Snipshot

We sold Snipshot to Ansa in 2013.

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Beau Hartshorne, Greg Dingle · 2 co-founders

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About

Snipshot is a photo editor that lets you start editing any photo with one click of a bookmarklet. You can use Snipshot to crop, resize, adjust colors, an automatically enhance you photos within your browser and then save it back to the web. There are a couple other photo editors in this category and Photoshop plans to get in as well.

2 founders

Beau Hartshorne

Founder

Beau, a software developer, started Instant in 2005 to help businesses quickly get online. In 2006, he created Snipshot, an early online image editor. Beau then joined Facebook as an early employee, where he played key roles on the growth, photos, and mobile teams. He's released multiple patents including dynamically cropped images and techniques for handshake-free encrypted communication. Beau also wrote for Smashing Magazine.

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Greg Dingle

Founder

in LinkedIn