Pixlr is a browser editing tool yet powerful. It’s free and it has a long-range of brushes, masks, filters, blending modes, and other advanced editing tools you may need or not. But they are good to be there. Pixlr free image editing tool can even replace in some way Photoshop at least when you are not having access to your personal computer to work on.
What kind of user will benefit from Pixlr free image editing tool:
To be honest it’s not for everyone at least out of the box.
Consequently, you have to be somehow familiar with image editing tools. In order to be able to use it or at least to struggle a bit until you complete your first great attempt :). Although I am sure you will be fine.
If you are not a professional and you want a free tool to help you out with image edited stuff and you are willing to try it you absolutely can count on it.
For instance, i am a professional and still count on it. Most of the time when i don’t have access on other applications like Photoshop or Gimp.
Browser editing tool:
One great thing about the Pixlr is you don’t have to download and install it on your machine (Pc, Mac, Linux) you could have access through an internet browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Explorer, etc.). What’s the beauty of it! You don’t have to count on your own machine to get the work done. It’s powerful if you think about it.
Features:
- save image in many formats (jpeg, png, bmp, tiff)
- image size, canvas size
- crop image
- rotation – flip canvas
- layer commands (duplicate layer, merge – flatten image, rasterize layer, import image URL )
- layer styles (inner shadow, drop shadows, etc.)
- mask layer
- text function
- color correction (levels, curves, hue & saturation, exposure, etc.)
- plenty of filters (blur, noise, vignette, sharper, etc.)
- panels (navigator, layers, history)
- full-screen mode
- and much more
Where to use Pixlr free image editing tool:
Well, it’s quite simple. Everywhere, is a good place to start :). From the facebook profile picture of yours (general user) to client final image manipulation order (pro user).
You could make tons of things with it. Adding a simple vignette on your photo to upload it on Instagram to drastically change the original photo with masks, filters, and blending modes to something entirely different you could be proud off and be happy to share it with your friends or clients.
Conclusion:
If you are not used it already, i think you going to love it. It’s not accidental that it has over 500 million users worldwide. I think it’s worth the shot.
