Picnik photo editing

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

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:

First go with Aviary - very disappointing. Posted ages ago. ( permalink ) *~MacBern~* aka Argyll Images says: I used Picnik at 9.20 this morning and then it vanished and morphed into the bilge that is Aviary. Checked my calendar, its actually 13 days until the 19th April and I was in the middle of editing. Extremely fed-up! Posted ages ago. ( permalink ) Aidan McRae Thomson says: A warning to everyone who still has the privelege of photo editing with Picnik; enjoy it whilst you can, I've also lost it early and and already miss it hugely! We are being screwed, I can't believe they are replacing a decent service with this kid's crap! NOT impressed with Aviary! Posted ages ago. ( permalink ) personne.de.chandigarh says: Aviary will need a lot of work to reach the level of convenience and features Picnik offered. Its the first change, in my 6+ years on Flickr, that I find a bit depressing. Posted ages ago. ( permalink ) Budby says: I am not particularly computer literate and am missing Picnik already. I still have so many picures I'd like to upload. I, too, was in the middle of editing......couldn't understand what had happened !! I was under the impression I was OK 'til the 19th. I have just had my first attempt at Aviary and am very disappointed with the results. Where do I go from here.....??Oh, and is there no facility to straighten pictures, or am I missing it ? I've found 'rotate' - but I need a straightener. Posted ages ago. ( permalink ) mymarch says: Bring PICNIK back is all I have to say. I have to say, after working with so many programs, from cheap to Photoshop and Lightroom, I thought Picnik was right up in the list with them.One reason I was keeping my Pro account, was Picnik. I was able to do any and all pro work to my images if it was needed after posting. Posted ages ago. ( permalink ) mymarch says: I will give up my pro account if Picnik is not back. Posted ages ago. ( permalink ) Wil C. Fry says: mymarch Bring PICNIK back is all I have to say.As you know, Flickr does not own Picnik. Google owns Picnik. Flickr has no control over Picnik's demise. Posted ages ago. ( permalink ) Blue Beat1 says: As a Pro User,

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.