For GA3, I chose an image I took a picture of a few months back from my visit to the Columbia Museum of Art. Chess is one of my favorite games. I really enjoyed the design of this chessboard in the museum's gift shop and decided to take a picture of it. I had no rationale behind choosing Phixr and Picture2Life in editing this image just that the websites looked professional. I would definitely use Picture2Life over Phixr because it has a larger variety of editing tools and that it gives multiple sharing options. The icons in Phixr were more cartoon-like but still allowed for various editing features. Picture2Life gives more creative independence towards editing photos because it allows customization of any editing option. Picture2Life also allows more options in sharing the photo you edit. I haven't had any experience in editing photographs over online image editors. I have used basic photo editing programs through Microsoft Office and more recently Photoshop Elements 13.
Criteria
Phixr
Picture2Life
Tool Selection
Good - Had a decent variety of editing tools.
Great - Had much better choices of tools to edit photos. Some editing options allowed for customization.
Interface
Average
Great
Speed
The effects were immediately applied to the image once selected. Upload speed was quick.
It took about 5 seconds for each effect to be applied. It didn't take long to undo the effect if you didn't like it. The upload speed was quick.
Export
Facebook, Flickr, Word Press, Dropbox, Picasa, Photobucket, SmugMug, Twitter, Live Journal, Snapfish, TypePad, Tumblr, PictureTrail, Moblog.net, Costco, Save to the computer
Bebo, Facebook, Friendster, Picasa, Twitpic, Webshots, Box.NET, Flickr, Photobucket, Tumblr, Twitter, Save to the computer
Flash/HTML
HTML
Flash
Max. file size
No Max. file size. Resize options are available
No Max. file size. Image uploads have no limitations.
Max. resolution
2100x2800
1280x1024, 1200x1600
Cost
Free
Free
Layers
Yes
Yes
Effects
A good variety. An average sized amount.
A wide variety of effects with custom options available for each effect.
Killer Feature
The fun effects options were very unique.
The oil paint effect for pictures gives them a more artistic style.
Original
Phixr
http://www.phixr.com/photo/userindex#
Picture2Life
http://www.picture2life.com/Pictures/Open/25243808
For GA3, I chose an image I took a picture of a few months back from my visit to the Columbia Museum of Art. Chess is one of my favorite games. I really enjoyed the design of this chessboard in the museum's gift shop and decided to take a picture of it. I had no rationale behind choosing Phixr and Picture2Life in editing this image just that the websites looked professional. I would definitely use Picture2Life over Phixr because it has a larger variety of editing tools and that it gives multiple sharing options. The icons in Phixr were more cartoon-like but still allowed for various editing features. Picture2Life gives more creative independence towards editing photos because it allows customization of any editing option. Picture2Life also allows more options in sharing the photo you edit. I haven't had any experience in editing photographs over online image editors. I have used basic photo editing programs through Microsoft Office and more recently Photoshop Elements 13.