Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Picnik Review


Picnik is an online photo editing site.  It comes in two accounts, Free and Premium.
Free
·         No cost, more features if you create a account
·         Upload 1 photo at a time (no account)
·         Upload 5 photos (registered user)
Premium
·         Costs
o   1 Month
§  $4.95
o   6 Months
§  $19.95
o   1 Year
§  $24.95
Interface is easy to use.  Tabs act as menu bar with more controls under each tab.
Pros and Cons
o   Limited effects (more with Premium)
o   Standard photo editing functions similar to Microsoft Paint
o   Crop
o   Rotate
o   Encludes some cool features like:
o   Auto-fix
o   Red-eye
o   Blemish-fix
o   Unlimited redos and undos
o   Keeps photos stored online
Picnik will take you some time to learn as its interface is not like Photoshop.  I would not considerate a Photoshop replacement as there are other programs that are similar for free (Paint.net is my favorite, GIMP is also similar).  It does however offer some cool photo editing features for free and some general effects that will keep students interested.

2 comments:

  1. good review. It sounds like a good deal.

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  2. I also reviewed Picnik, and found some pretty neat features. Did you try to edit any photos?

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