Sony ImageStation is closing

[anna_66]

February 1, 2008 Sony ImageStation closes.

Although they are going to transfer my 11462 pictures to Shutterfly, I'll be loosing all my captions, comments and favorite albums.
Not only that, all the threads here on PT with pictures will be gone

This sucks

[Hellow]

Too bad...
At least i use Photobucket and not Imagestation!

[Husky_mom]

shucks!!...... well It means new threads need to be made or just change the links once they are on another site........

I hate when Zoto closed my account...... I didn´t pay for it either but still .... thankfully they gave me the choice of saving my pics before they erased it.....

[ChrisH]

Thanks for the heads-up Anna, I've ordered a disc. Just the other day, when I uploaded the zoo pictures, they were asking me to renew my annual subscription, glad I didn't!

[Killearn Kitties]

Thanks for the warning. At least that gives me plenty of time to deal with what is still there.

[Freckles]

(I seldom use this icon, but this qualifies)

[Alysser]

I hated Imagestation from day one. When I was looking around for sites I could upload pictures to I made an account on Imagestation. I liked it for a week or so, but logging in one day, I found it deleted ALL my pictures! Boy was I mad! I then switched to photobucket. Photobucket is OK actually lol. I like it alot.

[sammy101]

Aw thats too bad. I still use Zoto.

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I hate when Zoto closed my account...... I didn´t pay for it either but still .... thankfully they gave me the choice of saving my pics before they erased it.....

They erased your account? I still use mine and I've had it for a long time, even before they announced that they were going to start "charging" to use them. I'm still able to upload new pictures onto my account without paying?

[RedHedd]

WOW! What a mess! I tried using the Imagestation process to transfer my account to Shutterfly and during that process it asks me to register for Imagestation! It's really messed up! Also Shutterfly doesn't allow linking (although technically Imagestation didn't either). As I have all my pictures on my computer anyway, I think I just might go over to Photobucket, which is what everyone uses anyway, right?

[rg_girlca]

Awwww Gee. First Yahoo Photos is closing and now ImageStation.

It sucks is right.

[RedHedd]

It's not as much work as I thought it would be. I was able to use Imagestation's transfer feature to transfer the almost 800 pictures I had stored there. It will take about 10 days for the transfer, during which time they say my Imagestation albums will be unavailable (although they're still working for me).

I joined Photobucket and uploaded a whole slew of pics - it was hard because the majority were from Mishi's last month's with us. I created a special album for his last day with us Here

and for those who want to see what I did this past weekend, please go here

Yes, I saw penguins mating

[Cinder & Smoke]

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February 1, 2008 Sony ImageStation closes.

Although they are going to transfer my 11462 pictures to Shutterfly,
I'll be loosing all my captions, comments and favorite albums.

This sucks

RE-Read the Imagestation Announcement ...

If you want to COPY your ImageStation photos;
or Purchase an Archive DVD of ALL your photos - with Album Titles and Captions included ...

You need to do that BEFORE you tell ImageStation to "transfer" your stuff to Shutterfly ...

Once you tell them to TRANSFER your stuff, your entire ImageStation account
will be locked or frozen - and you won't be able to access it again.

Make your Copies;
or order your DVD -
BEFORE you do the Transfer to Shutterfly!!

[anna_66]

Luckily I do have all my pictures on CD already (I never trust any online storage!) but this is just the pits.
I've been with IS since I started here on PT and since I got a digital camera. I hate the thought of changing to another site Plus I liked the fact that you could upload the "original size" pictures and would have them there for a back up. Does Photobucket or Shutterfly do that? I also had unlimited storage. Are the other sites like that?

[sasvermont]

I had better get moving.

[ChrisH]

Luckily I do have all my pictures on CD already (I never trust any online storage!) but this is just the pits.
I've been with IS since I started here on PT and since I got a digital camera. I hate the thought of changing to another site Plus I liked the fact that you could upload the "original size" pictures and would have them there for a back up. Does Photobucket or Shutterfly do that? I also had unlimited storage. Are the other sites like that?

To answer your questions about Photobucket take a look at the faq section here: http://photobucket.com/faq?catID=29&...=f&topicID=320
I have the pro account and am very happy with it.