Innovative 'Do-It-Yourself' Online Publishing Service from Ancestry.com Debuts a New Name and Host of New Features PROVO, Utah, Nov. 18
PROVO, Utah, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- A photo is worth a thousand words and
now it's even easier for families to capture, celebrate and preserve their
memories with the introduction of MyCanvas.com (http://www.mycanvas.com), an
innovative Web service specifically designed to help people create
one-of-a-kind custom photo books. The site is the newest offering from The
Generations Network, Inc., parent company of Ancestry.com, the No. 1 online
source for family history information. Using one of the most advanced online
photo book software that includes a powerful combination of templates and
editing tools, MyCanvas offers users virtually unlimited creative freedom.
Consumers of all skill levels can produce books and posters that reflect their
own unique personality.
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"We're providing the best tools so that anyone can easily express
themselves and showcase their creative talents by making beautiful, customized
books," said John Pereira, senior director of MyCanvas. "What makes MyCanvas
unique compared to other online sites and services is that you have as much
creative control as you want, so whether you're capturing your trip to Europe
or documenting your child's soccer season, you can either use our pre-existing
templates to create a memento that looks professionally designed, or use one
of our templates as a starting point and create a keepsake that's entirely
unique and personal."
Built originally as AncestryPress for Ancestry.com, MyCanvas represents
more than just a name change -- the Web site has been redesigned and now
offers new features and products including a custom cover photo book and an
exclusive line of premium photo books for special occasions. While most photo
book sites provide fixed templates and static backgrounds, MyCanvas lets users
customize their pages and even design pages from scratch. Users can choose
from dozens of themes and hundreds of page backgrounds or turn their own
photos into custom backgrounds, as well as easily import their photos into
MyCanvas and apply special effects, such as adding borders and drop-shadows.
For even more personalization, MyCanvas offers a wide array of embellishments,
frames and text tools that can be used on each page.
MyCanvas can be easily integrated with Ancestry.com
(http://mycanvas.ancestry.com), allowing Ancestry members to automatically
create family history or recipe books and family tree posters based on data,
records and photos in their online trees. MyCanvas can also be found on
SmugMug (http://smugmug.mycanvas.com) and myfamily.com
(http://myfamily.mycanvas.com).
MyCanvas offers a wide variety of photo book options in three sizes,
starting at $29.95. For weddings or special occasions, premium books start at
$199. Cover options include nuba ("leatherette"), bonded leather, padded
leather, Japanese silk, two-tone velvet, genuine leather and nubuck. Customers
can also design their own custom photo cover. Photo collage posters start at
$14.95 and come in four sizes.
About MyCanvas.com
MyCanvas.com is a digital storytelling service for people who want to
express their creativity and produce high-quality, one-of-a-kind gifts and
keepsakes. An earlier version of the service was released to Ancestry.com
customers in 2007 under the name AncestryPress. To date more than 300,000
customers have used it to publish and share their family stories. In October
2008, the service was relaunched with additional photo book features under the
name MyCanvas. MyCanvas is owned and operated by The Generations Network,
Inc., a privately-held company based in Provo, UT. More information is
available at http://www.mycanvas.com.
SOURCE Ancestry.com
