downloads Lightworks Is a Speedy, Professional-Level (and Free) Open-Source Video Editor

Windows: Lightworks is a pretty amazing thing—a free, open-source video editor that's capable of putting together professional-level work. It's currently in open beta, so come check it out.

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If you're looking for capable video editing software on a budget (or not), Lightworks is definitely worth checking out. I tried it out on a Windows 7 nettop, which is about as slow of a computer as you can buy these days, and it performed phenomenally well. Lightworks handles most of what you'd expect from a professional editing application, such as video capture and import, GPU-accelerated real time effects (that you can layer on top of one another), color correction that doesn't suck (which is more than I can say for Final Cut's plug-ins), broad format support, and an autosave that just happens instantly without bothering you. While Lightworks has windows that aren't rigidly organized on your screen and operates a bit differently than you'd expect if you're coming from a lot of existing editing software, you'll adjust to it pretty quickly. When you start up for the first time, you can even select keyboard layouts for Final Cut and Avid if you're not ready to adopt the default keyboard layout for Lightworks.
Windows video editors, this application is very good news for you. To download you'll need to register for an account on the site, but once you do the beta is a free download. Go check it out!
UPDATE! The folks at Lightworks posted a comment to provide you with more help and information if you want it. If you have questions about Lightworks, they're willing to help and suggest the best place to ask questions is on the Lightworks forum. You can also hit them up on Twitter @eslightworks. They've also mentioned that they're aiming to support Mac and Linux, as well as provide greater support DSLR video and other formats, by the end of the year. (Check out their roadmap.) Keep an eye on that roadmap to see when the source code will be released soon, too.

Create a Blockbuster Mobile App

In an ever expanding and increasingly competitive mobile app marketplace, it’s becoming harder for developers to create apps that stand out for being more entertaining, engaging and worthy of consumers’ attention and money. There are approximately 350,000 apps in iTunes, 65,000 in the Android marketplace, and thousands more being developed as we speak. Whether an app is the brainchild of two parents who want to entertain their daughter, or a creation from a huge developing house, there’s no telling exactly how an app will fare once it hits the open market.
So, what exactly does it take to create a killer app? A good idea, focus, determination and lots of luck certainly help. But there are other factors that up-and-comers can glean from seasoned developers who have been there, done that, and done it well.
I had the opportunity to speak with a handful of leading app developers in the mobile marketplace — established leaders whose products in iTunes consistently top either the highest-grossing or most-downloaded lists. These developers know their stuff, and generously gave a sneak peek into what it takes to create a blockbuster app. Remember, to be the best, you have to learn from the best. Here’s what they had to say.

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Customize for the Device

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The experience that a gamer has on an iPhone compared to a gaming console is dramatically different. Developers need to be aware of the limitations a smaller screen has on the overall experience and create apps that are designed for the particular device. Engaging with a game should be easy and seamless for users, and according to Jason Kapalka, co-founder and chief creative officer at PopCap Games, Inc., it’s important to remember that “iPhones aren’t PCs or consoles.” Seems glaringly obvious, but what developers often overlook is that people use apps on their mobile devices much differently than they do on a more interactive gaming device like the Wii or Xbox.
“When we built Bejeweled and Plants vs. Zombies for the iPhone, we spent a lot of time making sure the controls felt right on the touchscreen. There are lots of iPhone and iPad games that have amazing graphics and great depth, but if the controls are awkward or frustrating on a touchscreen device, none of that matters.”

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See the Potential for the Platform

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Rob Murray, CEO of Firemint Pty Ltd and developer of Flight Control, urges developers to not only take the platform’s limitations into consideration, but more importantly, look beyond the limitations to see where the potential lies. “Why do people want to play a particular type of game on this device? What makes it more compelling than a desktop or console?”
Murray is a huge proponent of identifying what the device can do for your app and not the other way around. “Take Flight Control and the iPhone. We embraced the touch screen and used it to great effect. The control scheme is intuitive, elegant and accessible and takes advantage of the ability to interact directly with the game.” Taking a feature like the touch screen and maximizing its ability to add to the user experience can make engagement that much more profound. Murray adds, “With each advance in mobile technology comes the potential to do something unique.”

