I reviewed a number of web-based photography editing sites.  I’ve selected five listed below as examples of various levels of quality, tools and options.

http://pixenate.com Good simple command tools. Easy to use. It feels overcrowded with ads, but it’s functional.

http://www.picnik.com/  Excellent web-based photo editing system.  I was very impressed by the handling of some of the basic editing features, such as exposure control.  Piknik also has a very large selection of easy-to-use tools and effects.  You can also upgrade and use the more advanced tools for $24.95 a year. 

http://fotoflexer.com/  This site offers some wonderful tools.  This editor goes well beyond basic editing and offers some of the best options of the group for creativity.  Fotoflexer even offers some rather advanced tools such as layers, morph and animations (decorations).

https://www.photoshop.com/express Adobe is a late comer (March of this year) to the web-based editing game. But with the name Photoshop behind it, you can expect nothing less then a well- designed web editing application.  One of the nice features is that it has an image preview chart above the working image to help make better adjustment choices.  Currently, Photoshop Express offers fairly basic tools and not nearly as many special effects that you would find on Picnik or fotoflexer.  But, knowing Adobe I’m sure the platform will improve solidly with time.  

http://snipshot.com/ This is a good clean online photo editor.  You may purchase additional features such as RAW adjustments and special effects in a premium package.  But, based on my experience, many of the upgrades are freely available on other editors.  Snipshot does offer, in my opinion, the most streamlined resizing tool of all the editors I reviewed.

One advantage of using many of the online editors is that they are designed for social media and allow you to send your images directly to the host of your choice such as facebook, flickr, myspace etc.  Give them a try, share your experiences and if you know of a great web-based photo editor please share it with everyone at newmediaphotographer.com

Rosh