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Web-Based Photo Editors

We looked at six free, browser-based image editors that promise to make photo fixes easy; this chart summarizes their differences.

Harry McCracken

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Picnik PCW Rating: 87.0PCW Rating: 87.0PCW Rating: 87.0

Last Rated: August 27, 2008

1. Picnik

Number of effects: 31, Text: Yes, Borders: Yes, Layers: Yes, Full-screen mode: No, Printing support: Yes, Supports Facebook, Flickr, Freewebs, MySpace, Photobucket, Picasa, Webshots, Yahoo

Bottom Line: A superb interface and thoughtful touches make photo editing fun; some features are reserved for the $25/year Premium edition.

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FotoFlexer PCW Rating: 84.0PCW Rating: 84.0PCW Rating: 84.0

Last Rated: August 27, 2008

2. FotoFlexer

Number of effects: 34, Text: Yes, Borders: Yes, Layers: Yes, Full-screen mode: Yes, Printing support: No, Supports Facebook, Flickr, MySpace, Phanfare, Photobucket, Picasa, Smugmug, Yahoo

Bottom Line: A bevy of unique editing tools wrapped up in a better-than-average interface; full-resolution editing is optional and somewhat sluggish.

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Photoshop Express PCW Rating: 78.0PCW Rating: 78.0PCW Rating: 78.0

Last Rated: August 27, 2008

3. Photoshop Express

Number of effects: 6, Text: No, Borders: No, Layers: No, Full-screen mode: Yes, Printing support: No, Supports Facebook, Flickr, Photobucket, Picase

Bottom Line: Includes a photo organizer, unlimited Undo, and well-done tools for basic editing, but lacks some standard features such as text insertion.

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Splashup PCW Rating: 77.0PCW Rating: 77.0PCW Rating: 77.0

Last Rated: August 27, 2008

4. Splashup

Number of effects: 13, Text: Yes, Borders: No, Layers: Yes, Full-screen mode: Yes, Printing support:: No, Supports Facebook, Flickr, Picasa

Bottom Line: Mimics Photoshop with amazing fidelity, including layer support; but it's less usable than the best, and short on flashy effects.

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FlauntR PCW Rating: 66.0PCW Rating: 66.0PCW Rating: 66.0

Last Rated: August 27, 2008

5. FlauntR

Number of effects: 33, Text: Yes, Borders: Yes, Layers: No, Full-screen mode: Yes, Printing support: No, Supports Bebo, Facebook, Flickr, Picasa

Bottom Line: Bursting at the seams with whizzy features, but the convoluted and sluggish interface makes FlauntR a drag to use.

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Picture2Life PCW Rating: 55.0PCW Rating: 55.0PCW Rating: 55.0

Last Rated: August 27, 2008

6. Picture2Life

Number of effects: 33, Text: Yes, Borders: Yes, Layers: No, Full-screen mode: No, Printing support: No, Supports 23, Facebook, Flickr, Webshots

Bottom Line: Lots of effects and a few interesting features can't make up for a hopelessly bad user experience.

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