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Make it Personal

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Most great inventions are born from a personal need or desire, and Dave Castelnuovo, from Bolt Creative and co-creator of Pocket God, thinks that app development is no different. In many cases, developers are so focused on filling a niche in the market or creating something that they think will be successful, but don’t take into consideration what they personally would seek in an app experience. “The game industry is a hit-driven business and requires you to make a connection with the audience,” Castelnuovo says. “You can make that connection much stronger by creating something that you naturally respond to instead of guessing how someone else will receive it.”
Once you have something that hits you on a personal level, you can have more confidence in putting it on the market. If it speaks to you, there’s a good chance that it will for others as well. At the same time, Castelnuovo advises developers against agonizing over every single decision. Create a good quality product and set the bar high, but leave room for adaptability and know when to move on. “The original Pocket God app only took us one week to develop and was only meant to be a stepping stone onto bigger and better things. Since we didn’t have expectations for it, I think it freed us to do something unique.”

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Get Feedback Early On

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Semyon Voinov, a creative director at ZeptoLab and one of the creators of the wildly successful Cut the Rope apps, stresses the importance of getting the app out to as many people as possible from the early stages of development. Once the app is in their hands, observe how they interact with it and analyze what doesn’t seem to be working. “When you notice your friend is not in a hurry to return your device, you are on a good track,” adds Voinov.
Prototype, prototype, prototype. Don’t keep development under cloak and dagger. Showing the app to friends and family from the get-go will give you a better sense of the collective feedback, and you can tweak the app as it is being developed and come out with a more refined product in the end. The key is to customize the process at every stage, expose it to everyone you know and get the feedback before it is released to the public.

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Think Big

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Go big or go home is the decree of Bart Decrem, SVP and General Manager of Disney Mobile, and co-founder of Tapulous. Building an app with a big audience in mind positions it well for wider adoption and greater chance for success. What worked for Decrem and his Tap Tap Revenge team was creating an app that they thought was fun, engaging and would appeal to a huge potential fan base. Offering interactive experiences on-the-go, appealing to both iOS and Android users and building an inherently intuitive interface made the team confident in their chances for success.
“Not only is the app [Tap Tap Revenge 4] free, but when we pick the music for the game and launch new music on an ongoing basis, we match it with what’s hot on the iTunes charts so we can have the biggest reach possible. At the end of the day, the most important thing to consider when developing a mobile app is your audience.”

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Start Free

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Nothing in life is free, but au contraire, sometimes a really good app is. To get maximum exposure, you need to make your app available to the masses early on to get the early adoption rates and word-of-mouth buzz off the ground. You know you have a killer app on your hands, but no one else does, so you have to spread the word. They say that money talks, but in the app world, free talks.
Michael Bevin, co-founder of CandyCane LLC, and designer of top-selling games Fling! and Fuzzle fully supports the freemium model, at least initially. “Having made a great game, you still need to get it exposure somehow — whether by doing some kind of deal, giving it away for free initially, or at least having a free version.” You can eventually add more features and put a price on the app, but having a free version makes it more available to consumers to at least test out and see if it’s worth putting the money down.

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Listen to Your Customers

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You may have serious designs for what you want your app to be, but along with that must come flexibility and adaptability to your customers’ needs. If you look in iTunes and read ratings for apps, time and time again, customers get irritated when common complaints about the app are not addressed in subsequent version upgrades. That is a sure fire way to lose customers and quickly fall into iTunes oblivion.
Philippe Kahn, CEO of Fullpower Technologies, Inc., the maker of MotionX GPS, states that the company “spends considerable energy to differentiate, and focus on quality and customer support.” When you are dedicated to constantly innovating your technology and incorporating feedback, consumers respond and appreciate the concerted effort, which in turn creates a more loyal customer.

