Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 by Andy Beal

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Flickr & Picnik Join to Bring Online Photo Editing

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 comments on “Flickr & Picnik Join to Bring Online Photo Editing”

  1. Advice Network Says:

    December 6th, 2007 at 1:33 am

    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:

    December 6th, 2007 at 7:58 am

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

  3. Mobile guy Says:

    December 7th, 2007 at 7:06 pm

    This is most wonderful feature in flickr I know.

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

    December 11th, 2007 at 7:00 pm

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