Picnik Update: I Use It Every Day!!!!

Picnik, an online photo editor

I use it to crop, resize, adjust exposure and sharpness everyday for images on this website and my own personal use. It’s so easy, dare I say it, it’s almost fun! Ok, now you know I’m officially a true Geek. I’ve just achieved my official Geek status. Also, the “advanced” features, which I’m not sure what they are, which they were charging $24.95 per year for, are now free because they now have advertising. So now it’s even doubly cooler.

*Also,  you should check this out: I just saw on Leo’s Jaiku feed a link to an article about 7 Great Online Imaging Apps

Online Photo Book Makers

For the Windows users there are two great services that will make beautiful, professional looking books out of your photos:
MyPublisher and Blurb.

Of course, for the Mac user Iphoto is an outstanding service. Rumor has it that Iphoto even outsources their service to Mypublisher.

All these services are just plain fun and relatively inexpensive.

Other items tagged with “Photo-Books”: Technorati, Ice-Rocket, Del.icio.us

Picnik: Online Photo Editor

*Update 03/02/08: Just saw this on Leo’s Jaiku Feed above: 7 Great Online Imaging Apps 

 
This service, Picnik, is great fun for me, especially since I bought an iMac, and I dearly miss Paint Shop Pro, which doesn’t run on a Mac, although I still keep it around on my old XP system. I suppose Iphoto could do many if not all the same things, but this is still a great free site for on the fly editing of your photos, and let’s face it, most of the stuff we do with photos is just minor adjustments. This service fits the bill perfectly for “Web 2.0” or as I am calling it “Web 2.5”: Free and Online, although there is a paid version that offers even more features. Integrates with Flickr, Picasa, Facebook, Photobucket, and Webshots.

“This thing is awesome. It’s fast and works really well.” – Paul Therrott, Windows Weekly (Credit: Paul Therrot, of Windows Weekly, a podcast on Twit.tv)

*On the same episode that I got this from, Leo Laporte mentioned another web based photo editor that seemed even more advanced called: Aviary, but it’s still in beta, and you have to give them your email and wait for an invitation.