This may be old news to some of you, but for those of you who aren’t aware of Picnik then I think I have a little treat for you. ;) I came across this site last week and have been anxious to share it with you. Photoshop can be a scary place for many people (I know of photographers who are afraid of it ;). This program takes out that fear and allows you to have some fun with your photos without causing you to lose your mind. Below are a few examples from our point-n-shoot.
This screen shot shows you what the program looks like. This is my original image…
First, I cropped the image down so that Gabe and I were the focus. From there, I brightened the image and added a bit of contrast. That’s it! Super easy!
I turned this image to black/white and added some contrast.
I brightened this one up a bit and added some contrast…
The image below imported sideways, so I rotated the image…
…and gave it more of a seventies look…just for fun.
And, a few more examples…I was having some fun in case you couldn’t tell. ;) This was the original…straight out of the camera.
My thoughts? I was impressed. There are times when I think my point-n-shoot image is a bit too flat, so I will open it in Photoshop to give it more pop. It takes a bit more time and I wasn’t necessarily wanting that much done to it. This was perfect. Honestly, I think this is a great tool for point-n-shoot users. It was easy to import the image, make my changes and I could save a copy to my desktop. They were easy to upload into facebook, as well. As for the cost, I don’t know a lot of details, but from what I could see was that it was fairly inexpensive.
You have got to check it out! Have fun playing with your photos! Let me know what you think…
by Melody Carpenter
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