2013-11-27

Winners Announced: PicLight Giveaway Contest on Facebook

Thanks to all the faithful customers’ continuous support! Thanks to these kind fans at PearlMountain’s Facebook page! Special thanks to these who took part in and responded to the one-week giveaway contest for PicLight on Facebook!

The lucky winners have been chosen and will be soon contacted through Facebook to be rewarded with the promo code of PicLight. Now, I’m pleased to announce the ten winners here. Congratulations!

The first three winners:


Shawy Chao
Andrea Shannon Young
The Stepford Guide


The rest 7 winners:


Erica Bodker
Try it - like it
Rachel Kate
Stacie D Wyatt
John Casey
Edward Chan
Megan Ross


Congratulations to the ten lucky winners of the Piclight giveaway contest! We’ll be in touch soon. (Note: You’d better redeem it in Mac App Store as soon as you get the promo code.) We’re sorry to those of you who missed out this time, please stay tuned for more great competitions from us!

Thanks for your support again. For more information about the contest, please go to:
http://www.pearlmountainsoft.com/blog/free-to-win-one-of-ten-promo-codes-for-piclight-for-mac



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2013-11-20

Free to Win One of Ten Promo Codes for PicLight for Mac

PearlMountain has released PicLight, a brand new photo lighting effect app for Mac. To celebrate, we’re pleased to give away 10 promo codes for PicLight to our Facebook fans. In order to be eligible, fans must share the specified post on your Facebook. Don’t miss out!

PicLight (normally priced at $19.99) is a nifty app on Mac for adding stunning photo lighting effects and stacking various effects for endless possibilities. It has many handy image-editing tools to fine-tune your photos. 

Some of the highlighted features include:

  1. 170+ photo lighting effects in 4 categories: Montage, Light, Glow and Texture.
  2. 25+ image filters such as B&W, Sepia and Vintage, etc.
  3. Lighting effects can be rotated and layered up. 
  4. Free to crop, rotate, flip, change ratio, Saturation, Hue, Exposure, Contrast, etc.
  5. Send photo to iPhoto; save as image / desktop wallpaper; share via Email,Facebook & Flickr.

How to Enter


We want to give TEN lucky winners the new newly released PicLight. Come follow the simple steps below to enter. Grab the chance to win!

Step 1) Login your Facebook account and go to this post link: goo.gl/QAeQdv
Step 2) Like us and share this post link on your Facebook timeline mentioning PicLight with some   comments.   

The quick you share the better chance you’ll have to win. Good Luck!

Winner Announcement


We’ll pick the winners in just one week from today and we’ll announce it on our blog with your Facebook name. It’ll be announced on November 27, 2013. (Note: Date could change. Stay tuned!)

Please note the first 3 fans sharing this post link on Facebook can get the promo codes for Free with no strings attached! The rest 7 winners will be selected according to the number of the Facebook fans, in an order from the highest to the lowest.


Sharing is caring! You are welcome to invite your friends to join PearlMountain exclusive giveaway for our Facebook fans!

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2013-11-13

PicLight for Mac: Photo Lighting Effects & Filters Made Easy

Want to add awesome photo lighting effects to your photos? PicLight for Mac is the best choice. It is a great way to add various photo effects and filters from multiple categories and layer up effects for unlimited possibilities. Besides, easy-to-use image-editing tools are also integrated to enable you to enhance your photos like an artist. 

170+ Lighting Effects in 4 Categories

 

One of PicLight’s most prominent features is its bulk of lighting effects in 4 categories: Montage, Light, Glow and Texture. Each effect can provide a unique look to your photo and it’s effortless to layered up any category of effects. Just within a few seconds, you can make your photos superbly impressive.

With 40+ fairly endearing Montage effects, you can get excellent and magical lighting effects on output photos. Light category includes 55+ realistic Light effects such as a flashlight, sunshine, other light ray and more. Besides, PicLight introduces 45+ Glow effects such as Bokeh and fluorescence, etc. Glow effects make you image richer, adding a dreamy feel to your work. The Texture effects are incredibly fun and versatile. In this category, you may try photo effects like cracking paint, stone texture, and dark cracked.

