Keyword search results and "buy photo"

papajay

Sure would be nice if, after entering a keyword search, one could access the "buy" shopping cart directly and simply select which photo(s) to print from the results.

This would REALLY BE NEAT if this could integrate with the OWNER BUY option that allows uploading to Animoto.com. In concept, I could see this competing directly with the long-desired virtual / dynamic galleries concept since, in the end it would achieve the PRIMARY goal I've envisioned for using virtual galeries since day 1:

1. Select a (potentially large) group of photos thumbnails using keyword search.

2. From the results, either refine to smaller sub-set by selecting/deselecting directly from the search results screen OR

2a. accomplishing the same from a shopping cart screen OR
2b. upload the entire selection to Animoto and delselect the ones you don't want in the final product directly from the Animoto interface.

3. Create an Animoto video from the final subset of selected images [noting that with Animoto's "all Access Pass", you can even download a finished video slideshow complete with music and awesome transitions in the blink of an eye to your hard drive.]

4. "Export" the finished video back to Smugmug as a new "gallery".

Just a thought.

Andy

I think we'll have this with Dynamic Galleries that are in the works right now....thanks Papajay.

papajay

Andy wrote:

I think we'll have this with Dynamic Galleries that are in the works right now....thanks Papajay.

What can I say? Let me put it THIS way: :ivar

AnimotoBecky

Awesome feedback! Keep it coming. We definitely hope to continually fine tune the integration to meet SmugMug users' needs.

papajay wrote:

What can I say? Let me put it THIS way: :ivar