Why, back in my day, if you wanted to make a pretty picture on the interwebs, you used your mouse and Oekaki, if you were LUCKY. If you were UNLUCKY, you did it in Paint. These days, Paint's become a lot more powerful, and inbrowser image editing tools are pretty impressive as well. For this Productivity on the Road, I'll be exploring
Pixlr, a fantastic image editing in browser applet that feels like a stripped down Photoshop (in a good way).
Images always speak louder than words, so on to the screenshots:
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I went with door number one, "Open Photo Editor". |
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Let's start with 'Create a new image' |
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This is the brush tool, drawn in with a mouse |
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You can add layers, and the layout and menu are a lot like Photoshop, so there's pretty much no learning curve if you're familiar with PS. |
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The color picker has a lot of options available. |
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This was drawn with the pencil tool. The pencil tool makes a strange mark when it hits an intersection. |
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Exploring menus. |
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Exploring the save options. |
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Opening an existing image on the computer. |
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I can have multiple images open at one time. |
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This is the "Sepia" option. |
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Playing with filters. This is pixellate. |
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Testing the magic wand tool. |
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Native brush options. |
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Additional brush options.
Unfortunately, Pixlr does not recognize pressure sensitivity on tablets, and responds to tablet usage like it would respond to a mouse. However, you can vary your stroke width with speed- fast strokes give you a more sketchy line, slow strokes a more polished line.
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This can be used on the iphone it seems hahaha. Daz crazy. Is this free? is it better than Photoshop 7? I was given that in highschool and never upgraded. if its better I might as well get it!
ReplyDeleteI use Pixlr express to edit my photos. I love it!
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