To do more with the Blending Modes offering Screen, Overlay, Color Dodge and Lighter. It lets you produce limitless new style effects by combining with the former 170+ effects. Alpha of the effects can be easily altered to change the effect opacity. You can even flip the chosen effect to position the effect properly.

25+ Image Filters

 

Except these hot lighting effects mentioned above, there are 25+ delicate image filters built in PicLight with thumbnails for previewing. Feel free to choose your favorite one like B&W, Sepia, Dark and Vintage, etc. Simply click the chosen filter again to remove it.

Handy Image-editing Tools 

 

PicLight for Mac lets people edit images with the most easy to use tools such as cropping, rotating and flipping and property sliders. Users can crop the image to fit the aspect ratio or just customize the image size at will. You have options to adjust the photo Saturation, Hue, Exposure, Contrast, Brightness, Highlights and Shadows via the corresponding slider. All these feature buttons and sliders come in handy.

If you like, you can compare the enhanced photo with the original one by clicking the button “Compare” or get a quick comparing view using “Quick Compare”. Definitely, you can also switching all the effects off with the feature of “Revert to Original”.

Multiple Export & Share Options

 

Users can opt to save the photo as image file, send the photo directly to iPhoto, set as desktop wallpaper or send via Email. PicLight offers online sharing via Facebook and Flickr.

PicLight for Mac is a great app for you to show off your own shots with endless lighting effects and image filters. Just try it out to prove it.

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2013-10-31

CollageIt Free Vs Instagram

People love taking photos and sharing them on various social networking sites. With the popularity of smartphones that now capture great photos like digital cameras, it’s easier for users to take wonderful images. These pictures can also be enhanced or made into a collage using various applications. CollageIt Free (the latest version is CollageIt 3 Free) and Instagram are two of these programs. If you have a Mac computer and you are wondering which is better to use between CollageIt Free vs Instagram, let’s get to know more about them to find out. 
 

What is CollageIt Free?


 
CollageIt Free is a software that you can download without a cost, which would let you create photo collage easily like a pro. You can save your collage to your computer, send it via e-mail or share on Facebook and Flickr. This is compatible for both Mac and Windows computers. It also has a version for iOS devices.

CollageIt comes with various layouts, templates and backgrounds. It has a user friendly interface so it would be easy for you to learn how to use it. Choose your template and add the photos that you would like to include by dragging them on the specified field or by clicking the add button and selecting the images. On the left side are various options that would let you specify how many photos you would like to include for the layout, space, margin, rotation and sparse. Clicking on the photo tab lets you enable frame on your photos, choose its color and its thickness. There’s also the option to enable shadow. Click on page set up to change the size and orientation of your collage. Clicking on background gives you the option to choose an image or fill color for your background. You can also click on random layout to instantly see a different version of your collage. Click the export button once done to save, send or share your work.  

What is Instagram?


 
Instagram on the other hand is a free photo editing and sharing application that is available for iOS users. There is currently no version for Mac, though there are third party programs that you can use to access Instagram on your Mac like InstaDesk. You can do everything that you usually do on your Instagram account except for uploading photos. This is only exclusive for the mobile app, as well as the creation of an Instagram account.

Instagram lets you enhance photos and save them on your phone, share with your Instagram followers or post on Twitter and Facebook. You can resize your photos before sharing. It is most popular for its filters that let you instantly add effects on your images, making them look more eye-catching.

Pros and Cons of CollageIt Free


CollageIt Free is easy to use. It has a basic user interface that is straightforward so the options would tell you immediately what they are for. It comes with various backgrounds and layouts so you can create different styles of collages quickly. It also lets you customize your work if you want it to be more personalized. Furthermore, it is compatible with Mac, as well as with iOS devices. The drawback is that it doesn’t come with photo enhancement feature like filters. But if your photos are already good, this wouldn’t be needed.