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Delight the User

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Among the hundreds and thousands of apps available in iTunes, there has to be something unique about yours that makes it stand out. For Dave Lieb, co-founder and CEO of Bump Technologies, Inc., and creator of the ever popular Bump application, offering something amazing is a primary criterion for creating a killer app. “The app has to delight the user in some way, it has to provide real value or entertainment in a way that isn’t transient.”
When users are delighted, they will tell their friends about it and word-of-mouth is a crucial part of any app’s success. Bump is the eighth most downloaded iOS app of all time in the U.S. and Lieb credits its users as having everything to do with that level of success. “We spent a total of $42 on marketing to create our original YouTube demo video: $22 for black felt for a backdrop and $20 for a pack of video tapes for a borrowed camera.” That’s a true testament to how powerful a delighted user can be in extending your brand for you.

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Have a Vision

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You may have a great idea, but you need to think beyond it and anticipate how the app will change behavior in a real-world setting. When SoundHound, Inc. began creating its innovative eponymous sound recognition app, they applied the need to an everyday occurrence and envisioned how users would interact with the technology they wanted to unleash.
“How many times have you hoped a radio DJ would repeat the name of the song you just heard, or have had a song stuck in your head that you didn’t know the name of?” asks Kathleen McMahon, vice president at SoundHound. The team envisioned these scenarios and set out to create a mobile solution and set a new bar for music recognition.
Creating an app that has a useful context and provides utility, in addition to entertainment, is SoundHound’s driving success. It’s all about vision. McMahon states clearly, “Know what you are trying to achieve. Are you going to be a one-hit wonder or tour de force? You can be either. However, if you answer, ‘I’m not sure,’ then question getting into the game at all. Killer apps are built on vision, not passivity.”

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Never Give Up

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Tenacity, persistence and never giving up are big reasons why these developers have achieved their stratospheric levels of success. Not surprisingly, nearly all of them included this likely, yet important piece of advice in their responses: Developers need to have the patience to continually ask themselves what is going to make their app better. In this crowded marketplace, an app needs to somehow stand out to get recognized. “Emphasize design and functionality. Quality cannot be overstated. Savvy consumers quickly identify the best products and if you truly offer something outstanding, the market will react,” says Jenny Kang, lead designer at AllAboutApps and creator of AppBox Pro.
Ed Williams, VP of mobile applications at Excelltech Inc., the maker of the clever Fake-A-Call app concurs. “Don’t give up. Refine your idea until it can be easily implemented, and have a list of advanced features you can add with updates if your first release is well-received.” And although he never anticipated Fake-A-Call having such mass appeal, Williams is intent on releasing frequent updates, addressing customer concerns, always keeping the app relevant — and never giving up.

Clone a Hard Drive Using an Ubuntu Live CD

Whether you’re setting up multiple computers or doing a full backup, cloning hard drives is a common maintenance task. Don’t bother burning a new boot CD or paying for new software – you can do it easily with your Ubuntu Live CD.
Not only can you do this with your Ubuntu Live CD, you can do it right out of the box – no additional software needed! The program we’ll use is called dd, and it’s included with pretty much all Linux distributions. dd is a utility used to do low-level copying – rather than working with files, it works directly on the raw data on a storage device.

Note: dd gets a bad rap, because like many other Linux utilities, if misused it can be very destructive. If you’re not sure what you’re doing, you can easily wipe out an entire hard drive, in an unrecoverable way.
Of course, the flip side of that is that dd is extremely powerful, and can do very complex tasks with little user effort. If you’re careful, and follow these instructions closely, you can clone your hard drive with one command.
We’re going to take a small hard drive that we’ve been using and copy it to a new hard drive, which hasn’t been formatted yet.
To make sure that we’re working with the right drives, we’ll open up a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and enter in the following command

sudo fdisk –l

We have two small drives, /dev/sda, which has two partitions, and /dev/sdc, which is completely unformatted. We want to copy the data from /dev/sda to /dev/sdc.
Note: while you can copy a smaller drive to a larger one, you can’t copy a larger drive to a smaller one with the method described below.
Now the fun part: using dd. The invocation we’ll use is:

sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdc

In this case, we’re telling dd that the input file (“if”) is /dev/sda, and the output file (“of”) is /dev/sdc. If your drives are quite large, this can take some time, but in our case it took just less than a minute.

