which way to go (when picnik is gone)

i have been playing around with every editing program i can get my hands on and have been mostly disappointed with what i have found. many of the alternative editing programs need to be downloaded which irks me a bit. 

i don't want to download something just to try it and then end up finding out that i don't like it.

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ipiccy is the closet thing to picnik. 

unfortunately everyone is heading over there to try it out and since it's in beta form {a testing mode} it keeps crashing or running at a snail's pace. but i do believe that once they get their head on straight, there will many of you who will love this site and it could very likely become the new picnik.

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pixlr-express is pretty darn good and easy to navigate, but then there's another pixlr with an editing format that is amazingly photoshop like. if you don't like photoshop, you won't like this one at all, but go there just for fun, since on the bottom of that editing page you have the option of playing around with vintage looks and that seems to be pretty fun and easy.

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be funky is fun and also easy to navigate and has a few picnik like options. this one is certainly worth playing around with and won't waste your time.

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picture2life is alright. i haven't played much on there, but i think it looks somewhat promising. i think it's a site that holds onto your photos like picnik did, if you want to go back and find them later.

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the only downloadable editing program i'm going to use at this point i think is snap seed. i have it on my iPhone and iPad and now they're made it for desktop use and from what i've read, it's getting two thumbs up.

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are the other sites i know about that i either didn't like, are downloadable or i haven't tried.

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i think this is now where we all need to come together and share what we find, what we know, what we like and what we don't like.

 the one thing i know for sure is that i still love LR3 and am thrilled that i took the time to learn it and that  no matter what, there will always be photoshop.

 but i also know that those can be expensive programs and possibly more then what you really need or want from an editing program. 

i also know that some people over all, just prefer an online editing program.

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so come on everyone. let's play and share. 

and hopefully, by april 19th when picnik is taken from us, someone will have been smart enough to duplicate it, give it a new name and hand it over to us on a silver platter.

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