Pros and Cons of Instagram


The good thing about Instagram is that it lets you add filters making your photos look like they were taken by a pro. However, you cannot create a collage using it. Plus, it doesn’t come with a Mac version so you need to use another program in order to access your Instagram account, which would not even allow you to upload photos.

The Conclusion


Instagram is a great application for enhancing photos on your iOS phone. However, if you are looking for an application to make your photos more presentable using Mac, CollageIt Free is a better option. It doesn’t take time to create fantastic photo collages with this program. Plus, if you hurry up, CollageIt 3 Pro has a free macgiveaway contest which ends on Oct. 31 at 24:00 CST. So better gear up and join the party!

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2013-10-28

Halloween Gift Now – 72 Hours Giveaway for CollageIt 3 Pro for Mac


Halloween is around the corner again! To celebrate this festival, PearlMountain has scheduled to launch a giveaway for the easy to use collage-making app, CollageIt 3 Pro for Mac. It has been upgraded to a better user experience not long ago. Normally, this photography app is priced at $29.90, but it’s totally free during this Halloween. Don’t miss the perfect time to seize the great opportunity to get the CollageIt 3 Pro for free from October 29 at 0:00 CST to October 31 at 24:00 CST


Abundant Art Resources

 


The enhanced version of CollageIt 3 Pro for Mac introduces 45+ revamped templates in 4 different collage styles: Mosaic, Grid, Center and Pile. You can preview any style of template and choose a certain one to get started your creation according to your preference.



Additionally, CollageIt 3 Pro offers many fabulous photo effects, backgrounds, fonts, borders, etc. It gives you more abilities to make your collages more appealing with the rich collection of art resources. 


Powerful Editing Features

 


For collage beginners, you can simply add your favorite photos into the chosen template and use “Random Layout” to generate layouts automatically and continuously. In this way, it’s extremely easy and time-saving. However, for professional designers, CollageIt 3 Pro also fits your needs perfectly. It features the function of “Free Mode” to adjust individual photos manually. Users can add more personal touches to your collage by adding text and applying wonderful text effects. Or use the photo effects to beautify collages.



Apart from the highlighted features above, CollageIt 3 Pro provides you more options to export and share collage. You are free to save the collage as image/ PDF file; set the collage as desk wallpaper; share the collage through Email or Facebook; or print it out instantly. 


How to Get CollageIt 3 Pro for Free

 


It is quite easy to get the freebie. Everyone is welcome to download and get the app on Mac App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/collageit-3-pro/id675502824?mt=12 during these 3 days, from October 29 at 0:00 CST to October 31 at 24:00 CST. Just remember the time and the App Store link.


To know more information about CollageIt 3 Pro, you can go to PearlMountain Company website at: http://www.pearlmountainsoft.com/collageit-for-mac/



Time slips through your fingers. How could you let the chance go? Please tell it to your friends and stay tuned. It will be formally live on App Store soon. Feel free to take part in it.

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2013-10-17

Picture Collage Maker 3 for Mac – Make Collages for the Perfectionists

Picture Collage Maker for Mac has just been updated to its new version, namely Picture Collage Maker 3. Without sacrificing the ease of use of its predecessor, Picture Collage Maker 3 brings a number of useful new features, such as 140+ revamped templates, multiple pages, import photos from iPhoto directly and more.

Picture Collage Maker 3 for Mac comes with 140+ new templates, across multiple categories like family tree, frame, yearbook, disk cover, comic, multi-page photo albums, poster, magazine, etc. In addition, it’s free to download 100+ add-on templates in the Store. With its clean and uncluttered interface, you can have a quick overview about every template when getting started to make your art works.

This update gives people more options for photo import. Besides adding folders directly from hard drives, users are able to add photos directly from iPhoto, Aperture and Lightroom, etc.

