{"id":109,"date":"2008-09-22T09:20:23","date_gmt":"2008-09-22T14:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/?p=109"},"modified":"2008-09-22T09:20:23","modified_gmt":"2008-09-22T14:20:23","slug":"photoshop-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/22\/photoshop-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Photoshop for free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/picture-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-110 alignleft\" title=\"picture-1\" src=\"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/picture-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"174\" height=\"36\" \/><\/a>Before you drop <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Adobe-23102480-Photoshop-CS3\/dp\/B000NDIBYG\/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&amp;s=software&amp;qid=1222091527&amp;sr=1-4\">$600 on a copy of Photoshop CS3<\/a> for that designer or copy editor on your staff, you might want to consider what you can do for free with the online photo editing site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.photoshop.com\/\">photoshop.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The site has been in beta testing for months now, but officially launched last week. Once you upload your photos, you can do some basic cropping and toning of photos. A couple more &#8220;Photoshoppy&#8221; features include being able to pop certain colors in a photo and being able to turn your photo into a sketch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/sketch2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-119\" title=\"sketch2\" src=\"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/sketch2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"248\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2GB of online storage<\/li>\n<li>The ability to upgrade to more features and more storage<\/li>\n<li>Create online galleries to share your photos with friends<\/li>\n<li>Easily edit and upload your photos on Flickr, Facebook, Picasa and Photobucket<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The site doesn&#8217;t come anywhere near offering the features of Photoshop CS3 (it&#8217;s more comparable to Photoshop Express), but if all you need is the ability to do some basic cropping and toning, this might get the job done.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of online photo editing is nothing new. Other sites out there include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.picnik.com\/\">Picnik<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.splashup.com\/\">Splashup<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phixr.com\/\">Phixr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been a Picnik.com user for about a year now &#8211; mainly for its ability to crop photos to the exact size I need for our online eyepieces (which, sadly, Photoshop.com can&#8217;t do). But it&#8217;s impossible to ignore a site with the name &#8220;Photoshop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Look for more features from this site in the future. If the trend is toward web-based applications, you can guarantee this one will be huge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before you drop $600 on a copy of Photoshop CS3 for that designer or copy editor on your staff, you might want to consider what you can do for free with the online photo editing site photoshop.com. The site has been in beta testing for months now, but officially launched last week. 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