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<td><p>PICNIK is a free online image editing program currently managed by Internet giant Google. It works as a stand-alone website and is also integrated into Google's Picasa software, among other popular online photo storage websites. It is not as powerful as professional photo editing software like Photoshop but it offers a wide variety of tools that can easily satisfy the needs of most people. </p>

<p>Many of PICNIK's benefits come from it's seamless integration with social networking and photo-sharing sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Picasa, and Photobucket, among others. 
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<li>Run by Google</li>
<li>Free web-based photo editing tools</li>
<li>Subscription service for those who want to have additional and more advanced editing tools</li>
<li>Can easily share photos to friends via social networking sites</li>
<li>Extensions for major Internet browsers</li>
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<li>No sign up required</li>
<li>Free</li>
<li>Very easy to use</li>
<li>Lots of basic photo manipulation tools available</li>
<li>Can be easily integrated with other photosharing sites and social networks  </li>

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<li>May be too overly basic for average and pro users</li>
<li>Advanced editing tools are only available in subscription service</li>
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 Amateur hobbyist</strong>
 Advanced users
 Professional editors

PICNIK is a perfect fit for the people who normally do quick fixes to their photos.[/tab]

[tab id="5"]We know PICNIK is not in the same league as Photoshop but for most casual photographers wanting basic edits, this online photo editing tool will get the job done quickly and easily, without the need to learn a complicated software.[/tab] [/tabswrap]




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<p><strong>User interface: Simple, attractive, and engaging</strong></p>

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<p>Arguably, PICNIK sports the most eye-catching and user-friendly interface among all the basic online photo editing tools. A Flash-based editing system, PICNIK is designed to fill the screen with the photo being edited at the bottom, with large menu buttons at the top. The design and menu layout is incredibly simple – enough so that even your photo-editing grandma could use it. </p>

<p>As one user over at <a href="http://download.cnet.com/Picnik/3640-13455_4-10650265.html?tag=contentBody;userReviews">cNet</a> shared, "As a small business owner, I do quite a bit of editing for my marketing materials, and images for my website. PICNIK's online editing interface truly makes it super easy to edit these items whenever I need to."</p>




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<p><strong>Ease of use: ”Flexible, playful”</strong></p>

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<p>True to its tagline, PICNIK makes the interface attractive so its users will enjoy tweaking their photos rather than figuring and navigating around the site. <a href="http://online-image-editing-review.toptenreviews.com/picnik-review.html">TopTenReviews</a> was right on the sport when it said that “PICNIK is designed with flexibility and playfulness in mind”, it also “takes a very loose, relaxed approach to image and photo editing.” </p>

<p>Indeed, it does. Users don't even have to register to be able to edit photos. Just click on the Upload button to upload a photo and in less than a second (yes, it’s that fast!), you will be taken into the editing screen where you get to edit, improve, and transform your chosen picture. </p>



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<p><strong>Editing performance: Standard tools for quick editing</strong></p>

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<p>PICNIK is perfectly suited for basic photo manipulation purposes where users can rotate, crop, resize, and sharpen photos. Adjustments can also be made to the exposure, highlights, color, brightness, and contrast of the photos. PICNIK also offers the ability to add text and borders to photos and create montages. Each editing feature has several control options, allowing the user ultimate creativity while editing their photos. As previously mentioned, these basic functions are perfect for polishing and improving photos in several ways. </p>

<p>If you are looking for more, PICNIK does offer advanced editing features, for a nominal fee. You have to shell out around US $2.08 per month ($24.95 a year) to enjoy more effects and advanced editing tools. </p>




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<p><strong>Sharing: Integrated with major social networking sites</strong></p>

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<p>Done editing the photo? Then save it your computer or easily share it onto your preferred sites (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Picasa, etc.) with no hassle. Edited photos will  be displayed instantly. </p>

<p>Moreover, PICNIK’s integration with social networking and online photo-sharing sites is perhaps one of the main reasons why it is the most popular online photo editing system today. With it you get the luxury of tweaking your favorite vacation photos from your many social networking accounts, without having to rely on pictures saved in your computer, saving you space and time! This feature is really appealing to the everyday and casual photographer allowing them to bypass more advanced editing tools like Adobe Photoshop which require manual upload it to social networking sites. </p>

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<p><strong>Tools of the trade: Extensions for major Internet browsers Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer</strong></p>

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<p>Editing photos from social networking sites like Facebook and Flickr is easy, but life can be made a whole lot easier by installing the PICNIK extension for your Internet browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Chrome). Once installed, the edit in PICNIK menu will appear when you right click on any image on any website. This will enable you to load that image into the PICNIK website with just a few clicks so you can enhance it and share it, it's so simple! </p>



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<p><strong>The Verdict (Extended version)</strong></p>

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<p>PICNIK is a beginner-friendly software that will happily meet and satisfy the needs of most users. Best of all, it’s free and nothing needs to be installed onto your computer!</p>

<p>For those that want to spice up their photos that little bit more, spending US $24.95 a year is definitely easier on the budget than shelling out a thousand bucks for more advanced photo software.</p> 

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<p><strong>Review Digest</strong></p>

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<td style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;"><strong><a rel="shadowbox;width=1000;height=640" href="http://online-image-editing-review.toptenreviews.com/picnik-review.html">TopTenReviews.com</a></strong></td>
<td style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;">“PICNIK manages to strike an incredible balance between playful and professional, giving users a variety of tools to edit, improve, personalize and transform photos and images. Though its bandwidth heavy, multi-tab navigation interface might take a back seat to Pixlr, it seems to have found a niche in the midst of photosharing and social-networking sites, embodying the fun, personal and social nature of these sites.”</td>
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<td style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;"><strong><a rel="shadowbox;width=1000;height=640" href="http://freeimage-editing-applications.reviews.r-tt.com/">FreeImage-Editing-Applications</a></strong></td>
<td style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;">“Instead of giving users full control over their image manipulations, as Gimp does PICNIK provides the user with a list of options. With a host of auto-fix options, PICNIK would be ideal for the user who simply wants their pictures to look better without needing to drive the controls too much.”</td>
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<td style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;"><strong><a rel="shadowbox;width=1000;height=640" href="http://www.appappeal.com/app/picnik/">AppAppeal</a></strong></td>
<td style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;">“PICNIK is an excellent, powerful application if you need to edit your photos quickly and you don't own any expensive photo editing software. It is highly recommended.”</td>
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