Okay, so after all of my friends talking about it, I visited Pinterest in a digital design class. Its appeal is obvious and makes things easy to find, organize, and just learn new and fun things.
Interested in what I could find, I typed in a search. I wrote: Online Photo Editing and this is some of the stuff it came up with. Two of these sites I already have used many times, which makes this simple. I chose a new one as well to see how easy it is to learn about something from a pin.
The first site it came up with was a site called PicMonkey. PicMonkey can do quite a few things. I've used the site to create basic collages, add simple effects to photos, and add my own fun captions. PicMonkey is not really much of an editing site. The main uses are to take a photo, add different sorts of effects to it and maybe add some stickers on it. The site is simple enough to use and makes it pretty user friendly. It also has a Google Chrome app for easy access. This was how I first found the site.
The second site I noticed was something called Pixlr. Pixlr is another site I found look for Chrome apps. The program is essential Adobe Photoshop for your computer. While it has some differences, most controls are basically the same. The con of this program is the interface. It's not very user friendly and can be a bit overwhelming for newbies. Anyone who has some experience in Photoshop will be able to adjust to the site pretty smoothly. Some portions are paid for, however the site is mostly free and without any sort of login. My computer at home doesn't have any Adobe Products so I'm always looking for a free alternative, and I think this is the closest I've gotten. I think its a great program if you know what you want to do. At the first the options of were so overwhelming, but I think it was good in that sense.
The third site I visited from Pinterest sent me too a blog featuring many photo sites. Many of which I visited. I chose a couple, but they led me to sites like PicMonkey and PhotoFunia. These weren't what I was looking for, but I found Picozu. Picozu is again a similar framework as Photoshop. Probably because Photoshop is one of the best photo editors that most people know of. Again this site is incredibly similar to Photoshop. The layout of the site makes it look like another filter site, but don't be deceived by large buttons and pink fonts. The site is quite a player in my opinion and I see myself using it in the future. One of the coolest parts is the ability to bring in a .psd file into the editor from Photoshop. Because the editor is online you can easily add them to Facebook, dropbox, Google Drive, skydrive, flickr, etc.
Overall I think these sites are my favorites for editing photos online, and I've used them many times and will be using them more in the future.
