Flickr & Picnik Join to Bring Online Photo Editing

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007;
-- Andy Beal |

If you’ve ever purchased your own photo editing software, you’ll know that they can run hundreds of dollars. Well, amateur photographers rejoice! Thanks to a new partnership with Picnik, Flickr users can now edit their photos online–for free!

The Picnik/Flickr collaboration works similarly to other 3rd party services who’ve built additional tools on top of the Flickr API: You’ll need to pass through the step of giving the Picnik service permission to edit and save your photos… It’s a little bit like you’re “installing” Picnik on your Flickr account, but with nothing to download.

Here’s a Flickr example of a before and after…

To get started, simply look for the "edit photo" link above your photos.

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4 Responses to “Flickr & Picnik Join to Bring Online Photo Editing”

  1. Advice Network Says:

    Besides starting Advice Network, I am also a photographer, and I just have to say, good editing job on the sample photo!

  2. Perde Says:

    Looks like it’s closest standalone counterpart should be Photoshop Lightroom.

  3. Mobile guy Says:

    This is most wonderful feature in flickr I know.

  4. Rosa J.C. » Blog Archive » Flipando Says:

    [...] de probar picnik en flickr y me parece una gozada. Adiós a los programas en el PC. ¡Vivan las aplicaciones [...]

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