Last Christmas my daughter received a photo album from her best friend filled with photos of the good times they shared during the year. The photos were wonderful and many had captions printed at the bottom or across the top. I asked how this was done and the girls told me about Picnik.com, an online graphics program.
Quick as a click, I was on their site. Picnik was so easy to use, I was immediately hooked and, as with any addiction, I wanted more. Within two days of using the free version of the software, I paid $24.95 to upgrade to the premium version. There's no software to install, the upgrade provides access to the premium features which include: additional photo enhancements, a tool for making collages, and, literally, lots of other really cool stuff.
I'm no graphic artist but between my work as writer, blogger, ebayer and my life as a parent, I take a lot of pictures. The ability to enhance my work so easily with Picnik has increased, not only my graphic output, but has added greatly to the fun in making images to accompany my words.
Below is an example of a before and after of a cloud-scape adapted to fit the topic of "going green" in the area of Cloud Computing.
Before Picnik - Original photo
After Picnik - edited using the "Mirrored Frames" feature
The enhanced photo was a perfect accompaniment to the post that appeared on Handshake 2.0 --
Cloud Computing = Green Computing.
Next time you're hungry for a fun and easy to use graphic editing tool, pack a Picnik.
Kelly ...
I've been using Picnik for a couple of years. I love it. And the great thing is I have access to my photos for editing from any computer ... home, office, library, friend's house.
Its very easy to use. Its great.
Posted by: Barry W | 06/30/2009 at 10:41 AM
Cool! How nice to know someone else who loves Picnik! Thanks for posting a comment!
-Kelly
Posted by: Z. Kelly Queijo | 06/30/2009 at 11:18 AM