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Windows Live Photo Gallery is a photo management and sharing application released as a part of Microsoft's
Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a multinational corporation computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of computer software products for computing devices....
 Windows Live
Windows Live

Windows Live is the collective brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft. A majority of these services are Web applications, accessible from a Web browser, but there are applications that need installation as well....
 initiative. It is an upgraded version of Windows Photo Gallery
Windows Photo Gallery

Windows Photo Gallery is a photo management, tagging, and editing tool development by Microsoft, and is included with all editions of Windows Vista....
, which is a part of Windows Vista
Windows Vista

Windows Vista is one member in a family of operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business Desktop computer, laptops, Tablet PCs, and media center PCs....
. Windows Live Photo Gallery also supports Windows XP
Windows XP

Windows XP is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptop, and media centers....
 and facilitates viewing any image format supported by the Windows Imaging Component
Windows Imaging Component

The Windows Imaging Component is a Component Object Model based imaging codec framework introduced in Windows Vista and Windows XP#Service Pack 3 for working with and processing digital images and image metadata....
 (including HD Photo) on Windows XP, if the appropriate WIC codecs are installed.

The application is available for download via the Windows Live Essentials
Windows Live Essentials

Windows Live Essentials is a service by Microsoft which aims to offer integrated and bundled e-mail, instant messaging, photo-sharing, blog publishing, security services and other Windows Live entities into a ?seamless whole?....
 suite.

ows Live Photo Gallery provides management, tagging
Tag (metadata)

A tag is a non-hierarchical index term assigned to a piece of information . This kind of metadata helps describe an item and allows it to be found again by browsing or searching....
, and searching capabilities for digital photos.






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Windows Live Photo Gallery is a photo management and sharing application released as a part of Microsoft's
Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a multinational corporation computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of computer software products for computing devices....
 Windows Live
Windows Live

Windows Live is the collective brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft. A majority of these services are Web applications, accessible from a Web browser, but there are applications that need installation as well....
 initiative. It is an upgraded version of Windows Photo Gallery
Windows Photo Gallery

Windows Photo Gallery is a photo management, tagging, and editing tool development by Microsoft, and is included with all editions of Windows Vista....
, which is a part of Windows Vista
Windows Vista

Windows Vista is one member in a family of operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business Desktop computer, laptops, Tablet PCs, and media center PCs....
. Windows Live Photo Gallery also supports Windows XP
Windows XP

Windows XP is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptop, and media centers....
 and facilitates viewing any image format supported by the Windows Imaging Component
Windows Imaging Component

The Windows Imaging Component is a Component Object Model based imaging codec framework introduced in Windows Vista and Windows XP#Service Pack 3 for working with and processing digital images and image metadata....
 (including HD Photo) on Windows XP, if the appropriate WIC codecs are installed.

The application is available for download via the Windows Live Essentials
Windows Live Essentials

Windows Live Essentials is a service by Microsoft which aims to offer integrated and bundled e-mail, instant messaging, photo-sharing, blog publishing, security services and other Windows Live entities into a ?seamless whole?....
 suite.

Features

Windows Live Photo Gallery provides management, tagging
Tag (metadata)

A tag is a non-hierarchical index term assigned to a piece of information . This kind of metadata helps describe an item and allows it to be found again by browsing or searching....
, and searching capabilities for digital photos. It provides an image viewer that can replace the default OS image viewer, and a photo import tool that can be used to acquire photos from a camera or other removable media.

Windows Live Photo Gallery allows sharing of photos by uploading them to Windows Live Spaces
Windows Live Spaces

Windows Live Spaces is Microsoft's blogging and Social network service platform. The site was originally released in early 2004 under the MSN Spaces name to compete with other List of social networking sites....
 and Flickr
Flickr

Flickr is an and video hosting service website, web services suite, and online community platform. In addition to being a popular Web site for users to share personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers as a photo repository....
. According to Microsoft, it may gain the ability to upload to other photo sharing sites if the sites agree to using common protocols. Windows Live Photo Gallery is also required for downloading full resolution photos and albums from Windows Live Spaces
Windows Live Spaces

Windows Live Spaces is Microsoft's blogging and Social network service platform. The site was originally released in early 2004 under the MSN Spaces name to compete with other List of social networking sites....
. It can publish videos to Soapbox on MSN Video. The ability to view animated GIF images is notably absent. Instead, when viewed, it displays every frame of an animated gif which may come in handy if a user wanted only a frame.

Windows Live Photo Gallery includes all the features of Windows Photo Gallery
Windows Photo Gallery

Windows Photo Gallery is a photo management, tagging, and editing tool development by Microsoft, and is included with all editions of Windows Vista....
 in Windows Vista. It adds several new features including:

  • An improved photo/video import tool, providing the ability to view, select, and tag
    Tag (metadata)

    A tag is a non-hierarchical index term assigned to a piece of information . This kind of metadata helps describe an item and allows it to be found again by browsing or searching....
     photos that are automatically grouped by date-taken.
  • Ability to view a photo's color histogram
    Color histogram

    In computer graphics and photography, a color histogram is a representation of the distribution of colors in an image, derived by counting the number of pixels of each of given set of color ranges in a typically two-dimensional or three-dimensional color space....
     with shadow and highlight
    Shadow and highlight enhancement

    Shadow and highlight enhancement refers to an technique to correct exposure . Images with over and under-exposed areas can be recovered with the Shadow/Highlight tool in Photoshop....
     adjustment, or to adjust a photo's sharpness.
  • Panoramic stitching
    Image stitching

    Image stitching or photo stitching is the process of combining multiple photographic s with overlapping fields of view to produce a segmented panorama or high-resolution image....
     using technology developed by Microsoft Research
    Microsoft Research

    Microsoft Research is a division of Microsoft created in 1991 for researching various computer science topics and issues. It is one of the top research centers worldwide currently employing Turing Award winners C.A.R....
    .
  • Batch resize of photos. and rotation of videos
  • Support for displaying QuickTime videos when QuickTime 7 is installed.


Although it is an upgraded version of Windows Photo Gallery
Windows Photo Gallery

Windows Photo Gallery is a photo management, tagging, and editing tool development by Microsoft, and is included with all editions of Windows Vista....
, some features (such as themed photo slideshows and video support) which use Windows Vista-specific technologies are not available on Windows XP.

Windows Live Photo Gallery also integrates with Windows Live Sync and allows the synchronization of the photo library between two or more computers with Photo Gallery installed and signed in on the same Windows Live ID
Windows Live ID

Windows Live ID is a single sign-on service developed and provided by Microsoft that allows users to log in to many websites using one account....
.

See also

  • Windows Live
    Windows Live

    Windows Live is the collective brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft. A majority of these services are Web applications, accessible from a Web browser, but there are applications that need installation as well....
  • Windows Photo Gallery
    Windows Photo Gallery

    Windows Photo Gallery is a photo management, tagging, and editing tool development by Microsoft, and is included with all editions of Windows Vista....


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