Krakako - plugin for Adobe Photoshop

With this plugin you can share the image with friends / colleagues / clients in one click.


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Why and for what

I think many people have come across such a situation when they want to share an image with friends, or need to throw off a design layout to the customer. As a result, the process of obtaining links takes an incredibly long time.

Save file to computer → open browser → download file hosting → click the “review” button → find among dozens of folders the file that contains your file → start the download process → and (yes, really!) Get the link.

Terribly long and painful!

Maybe I'm exaggerating a little, but for me this chain is really “terrible and painful.”

And not for me alone ... Here is the phrase of a familiar designer who best conveys the essence of the problem:

Challenge accepted!

Internet search did not give anything.

Immediately make a reservation, of course, I am familiar with Dropbox, I know about the existence of various clients for downloading images, but I wanted a simple solution like "Menu → Get Link".
Challenge accepted! We write the plugin independently.

Result

The main dialog box looks like this:



Some facts:

• When you first start the plugin will ask for a password, you will need it if you suddenly want to delete the downloaded image;
• There are two formats available jpeg and png, with settings for quality and transparency, respectively;
• The maximum file size is 5 megabytes;
• Images are saved with the following settings: progressive (for jpeg), sRGB, colors:
  used document profile, metadata: all;
• The image is stored on the server krakako, six months since the last viewing;

Detailed FAQ is on the site krakako.com/ru

An example of an image loaded using the plugin (clickable):



INTERESTING FACT: It takes me about 40 seconds to upload the image to the photo hosting manually and about 11 using the plugin. And about 6 seconds in both cases took the image upload to the server.

Immediate plans

1. Finish the version under the poppy.
2. Make a simple personal account, so as not to lose links to images.

Under the hood

Server: asp.net mvc 3, Entity Framework 4.1, MS SQL 2012 Express, jQuery 1.7.2, Chirpy (extension for Visual Studio: minification of js, css, etc.).

Client (windows): WinApi, Libcurl (multiprotocol file transfer library), Adobe Photoshop SDK.

How to download

At the moment it is available only for windows, in the archive: plug-in x32, x64 + installation guide.
You can download the plugin from http://krakako.com/ru

Or the links:

Russian version: CS3 , CS4 , CS5 , CS6
English version: CS3 , CS4 , CS5 , CS6

PS Special thanks I want to say jeston for help and patience.