Myself and many others were upset to learn that Picnik.com was closing. But HOORAY.... Brad Andersohn, Outreach Manager at Zillow and an ActiveRain member, has provided an alternative to Picnik. Check out what Brad has to say about iPiccy.com a twin brother to Picnik.... THANK YOU BRAD!
In a frantic scramble last week to find a replacement for the Picnik.com closure on April 19th, I had written a post featuring 7 different FREE photo and graphic editing sites.
However, some many of my online friends were hoping to actually find a replacement editor that was similar or at least closer to the same look and feel of Picnik’s site. Is there such a site?
Well here it is! iPiccy.com is the closest you’re going to find to Picnik.com. The look and feel are more similar than any other site I’ve seen. iPiccy might actually be Picnik’s twin brother. Once you explore the site, you’ll see what I mean. iPiccy is 100% free, no registration required, and offers many of the same features and benefits that Picnik does and more.
Grabbing any image or photo is easy. Just click the appropriate button and GO! The editing options are endless and the ability to create some really cool customized graphics and images will be limited only by your creativity and of course your time and schedule. The workspace on iPiccy will be easy to navigate, especially for Picnik users, and will feel just like your old Picnik stomping grounds.
There are multiple effects with single click options at your fingertips. These will make your photos and images really “POP” and if you use a combination of the wide variety of tools and options available, the possibilities will be endless.
In literally minutes, you’ll be able to adjust your contrast, auto-correct colors, customize images, fix blemishes, remove red-eye, lighten and darken graphics, and even add text overlays, reflections, shadows and more. Having the ability to utilize some really cool effects without being a graphics designer makes iPiccy one of my TOP CHOICE recommendations and a great replacement for Picnik.
Here’s a sample we just put together for a Valentine show promotion:
We added a border,
created a matting,
went with a sepia effect,
added a thick pencil sketching,
made it black and white,
re-sized it keeping constraints,
added a drop shadow border,
dropped some text at the bottom and saved to the desktop.
We then emailed it as a .jpg attachment to the event promoter.
This all took about 3 minutes from beginning to end.Check out iPiccy.com and compare it to Picnik. If you’ve never used Picnik.com, then you’ll have discovered a very cool free online photo and image editing site that you’re going to enjoy. If you have used Picnik, and feel as though you’ll be losing a best friend come April, I can promise that iPiccy will make the hurt a whole lot less. In fact, I think some of you will like iPiccy better than Picnik. Happy creating, enjoy~
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Rebecca, Woohoo! a solution to losing picnik. I can't believe I missed Brad's post.
Thank You. We wondered if we could find and alternative. Will check it out.
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Thanks for reblogging this - I'm not sure how I missed it but thanks!!!!
Rebecca,
Sounds fantastic! I really appreciate your information, cannot wait to check it out.
Becca - Great choice of re-post! Information we all need to have in our hip pocket for all too soon the easy Picnik will be a thing of the past! Happy Tuesday to you....
Hi Rebecca, This was very timely indeed. I was just beginning to enjoy using Picnik too. I will go and check out this new tool that Brad is talking about soon. Thanks.
We knew Brad would find the perfect replacement Rebecca...great reblog for all!
Great news Rebecca! I sent this to my oldest daughter who uses Picnik quite a bit...she will be thrilled.
I am just so so delighted to know about iPiccy.com and many thanks to Brad for keeping the AR members aware of this and many other website tools.
Thanks so much for the re-blog. With the onset of Picnik shutting down, I was starting to show signs of withdrawal... LOL!!!
Thanks for the re-blog, I missed this the first go round. I'm heading to this site now, I'm really excited to have an alternative to Picnik.
Very good topic for conversation.
However, iPiccy appears to allow uploading of only one photograph at a time while we can upload up to 100 on Picnik. Please let me know if I am incorrect.
Be sure to have your camera in hand to capture the special moments in your community or during your travels.
Roy, I noticed that as well. But, hopefully that will change.