(As posted on ContractorTalk.com - view post)
This online photo editor tool would be very useful for anyone in possession of a growing collection of digital photos.  It makes it really to apply basic and some advanced edits to photos very quickly.

For a contractor, this tool will help you clean up project photos for printing locally, sending to a printer, including in your print portfolio, sending to your web designer or just general editing.

As digital photography grows, there seems to be a push to create a good online photo editor. I’m in the business to pay attention to tools like these, so I thought I’d share my experience here. Not everyone wants to buy $100 to $500 photo editor software. A free online editor is a great option.

The latest I’ve come across is called Picnik.
http://www.picnik.com/

Picnik is pretty amazing. It has all the standard required features like:

• autofix tools
• rotate
• cropping
• resizing
• color fixing
• brightness control
• red eye
• sharpening

and a whole slew of other “cool” features like:

• convert to sepia tone
• convert to black & white
• boost colors
• vignette (darkening of edges of photo)
• even add a border or cool rounded corners

I was able to quickly import a photo, enhance it, resize it and save it within 1 minute. The interface is clean and the tabbed navigation system is very intuitive. Everything seems to happen INSTANTLY even though Picnik is a web application.

What Picnik does not do:
It doesn’t allow you to fix photo artifacts, blotches or remove debri from your photos. 

QUICK TIP: Once you are into the editing process, click the Picnik logo to instantly get a Fullscreen view. Click it again to go back to your window. Awesome!

Check it out.
http://www.picnik.com/

I give it a 9.5/10 for basic to intermediate photo editor needs. Pros and enthusiasts that use a photo editor regularly will still want to stick to buying a good photo editor by Adobe or Microsoft. I prefer Photoshop CS2 and recommend Photoshop Elements 5 to most enthusiasts.

By the way, here is a list of 5 other online photo editors:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/04…ting-overview/ (They agree that Picnik is the current best)

Adobe is also building an online ad-supported version of their Photoshop product! It should be released in 6 months. Read about it here on Cnet.