If we do sudo fdisk –l again, we can see that, despite not formatting /dev/sdc at all, it now has the same partitions as /dev/sda.

Additionally, if we mount all of the partitions, we can see that all of the data on /dev/sdc is now the same as on /dev/sda.

Note: you may have to restart your computer to be able to mount the newly cloned drive.
And that’s it…If you exercise caution and make sure that you’re using the right drives as the input file and output file, dd isn’t anything to be scared of. Unlike other utilities, dd copies absolutely everything from one drive to another – that means that you can even recover files deleted from the original drive in the clone!

The Best Explanation of How Your LCD Screen Works

this has to b the best video explanation for lcd concepts

The Book Surgeon (15 pieces)

Using knives, tweezers and surgical tools, Brian Dettmer carves one page at a time. Nothing inside the out-of-date encyclopedias, medical journals, illustration books, or dictionaries is relocated or implanted, only removed.

Dettmer manipulates the pages and spines to form the shape of his sculptures. He also folds, bends, rolls, and stacks multiple books to create completely original sculptural forms.

"My work is a collaboration with the existing material and its past creators and the completed pieces expose new relationships of the book’s internal elements exactly where they have been since their original conception," he says.

"The richness and depth of the book is universally respected yet often undiscovered as the monopoly of the form and relevance of the information fades over time. The book’s intended function has decreased and the form remains linear in a non-linear world. By altering physical forms of information and shifting preconceived functions, new and unexpected roles emerge."

Dettmer is originally from Chicago, where he studied at Columbia College. He currently lives and works in Atlanta, GA.

Update: Read our exclusive interview with the Book Surgeon here.
original article is from http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blog/list?user=w7alv8hhgnou by Eugene

Paper vs Rock

15 First-rate Photoshop Brush Sites You Should Know

Adobe Photoshop is probably the most, if not one of the most, popular graphic editing program of our time. One of the most important element of Photoshop editing are the brushes, so it’s crucial to find the suitable brushes for your design. However, sometimes it can get quite frustrating when you can’t find the tools you need to satisfy your specific design needs. It is indeed no easy task to search through hundreds or thousands of design resources sites to get exactly what you want.

This is why we took the trouble to gather the best resource sites on the cyberspace for brushes to facilitate your pursuit for high-quality brushes. We hope these resource sites will bring out the best in you in your future designing undertakings. In no particular order, here are some of the top Photoshop brush sites available!

WOW Brushes
A simplistic site with some good brushes for downloads. There are also links to other pretty useful Photoshop resources sites.

BrushLovers
Yet another resource site with a straightforward and effective rating system for the sets. Visitors can also check out the latest, most popular or highest rated brushes if they have no particular designs in mind.

Photoshop Mosaic
As the title suggests, this site previews the various brushes in small square tiles in a mosaic-like manner for easy viewing and navigation.

Photoshop Roadmap
A huge collection of unique brush sets arranged and compiled in separate posts.

Brushking
Beautiful and professional-looking brushes categorized according to themes such that it’s easy to find what you want specifically.

Q Brushes
With a users’ 5-star rating system on each brush set, a neat classification of brush types and even a tag cloud for all the contents, this awesome site serves as a resoureful station to gather quality brushes for your design needs.

PS Brushes
PS Brushes showcase detailed brushes within each set. Such easy referencing and its wide collection of brushes enable designers to find exactly what they want.

Chez Plumeau
This one has lots of categories of brushes designs, so there’s no worries about finding the specific themes you need.

myPhotoshopBrushes
A valuable search menu allows for the filtering of brushes according to categories and sorting them according to date, rating and number of downloads. Each set also comes with a short description of the brush and a rating system to boot.

BrushDirectory
A simple brushes resource site, all arranged in easy-to-navigate category bars on every page.

Free Brushes
A large showcase of aesthetically pleasing brushes dating back to 2007. Comments posted by users of each individual brushes allow others to evaluate the quality of the brushes before downloading them.

Fbrushes
With over 6,500 high quality and professional-looking brushes to choose from, you’ll be spoilt for choice in here.

Brusheezy
The brushes here can be specifically filtered for your photoshop version, as well as sorted according to popularity, ratings and date of posting.

