Bling! It Now Lets Mac Users Transform Product Images And Boost Ebay Sales
With Bling! It, in just a few simple steps, users can cut objects out of a digital photo, place them on a new background and then add effects, such as highlights and shadows, resulting in professional-looking images. Unlike PhotoShop and other digital-imaging programs, Bling! It is extremely quick and easy to use. In just a matter of minutes, even if it's only your first time using the program, you can create high-quality images and optimize them for Web use.
Bling! It is ideal for beginner Web designers and online sellers wanting to enhance their product shots. In fact, recent customer feedback has shown that online sellers who "Bling" their product shots are seeing an increase in the click-through-rate from their thumbnail images and are selling much of their previously "sitting" inventory. Users have also reported up to a 20 percent increase in their achieved sales prices.
By combining complex technology with easy-to-use tools, Bling! It empowers any user to strengthen and embellish product images thanks to capabilities previously available only to seasoned image editing professionals. With Bling! It, Mac users can unlock their creative potential without having to master complex and intimidating image editing programs such as Photoshop. With just a few clicks and the guidance of Bling! It's intuitive balloon tips, users can seamlessly replace a standard image background with a more appealing backdrop and add features such as drop shadowing, highlight effects and logos. The sheer speed realized with Bling! It enables even the novice user to produce product images up to four times faster than with any previously available solutions.
"Bling! It enables anyone to create high quality product shots capable of competing with studio-shot professional product images. We've received numerous comments from customers that have "Blinged" their product shots, that they have realized as much as a 20% increase in their achieved product price," said James Carr-Jones, president and CEO of Vertus. "With businesses of all sizes and industries offering products through e-commerce outlets, the entrepreneur that makes the best impression online ultimately generates the most sales. Bling! It enables even the most casual seller to optimize potential revenue and increase profits by making products truly stand out from the ever-growing crowd without the need to master Photoshop or other complicated imaging programs."
For anyone interested in generating supplemental income online or through auction sites like eBay or Amazon, Bling! It provides the ability to create professional quality product shots that rival or surpass the competition. From the occasional eBay user to the small business looking to improve its website images and compete with larger rivals, Bling! It can improve product images making them standout from the competition, often helping to sell previously stagnant inventory.
Bling! It Features
Bling! It identifies and traces the key edges within an image to extract the product from its background, making this once complicated task as easy as painting by numbers. Users can select from a variety of professional backgrounds available in the Bling! It library or customize one, optimize the shot with a few clicks on the easy-to-use tools menu, and the new professional product image is complete. Bling! It also automatically optimizes an image size, resolution and data weight (kilobytes), for an e-commerce site or preset online auction sites.
With Bling! It's "Paint Away Viewer" feature, users see their product shot evolving in real-time. As the product is extracted and set into the new background, users are able to visualize the final image as it is created. The "Paint Away Viewer" also shows real-time edits, as users employ various image optimization tools available with Bling! It.
With these tools, users can:
• Sharpen product appearance without hiding a product's characteristic imperfections
• Add drop shadows to provide a depth-of-field to the image
• Use the "Highlight Brush" to lift the image highlights to create a "shot-in-the-studio" feel
• Enhance product resolution independently from the background to make the product really stand out
• Embed a logo to make product shots even more professional
• Adjust the edge blending between the product and the background to preserve the warm feeling of a sweater or the furry softness of a teddy bear
• Customize the position, size and rotation of the product relative to the new background with the easy-to-use handling points
• Optimize the final image for use on various preset e-commerce sites such as eBay or Amazon
• Simple Step-by-Step Actions. With first time users in mind, Bling! It takes difficult tasks and makes them quick and easy. Using step-by-step actions and simple to understand features Bling It is so easy to use and quick to learn that soon all web shots will be Bling!-ed!
• 4 Times Faster Than Other Methods. Using the latest and most advanced imaging technology, Bling! It reduces the time taken to create professional web ready product shots from everyday ones to less than a quarter of what was achieveable before!
• Removing Old Backgrounds Is as Easy as Painting By Numbers! An overlay of lines tracing all key edges in the image acts line masking tape and outlines the product in the image - making seperating the product from the background as easy as painting by numbers!
• See Backgrounds Disappear in Realtime Using the "Paintaway Viewer". Bling! It offers peace of mind by showing background removal in the Paintaway Viewer in realtime.
• Optimise for Major Auction Sites Like eBay and Amazon. No need to spend hours going through key auction sites like eBay trawling for information on optimal image sizes - let Bling! It do the hard work. For each site it not only optimally resizes the dimensions but also resizes to the correct data weight (kilobytes) as well.
• Select a New Professional Background: Create Your Own or Use the Large Library of Professional Backgrounds. Getting the background right is so important. Bling! It provides backgrounds for all tastes. And if the right one can't be found in the application then there is an option to import one too.
• Sharpen the Product's Appearance and Add Drop Shadows. Once the image canvas and background are set, next it's time to ensure the product is displayed in the best possible way. Sharpen the product's appearance; and create drop shadows to make it look like the product is either standing up or lying down.
• Lift Highlights on the Product to get a "Shot-in-the-Studio" Feel. Use the Highlight Brush on the product to improve the product's appearance by 'lifting' the highlights.
• Enhance Product Resolution. Adjust the background and product resolution independently to improve the overall appearance of the product shot.
• On-Application Guide and Tips. Great on-application tips and manual with links to tutorials.
Other Features:
Adjust the Number and Position of Key Edges Easily and Quickly. If the key edges don't trace the right edge on the image then adjust them using the Edge Adjustment tool. Great for those hard to get edges.
Adjust the Appearance and Softness of the Product Edges. When the background is removed, the hardness, softness and depth of edges may be adjusted automatically using the Edge Blending tool. Pick up the 'wooliness' of a jersey's edge or smooth it to remove unwanted noise.
Preserve Hair and Fur Detail. Easily preserve fur and hair on the product in hard to believe detail.
Customise your Image Size. Customize the image size for any website. Set the size and data weight (kilobytes) quickly and easily and Bling! It will automatically optimise the image to these settings.
Configure the Position, Size and Rotation of the Product in the New Image. Adjust the product's position using the easy-to-pick-up handling points. These can be altered at any time.
Add a Logo. Make product shots appear even more professional by giving them a logo. Use the transparency slider to make the logo blend into the image.
Help on Taking Pictures for Bling! It. Check out the application and website for a free and simple guide on taking images for Bling! It.
System Requirements
Previously available for PC use only, the latest version of Bling! It is now available for the Macintosh operating systems. Minimum requirements are:
• PowerPC? G4 or G5 or Intel? processor
• Mac OS X v.10.3.9, or 10.4.9 or later
512MB of RAM
• 250MB of available hard-disk space
Bling! It was created as a cost effective alternative for the online seller and small business. With a suggested retail price of $49.95, the software is affordable for the casual user.
Bling! It can be purchased at:
http://www.blingit.us/
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