FotoDesk Democratizes Fine-Art Printing

Zug, Switzerland (PRWEB) November 13, 2008

FotoDesk Group AG (http://www.fotodesk.com) has added fine art printing to its free online photo editor flauntR (http://www.flauntr.com), enabling easy conversion of photos into works of art by printing on professional-quality art papers.

flauntR's fine art printing allow users to print on sunlight and water-resistant art papers manufactured by renowned manufacturers like Ilford Professional, Hahnemühle, and Euromedia.

Ilford Professional is renowned as the best-in-class printing paper for graphic media purposes whereas Hahnemühle is a name synonymous with printing and has a history of 420 years. By enabling fine-art printing using art papers from these popular manufacturers, FotoDesk has made professional-quality photo printing available to the common user.

FlauntR's unique combination of high-end printing with solid pigment ink on professional-quality papers has earned archival ratings of over 100 years and is sunlight and water-resistant.

Through flauntR's fine art printing, users can covert their personal photos into masterpieces in sizes ranging from 20 x 30 cm to 100 x 300 cm. Users can also print photos as fine art in popular preset sizes like poster, panorama, square, 4:3, 3:2, and DIN sizes like A4 and A3.

Printing is supported on different textures ranging from glossy and ultra smooth matte to pearl finish. While Ilford Professional offers finishes like satin/pearl and full gloss, Hahnemühle papers offer velvet matte, ultra smooth glossy, ultra-matte parchment, ultra-matte smooth, and satin finishes. Euromedia canvass printing gives a high gloss finish suitable for creating image galleries.

As flauntR already integrates with popular social networks and storage services, users can change photos stored online into fine art with a single click without leaving the flauntR photo suite. flauntR's transparent printing supports all popular social networks and photo storage services, including Facebook, Picasa, Flickr, MySpace, orkut, hi5, Windows Live Spaces, WordPress, and Bebo.

In addition to printing, flauntR has a complete range of one-click tools to create professional photo-editing effects within seconds. flauntR also has design tools for editing, styling, adding text and shapes to photos, and creating profile pictures as well as mobile photos.

About flauntR
flauntR (http://www.flauntr.com) began its service in September 2007 and was acquired by FotoDesk Group AG in June 2008. FotoDesk (http://www.fotodesk.com) is based in Zug, Switzerland, and is rolling out a unique online imaging service that combines photo editing, printing, sharing, storage, and monetization in a single seamless service.

FotoDesk addresses the market through its consumer brands ColorMailer (http://www.colormailer.com), FastLab (http://www.fastlab.com), and flauntR (http://www.flauntr.com). The company provides services across Europe through websites in nine languages. ColorMailer and FastLab are well-known photo-printing brands in Europe since 1999. Popular products by FotoDesk include photo prints, photo books, fine art prints, greeting cards, posters and canvas, and calendars.

Contact: Mahir Haneef
             Public Relations
             Ph: 91.471.252.7727
             Email: mahir @ fotodesk.com

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