January 29, 2012

Editing weekend pics: An alternative to Picnik

Many of us have lamented about the sad news that Picnik is ending its services on April 19th.

I'll admit it. I use Picnik almost daily. I even taught my faculty how to use this tool because it was so easy to use. Although I have have access to high-end software for photo editing, Picnik was just a quick way to get decent results for "free". I've been doing some research (in part to help my faculty) but selfishly to see what else I might be able to use for online photo editing. This weekend, I started playing around with FotoFlexer.

As you can see it has a working relationship with several photo-hosting sites. Most of my photos come directly from my memory card or laptop, but you can edit photos from photobucket, myspace, facebook, flickr, picassa and more. For a more detailed review of FotoFlexer, go here. If you would like to see a side-by-side comparison of other online photo editing software, see this site.

Here are a few of the photos that I edited this weekend using FotoFlexer.



It's been a very snowy weekend in West MI.
At least 6 inches of fresh snow, made for great outdoor adventures.

Be sure to check back first thing Tuesday morning.
I'll be announcing a no-strings attached
Valentines give-away.


XOXO
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13 comments:

  1. NellieJanuary 29, 2012 at 2:59 PM

    Looks like another week-end of fun! I'm such a "newbie" with blogging/taking pictures that I haven't "graduated" to anything like what you mention here.:)

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  2. Shirley HatfieldJanuary 29, 2012 at 3:47 PM

    I had never heard of Picnik until people started talking about it. I tend to stay with what works...my world spins out of control if I have to learn something new...but I am trying to overcome this. =D

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  3. DonnaJanuary 29, 2012 at 4:41 PM

    Thanks so much for the info on photoflexer, Kim! I'm checking it out for sure. Looks like you finally got your snow! how pretty!

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  4. Pam KesslerJanuary 29, 2012 at 6:29 PM

    Your "I'm having a giveaway" graphic cracks me up. I'll check out Photoflexer, it looks interesting. I use Picasa or Photoshop mostly (sort of on opposite ends of the spectrum), but used to use Picnik when I wanted to do something fun to the photos.

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  5. TrishaJanuary 29, 2012 at 6:48 PM

    I will have to check out that site. Thank you for sharing...I am so sad too!

    ~Trisha

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  6. My Vintage MendingJanuary 29, 2012 at 6:54 PM

    So glad you did all the hard work for us. I this looks like more fun. Thanks my dear...smiles...Renee

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  7. CourtneyJanuary 29, 2012 at 8:50 PM

    I will have to look at this new site. Love the weekend pictures. I have to admit I am a little jealous of your snow. Logan and I are very bummed that we haven't had a snow day to go out and build snowmen and play in the snow.

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  8. KJ@letsgoflyakiteJanuary 29, 2012 at 9:36 PM

    Thanks so much for sharing this info, those photos look great (as does all of your snow - we have none!). I have used picnik, but currently use Picasa or the simple editing features in livewriter, but I am always investigating other options so I am going to check this out. Have a great week!

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  9. La Vie QuotidienneJanuary 29, 2012 at 10:35 PM

    Thanks Kim, I am definately going to check this out...all of your pictures are great.

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  10. Corey January 30, 2012 at 9:00 AM

    Oh, so glad you posted this-I'm sick about Picnik closing! I'll have to try this out for sure!

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  11. HeatherJanuary 30, 2012 at 11:23 AM

    I've been so upset about Picnik closing! Thanks for posting this, Kim. I am going to go check it out!

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  12. Cheryl G.January 30, 2012 at 4:42 PM

    Interesting. I never used Picnik before.
    Thanks!

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  13. JbooJanuary 30, 2012 at 5:39 PM

    Thanks for the info -- will check it out!

    Wow -- snow -- real snow! 70+ degrees in Nebraska today! Winter, what winter???

    janet

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