I was tempted to try this new application out for a few reasons:

1. It was new
2. It was from Microsoft Research and claims some interesting features (like object and face recognition)
3. It seems to be built using WPF (the screens all look WPF-ized)

Then, before I downloaded it and installed it, I decided I wouldn’t bother for a few reasons:

1. It’s $20US (a research project?! — just drop the “Research” part!!!)
2. I didn’t care for any of the sample collages that they have on the web site – the results look amazingly average.
3. I didn’t know what I’d do with an image that was produced. I suppose I could have emailed it, but I’d rather send full photos than a blurry mess of photos.

They have a flickr group (but ironically they only have 1 member and no collages published as of Sept 4, 2008?! Not even a sample?! That’s awful marketing. Maybe that’s why they’re in research.

In any case, if you’re interested, there’s an image gallery here (that for some reason includes head shots of the people who “incubated” the project, the logo, and a photo of the building. Oh, and a few samples and shots of the product.

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