Following my tutorial on adding borders to images I have been researching current online image editing applications which will allow you to do this and much more. Because of my web design activities I use Photoshop for image creation but the newer online editors are impressive and provide most of the editing functions I would require: they are much easier to use too.
Image Editors with extensive features
As well as allowing for upload of images from your computer, these applications allow you to import/export from other sites such as Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa, Facebook and MySpace.
Common Features include:
- cropping and resizing
- color adjustment and enhancing
- red eye reduction
- add text
- add frames and borders
- various fancy filters and effects
- Fotoflexer - grandly calls itself the "the world’s most advanced online image editor" but it does have a host of impressive features; from the more standard editing functions of to a range of fancy effects.
- Flaunter is a suite of applications: PhotoEdit for the more basic jobs, PhotoStylr which includes effects, and PhotoProfilr which will create avatars and profile photos . which has a good range of features, is quick loading and also allows you to create digital scrapbooks, ecards, greeting cards and invitations
- Picnik - Another very advanced online editor with lots of easily applied effects. I got a little carried away using this as you can see.
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- Splashup (previously known asFauxto)- Another multi featured editor with an interface like a that of a desktop program. It does not have all the fancy built in effects of the other two but it does allow more manipulation of images. If you have used programs such as Photoshop then you will find this simple to use, otherwise there may be a bit of a learning curve.
Other online image editors
These don’t come with all the special features of the above applications but do provide basic editing tools, which may be all you need the majority of the time.
- MyImager.com
- Phixr
- Pixer.us
- Snipshot - integrates with Firefox via a browser bookmarklet and allows you to integrate it into a website.
- Wiredness
In invite only beta
Aviary sounds and looks interesting but as I have only just signed up and have not got an invite as yet, I could not try it out. Aviary is a suite of online applications with tools, all named after birds, for image editing, typography, music, video and 3D. Aviary is aimed more at designers and artist rather than those who just want basic image editing tools. Their blog has a host of examples of what it can do - it looks pretty impressive to me and I like the idea that tutorials are available.
I have collected an extensive list of editing tools over the years but they do not compare with the capabilities of these newer ones. I have scrapped that list now and I will add to and update this list to keep it current. Please let me know if you have have any favorite image tools (online or desktop) and I will check them out for inclusion here or in a future post in this series on images.
Future posts will include where to find free images, websites that help you search for them and tools that do specific tasks.
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Hi! Just back from FotoFlexer and it looks and works just great. I had toyed with the idea of buying photoshop or photoshop elements, but with my tight budget this will suit me just fine. Thank you again for your great links - Take Care, Peter
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Unless you want to get really serious about image editing and creating, these online applications will do virtually everything you need.
If you do want more then try Gimp which is a free desktop program. As with Photoshop it comes with a learning curve but it is excellent.
by using this online tools, our works will be more easy.
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wow…excellent. thank for sharing, very useful information for me. now i know that a lot of free image editing tools
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Thanks for this awesome roundup of image editors. I hate it when I need to edit an image, but I’m at a computer without any type of editing software.
I’ve used Picnik and Splashup before with great results. I’ll have to check the others out next time I need image help.
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I will be covering other less feature rich but more specific handy online image applications soon - for quick image resizing, resizing for the web etc.
Is that any latest update on these progress?
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Thanks for this awesome list! I’m always on the lookout for great resources, and will definitely be checking these out.
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Thanks Dianne - I will keep this list up to date and put it somewhere in the blog menu where it can be easily found.
This kind off stuff is actually quite simple. If you have a dedicated server, you can use the popular open source image editor, GIMP. via the command line. Using this method you can offer people pretty much anything Photoshop does and more.
Gimp is great although I have never used it on my server. I do not have a dedicated server.
dammit woman! Now another lot of things to check out and distract me from housework!
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Distracting you from housework - you should be thanking me for taking you away from life’s humdrum tasks into the world of creativity :-)The kids will understand if they do not have any clean clothes to wear, surely.
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Wow, that is an impressive list and must have taken some time to compile. I’ve noticed that flickr has installed a pretty cool photo editing function but I am not sure that it offers the solution for including borders.
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Hi Sire
Good to see you here. Thanks for the nod on the flickr photo editing function. I will go and check it out. In this post I concentrated on general fully featured editing tools but I have one about ready to go on more specific tools - except I keep finding them and then find something else that does the job better or does not have annoying ads and pop ups.
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Thanks for the tips, your framed images really look prof!! I will have to check out flickrs photo editing since I already have a lot of photos uploaded to that service.
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Yeah I have been tempted by Photoshop Elements, and the full retail version is just silly money for what I need.
Great post, thanks!
cool stuff, now i can modify some of my good pictures and make them look even better! Thanks for the info.
wow i didnt know these things were free… ill have to check them out, thanx.
Nice pic. Oh wait…you stole them off my blog!! Thanks mum! I use Picasa at work and Photoshop Elements at home, but the monitor at work is dodgy (as you know), so I never know whether I need to adjust the colour in my pics or not. What do you think? Have the ones on my blog come out ok?
Andrea
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Thanks - as always you’re on the cutting edge. Kudos.
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Impressive list! I’ve bookmarked this for future reference. Thanks for the valuable post.
I still love Google’s Picasa. Easy to edit and email pics.
You are a picasa addicted, aren’t you?
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thanks for this great list. I am always in need for such resources. I will surely check all these.
