WebTrickz » image-editor http://webtrickz.com A Blog where Technology resides Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:58:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Free Skitch Android App – Annotate, Edit & Share Photos http://webtrickz.com/free-skitch-android-app-annotate-edit-share-photos/ http://webtrickz.com/free-skitch-android-app-annotate-edit-share-photos/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:40:03 +0000 Mayur http://webtrickz.com/free-skitch-android-app-annotate-edit-share-photos/ Evernote has acquired the interesting Mac app ‘Skitch’ and apart from making the app absolutely Free for Mac, evernote has also launched Free Skitch app for Android. Skitch for Android is a fun, amazing and a great app that allows users to take snapshots, annotate images, make sketches, and share them easily directly from their mobile.

Skitch is a perfect app to easily and quickly take a snapshot of something or open a saved image to add some cool and meaningful stuff to it. The app has a very simple and nice user interface with a variety of essential features and settings to customize the photo as desired without requiring any technical knowledge. This is just the first version of Skitch for Android which would be improved and enhanced later in future.

skitch-homescreen_android     skitch-annotate-photo

Skitch home screen offers 3 options: take a snapshot, load an image from your gallery or start with a blank canvas. Take a snapshot, then draw an arrow or add a caption and share it instantly on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc. There are two rows of options in the app namely: the action bar and the tool bar.

The Action Bar includes:

  • Home: This returns you to the home screen.
  • Trash: Either erase a selected object or clear the whole screen by tapping and holding the option.
  • Undo/Redo: Step back or forward through your annotations.
  • Share: Share the annotated image with other apps installed on your device.
  • Send to Evernote: This option shows up when you have Evernote installed.

The Tool Bar includes:

  • Color and size popover: Tap this option to choose the color and line thickness of your objects.
  • Pencil and highlighter: The pencil allows you to create freehand shapes with your finger or stylus. Tap and hold to reveal the highlighter tool which creates semi-transparent lines for highlighting.
  • Arrow: Point out the best stuff with the arrows Skitch is known for.
  • Select: Tap on any object, then drag it to change its position.
  • Type: Use this tool to add text to your images.
  • Shape: Tap and hold to choose a shape, then drag your finger on the screen to create it.

Tap the menu button and select ‘Settings’ to access some advanced settings, including highlighter opacity and scaling.

skitch-settings_android

Evernote is working to bring Skitch to iPhone, iPad and other major platforms.

Download Skitch for Android    via  [Evernote Blog]

Also See: Evernote Acquires Skitch, Get Skitch App Free for Mac

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]]> http://webtrickz.com/free-skitch-android-app-annotate-edit-share-photos/feed/ 0 Evernote Acquires Skitch, Get Skitch App Free for Mac http://webtrickz.com/evernote-acquires-skitch-get-skitch-app-free-for-mac/ http://webtrickz.com/evernote-acquires-skitch-get-skitch-app-free-for-mac/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:40:21 +0000 Mayur http://webtrickz.com/evernote-acquires-skitch-get-skitch-app-free-for-mac/ Evernote, one of the best and full-fledged notetaking app for major platforms has now acquired Skitch. Skitch is an amazing Mac application packed with efficient features to capture, annotate and share images. Evernote team is also working to integrate Skitch with Evernote so as to let users easily draw, ink, grab screenshots, annotate and share their photos. Furthermore, Evernote has plans to polish Skitch, add new features and desires to make Skitch available on every desktop and mobile platform.

Luckily, Evernote has made Skitch Free for Mac! The full version of Skitch, which used to be $19.95 in the Mac App Store, is now completely FREE! There are no more trial versions, no more ads and no more restrictions, either.

New users can sign into Skitch with their Evernote credentials. Existing Skitch users can continue to use their Skitch.com accounts.

Skitch is a smart and easy-to-use app that allows you to quickly take Screen capture, crop, resize, sketch and share. With the free built-in skitch.com image hosting, Skitch is the fastest and easiest way to share your work and your life.