Brushes Download
This clutter-free brushes site offers a wide selection of different styles of brushes to download from.

Colorburned
Apart from offering various distinctive brushes, Colorburned provides thorough descriptions for every set of brushes they post. This awesome site even has short video guides for some of their brush sets to demonstrate how the brushes look like or how they can be applied.

Business Objectives vs. User Experience

Here’s a question for you: would you agree that creating a great user experience should be the primary aim of any Web designer? I know what your answer is… and youʼre wrong!
Okay, I admit that not all of you would have answered yes, but most probably did. Somehow, the majority of Web designers have come to believe that creating a great user experience is an end in itself. I think we are deceiving ourselves and doing a disservice to our clients at the same time.
The truth is that business objectives should trump users’ needs every time. Generating a return on investment is more important for a website than keeping users happy. Sounds horrendous, doesn’t it? Before you flame me in the comments, hear me out.

The Harsh Reality

Letʼs begin with the harsh truth. If an organization does not believe that it will generate some form of a return on an investment (financial or otherwise), then it should not have a website. In other words, if the website doesn’t pay its way, then we have not done our jobs properly.
Despite what we might think, our primary aim is to fulfill the business objectives set out by our clients. Remember that creating a great user experience is a means to this end. We do not create great user experiences just to make users happy. We do so because we want them to look favorably on the website and take certain actions that will generate the returns that our clients want.

Is the business world at odds with creativity? Image by opensourceway

User Experience Is Important

Let me be clear. Iʼm not suggesting that user experience is unimportant. In fact, I believe that creating an amazing experience is the primary means of helping a website fulfill its business objectives. A well-designed website makes it easy for users to complete the calls to action we have created.
Happy users also provide many other benefits. They can become advocates for your website. A happy user is considerably more likely to recommend your services and is more patient when things occasionally go wrong. Enthusiastic users can also become valuable volunteers; they have innumerable ideas about how your website and products can be improved. They are far more valuable than any focus group!
The point, though, is that happy users generate a return on investment, so spending the time and effort to give them a great experience is worth it.

When Business Objectives and User Experience Clash

You may argue that this is all semantics and that business objectives and user experience actually go hand in hand. Generally, I agree, but there are occasions when the two clash, and at these times we need to be clear that generating a return on investment should trump user experience.
Let me give you an example. We Web designers often complain when clients ask us to add fields to their online forms because they want to collect certain demographic information about their users. We argue, rightly, that this annoys users and damages the user experience. But we need to ask ourselves whether those additional fields would make users not complete the forms at all—as we fear—or would just slightly irritate them. If users ultimately complete the form and the company is able to gather valuable demographic information, then the slight irritation may be worthwhile.

Do You Have The Right Balance?

Iʼm a little nervous about this post because I realize that many people could misinterpret what Iʼm saying. But I passionately believe that the Web design community is in danger of becoming blind to all else but user experience. Iʼm convinced we need to spend as much time and effort on understanding and achieving business objectives as we do on creating a great experience.
I’ll end with this: during your last project, how much time did you spend creating personas, testing usability and generally improving the user experience? How does that compare with the amount of time you spent learning about the client’s business objectives and creating great calls to action?
Ask yourself whether you got the balance right.

Desktop File & Image Sharing Tools – Best of

When you are surfing around the Web, how often do you come across an image, video or text that you want to share quickly with a friend or on your Facebook or Twitter profile? I’m sure it happens quite often. When that happens, I doubt anyone will enjoy having to search for a tool or go through 4-5 steps just to share a simple image or video.

It will be awesome if all these can be a click away! Imagine having these convenient tools all at your fingertips that makes everything faster and easier for you before you lost your interest and also while you are still surfing. Well, this list of image and file sharing tools we have collected will show you some of the best tools for sharing screenshots, images, videos and text on the Internet via desktop tools and browser extension/add-ons. Full list after jump.