One of the most smashing features of Picture Collage Maker 3 is its ability to let you create multi-page photo albums and scrapbooks as well as single collages. You need not to open several windows in order to make several collages, for Picture Collage Maker 3 supports creating several pages of collages on one window. You can conveniently switch among pages on the single window and copy objects from one page to paste on other pages.

The app allows users to insert text in the collage. When making a collage, you may need add the time, the people and the place so that you can memorize these flitting moments. You can adjust its effects, font, size, color, alignment, outline to make it aesthetic in the collage.

Plenty of art resources are built in Picture Collage Maker 3. For example, there are many pre-designed photo effects, clipart, frames, masks and other art resources to choose from. For collage background, users are able to customize background image with their own photos in Picture Collage Maker 3 apart from former Color background and Pattern background.

To make the art works more appealing, you have the option to fine-tune the collage by cropping the photo or adjusting the border with round corners. It’s free to rotate, and resize images. If you need, zoom in on editing area to view any tiny part of collage before sharing and exporting it. You can edit collages in full-screen mode to get a better view of the collage too.

Picture Collage Maker 3 provides rich and convenient options to export and share collages. You can save it as picture/PDF, set as desktop image, send as E-Mail, or export to iPhoto directly. On Mac OS X 10.8, users can share collages to Message, AirDrop, Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr from within the app.

To know more details about the product and its updates information, please stay tunes at http://www.picturecollagesoftware.com/mac/.

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2013-09-12

Arrange Your Photos into Amazing Collages with CollageIt Free 2.0 for iOS

CollageIt Free for iOS, an easy to use and automatic collage-making app, has received a big update recently. Now it presents as CollageIt Free 2.0 with brand new UI and many new features like Facebook integration, 60+ layout templates, photo effects, text features, more share options, etc. It can be downloaded free of charge on the iTunes Store.

CollageIt Free 2.0 has been added the Facebook integration so that you can add photos from Facebook albums directly. Of course, you have the options to add photos from library or taking photos with the camera. This new version of CollageIt Free enables you view the collages shared by yourself and your Facebook friends within the app.

Unlike the previous version, CollageIt Free 2.0 introduced more than 60 pre-designed layout templates using all the new features in the app. These revamped templates aim to give you a quick overview of the many things that you can do with CollageIt Free 2.0. Once you finish adding your photos, you photo will be automatically arranged into marvelous collage layouts. Then you can preview these default layouts with your photos in and choose one to proceed.

CollageIt Free 2.0 comes with many awesome photo effects so that you can freely apply one effect to embellish your collage. With these professionally preset photo effects, it’s fairly simple to create stunning Vintage, Dense, Tender, Lemo and many other dazzling effects. It also comes with round corner borders for users to apply round corners to add more individuality to their collages. They can still change border colors and widths of their photos as usual.

Text feature is now available in the CollageIt Free 2.0 for iOS. It’s very convenient for those who want to share the happy story with life photos in a collage. There are many fonts, colors and sizes for you to choose. In addition, you are able to adjust the text alignment and make an outstanding outline for the text with just a few taps.

If you like, choose a proper background pattern to increase the beauty from these 33 reworked background patterns. Besides, you are free to choose the one aspect ratio according to your preference. There are many different aspect ratios in CollageIt Free 2.0 for iOS and all of them are commonly used.

This newly updated version provides many more options for artwork sharing. You can opt to share the collage on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr simultaneously as well as separately. It’s totally depends on your needs. You can simply save the collage as image file in the library also or send it to your friends via email. Moreover, you are free to open the collage with other apps or share to Instagram, etc.

CollageIt Free 2.0 for iOS is very responsive. Take a look at its recent update now, or for further app news, see the company’s website at http://www.pearlmountainsoft.com/.

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2013-08-13

CollageIt 3 – Major Makeover of the Year with Numerous New Features

All the creatives and photo enthusiasts must be familiar with CollageIt forMac from PearlMountain Technology. However, do you know it has got a makeover recently? That is CollageIt 3 bringing users with a host of new features such as Free Mode to edit every photo manually, brand new templates, photo effects and many other new features.

