Picnik photo editing free

If you're looking to make photo edits without needling to pour over thick manuals, Picnik may be more your speed than something like Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended ($699 to $999 list, $199–$899 list for upgrades, 4 stars). The free Web-based image editor makes it a snap to tweak photos—as well as create collages and share pictures on popular social networking destinations—from any Web-connected PC. There is a charge for using some of the more advanced features, and you can't open photos directly from the desktop, but Picnik is still a very capable photo editing app.Despite being a Web-based application, Picnik doesn't require that you create an account—you can simply upload a photo from the main screen and begin editing. You can upload one photo at a time without an account, but you can do up to five at time with a free account. If you simply want to sample the application to see the extent of its editing capabilities, Picnik has three demo images to sample. It's all very inviting. The one drawback? Due to its cloud-based roots, uploading images is a requirement—you can't simply click on a photo to open it.Interface and UsabilityFive tabs adorn the top of the interface: Home, Library, Edit, Create, and Save & Share. From Library you can upload new images, create a slideshow, view history, check out photos in Facebook, Flickr, MySpace, Photobucket, Picasa Web Albums and other accounts that you have the option to connect—very handy, as Picnik doesn't have its own default photo-organization area.On the Edit tab I could easily auto-fix, crop, rotate, resize, sharpen, remove red eye, and more. These all worked as advertised and simple to use, as Picnik's entire interface is designed to facilitate no-brainer image editing. In fact, Picnik gives you brief, but clear, instructions in a small

Update: This list has been expanded and updated. You’ll find the latest list of 14 Free Photo Editing Sites that are great alternatives to Picnik HERE. I’m hearing good things about iPiccy and PicMonkey. Are you a long time user and fan of Picnik? If so, I’m sure you’ve heard the news that it’s going away. Actually, the Picnik site says it’s moving after April 19th to Google +. I have used Picnik occasionally over the years and had just started playing around with it more recently for the purpose of watermarking photos.I found another program I like better for watermarking a few weeks ago, though. I’ll explain more about that in an upcoming post I’m working on about how I edit photos before posting them here on BNOTP. In the meantime, I took a look at some of the free programs available for editing photos and I found 12 free photo editing sites that appear to be pretty popular. Here they are in no particular order: Psst: Skip down to #10 and try Be Funky first. I’ve heard it’s similar to Picnik. I have a love/hate relationship with Photobucket.While the later only gives you the option to circumvent copy protection, when it comes to store the copied files digitally for use later and make DVDs more mobile, this AnyDVD alternative for Mac handles all the functions effortlessly, helping to not only decrypt even the but also rip DVD movies to MP4, MKV, H.264, MPEG4, FLV, MOV, AVI, etc that are playable on iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android, game consoles, etc. Anydvd for mac.Okay, maybe hate is too strong a word. Let’s call it a love/dislike relationship. Photobucket has lots of fun editing tools for images, but after you’ve been using it for several months/years, one day you may find all the pictures or blog buttons you stored there have suddenly vanished from your blog.Apparently, there’s a magical storage number and once you exceed it, it’s pay-up or all your images vanish. I learned this the hard way and at that point, I took all my images off and moved them to Picasa. I still use Photobucket occasionally, but once I finish the editing, I copy the pic and save it on my computer to use when needed. I don’t store pics or blog buttons or anything on Photobucket anymore.

By picking a color from a number of presets, or mixing one myself using the color mixing tool. After clicking "Add Sticker," the skull and crossbones were overlayed onto my image of white flowers—very nice. An even cooler visual effect occurred after jumping over to the Distort Tab, and then clicking Twirl, which altered the image into a pulsating mess of curve that looked pretty artsy.Another area where FotoFlexer differentiates itself from Picnik is in the inclusion of image layers—a feature typically found on higher-end image editors such as Paint.net v3.5.5 (Free, 3.5 stars) and GIMP 2.6.1 (Free, 4 stars). Including an advanced feature in as such a novice-friendly application demands a bit of handholding, and that's where FotoFlexer drops the ball. It offers no instruction on how to use the feature; Picnik explains all its function in a clear, concise manner.When you're done editing, you can save the image in only two formats—JPG and PNG—which is guaranteed to make prosumers frown. Picnik, on the other hand, offers BMP, JPG, GIF, PDF, PNG, and TIFF output.Printing and SharingUnlike Picnik, Fotoflexer doesn't allow you to print from the application. You could, however, save the photo to your hard drive and print as you would do normally. You can also share images to Facebook, Flickr, MySpace, Picasa, Phanfare, PhotoBucket, Smugmug once you select a site, click the Connect to Flickr button, and sign in with your credentials.Should You Go With FotoFlexer?FotoFlexer has parts that would satisfy the casual and hardcore image editor, yet manages to alienate both by not giving the former enough hand-holding, nor the latter enough freedom to save files as they wish, or send to printer). When it comes to free image editors, Picnik is more well-rounded on the lower end of the spectrum, while the Editors' Choice award-winning GIMP 2.6.1 does an excellent job on the higher end. Fotoflexer gets a bit lost in the middle.More Photo Editing Software Reviews:

