I approve of CVS Photo's ordering page, which lets you enter a quantity for each size print you want all at once. If you share via email, the recipients have to have CVS online accounts, but sharing via a link doesn't come with that requirement. You can share the albums you create via Facebook, by email, or with a web link, and the resulting presentation is reasonably attractive. Finally, you can crop and rotate the images. You can also apply a limited number of effect filters, including black and white, sepia, and color tints. You can turn on auto color correction, contrast, and fill flash, and use sliders to adjust brightness and contrast. What can you do once you've got photos uploaded? CVS Photo offers some basic editing options that are identical to Walgreens Photo's. You can upload JPGs and PNG files, but not TIFF or GIF files. When uploading from your computer, you can select multiple files at once, but the site doesn't support drag and drop. Before you upload photos, you must create an album to upload them to. In addition to letting you upload image files from your computer, the service lets you import photos from Facebook and Instagram, a capability social media fans will appreciate. Photo-Ordering InterfaceĬVS's photo-ordering site sports a modern, clear interface that bears a strong resemblance to those of RitzPix and Walgreens Photo.
The password requirements are stringent, with special characters required. CVS doesn't offer quite as massive a selection as Shutterfly and York Photo Labs (0.09 Per 4圆 Print at York Photo) (Opens in a new window) do (personalized flowerpots or aprons, anyone?), but there's probably more than most people will ever need and a lot more than AdoramaPix offers.ĬVS doesn't let you create an account with your Facebook credentials as RitzPix does, but it's still pretty easy to get started with an order, as the service only requires a name, email address, password, and security question. For $30, you can get a necktie festooned with multiple copies of your photo. It offers standard options such as cards, calendars, photo books, mugs, tee shirts, and wall canvases, but you can also get things like blankets, potholders, and mouse pads. (Opens in a new window) Read Our Target Photo ReviewĪs is the case with most photo printing services, you can order more than just paper prints at CVS Photo. That's quite a premium to pay for local pickup. At the 8-by-10 size, even the highly rated AdoramaPix charges $2.49, compared with CVS's $3.99. That compares with the top-flight Nations Photo Lab's 5-by-7 price of just 80 cents and Shutterfly's 99 cents. Larger sizes are also quite a bit pricier than the competitions', with CVS 5-by-7s ringing up at $2.29 each. Other in-store pickup options also cost less, with Walmart Photo ($0.12 per 4-by-6 Print at Walmart) (Opens in a new window) at 25 cents and Target at 31 cents, though Walgreens Photo also charges 33 cents. That compares with just 9 cents at Snapfish and York Photo Labs. Pricing and Getting StartedĪs mentioned, CVS Photo costs more than its competitors do, at 33 cents per 4-by-6-inch photo. Unfortunately, the quality of our CVS Photo test prints was inferior to that of the competition, and its site interface is subpar. Also like Walgreens, CVS charges higher per-print prices than most mail-away services do in fact, CVS Photo's prices were the highest we've seen among the photo printing services.
Like Walgreens, CVS drugstores are ubiquitous, making them a local pickup option for your photo prints. Flimsy packaging, without separate sleeves for different size photos.
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