Flickr uses Picnik for Online Photo Editing

Forrest
#1. December 11th, 2007, at 11:28 PM.

This is pretty interesting; a couple years ago somebody asked me how to build essentially this ( Photoshop for the web ) since AJAX replacements for desktop software are all the rage. I made one of those silly Bill Gates remarks about never needing more than 640 KB … the access a desktop app has directly to the video card, to gigs of RAM, lots of processing power, and more bandwidth between different subsystems than anyone could ever need outweighs HTTP by far. A few years ago, I guessed that online photo editing, logic across the net, wouldn’t be useable within our lifetimes. Sometimes it’s good to be wrong.

I’ll stick with PS for my full scale print work, but it’s nice to have other options when it’s time and not quality that’s important…

Pixelhead
#2. December 12th, 2007, at 3:12 AM.

Forrest, I imagine that much like MS Office, there will be online applications that will be competing with Photoshop as well. I am sure Google will be venturing into that realm soon if they have not already.

Forrest
#3. December 12th, 2007, at 7:43 PM.

Progress is amazing, especially since this is all running on mostly the same hardware as what nobody actually calls “web 1.0″ … all of the innovation comes from clever software developers racing away.

I finally got a laptop on Monday. I’d had a really nice one that overheated a couple years ago, and have been using a desktop in the meantime. I’m not sure about anyone else, but migrating between computers is something I hate. I’m keeping the old one as a file server to hold my photos, but moving software and legit licenses … it’s painful.

Five years ago I probably wouldn’t have seen any reason to put software on the web … but it’s really nice to be able to get to my email and the blogs I follow without having to dig up install discs. It would be really convenient if PS, Office, and other software would be usable from anywhere without having to jump through hoops. And I guess in that vein, this is really a monumental step forward … image editing is a whole other world compared to sending an email using a web app.

Dana
#4. December 13th, 2007, at 1:44 PM.

This article was very informative for me, thanks a lot!
And the picture you chose was so good, haha

Many greetings from Europe!
Dana

Pixelhead
#5. December 13th, 2007, at 1:51 PM.

Forrest, I really hate doing the migrating of files also. I just bought an external hard-drive, that I am hoping will cut down on that hassle a bit. Incidentally the external hard-drive is suppose to be able to be accessed from anywhere, It just needs to be hooked up to your networks server. Are you going to use your desktop as the server?

Picnik is great while surfing the net, but it seems a bit cumbersome to have to log on to the site each time you want to edit a photo. I am not certain if someone who does quality photography like you would benefit all that much from their service. But then again, I did not see how advanced the premium service are as compared to photoshop.

Promotional Dude
#6. December 16th, 2007, at 9:06 AM.

Nice post. I am going to try it. We have one copy of photoshop and I have been long looking for a better solution to paying for a bunch of licenses. I also recommend Picasa over flickr because flickr only lets you put 200 pictures online. I have over a thousand pics on picasa that I share with friends and family. This editor might be just what I need.

Pixelhead
#7. December 16th, 2007, at 2:19 PM.

PromoDude, thanks for stopping by. I’ll have to check out Picasa, since it is a Google company. It looks like a groovy progarm site, but not as social as Flickr.
Oh love your site by the way. I may have to order some promotional products for Baldydog.com my marketing company.

Forrest
#8. December 18th, 2007, at 7:43 PM.

I really like some of the things that come with Flickr … the ability to add comments to certain parts of photos is remarkable. I’ve seen ones where someone else comes along, highlights something in the background, and asks how it was done, or where another person comes in and explains that an animal hiding behind a tree is an endangered such and such… Picasa looks like it has some great time and geo features that I’m a little envious, though.

Yep … I’ve turned my old computer into a file server. I’ve finally got a laptop again, with lots of processing power, but finite storage. So the desktop is powered on in a closet with five hard discs, delivering up files as needed. This might sound funny, but I’m also using the old box as a SQL Server. The 2008 version has a geospacial data type, and even if I’ve never had a GPS camera, at least some of the photos are worth looking up the coordinates to. There just aren’t enough hours in the day!

Pixelhead
#9. December 18th, 2007, at 7:50 PM.

You do seem to pack in as much as you can Forrest. You sound like you have been busy.

A lot of my photos on Flickr I keep meaning to geo tag them, but I just don’t get to it.

Alfred
#10. December 28th, 2007, at 8:53 PM.

Didnt know about this, was using other online editors

Abhi
#11. February 3rd, 2008, at 7:23 AM.

Check out flauntR.com too. Its got the same feature sets, but also some more like Slideshows, and a couple of hundred free design templates for people to play around with.

Prayer Guy
#12. February 28th, 2008, at 2:09 AM.

I was trying picnik out right now and it fairly easy to implement. Preety cool.

Digital Video Editing
#14. September 26th, 2008, at 11:02 AM.

I will definitely check this out, Picknik seems to be quite user friendly.

Good read.

Richard Carlsen
#15. November 14th, 2008, at 10:19 AM.

I really like this and it was very nice. you have said is right.Its a pretty simple interface that includes such options as cropping, red eye reduction, color adjustments and more are said very clearly and clarify some of the doubt to me. thank u .

Glitter Graphics
#16. November 14th, 2008, at 3:04 PM.

I’ve tried picnik previously and it’s very simple to use. I’d recommend you give it a shot and see what you think.

Yogindernath
#17. January 25th, 2009, at 7:56 AM.

I really like some of the things that come with Flickr … the ability to add comments to certain parts of photos is remarkable.

Moreover, the article is very useful….Good job.

Jackie
#18. February 8th, 2009, at 7:35 AM.

I have always been a huge fan of Flickr.. let me try Picnik…looking great.

Brett
#19. March 7th, 2009, at 5:15 PM.

Very interesting.. Picnik is really great while surfing the internet, but it seems a bit cumbersome to have to log inn to the site each time you want to edit a picture.

WorldOnline
#20. March 14th, 2009, at 5:42 AM.

I am not certain if someone who does quality photography like you would benefit all that much from Picnik….

technology
#21. May 11th, 2009, at 12:45 PM.

Online editing does reflect a gradual shift of the photographic center of gravity toward the Internet… Along with sharing and editing, online sites offer services for printing, selling, geotagging, and archiving photos…

Techie Zone
#22. June 7th, 2009, at 12:24 PM.

Picnic is the most popular online picture editor so it is of no surprise that flickr uses it for editing. I am sure in coming days more and more image hosting and sharing sites will start integrating Picnic in their sites too. Any one aware of a desktop apps for picnic?