I needed a simple photo manipulation the other day. Just to cut two parts of the image and bond them together.
It turns out that none of the seven (!) online photo editing tools I tried can perform this simple operation. And not to mention preserving transparency on the image.
Also while I am at it, it seems they all have a very serious issue with the business model. They are all free but then rotate ads as you work instead.
Which is totally counter-productive and annoying for the user, who is already annoyed buy the lack of basic operations like copy and paste.
Honestly, just make a worthy tool, with a small price tag and watch the money roll in.
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I got mine for free from this artist - http://beta.phokki.com/gallery/style/345. You might as well pay a couple of bucks for this and save time.
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I really don´t think this is the one to go for now.
You can create valid passport photos with http://idphoto4you.com website.
It uses face detection to set size and position of head.
It is free.
Hey ,
cruising through paid content i found this story
http://paidcontent.org/article/419-aviary-raises-7-million-from-spark-capital-bezos-for-online-image-editi/
-- maybe this service by aviary does what you want, it seems pretty cool
http://aviary.com/
and that is before they got 7 mil in startup cash
Why do you need a service when a simple USB installation of GIMP would solve the problem?
ok imagine you are on a vacation somewhere, need to quickly edit a photo and all you have is internet access from a coffee shop (or perhaps you carry usb stick with GIMP all the time ;)
Did you try the GIMP... I mean it may be overkill, but what the heck
I am not aware of neither GIMP or IrfanView online versins. Besides I tried IrfanView desktop version and it couldnt do what I wanted :)
Have you tried good old irfanview? Been around forever, don't know what I'd do without it.
Pixenate is an interesting tool that I worked with recently - it lacks some of the features you mention but they might be open to adding them. It has both a free website where anyone can use it and a product that developers can add to their own website.
I think there is still plenty of space for an Ajax driven, server side tool that could do all editing operations.
Which of the services have you tried?
Have you tried Aviary? It seems quite awesome...
They didn't appear in my search results but seem to be better than most I've tried. They need to hire an SEO though ;)
do you have something better to suggest for generating revenues for an informative site? online ads shouldn't be the only way to reward the site owners. They destroy the aesthetics of any well-designed themes.
This would be a service, and as such simple payment for the service would be most appropriate.