I was long terrified of Photoshop (still am, but finally bought Elements a couple of weeks ago) and managed for a very long time without it. Two free photo editing tools helped me out a lot.
The first photo editing tool is the online photo editing website Picnik. It's free, although you can upgrade to Picnik Premium and pay a monthly fee for access to all kinds of additional editing tools. The basic editing features can do a lot for a photo with a couple of clicks. The "Effects" tab offers some more sophisticated editing options. There are also tools that allow you to add text, graphics, and seasonal elements to your photos. The best part is that you can upload photos, edit, and then save them to your computer without having to manage yet another gallery of images online. Although, if you want to edit and post, there are buttons that allow you to do that quickly to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, etc.
Picnik even has a handy tool under the frame tab that allowed me to upload and edit a photo and then show the "before" photo and the "after" photo:
The second photo editing tool is the free downloadable Photosheet program. Photosheet allows you to quickly and easily collage photos together by clicking and dragging them into the application. There are a ton of pre-set collages (for example: 4" X 6" with 2 photos, 8" X 10" with 6 photos, etc.) so all you have to do is choose one, click and drag your photos, hit save, and then print it out. I've done more layouts than I can count using Photosheet!
I know I already shared this layout a couple of weeks ago, but it's a great example of what Photosheet can do. I created a six photo 4" X 6" collage, saved it, and printed it out. The whole process took me about two minutes to do, literally two minutes. Think about how long it takes to click and drag six items, hit save, open a saved file, put photo paper in the printer, and hit "print."
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| Cardstock: Bazzill Basics + Patterned Paper: October Afternoon + Die Cuts: October Afternoon (cablegram), Silhouette (mustaches, airplane ticket ) + Stickers: October Afternoon + Rubber Charm: October Afternoon + Tin Pin: October Afternoon |
Hope that these links prove useful to some of you!
1 comment:
I swear by Picnik and I even have PS 7 downloaded in my computer, just too lazy/too busy to learn anything new :( And I recently downloaded Photosheet because I need to find somehow, someway to print out all my mom's 3x3 and 4x4 old photos now that scrapbookpictures.com has closed shop. So glad you are blogging again!
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