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10 FREE Ways To Edit Your Photos Online

By Brad Andersohn

Education & Training with Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp Non-Licensed

August 27, 2011 10:35 AM

There are some great photo editing tools and software programs available for the pro digital photographers in the world, but how easy are they to use? What about the amateur photographer? Have you ever noticed the price tag on some of the software programs out there? And then there's the "lingo" and the "learning" curve... Geez, I give up!

Here's an alternative that will be inexpensive (free), give you a variety of options, and allow you to select the best and easiest way to get the most out of your photo editing experience. Regardless of how techsavvy you are, or techy defficient, one of these will be just right for you.

Here's the original article about Watermarking and Protecting your online photos and images, which also includes the Top 10 Photo editing sites, a couple tips on what NOT to do with online photos, and a photo editing tool that you can embed into your Blog or website to increase traffic, provide additional value, and keep visitors on your page or site even longer.

WARNING:
These sites can be extremely fun, incredibly useful, and very addicting to any compulsive photo enthusiasts.

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Barbara Altieri

Better Homes and Gardens RE Shore and Country Properties - Shelton, CT

REALTOR-Fairfield County CT Homes/Condos For Sale

Brad -- I love phixr for lightening up those dark interior pics which I usually have had to retake. Off hand, do you know if any of the others do a good (easy) job at lightening/brightening/contrasting? Thanks for posting these!

Aug 27, 2011 11:02 AM

Jeff Dowler, CRS

eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA

The Southern California Relocation Dude

Thanks a bunch, Brad. I use Picnik alot and love it but I think it has some limitations. This is a great list - bookmarked - so I can try some different ones out.

Jeff

Aug 27, 2011 11:05 AM

Kristin Hamilton CA REALTOR

Berkshire Hathaway California Realty - Beaumont, CA

(909) 557-6966- Specialize 55+ Communties Banning

I really like Picnik but will check out some of these other sites. Thanks for sharing. Brad, we talked on the phone a couple of weeks ago. You were very helpful with your vast computer knowledge. And you were right, AR had to upload the social media icons due to some problem; not mine. Thanks, you are very smart and helpful.

Aug 27, 2011 11:12 AM

Marte Cliff

Marte Cliff Copywriting - Priest River, ID

Your real estate writer

Thanks Brad, I've been trying to learn how to use Gimp - another free one. But... I'm no expert so mostly what I'm getting is frustrated.

I want to figure out how to remove the background and leave just the "foreground Image." Do you happen to know if one or more of these offers that function?

Aug 27, 2011 11:21 AM

Brad Andersohn

Retired Executive Director of Education at eXp - Boulder Creek, CA

ActiveBrad - 707.646.1876

Barbara - the contrast and brightness settings, etc. are available options in most of these sites. You'll have to explore and play with them to see which ones you like best. :-)

Aug 27, 2011 11:26 AM

Andrea Swiedler

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties - New Milford, CT

Realtor, Southern Litchfield County CT

Brad, great post! I use Picasa and Picnik already in addition to the regular programs I have. Oh, and Gimp, you suggested Gimp and I LOVE IT!

Aug 27, 2011 12:11 PM

Cindy Edwards

RE/MAX Checkmate - Johnson City, TN

CRS, GRI, PMN - Northeast Tennessee 423-677-6677

Brad,

You always have such great tips. Because of you, I am using Picnik. I also use Picasa.

Aug 27, 2011 02:07 PM

Louise Thaxton NMLS 69996

Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp Louisiana NMLS#2289 Equal Housing Lender - Leesville, LA

Military Mtg Specialist - 866-960-9115 VA FHA USDA

Brad - I use Picasso and LOVE it - I might check out some of the others - but loving that Picasso!

Aug 27, 2011 02:59 PM

Jeremy Joslin

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - South Windsor, CT

Professional Real Estate Marketing and Sales

I have used picasa and picnik and find these pretty easy to use. I was looking for a good one to delete the background out from my profile pic and ending up using the trial version of corel paintshop pro. Pretty cool but my image resolution ended up pixelated and not sure what I did wrong. I will give one of these others a try my next time around. Thanks for the info.

Aug 27, 2011 03:43 PM

Yvonne Van Camp REALTOR

To Buy and Sell Real Estate, see me at Southwest Missouri Realty - Springfield, MO

"Home"work, I have the Answers!

Very helpful, thanks for sharing. Lots to choose from!

Aug 27, 2011 04:19 PM

Phil Leng

Retired - Kirkland, WA

Phil Leng - Retired

Hi Brad,

Very useful recommendations.

I especially liked the warning:

WARNING:
These sites can be extremely fun, incredibly useful, and very addicting to any compulsive photo enthusiasts.

Made me laugh!

Phil

Aug 27, 2011 11:08 PM

Gita Bantwal

RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA

REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

Brad, Thanks for the post.I have hit suggest and also reblogged it.

Aug 28, 2011 12:33 AM

David Popoff

DMK Real Estate - Darien, CT

Realtor®,SRS, Green ~ Fairfield County, Ct

Brad, these sites are great, I have used Picnik and Picasa already but will have to check out the others, thanks for putting this together ~ Dave

Aug 28, 2011 12:35 AM

Warren Veach

State Continuing Education (StateCE) - Plano, TX

Hi Brad,

Thanks for the great tips! That's one of the things I like about ActiveRain, people like yourself sharing useful and helpful tips to improve everyone's online experiances.

Have a GREAT day!

Aug 28, 2011 02:10 AM

Mike Yeo

3:16 team REALTY - Frisco, TX

Brad - great tips. You always have great tips on websites and technology. Thanks.

Aug 28, 2011 02:12 AM

Don MacLean

New England Real Estate Center Inc. - Easton, MA

Realtor-Homes for Sale- Easton, Mass 02356

Brad, thanks for the direction. I need to start using something to give me and my blog a boost.

Enjoy the day

Aug 28, 2011 02:27 AM

Charlie Ragonesi

AllMountainRealty.com - Big Canoe, GA

Homes - Big Canoe, Jasper, North Georgia Pros

Thanks brad i hae used picassa before and was not aware of all these others out there so thanks for the good info

Aug 28, 2011 04:58 AM

Tatyana Makarov

Century 21 All Points Realty - South Windsor, CT

Your Greater Hartford Area Realtor

Brad, I always use picnik and picasa. Love these sites!

Thanks.

Aug 28, 2011 01:45 PM

Mary Macy

Top Agents Atlanta Metro - Roswell, GA

Top Agents Atlanta Metro

Brad, Thanks for the great ideas, photoshop is sometimes too cumbersome to open up with the speed of my computer, a quick online app may be the answer, I will check these out.

Aug 28, 2011 04:15 PM

Nathan Tutas

Tutas Towne Realty, Inc. - Davenport, FL

Your Central Florida Real Estate Expert

Now that Google owns Picnik you can't beat the two of them together. I can do almost anything I want with the combo and it doesn't take me forever. It's a great tool for my listing pics especially.

Sep 13, 2011 10:14 AM