Be "coming back" to Flickr as it's going away for everyone!On the Picnik site itself, in their questions about the shutdown, you'll see this:What are some recommended photo editing sites?If you're looking for a different photo editing service, try the Creative Kit in Google+, PicMonkey.com, or Aviary.com.Hope that helps!Brenda (formerly of the Picnik Team, now with the PicMonkey Team) Posted ages ago. ( permalink ) PaulO Classic. © says: Brenda, it is time that you entered the political arena, possibly on the diplomatic side!! ;-)))I would have been ranting if I had been you!! ;-)0 Posted ages ago. ( permalink ) personne.de.chandigarh says: Thanks for the information. Posted ages ago. ( permalink ) handsome scissors says: thanks for the info brenda, I will check out picmonkey. Posted ages ago. ( permalink ) WaterWindStars says: I too, like others, plan to drop my Pro account due to the loss of Picnik and in the meantime I am going to download everything I want to save.GOOGLE has turned into a voracious zapper of good stuff, to wit, Picnik, so it can concentrate on what really matters, investigations of our extremely fascinating private lives, so it can concentrate on what really matters in our private lives, namely what do we or might we spend our filthy lucre on..*Totally Disgusted* Posted ages ago. ( permalink ) personne.de.chandigarh says: Incidentally, the link inviting one to edit one's upload with Picnik still appears. As I have now delinked from Picnik, on clicking that link I got a fresh instruction to 'enable' Picnik. Here's a link to a screenshot made a few minutes back www.flickr.com/photos/36284883@N00/6918196742/in/photostream Posted ages ago. ( permalink ) first notebook says: Probably a dumb question but why didnt flickr buy picnik from google? I would have been happy to have paid more for my yearly subscription to picnik Posted ages ago. ( permalink ) Wil C. Fry says: Spangles44 join us at blink_again Probably a dumb question but why didnt flickr buy picnik from google?I'll take a wild guess (based on what actually happened). Google bought Picnik in order to incorporate its editing tools and interface into their own products. They've done this now (check PicasaWeb and Google+ to see some of the very same Picnik-like editing tools already incorporated).Because this was Google's intention and practice, I doubt they would have been interested in selling it. Posted ages ago. ( permalink ) katiegab715 says:

GIMP and Paint.net lack, as they're more focused on higher-end editing capabilities such as layering (a feature that Picnik lacks).Picnik PremiumUpgrading to the premium version ($4.95 per month, $19.95 per six months, $29.95 per year) opens the door to a new features unavailable in the free version. You'll get such as limitless photo history, professional fonts, the ability to upload 100 images at a time, and seasonal content all year long such as adding zombie effects (which would normally only be available around Halloween). But several year-round effects and frames under the Create tab carry the "Premium" designation, too.Photo Printing and Sharing OptionsPicnik has partnered with Qook to enable user to print images as physical photos, or onto mugs, postcards, posters, wrapping paper, and more, but you must sign up for a Picnik account to do so. You have limited options for sending images to your computer printer, which let you choose from a number of pre-determined dimensions (unfortunately, you can't utilize a custom layout as you can with GIMP).If you'd prefer to share to social network friends, there are numerous options available such as e-mailing, adding to Google Buzz,Facebook, MySpace, Photobucket, Webs, and Webshots. It's quite simple to execute; for example, clicking the Twitter icon on the Save & Share tab let me sign into my Twitter account. There were only 110 characters available for me to craft a message (the other 30 were reserved for the photo link), but it was a remarkably intuitive way to tweet edited pictures. Picnik has tight integration with Flickr, so when I opted to share, I selected a photo set and the appropriate tags, and it appear in my Flickr account nearly instantaneously. Should You Go On A Picnik?Picnik has an appealing balance of ease-of-use and feature set that will make many