, the Instagram related postcard service was launched, and as a launch special there was the chance of getting your 1st Postagram for free [regular price £0.59/$0.99/€0.79], and so like so many, I ordered my free Postagram. Today, and almost 1 month later my free Postagram dropped through my letterbox, and despite the very, very slow snail mail service [which Postagram have no control over], the Postagram is very impressive, and well worth the regular asking price. All that remains now, is for the Postagram iPhone app [App Store Link] to be made available outside the USA.

Create Instagram wallpapers with Wallgram

Wallgram is a new free to use service that lets you mix the Instagram photos of your friends, create collages with the most popular, or search by photo tag, and then create wallpapers for your iPhone or iPad, with computer and poster support coming soon.

The service is easy to use, simply link the service to your Instagram account, then select the device you want to create a wallpaper for and let Wallgram do the rest.

For more information or to create your own free Wallgram, head over to wallgram.com

Create an Instagram photo book with Keepsy

Want to create a photo book from your Instagram photos? Then check out Keepsy.

Keepsy lets you connect to your Instagram stream, and then automatically produce a photo book from your photos, based on the most liked photos. Although this is the quickest and easiest way to produce your Keepsy Instagram photo album, you can manually select from your own favourite Instagrams, and then tweak, edit, reposition and alter titles and captions, before sending to print.

Currently, a Keepsy Instagram hardback photo book will set you back $29.95 for 30 pages, and is only available in the USA, but anyone can create an online album and share for free.

*** Special Offer ***

Make an awesome Instagram photo book between now and May 8th and get 50% off. Just enter code: INSTAMEET when you order and Keepsy will cut the price of your 11 x 8.5 hardback album in half.

For more information, check out keepsy.com

Instagram update & meet-up

Instagram [App Store Link], the photo social networking app was recently updated to version 1.6.5, adding a nice radial tiltshift mode, improved image quality [but not improved resolution], as well as improved speed and bug fixes.

Above: The new Instagram radial tiltshift mode control panel on the left, with a shot of me with the radial tiltshift effect on the right.

Now if you're a fan of Instagram, then don't forget today [7th May] is the day for the 2nd worldwide InstaMeet.