Picaboo's Latest Photo Book Application Provides Complete Creative Control and Is Now Mac-Compatible

PALO ALTO, Calif., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Picaboo,, creator of the premier application for making, sharing and buying premium-quality photo books, today announced the launch of Picaboo X, an enhanced PC- and Mac-compatible bookmaking software that delivers unprecedented ease-of-use and creative control to the customer through a host of new features.

Developed on the Adobe Air platform, Picaboo X is faster than traditional websites because it allows users to create photo books with the photos on their hard drive without taking hours to upload to a website first. Once photos are selected, they can be combined with thousands of stylish page backgrounds that are updated in real-time as they are created by Picaboo and its legions of contributing designers.

"Photo books are very personal items, and providing more creative control is a fundamental component to making books that are truly unique and special" says Kevin McCurdy, Co-CEO of Picaboo. "With the introduction of Picaboo X, customers can now move photos and captions anywhere on a page and access tens of thousands of stylish page designs all within an easy-to-use application. There's nothing like it in the photo book industry."

Picaboo X Highlights Include:

• Fully customizable layouts that let you add, resize, rotate or move photos and captions anywhere on the page;

• More than 240 pre-designed page layouts;

• New and improved photo enhancement tools including brightness, contrast, saturation adjustments and red eye removal;

• Easy access to thousands of free backgrounds that can be used on any page, from elegant colors and patterns, to seasonal and holiday themes;

• An eye-dropper for matching text, borders and backgrounds to any color;

• Real-time spell-check;

• The ability to ship books to multiple recipients in a single order;

• Inviting new "Library" displays all of your photo books in one place for quick access to edit, share or buy your books.

To watch a guided tour of Picaboo X, visit www.picaboo.com/video/overview.html.

Picaboo is also known in the industry for its breadth of products. With book styles ranging from the entry level $9.99Classic Softcover books to the luxurious full-grain leather Flush Mount albums starting at $349.99, Picaboo has the broadest range of high-quality photo book styles available for sale direct to consumers.

Give It A Try
Now through April 30th, Picaboo is offering 25% off all book orders making it a perfect time to try Picaboo X. Use code: APR25P at checkout.

About Picaboo
Picaboo is a leading innovator in on-demand book publishing, enabling customers to create, share and buy premium-quality photo books. Introduced in 2006, the Picaboo bookmaking application empowers people at any skill-level to create one-of-a-kind, customized photo books they will treasure forever with an intuitive, clean interface and unmatched creative flexibility. Consumers, professional photographers, digital scrapbookers and small businesses that create books with Picaboo can choose from the widest variety of unique book styles available to suit any occasion. Picaboo is based in Palo Alto, California and can be found on the Web at www.picaboo.com.