CollageIt 3 is an easy-to-use photo collage creator for Mac OS X. It has retained all advantageous features of its predecessors, CollageIt Pro. Now the comprehensive CollageIt 3 will bring you a very different experience in collage-making. Let’s take a look at what this collage app can do.

When you launch the app, a window appears with a variety of templates with four styles: Mosaic, Grid, Center, and Pile. All new features of CollageIt 3 are integrated in these professionally designed templates so that users can have a clear idea of what the app can do. You can choose a template of your styles to get started.

After you select your template, you can add your favorite photos to the collage and simply click the Random Layout and Shuffle buttons to reorder your photos. If it is not enough, here comes more editing features with CollageIt 3.

CollageIt 3 provides an impressive array of photo effects. It’s easy to alter the vibrancy of the colors in the collage as a whole. You can choose to either enhance dull colors or artificially dull bright colors. You are able to swap photo places by dragging the photo from one frame to another. Crop your photo using Crop button below it to reposition the photo in the frame.

Like with the previous version, users can add text and adjust the font, size, color, and other properties of text. However, CollageIt 3 for Mac expands its text edit options with stylish text effects including Stroke, Glow, Background and more.

If it is still not enough after these personalizing, try the Free Mode. Free Mode makes it possible for users to edit every photo in collages manually. You are free to move, resize, rotate each photo, and adjust layers at will.

All your changes are displayed in real time. You can smoothly zoom in on your collage with CollageIt 3; edit and preview collage in full-screen mode. If you like, change the border color, width and add a border with round corners to your photo.

When your collage is accomplished, share your works of art directly on Facebook with the newly added sharing option. Besides, you can also export your collage as picture (PNG, JPEG, TIFF, GIF, BMP) or PDF, or set it as your Mac's wallpaper or e-mail it.

If you have the opportunity to try it out, you will find the year’s major updated of CollageIt 3 feels responsive and more user-friendly. It is the app that lets you create photo collage in minutes but preserve the memories for a lifetime.

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2013-07-14

Picture Collage Maker 1.4.0 Unveils a Comprehensive Collage Editor for iOS


PearlMountain Technology is pleased to announce an important update for its Picture Collage Maker for iOS. The latest 1.4.0 version is free, and includes more template packs and art resources. The update also features enhanced Facebook functionality and many other new features.

The latest version 1.4.0 is better than ever – because there are more theme packs and art resources available in Picture Collage Maker for iOS. If that isn’t quite enough, the comprehensive app added Facebook integration that allows you to import your favorite photos from Facebook directly and to view your Facebook friends’ collages in the app. Moreover, the delicately designed collages can be shared on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Flickr simultaneously. Besides, there are many more other features included. 

With the newly updated 3 additional theme packs: Love, Travel, and Party, there are 13 templates in Picture Collage Maker for iOS. Meanwhile, you have various options to decorate your collage with frames, backgrounds, texts, and stickers chosen from 100+ art resources. It contains totally 13 frames, 13 backgrounds, and 115 stickers. If you fancy playing with Kuso, Picture Collage Maker will never let you down. The amusing Kuso package can easily be got by completing a simple mission in the app. 

Besides adding photos from Library or easily capturing photos with the camera, Picture Collage Maker for iOS 1.4.0 improves its photo-adding option for adding photos directly from your Facebook album. When you edit your collage, if you delete an object mistakenly tap undo tab to go back to the last step. Once you login your Facebook account, you can appreciate and "Like" the collages shared by your Facebook friends within the app freely.

When you are satisfied with your collages, share them on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Flickr simultaneously by just one tap or share them to some of the social networks you like. Or simply save the collages to Library or share the collages with your friends and relatives via email. Additionally, save them as project for future editing.

Photography enthusiasts, are you tired of looking at those mediocre pictures? Don’t just think they are ordinary pictures! Picture Collage Maker will help you make them amazing on your iPhone or iPod touch within a second. Take a look and download it for free on iTunes Store: http://appstore.com/picturecollagemaker.