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Hi Sue, this is an excellent list. I had never heard of any of these before; generally I use GIMP for whatever I need (usually just resizing, etc). I’m always impressed at your good use of graphics - now we all know how you do it!
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you are a GIMP lover, aren’t you?
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thanx joo
I’ve been trying these online image editors, but noticed that the editing process is much slower than using a software photo editor on a PC. Still, they are great for an occasional edit.
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Hi Sue, the flauntr link isn’t working for me.
Out of the ones I tried, Picnik was my fav -easy to clean and correct an image. Splashup was too slow to respond and fotoflexer too fancy.
well, hi admin adn people nice forum indeed. how’s life? hope it’s introduce branch
thank you for Online Image Editing Tools
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Thanks for this awesome roundup of image editors. I have just done a post on online image editing tools in case anyone is interested.
Cool
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I prefer just using picasa or a tool. online stuff isn’t a preference for me.
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Great list, definitely some tools for me to check out. Thanks!
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Excelent post!
I use gimpshop as well. I would definately get photoshop if I had the cash, but for free, I love open source software and Mozilla. I actually have a 8gig zip drive with a whole suite of free portableapps (portableapps.com) that I can take with me anywhere.
Andrew
Just a moment ago, I tried FotoFlexer and d’yu know what I can say? It’s great. Thank you for informing.
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i like with picnik and flaunter to editing image
ey! great! did not know about this tools .. obviously don´t know about image editing .. but it is something very interesting to be able to make some interesting changes to some photos!
I like your creation using the Piknik tool. This is far out and looks like you are on Mars. I’m taking a closer look at this excellent tool. Thanks for the update.
Thanks for the useful tools, and Free also!
now i find what i want to know.. thank you for this informations..
after hours finally i find other useful post.
thx
Amazing site! love the easy layout
Anyone love free online photo editing site. I like http://deefunia.com Cool site.
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Hi, thanks for this useful round of information on online image editors. I always check out on good applications to edit images and will surely check these out…
Looks pretty interesting for me.
thanks for explaining this.
also, great list of online image editors. I was looking for that several weeks ago, I had to try some of them.
i’ll try it.
thanks for all.
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usefull for me, i’ll try it, thanks
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Useful information indeed especially for my current project in making WP theme that I do need some online image editing tool for theme background…thanks sir/madame…ill try to use it now.
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thanks for explaining this.
also, great list of online image editors. I was looking for that several weeks ago, I had to try some of them.
Great List, i should bookmark them, many thanks
I used Pixer.us a lot in the past, thanks for sharing and explaining all those others websites .
Great Content, Thanks for your tools information.
thanks for informing, i’ll try it now!
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I do not think I need the tools.
Very nice list image editor link ..
Just keep posting good article
Thank you these will help a lot with my review in preparation for the test.
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One more great piece of work by you.
thanks you for this usefull informasion..
i get something what i want to know.. thanks for this informations..
thanks for this useful info, i was looking for this tools right now.
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hmmm another coolest tool like picasa
Just like you I also an avid user of photoshop, I personally I am new to most of the websites that you linked out to, but I can definitely see some of them being a time saver for me, because I am not an expert at photoshop by any means. “I get by” is what Im saying lol
Till then,
Jean
hey man you have gathered good piece of information, great work. this can help many persons to edit their images with the use of complex softwares that also online.
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Hello, this is my first visit, i’m really enjoyed in your blog, and abbout your post i was try Picnik and that’s very cool
Very interesting post, to be honest I have never heard too much about it. But now at least I know a deeper insight about it. Thanks!
I am more than happy to read this article, thanks for the tips.
Interesting post, this was really useful. thanks!
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I just want to know about this tool
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Thanks for Sharing…it’s very useful…
I have to check it out since it is free. Thanks for sharing anyway.
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Is it free for real? It has to be checked out. Thanks
Snipshot works for me. It’s good tool.
But the other tools is new for me. I know first from you. I’ll try it. Thanks.
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wow, i never knew that before. thanks for informing. i am gonna try it asap.
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I usually work with this tool..
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This tool is really very cool and it helps me in my work somuch.
Are you sure its for free
It’s pretty smart the way you explain that. You kept it clear, simple and easy to understand. Good for you!
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Great list here, I would especially like to say how much I liked Splashup and how easy it was to learn. Thank you.
thanks for share
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Very useful in terms of making your work easy.
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Very useful, thanks for sharing..
I’ve found interesting post here.
thanks.
I like this post.
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I heard of the Gimp is great, I can’t wait to have a try.
thanks, very interest tools
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wow grea tools toedit my image,thanks
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Yeach make easy editing via online.
This is really informative post. I need this to share with my friends.
Regards,
I haven’t tried that tool, but i think it’s pretty interesting. thanks for the info.
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I want to edit pictures which have tools like Adobe Photoshop. i don’t want any downloads but ONLINE.
thanks for you tutorial.. i love it
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awesome list! thanks for sharing
great list.
thank you
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This is definitely an awesome list of a cool websites ! I. Thanks for sharing it. I bookmart this page and of course your site too
Thanks for sharing this.. It is a very useful list especially when I’m not using my own pc/laptop and I need a simple editor…
Thanks again and nice to know you…
Just as I needed! Thank you so much for sharing.. Anyway I like snipshot cause it can integrate with firefox
Interested and will bookmark it