Windows

Jing

If you’re looking for a great desktop tool for sharing screenshots, Jing is an excellent choice. You can clip any part of a webpage or even your desktop. Jing then gives you the option to share it via Screencast.com, Facebook or Twitter. If you prefer, you can save it to your computer than then upload it to your blog or any other site. You can also add annotations like arrows, text, highlighting and shapes to your screenshots.
TechSmith, the makers of Jing, also have a tool called Snagit. With Jing you can even open up your screenshots in Snagit for further editing; they have a ton of options on Snagit and it’s one of my favorite desktop tools. Jing is available for Mac as well.

Skoot

This is an excellent collaboration tool for sharing files with another person or entire group. With Skoot you create Workspaces and then drag and drop the files that you want to share into the files area of the Workspace. You can invite others to your Workspace via email. Private Workspaces can also be created for things that you do not want to share with the world.
With a free account you get 512MB of free space. Skoot is available for Mac as well.

FluffyApp

If you are familiar with CloudApp (which is mentioned below under Mac apps) then you already know how FluffyApp works; it’s actually the Windows version of CloudApp and a tool that makes sharing almost effortless. With this app you can share images, videos and text anywhere on the Web within seconds.
Just drag the item you want to share to the notification icon and you’ll immediately have a short URL for the item saved to your clipboard. You can then share the link on Facebook, Twitter, IM, via email or anywhere else. Plus, you can manage your files via the web interface. Right clicking the notification icon will show you the last few items shared and will give you quick access to the Web interface.

Mac

CloudApp

This tool is basically described above in FluffyApp. I use FluffyApp on my PC and CloudApp on my Mac and they both work pretty much the same. The Mac version does have more customization options and also come with additional extensions known as “Raindrops.”
Raindrops let you use CloudApp via a keyboard shortcut setup by you. These extensions work in other applications like your browser, iTunes, iPhotos and more. Other than that, sharing is the same; just drag the item you want to share to the menubar and paste the automatically copied link to the place where you want to share it.

Skitch

To me, this tool is like a cross between Jing and Snagit (both mentioned above under Windows apps). When I first got my Macbook Pro it was one of the first tools I had been dying to try, and did. It really does have tons of features. You can capture screenshots and then edit, crop, annotate, share and have conversations around those screenshots.
You can share your screenshots on Flickr, MobileMe, Twitter, Facebook, blogs and more.

Droplr

This tool is a lot like CloudApp (mentioned above). You can drag and drop content to the menubar icon, after which a short URL will be automatically copied to your clipboard. It goes a step further by letting you share the item on Twitter with the click of a tiny button. You can also capture screenshots and compose new notes right from the menubar. Also like CloudApp, there is a Web interface for managing your shared content.
Every account comes with 1GB of free storage, but if you agree to let them send out a tweet about the service (from your account) they will add an extra 1GB to your account!

Firefox Addons

Ibrii Sidebar

This add-on will add a button to the Firefox Navigation toolbar. When you click the Ibrii toolbar button, it will open up a sidebar that allows you to drag videos, text and images from any webpage to be shared on the Web. In order to save your posts, you’ll need to create an account (which takes all of 5 seconds to do).
Once you have everything in your sidebar that you’d like to share, clicking on the “Share” button will give you the option to share on Facebook, Twitter, Posterous, Google Buzz, email or via permalink.

TwitrPix Express

This tool is specifically for sharing images on Twitter. It adds an option the right click menu to “share photo on Twitter using TwitrPix.” Clicking that option will bring up the TwitrPix Express for Firefox dialog window. You’ll have to enter your username and password for Twitter and you can also add an optional status message and tags.

Picsisgreat

This add-on hasn’t been reviewed yet by Mozilla, so when adding it you will receive a warning message. I have tried the addon and it seems to work fine. Once added you’ll have two new options on the right click context menu: share this image and upload and resize. The first option (share) uploads the image to PicIsGreat and then gives you a permalink as well as options to share on Delicious, Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Google and Vi.sualize.us. The second option (resize) lets you choose the desired width that you’d like to change the image to; after uploading the image it will take you to the new page and gives you sharing options.

