Sunday, May 6, 2012

An Alternative to Picnik

Many of you are likely mourning the mid-April closing of Picnik.com and searching for a web replacement.  Though Picnik still exists, it moved to Google+, where only members have access to the effects.  For people who want a Picnik replacement but aren't willing to fork out the cash for Photoshop, my sister recently informed me of a good alternative website.  It is virtually identical Picnik in the effects that it offers, though it seems to have a larger number of premium effects, so you can't do as much as a free user (be sure to click on the monkey on the premium effects for a free trial).  It may take you a little while to figure out where everything is on the website, but it should look very familiar to you overall.  Most of the effects have the same name that they had on Picnik, so you should easily be able to achieve the same look on PicMonkey that you always did on Picnik!  A link to the site is provided below.  I encourage you to check it out and celebrate the discovery of Picnik stand-in!

http://www.picmonkey.com/