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Key Features:

  • Screen grab your desktop, web browser or apps
  • Annotate with pen, text, shapes and arrows
  • Instantly upload to skitch.com, Flickr, FTP & .me
  • Resize, crop, rotate & flip images
  • Capture full length (longer than your screen) websites
  • Take photos with your built in webcam
  • Open and save in many different image formats
  • Archive and re-use images from your Skitch history

Download Skitch App for Mac    via  [Evernote Blog]

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]]> http://webtrickz.com/evernote-acquires-skitch-get-skitch-app-free-for-mac/feed/ 1 Why the Built-In Photo Editor on Google+ Rocks http://webtrickz.com/why-the-built-in-photo-editor-on-google-rocks/ http://webtrickz.com/why-the-built-in-photo-editor-on-google-rocks/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:04:13 +0000 Mayur http://webtrickz.com/why-the-built-in-photo-editor-on-google-rocks/ Everyone must be knowing about Google’s new innovation “Google+” by now. Google+ is a social network, deemed to turn very popular as it offers the taste of both Facebook and Twitter, plus a variety of interesting features that makes Google+ stand out from others. Based on that, we covered 25 Google+ Tips to enhance Google+ experience.

The Tip #8 from our Google+ Tips article impressed me a lot, so I decided to explore it in a better way with our readers. As per the tip, Google+ allows the facility to edit the photos uploaded by you. That’s one really magnificent feature and works very well!

When Google+ Photo Enhancer comes Handy?

Assume, you’re clicking photos from your mobile phone camera which is usually of mid-range and doesn’t returns high quality pictures unlike a digital camera. Now, if you’ve shared a photo directly from your phone using the Google+ Android app and later on notice that the photo looks dull and awful, as was happened in my case. Then, you can simply edit the photos and enhance their overall quality using Google+ web interface.

To do so, just click on the uploaded photo from your profile stream or select it from Photos > Your albums on Google+. Tap the Actions menu and select Edit photo. You can then enhance the photo quality and colors using the 6 brilliant effects namely: Cross Process, Orton, I’m Feeling Lucky, Black and White, Auto Color and Auto Contrast.

edit photo    image effects

Comparison between Original and Modified Photo -

original    Edited

- The photo at right side is enhanced using the I’m Feeling Lucky effect.

original    Edited

- The photo at right side is enhanced using the Cross Process effect.

As one can see, the photo quality has improved by a remarkable difference in just a single click, without the need of any software. The best thing is that you can ‘Undo’ changes and revert anytime to original image even after saving the edited photo. One downside of Google+ is that it doesn’t uploads the picture in its full-size.

Do give it a try! I personally loved it as I don’t know much about editing and all. :D

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]]> http://webtrickz.com/why-the-built-in-photo-editor-on-google-rocks/feed/ 11 Take screenshots of Web Pages in Google Chrome with ‘Screen Capture’ extension by Google http://webtrickz.com/take-screenshots-of-web-pages-in-google-chrome-with-screen-capture-extension-by-google/ http://webtrickz.com/take-screenshots-of-web-pages-in-google-chrome-with-screen-capture-extension-by-google/#comments Sat, 04 Dec 2010 14:39:32 +0000 Mayur http://webtrickz.com/take-screenshots-of-web-pages-in-google-chrome-with-screen-capture-extension-by-google/ ‘Screen Capture’ (by Google) is an effective and useful extension for Google Chrome, which allows users to quickly and easily capture quality screenshots of WebPages. The extension has 3 screen capture modes: capture visible content of a tab, a region of a web page, or the whole scrolling webpage as a PNG image.

Screen Capture    Screen Capture_2

It also offers some editing tools to edit the screenshot before saving it. The screen captures can also be copied to clipboard in a simple click.

Screen Capture_editing tools

You can choose ‘Autosave’ from Options if you prefer to take screenshots quickly without doing any editing. This way captures will be automatically stored in the default save location, followed by a message in the bottom right corner to access them.

Screen Capture_options

This extension does a great job. Do give it a try!

