As digital photography grows, there seems to be a push to create a good online photo editor. I'm in the business to pay attention to tools like these, so I thought I'd share my experience here. Not everyone wants to buy $100 to $500 photo editor software. A free online editor is a great option.
The latest I've come across is called
Picnik.
http://www.picnik.com/
Picnik is pretty amazing. It has all the standard required features like:
- autofix tools
- rotate
- cropping
- resizing
- color fixing
- brightness control
- red eye
- sharpening
and a whole slew of other "cool" features like:
- convert to sepia tone
- convert to black & white
- boost colors
- vignette (darkening of edges of photo)
- even add a border or cool rounded corners
I was able to quickly import a photo, enhance it, resize it and save it within 1 minute. The interface is clean and the tabbed navigation system is very intuitive. Everything seems to happen INSTANTLY even though Picnik is a web application. I could see this being extremely useful for the
occasional photo edit for many of you DIY-er website creators.
QUICK TIP: Once you are into the editing process, click the Picnik logo to instantly get a Fullscreen view. Click it again to go back to your window. Awesome!
Check it out.
http://www.picnik.com/
I give it a 9.5/10 for basic to intermediate photo editor needs. Pros and enthusiasts that use a photo editor regularly will still want to stick to buying a good photo editor by Adobe or Microsoft. I prefer Photoshop CS2 and recommend Photoshop Elements 5 to most enthusiasts.
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By the way, here is a list of 5 other online photo editors:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/04...ting-overview/ (They agree that Picnik is the current best)
Adobe is also building an online ad-supported version of their Photoshop product! It should be released in 6 months.
Read about it here on Cnet.
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