Google continues to work hard to complete its online offerings. As the internet company announced on Tuesday night, the web-based photo editing program Picnik is moving into its own portfolio. With the takeover, Google can now call an interesting photo service its own, which can score as a free Photoshop replacement, especially with social media users, but also with users of photo platforms such as Flickr and Picasa.

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Processed a billion pictures
Over a billion images have already been processed on the Picnik platform since it was launched around three years ago. The platform proves to be extremely flexible, what the

Affects connection to all social networks. You can dock with a simple log-in to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Picasa, Flickr, Photobucket and other services. In a few seconds, the platform uploads the available images to Picnik for editing. The edited images can then be saved again directly on the respective platforms or on your own computer with a single click.
With the processing functions offered, Picnik relies on intuitive and simple operation. The free offer includes basic tools such as image correction, contrast, brightness, color temperature, red-eye remover, sharpness, rotation, cropping and resizing. Additional effects as well as a history that can be used to track the changes made to the photos are also included. The entire application environment is Flash-based.

Handy browser plug-ins
The browser plug-in for Firefox, IE and Chrome, which allows uncomplicated editing of photos with a right-click of the mouse directly from the browser, has also proven to be particularly practical. For professional users who are not satisfied with the basic range of functions, Picnik has provided a premium service with extended functions.
A premium account costs $ 24,95 a year, alternatively a monthly or half-yearly fee of $ 4,95 and $ 19,95 is offered. With this, the user has access to a range of special effects, and advertising is also dispensed with. As Google and Picnik announced in unison, the service will continue unchanged for the time being. It is currently unclear whether Google Picnik will be integrated into its own Google apps or whether the price model will be changed. The two companies agreed not to disclose the amount of the sales price. (mh)

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