Pixlr - the online image editor

http://pixlr.com/

by baltoo • 18 years ago

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pixlr.com

jpavlik• 18 years ago

Awesome. I've been using ImageWell on Mac for photo resizing, but this might be even easier.

Is this the same people who do SEOMoz? Just ask because it has a similar header style.

Create• 18 years ago

http://canvaspaint.org/#

mhidalgo• 18 years ago

http://a.viary.com/home

These guys are doing some pretty cool stuff...

tptacek• 18 years ago

Pixlr seems significantly faster than Phoenix.

louislouis• 18 years ago

and Pixlr looks like photoshop which will save many from learning a new interface.

pogos• 18 years ago

I actually forgot I'm using browser for a moment :-) Brilliant.

mike_branski• 18 years ago

Ditto. One gripe in playing with it for a few minutes, though, is that it didn't ask me to save changes to my document before closing it.

A right-click context menu would also be killer.

yeahit• 18 years ago

Ditto. But Keyboard shortcuts dont work on my Firefox 2 here. Any idea why? For example, CTRL+C / CTRL+V doesnt work.

pixlr3• 18 years ago

I know that ie hogs some of the ctrl commands but it should (and does for me) work in ff

wensing3• 18 years ago

Bravo! (With extra kudos for having the design sense to include the 'Jump In' button)

Now let me point you to the S3 bucket, web directory, Picasa, flickr account, etc. where I store all of my photos.

I might not have to buy Photoshop for my new Mac Mini now.

pixlr3• 18 years ago

A browse integration will bee added soon :)

m0digital2• 18 years ago

Cool app.

What I don't get is why hasn't Adobe done this already w/ Photoshop? A online version that is subscription based. The industry is slowly moving towards that direction, maybe they will follow.

dmix• 18 years ago

I have been using Photoshop.com for a while now and this app is much much more stable. It's also about 10x faster, I'm impressed.

It's just like Adobe to build a bloated application.

I have a copy of CS3 installed locally but I often just want to do a quick edit and was using the online PS version (I've tried aviary too) and I wasn't very happy with the other options.

If you want to compare try uploading a file in both apps. In photoshop.com it takes about 30 seconds for even the dialog box to open.

m0digital2• 18 years ago

Ah. I wasn't aware of Photoshop.com.

mishmax• 18 years ago

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

wensing3• 18 years ago

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, comparable to pixlr. Perhaps marketing failed?

mrtron• 18 years ago

Nah, it is always about execution :)

kolya3• 18 years ago

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.

redorb• 18 years ago

very good, I like how it was so responsive,

jmtame• 18 years ago

Wow, feels a lot like Photoshop but on the web. I like it!

Mistone• 18 years ago

awesome app!, I was so excited about splashup.com and still use it on occasion but it clear there is little dev going on around the app. this looks good, well done!

callmeed3• 18 years ago

Impressive.

Coming from the pro photography industry, I could think of a few ways to monetize this right away.

netcan5• 18 years ago

Like what?

iron_ball• 18 years ago

You could make a shrinkwrap desktop app out of it, with a lot of additional features, and sell it for $799.

callmeed3• 18 years ago

Maybe I shouldn't have said "right away". Rather, "with a few small tweaks".

One thing that comes to mind is to push it as something photographers can use to create book/album pages. Instead of File->New and choosing a size, have some pre-built page sizes that work with a partner printer.

In fact, with some of those tweaks, you could probably license it to some album companies–they already license software like photojunction for this purpose. No reason it couldn't be online and automatically order/push your files.

If you had an online archiving service, similar to Photoshelter, this would be a great add-on. You wouldn't have to pull your image(s) down to convert to B/W or prep for a certain print size. I think there's definitely room for a small agile company (leverage cloud services) in this space (with Digital Railroad going out of business).

Also, since this is Flash-based, why not convert this to an AIR app ... then you have access to the local filesystem but still have great networking features that let you push files to labs/S3/stock sites. Subscription for $3/month.

Would love to see the ability to record actions on here.

eggnet• 18 years ago

This is a flash app, not javascript, fyi.

axod2• 18 years ago

Which is a big shame IMHO...

netcan5• 18 years ago

Why specifically?

wensing3• 18 years ago

Seems completely reasonable to me.

liuliu• 18 years ago

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.

markbao• 18 years ago

Wow, I was expecting a loading screen.

Imagine my WTF at when it loaded instantly.

vegashacker• 18 years ago

Very nice. I needed to quickly edit an icon png and this tool did the job quickly, without getting in my way.

niels_olson• 18 years ago

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)

kwamenum86• 18 years ago

Not intimidating, familiar interface, many of the PS shortcut keys work, only SLIGHTLY laggy, really really great work.

sarvesh• 18 years ago

It is a very good app. Out of curiosity, what is your revenue model? I don't see ads being a good idea. Will be launching a paid version?

pixlr3• 18 years ago

There is a idéa of licensing the service/technique. The pixlr.com will always stay free.

snprbob86• 18 years ago

I want to be able to resize the tool windows from any edge, not just the bottom right corner :-)

netcan5• 18 years ago

I think that I no longer need seashore

jkneib• 18 years ago

Absolutely awesome - haven't been approached by Adobe yet?

jcl• 18 years ago

Really fantastic; I had no idea Flash could run so well. Minor nits: I missed Photoshop's ctrl-space/ctrl-alt-space key combos for zooming, and using the numeric keys to set brush opacity (or layer opacity for non-brush tools).

savrajsingh• 18 years ago

http://splashup.com, yc summer '07

resdirector• 17 years ago

http://pixlr.com/editor/ should be their home page. The information on http://pixlr.com/ is superfluous at best and a barrier to entry at worst!

Pixlr - the online image editor

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