Picnik
Encyclopedia
Picnik is an online photo editing
service. It is headquartered in Downtown
Seattle, Washington, United States
. Currently it can import photos natively from Facebook
, Myspace
, Picasa Web Albums, Flickr
, Yahoo Image search, Google Plus and also offers options to upload from a computer or to upload from a website.
Many of Picnik's basic photo editing tools are free to use. Picnik Premium includes additional photo editing features and is offered for a monthly, 6-month, or annual subscription cost.
Picnik has a partnership with Flickr that includes a less feature-rich version of Picnik built into Flickr as a default photo editor.
They have also signed up to do photo editing with free website creator Webs.
Picnik was acquired by Google
on March 1, 2010.http://blog.picnik.com/2010/03/google-acquires-picnik/ Picnik blog, accessed 3/1/2010
Image editing
Image editing encompasses the processes of altering images, whether they be digital photographs, traditional analog photographs, or illustrations. Traditional analog image editing is known as photo retouching, using tools such as an airbrush to modify photographs, or editing illustrations with any...
service. It is headquartered in Downtown
Downtown Seattle
Downtown is the central business district of Seattle, Washington. It is fairly compact compared to other city centers on the West Coast because of its geographical situation: hemmed in on the north and east by hills, on the west by the Elliott Bay, and on the south by reclaimed land that was once...
Seattle, Washington, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Currently it can import photos natively from Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
, Myspace
Myspace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
, Picasa Web Albums, Flickr
Flickr
Flickr is an image hosting and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community that was created by Ludicorp in 2004 and acquired by Yahoo! in 2005. In addition to being a popular website for users to share and embed personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers to...
, Yahoo Image search, Google Plus and also offers options to upload from a computer or to upload from a website.
Many of Picnik's basic photo editing tools are free to use. Picnik Premium includes additional photo editing features and is offered for a monthly, 6-month, or annual subscription cost.
Picnik has a partnership with Flickr that includes a less feature-rich version of Picnik built into Flickr as a default photo editor.
They have also signed up to do photo editing with free website creator Webs.
Picnik was acquired by Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
on March 1, 2010.http://blog.picnik.com/2010/03/google-acquires-picnik/ Picnik blog, accessed 3/1/2010