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Pixlr - the online image editor

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Re: Pixlr - the online image editor

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Post by mrtron »

wensing wrote: post #19
mishmax wrote: post #10

I don't get what's unique about this. splashup.com and picnik have similar services.

Sometimes it's more about execution than product inventory. If you go to http://pixlr.com/app , you immediately get a Photoshop interface. If you go to http://www.picnik.com/app , you get to wait for a minute while the app 'fluffs clouds' and then you get a screen full of buttons and text ... when do I get to edit my photo again? I had never heard of splashup.com. Their app execution seems good compared to picnik, co…

Nah, it is always about execution :)

Re: Pixlr - the online image editor

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Post by kolya3 »

mishmax wrote: post #10

I don't get what's unique about this. splashup.com and picnik have similar services.

It may not be a unique idea but it's certainly the best execution when it comes to familiarity. Not only does Pixlr look and feel like Photoshop, but it supports Photoshop keyboard shortcuts, while the other two apps do not. As an experienced Photoshop user, my efficiency with the tool depends solely on those shortcuts.

Re: Pixlr - the online image editor

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Post by liuliu »

eggnet wrote: post #16

This is a flash app, not javascript, fyi.

sometimes javascript just can not handle them all. Their are only one implementation of actionscript (as least only one major implementation). But there are at least four individual implementation of js engine. IE's creepy js even do not have canvas yet. that makes it nearly impossible to create some all js based pic-editing service.

Re: Pixlr - the online image editor

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Post by niels_olson »

my six year old daughter is in love with this and my 3-year old son is green with envy. Using a Wacom Intuos 3 on SuSE 11 in KDE 4 with Compiz on a 5 year old Dell. It would be nice if the Wacom tablet's pen eraser worked. Could a Firefox plugin help with that? (Here's an introductory Wacom-on-Linux howto with links to more authoritative sources: http://en.opensuse.org/Wacom_USB_tablet_howto)
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