If you use Snapfish, Shutterfly, or Kodak Gallery, you're very familiar with the wonders of photo creation technology and have probably made countless photo books, calendars, Christmas cards, or coffee mugs with a darling photo of your baby for your mother-in-law. I know I have.

So why do we need another one? Rocketlife claims to be the "next generation of photo creation technology that revolutionizes the way that consumers create all types of personal photo products online." What's different? With RocketLife, there is no need to log into an account (though of course you'll have to create one to PAY) and your projects are stored on YOUR computer, not the service. However, the big difference seems to be with the "Smart Arrangement Technology" which intuitively lays out and designs photos into "artistic works of art."

If you're one of those people who struggle with design and tend to be a tad indecisive, then Rocketlife can make you a collage or photo in seconds. It's like having your own designer genie. As with their competitors, photos can also be manually cropped, rotated, and manipulated, with photo treatments, such as tints, blurs, lighting, textures, text, and graphics, with the click of a mouse.

RocketLife's "3D Digital Merchandising" does give you a better vision of your final project, as with the mug I made for my lovely mother-in-law for Mother's Day (scoring points here!)

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