PicMonkey

Do you miss Picnic? and are you looking for a simple, easy to use photo editor?  Well try PicMonkey. Online photo editing. No login required. Draw on photo, resize, create collage, add frame.  

Here is a simple collage created using it.  Catherine decided to smell the flowers and got pollen all over herself!

Resize a Picture

Have you ever wanted to just 'resize' an image? Nothing fancy, just do it! Then Picture Resizer is just perfect.   Upload an image, then - resize / crop / rotate - as desired.  Choose quality and download.

It's even possible to choose the exact width in pixels. (Height will adjust automatically.) The image is stored on the site for 20 minutes, so it is there if you want to go 'back' and make a change.

Need to Resize for Web?

If your original image is under 1MB, this handy tool: Make a Thumbnail, will create a small image (from 100x100 pixels to 300x300 pixels). You can then link this on the website to a larger image or just use the small thumbnail as a button to go to another section of the site.

Very easy to use. Just click browse to locate the image on your computer, select the size desired, and click "Make a Thumbnail"

Example to the left of gazing out the window on a lovely fall day. The 100x100 pixel image is only 4k!

Create Photo Effects

You don't have to be a professional or have expensive editing programs to create stunning effects.  PhotoFunia will create them for you. All you need to do is click on the thumbnail of the effect you'd like and then upload photos. The site will do the rest. What to see what that can look like? Here are some GVC teachers using six different effects. There are a few hundred from which to choose!

FotoFlexer

FREE and easy to use, FotoFlexer lets you crop, resize, and do lots of editing tasks. Registration is not required. Here is one of their sample photos, cropped, resized, with a frame added and a butterfly sticker (just because). Log in and see what you can do! Great for schools that don't have any other photo editing capability. Finished images can be saved to your local computer.

Drawing/Editing Tools

Purchasing drawing / editing software for all the computers in a lab or school can be daunting. While most computers come with some basic resizing, cropping, brightness/contrast tool, to do more than that, you can use these FREE web sources.

1. Gimp
   http://www.gimp.org
   If you've always wanted PhotoShop and cannot even afford PhotoShop Elements, Gimp is FREE, open source software that, with a little work learning on your part, will put you into the image manipulation scene.
   
   
2. CleVR
   http://www.clevr.com/
   Create panoramas from photos
   Embed with code snippet
   
   
3. picnic
   http://www.picnik.com/app
   Edit photos online. Apply effects without an expensive photo editing program.
   Save to computer.
   
   
4. ArtPad
   http://www.art.com/asp/artpad/default.asp
   
   Creative paint program that allows for drawing unique works.
   Downside: can only save picture online. However, screen capture does work.
   
   
5. Aviary
   http://aviary.com/home
   Photo edition, logos, web templates, filters, color palettes, screen capture....and more!