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Image management in WordPress changes with version 2.9 (due to be released in the next few days). Basic photo manipulation tools have been added as part of the core WordPress functionality. You can now crop, resize, flip, and rotate images from within WordPress (without any plugins).

Here’s a tour of the new image manipulation features of WordPress 2.9… note that this will best be viewed fullscreen (or at a larger size than the embedded widget):

While you won’t stop using Photoshop or Lightroom with these features, for those times when a quick/dirty image is needed in a blog post, I expect the new features will make things a lot easier for bloggers.

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blogging,
screencasts,
wordpress,
wordpress 2.9

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Episode 6 of the Social Photo Podcast is ready. Hosts Aaron Hockley and Lyza Danger Gardner talk about photo sharing with family, WordPress 2.9, a contest, and a couple fun new sites for photographers’ amusement. This episode is around 10 minutes.

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