Picnik.com or FotoFlexer

The next type of webware I tried was FotoFlexer.com. At first, I was very excited to use this webware expecting a variety of tools and manipulations. Unfortunately, FotoFlexer did not live up to my expectations. Compared to Picnik, FotoFlexer is very slow and unreliable.You can do most of the same manipulations on FotoFlexer that you could do on Picnik, it just takes a bit longer. Unlike on Picnik you are slightly limited on your feature selection. They have some of the same tools like: tint, crop, rotate, etc... but, FotoFlexer just lacked in some of the "cooler" tools that can be found of Picnik.

 

 

The images above were created using FotoFlexer.com. Once my photo was uploaded, I was given some basic tools. This is very similar to Picnik.com. I scanned through some of my options, then chose auto correct. Once done with auto correct, I went onto more interesting tools. After scrolling through a few more options, I applied a tool called sketch. Sketch does exactly as the name implies, it makes an image look hand drawn. Next, I scrolled through some of the tools and came across another tool that makes your photo look old. Curious I tried it out and decided I liked the way it looked, so I applied it to my image. After satisfied that my image was done, I went up to the topmost bar and pressed save.

Out of the two photo editors, I believe that Picnik.com is by far the better choice. Picnik.com makes editing your photos fun and easy. Another important thing, is unlike FotoFlexer, Picnik does not freeze up your computer. Another deciding factor between the two, is the amount of time it takes to apply or load a tool onto a photo. On Picnik.com the lag time is minuscule, to nonexistent, whereas on FotoFlexer.com each setting takes a while to load, then even longer to apply. Another down side to FotoFlexer.com is that it took multiple attempts, and some frustration, for the photo to be saved correctly. Without a doubt I give Picnik.com a thumbs up and FotoFlexer.com a thumbs down.