With ‘Stylize’ tool you can transform your photos into different modes such as pencil, sketch, silk, halftone, watercolor, and so on.Express your feelings or ideas in your images by adding text to them with ‘Type’ tool, you can add text to the images and even select the font type, size and its opacity.Accessorize your images or make them comic-type images and have fun sharing them with your family and friends, as ‘Stickers’ tool presents some cute and witty stickers that you can easily add to your images.Stylize your photos with the help of ‘Border’ tool from where you can add numerous types of borders to your images including film, grunge, ink, nature, ripped paper, and white-ripped.Now create the kind of images you see in online ads and websites where an effect or image overlaps the main image you can do so with ‘Overlay’ tool which lets you apply effects (like canvas, fireworks, flame, and more) over your own image.Main types of effects are creative, default, subtle, too_old, unicolor, and vintage each of these further have an extended list of effects There is a wide range of effects available that are so unbelievably amazing that you will be left in a dilemma about which one to apply in your image.Improve the quality of your image by using ‘Refine’ tool with which you can make adjustments like color, contrast, blur, sharpen, and smooth.The ‘Fast’ tool tile is capable of performing numerous tasks to create the images in exactly the way you want you can crop the image, bend it at a desired angle (with Straighten tool), resize it, reduce red-eye effect, and heal it by increasing/decreasing brightness.A large area of the window is given for the platform to edit the image and below that another set of tools is given to perform actions like: zoom in/out, view metadata, and share via Facebook, Twitter, or email. Each of these tools have extended subset of tools, for instance, ‘Fast’ has following tools: color, contrast, blur, sharpen, and more. The main tools can be accessed from the toolbar shown in the left panel including fast, refine, effect, and so on. The main menu options are displayed in the menu bar at the top from where all of its functions can be controlled such as Fast (to crop, straighten, resize) and Refine (to Color, contrast, blur). Interface of Pixlr is decent, modern, and intuitive moreover, the layout is very well-organized that makes its usage an effortless task for both novice and expert users alike. Following operating systems are compatible with this application:  Windows 7/8 (32-bit and 64-bit). There is nothing much to choose during this process except confirming the setup’s installation location. Since this application is multilingual, so in the first phase it installs localization files for different languages and then in the second phase installs the setup. On top of that, it can be used online as well as offline for online use you can visit its website () and directly launch any of the three applications: Pixlr Editor, Pixlr Express or Pixlr O-matic for offline use, simply install it in your iOS or Android mobile phones, Windows or Mac desktops, or add as an add-on in Google Chrome. With this usable application, you can enhance your photos by performing operations on them such as crop, straighten, resize, autofix, red-eye reduction, splash, and more. I captured a quick video (with SnagIt’s new Video capture feature –LOVE IT) showing using the web based Pixlr-o-matic and browsing the Effects applying the new Shaan Effect and then adding a border.Autodesk Pixlr is an exceptional image editor that enables you to quickly and easily stylize your photos by applying various effects, filters, overlays, and stickers. You get access to all the effects for free including the newest one “Shaan”. On the web based Pixlr-o-matic you can upload photos or use your webcam. Too Old - 6 Effects including the Shaan Effect.On the web version and Android they are free but on iOS they are $2.99. With the free mobile App for Android or iOS you get the Default Effects containing 25 nice effects. The Shaan Effect is a retro style sepia look that I had discussed with the founder of Pixlr Ola Sevandersson at Autodesk University 2011. One awesome surprise to me was the addition of the new “Shaan” photo effect to the latest update. You can load photos and apply creative and retro treatments. Pixlr-o-matic is available on the web at as a download, on Facebook, as a Chrome web app, and for your Android or iOS device. There is the online powerful Pixlr Editor and then the Pixlr-o-matic online and mobile that allows creative and retro treatments of photos. There have been many Pixlr updates recently and an added surprise for me personally after a photo effect was named for me in Pixlr-o-matic web and mobile products.Īutodesk acquired Pixlr July 2011 and they have a few online and mobile image editing solutions.
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