Snapshot Chronicles

Susan Getgood's personal blog

Going on a Picnik

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I’ve just started to explore the web-based graphic program Picnik, and so far I am impressed. I’ve been using Picasa, but there are some things it doesn’t do (or I can’t figure out) so I still have to use Irfanview for them. For example, resize images.

Picnik seems to be able to handle just about everything I need and it is very easy to use. It just came out of beta, and the premium version is available for free trial right now. I wish it would let me resize images in inches not just pixels, but I can deal.

Here are two images that I messed around with today.

Before:

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After:

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Before:

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After:

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Applefest, Fall photo tips and pumpkins

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Yesterday we went to the AppleFest at Mount Wachusett. The highlight was the chair lift ride to the top of the mountain. It was a gorgeous, cold fall day — clear enough to see Boston in the distance.

Here are some pictures I took on the ride back down the mountain. More on Flickr.

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More fall photo fun:

Great fall photo tips from the folks at Photojojo

Jack-o-lantern carving stencils and a pumpkin photo contest from HP and the World Wildlife Fund. The carving stencils feature endangered species and wildlife scenes, and are available at www.worldwildlife.org/pumpkins and the HP Activity Center.

To enter the contest, upload a photo of your carved pumpkin to www.snapfish.com/goingwildwithpumpkins by October 29.

(Disclosure: HP is a client, although I did not work on this project.)