« Picnik vs Adobe Express »

Yesterday’s big hubbaloo was the announcement of Adobe’s new web based, low cal version of Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Express.
Of course, being the gurl I am, I set up an account, uploaded a few photos and gave it a whirl.
Yes, you can also connect to your existing, on-line photo streams (Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa), but I couldn’t get it to work with Picasa Web Albums. (maybe just a launch problem).

The good:

• the ability to see a whole bunch of versions of a particular change, i.e. black and white - you can vew a few flavours of black and white.
• the ability to control sharpness
• the nice touchup ability

The not as good:

• limited effects (Picnik has wicked effects)
• no border creation

I’m sticking with Picnik. Sure, Adobe’s thrown in space, but space is the last thing I need right now, what with photos scattered around the internets like breadcrumbs. Picnik is faster, and lets me do more with less.

Side note: I downloaded the Mac version of Photoshop last night. I’ve got 30 days to decide if it’s something I’m really going to pick up or not. I fell onto Joey Lawrence’s site. I might be convinced. His photography is stunning.

Comments

[Ed Kohler]

I'm so used to editing photos (minor edits like cropping) from within Flickr using Picknik, this would really have to be a killer app to get me to change my workflow.