Key Features

Panraven Key Features

Curious about what we've got in store to help you make the most of your time on Panraven? Check out all of the details below.

Media Management

Organize Media
  • Categorize and organize photos, video, audio and text by assigning labels.
  • Use a variety of search, sort and filtering options to locate media.
  • Upload media through your web browser or a small desktop application.
  • Import photos from Picasa and iPhoto.

Sharing

  • Share stories through simple clickable links, which open a full-screen story viewer within the recipient's web browser.
  • Have complete control over who can view your media and stories. They can be kept private, shared with Panraven "friends" or groups, shared with non-members, or shared with the entire Panraven community.
  • Generate HTML code (Flash or JavaScript) to embed your story on any web or blog page in a matter of minutes.

Photo Editing


  • Manipulate photos using rotate, zoom, crop/pan and flip.
  • Fix photos to balance color and light and eliminate red-eye.
  • Display photos in black & white or sepia.
Photo Editing

Collaboration

  • Send and receive stories to/from other members that can be added to, personalized and embellished by the recipient.
  • View and use ready-built content provided by Panraven and contributed by the community, including thousands of point-of-interest photos with accompanying facts and information, maps and illustrations from around the world.

Storytelling

Create Story
  • Drag and drop media easily and effortlessly into a story.
  • Combine any number of photos, video and text in any arrangement throughout a story.
  • Add an audio track to play while your story is viewed.
  • Select from a wide variety of themed templates such as wedding, travel, baby, etc.
  • Choose from over 20 different page layouts to customize the orientation and configuration of photos and text on a page.
  • Complement a story with media shared by your friends and the Panraven community.
  • For complete ease and simplicity, autofill a story with photos or make a simple photo album.

Printed Books

  • Have your story professionally bound and printed in a "coffee table book".
  • Choose from nine different cover color and fabric options.
  • For more details, click here.
Public Media

Social Networking & Community

  • Post messages on member stories.
  • Get to know fellow Panraven members through their stories and personal profiles. Then, connect, communicate and collaborate around common experiences and interests.
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Technical

  • Photo upload supports the JPEG format.
  • Web browsers Mozilla Firefox versions 1.5 and 2.0 & Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 6 and 7 are supported.
  • Both Microsoft Windows and Mac OSX operating systems are supported.
  • Panraven's software platform is built on AJAX technology.

Coming Soon

  • Safari browser support
  • Additional font and text formatting options
  • Prints and other merchandise options
  • Advanced photo editing and effects
  • Co-authorship of stories with your family and friends
  • Transition and animation effects when viewing a story
  • More ways to import your photos from across the web
  • Direct member-to-member messaging