Dropico

With this add-on you can share photos from the Web and share them numerous sites like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Photobucket, Dropbox and more. You will need a Dropico account in order to use this tool. Once you setup the services that you’d like to share too, you will be able to share pictures with Dropico on any website. This is done by right clicking on any image, going to the Dropico menu and then selecting the service that you’d like to share it on.

Chrome Apps & Extensions

Ge.tt

This “web app” is basically just a link to the Ge.tt website, but it’s still a really great tool for sharing files extremely quick. As the site says, “With Ge.tt you can share any number of files, no matter how large, within seconds.” Select your image and within seconds it’s uploaded. You’ll then get a short URL for sharing or you can use the one click sharing buttons for Facebook, Twitter and email. Unless you create an account, your shared files will expire in 30 days.

Troovi

Again we have another “web app” that is just a shortcut to the official website – Troovi.com. This tool allows you to share photos from your computer with friends and family. There are quite a few restrictions with a free account, so you may consider upgrading to a premium account. Once your photos are finally uploaded, they are instantly available for sharing via a permalink or email. You can optionally add a title, description and special guest permissions to your photos.
For more sharing options, you can go to the actual image page and use the “Share” menu.

PicMeQuickApp

Here is an app made specifically for sharing webcam pictures. This seems to be a real Web app that, when clicked, displays a popup window that allows you to take and upload pictures with your webcam. Once your picture is saved in the PicMeQuick sidebar, you can edit (via PicMeQuick), share (via permalink and embed code) or delete it. When you share your image, you can also choose to have it appear in the public gallery on the PicMeQuick website; you can also give other users the ability to comment on and rate your picture.
They also have a Chrome extension if you prefer accessing it via a browser button.

Picplz

This app takes us back to website shortcuts; you’ll be directed to the Picplz website where you’ll need to create an account or connect via Facebook or Twitter. You can upload photos directly to the website or via the iPhone and Android mobile apps. If you choose to share via the website, you can apply filter effects to your photos (like The 70s, Kaleidoscope, Instant Film) to your images with the click of your mouse. You can also add a caption and then choose whether you’d like the photo uploaded to your Twitter, Facebook and/or Flickr accounts.

Webpage Screenshot

This is a tool for taking webpage screenshots while surfing on Chrome. There are two options: visible screenshot (only snaps the visible portion of the screen) and all page screenshot (snaps the full page). You can add annotations like lines, text, shapes and arrows to the screenshot. Screenshots can also be cropped, saved, shared and printed. Sharing is done by clicking on the share button and then choosing a place to share.
The current options for sharing are: Facebook, Gmail, Hotmail, MySpace and Twitter – or you can use the direct link to share anywhere else.

Pixlr Grabber

This tool is quite similar to Webpage Screenshot (mentioned above). You can take screenshots of only the visible part of the page, a defined area or the entire webpage. It then gives you the option to edit (via Pixlr.com), share (via Imm.io) or save (to your desktop) in a couple of clicks. If you choose to save it, you’ll be taken to the direct image on Imm.io where you will get a link for sharing.
Other sharing options include: Digg, Delicious, Reddit, Twitter and StumbleUpon; you can also “like” it on Facebook. Imm.io also lets you see how many views you have on an item.

Ibrii

This extension works exactly like the Ibrii sidebar mentioned above under Firefox addons. Though an account is not needed, if you want to be able to save your posts then it’s best to register for an Ibrii account. When you click the browser button, it will open the Ibrii sidebar; this is where you can drag selected image, videos and text on a webpage. After dragging it there, you can then share it on: Facebook, Twitter, Posterous, Google Buzz, email or get a permalink. You can also click on the sidebar and add your own text to save or share. Plus, if you close the sidebar and then open it on another page, the content from the last page is still there in the sidebar (until you manually delete it).

Picture2Life

If you love sharing images from Web, this extension is for you. When you click on the browser icon, a little window appears with all of the images from the current webpage. You can then click on the picture(s) that you like and choose to edit (via Picture2Life) or share them as well as create a collage or animation with them. An account is needed in order to create a collage or animation.
The downside to sharing with this extension is that the only way to share right now is via email.

Of course, this is not a complete list of tools of this nature, but it does offer you quite a selection for whichever system or browser you prefer to use while browsing.