With the recent announcement that the popular online photo editing site Picnik is shutting down, a lot of us are frantically trying to figure out how we’ll edit photos for our blogs after April. While it may feel like our photo editing worlds are crashing around us, there are lots of great alternatives out there.
Here are just a few we discovered today while looking for a Picnik replacement:
- BeFunky (per Matthew Dooley) web-based, mobile app available
- Picture2Life web-based, mobile app available
- Pixer.us web-based
- PhotoShop Express web-based, mobile app available
- Pixlr web-based, mobile app available
- Splashup
- Phixr web-based
- FastStone (per Christiaan Todd) download nec.
- GIMP (per Christiaan Todd) download nec., mobile app available
While there are some differences among these – some of the cool options, storage, look/feel (some are very photoshop-esque), for the most part they all felt pretty similar with regards to offerings. It’s really going to come down to the individual user and how they like the user experience and what their needs are. Are you just looking to edit a photo – resize, crop etc. or are you wanting to change the look and feel, add snazzy effects. For those of you who regularly use programs in Adobe, you’ll probably be most comfortable with Photoshop Express, Pixlr, Splashup and Gimp. FastStone seems like it would appeal to professional photographers.
If you have any other’s you’d recommend, or if you have experience with any of the above and would like to elaborate, feel free to leave us a comment with your thoughts. As the weeks go on I’m sure I’ll find a replacement for picnik…… fingers crossed 
