Picnik is a fantastic, easy to use photo editing site. With this site, you can really spice up your photos and get creative. The great bonus with this website is that you are not required to sign up. You can just start editing right away! While there are some advanced features and items that are available if you pay, there are more than enough free options on Picnik to satisfy the photo enthusiast.
Some of the basic editing features are crop, resize, sharpen,red-eye removal, and modifying the colours.
When you switch over to Create, that is where the fun begins. You can choose from Featured designs (ie:Christmas), effects, text, stickers, touch-ups, frames, advanced options or Seasonal effects. Here are some pictures I took while enhancing my photo:
Finally, here is the cover of a famous Christmas CD I created using Picnik:
TOMORROW: Cooltext - one of my favourites.
I've always been interested in photo editing but never had the opportunity (or funds) to learn how to use Photoshop. Paint has allowed me to resize, crop, delete and edit photos for years, even though it is quite rudimentary and simple. Microsoft Office Picture Manager has shown me that there are more options to do the same painstaking things in less time.
Then one day, I discovered an icon which I hadn't seen before on my desktop. GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program). In essence, GIMP is a Photoshop-like program with one major benefit - IT'S FREE!
The program itself seemed quite intimidating at first, however, after searching Youtube, I've found a number of handy videos that have helped me learn.
Here are some pictures that I've manipulated using GIMP:
Selective Colorization (Youtube Video):
Cutting out a picture - "Photoshopping" (Youtube Video):
There are a number of other techniques that can be done with GIMP including face replacement, teeth whitening, blemish removal, skin airbrushing, and pop art creation.
Picnik is a fantastic, easy to use photo editing site. With this site, you can really spice up your photos and get creative. The great bonus with this website is that you are not required to sign up. You can just start editing right away! While there are some advanced features and items that are available if you pay, there are more than enough free options on Picnik to satisfy the photo enthusiast.
When you switch over to Create, that is where the fun begins. You can choose from Featured designs (ie:Christmas), effects, text, stickers, touch-ups, frames, advanced options or Seasonal effects. Here are some pictures I took while enhancing my photo:
