Photobucket launches Snapbucket image personalization tools

Image and video sharing solutions provider Photobucket unveiled Snapbucket, which complements the company's existing mobile application by enabling consumers to personalize their snapshots via filters, effects, vignettes and frames similar to those offered by rival mobile apps like Instagram and Hipstamatic.

Snapbucket is Photobucket's alternative to the apps like Instagram and Hipstamatic.

The free Snapbucket also allows consumers to create and save their own customized filter combinations, automatically storing both original and personalized images online in the user's online Photobucket account--Snapbucket additionally touts social media sharing tools.

The Photobucket Mobile app spans all major smartphone platforms--Photobucket.com's 100 million registered members (including 15 million mobile users) now upload over 20 million photos and videos every month, with mobile uploads increasing 600 percent over the last year.

Since adding the company's patented video technology to Photobucket Mobile in January 2011, video uploads have increased by upwards of 2 million per month.

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