Screen Capture (by Google) – Google Chrome extension

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]]> http://webtrickz.com/take-screenshots-of-web-pages-in-google-chrome-with-screen-capture-extension-by-google/feed/ 3 Shutter – Powerful Screen Capture Tool for Ubuntu/Linux http://webtrickz.com/shutter-powerful-screen-capture-tool-for-ubuntulinux/ http://webtrickz.com/shutter-powerful-screen-capture-tool-for-ubuntulinux/#comments Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:38:28 +0000 Mayur http://webtrickz.com/shutter-powerful-screen-capture-tool-for-ubuntulinux/ Here is a free and feature-rich screenshot tool for Linux/Ubuntu, just like what Snagit is for Windows. Shutter is a powerful and featured screenshot capture program for Linux. It lets you take screenshots of a specific area, window, whole screen, or even of a website. One can also capture a Menu or Tooltip using the countdown option in it.

shutter_screenshot tool

Built in editor – Shutter comes with its own built-in editor, so you don’t need to use the external graphics editor like GIMP. The editor comes handy when you want to edit the images or screenshots for use in tutorials or manuals. Using editor, you can easily apply different effects, draw on it to highlight points, upload to an image hosting site, etc.

shutter_image editor

  • Add Text, Arrows, Rectangles, Ellipses
  • Censor / Pixelize to Hide Private Data
  • Auto-Increment Shape
  • Crop

Download Shutter for Ubuntu

You can also install Shutter directly – Just go to Applications > Ubuntu Software Center and search for “Shutter”. Install it.

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]]> http://webtrickz.com/shutter-powerful-screen-capture-tool-for-ubuntulinux/feed/ 0 Greenshot – Free Screen Capture software & Image editor http://webtrickz.com/greenshot-free-screen-capture-software-image-editor/ http://webtrickz.com/greenshot-free-screen-capture-software-image-editor/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:40:42 +0000 Mayur http://webtrickz.com/greenshot-free-screen-capture-software-image-editor/ Greenshot is a free and amazing alternative to paid screen capturing programs like Snagit. The program offers an easy way to capture screenshots, plus it has an inbuilt image editor like Snagit which is really useful and stand out from others.

One can capture 3 types of screenshots: Region, window and full screen capture easily using hotkeys. The tool just misses the option to capture full webpages. It offers options like ‘Screenshot Destination’ which provides 6 different ways to save a capture.

Greenshot

Greenshot Image Editor is best add-on of this program which lets you easily edit, annotate, highlight or obfuscate parts of the screenshot. By default, the captured image is opened with this editor. The editor has tools like selection tool, draw rectangle, ellipse, line, arrow, text box, crop, etc. You can also copy image to clipboard, e-mail or print it.

Greenshot image editor

Greenshot’s image editor is not meant only for screenshots. You can also open images for editing from a file or from clipboard, by right-clicking its icon in system tray. Images can be saved to 4 formats namely: JPG, PNG, GIF and BMP.

Do give this application a try, if you often capture screenshots.

Download Greenshot  (544 KB)

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]]> http://webtrickz.com/greenshot-free-screen-capture-software-image-editor/feed/ 0 Adobe Photoshop Express – Free App for iPad & iPhone http://webtrickz.com/adobe-photoshop-express-free-app-for-ipad-iphone/ http://webtrickz.com/adobe-photoshop-express-free-app-for-ipad-iphone/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:28:38 +0000 Mayur http://webtrickz.com/adobe-photoshop-express-free-app-for-ipad-iphone/ Photoshop Express Photoshop Express is an official app for Apple iOS brought by Adobe, makers of the Photoshop family of products. The new version 1.3 initially supports iPad, comes with a new name and updated user interface.

Adobe Photoshop Express software lets you use simple gestures to quickly edit and share photos from your mobile device. Enjoy having your photo and video library right in your hand — without wasting your device’s valuable storage space.

Photoshop Express is a companion to Photoshop.com, your online photo sharing, editing, and hosting resource. Create a free Photoshop.com account to upload and store 2GB of photos and videos online.

Adobe Photoshop Express on ipad    Photoshop Express_2

Top editing features:

  • Basics: Crop, Straighten, Rotate, and Flip
  • Color: Exposure, Saturation, Tint, Black and White, and Contrast
  • Filters: Sketch, Soft Focus, and Sharpen
  • Effects: Vibrant, Pop, Border, Vignette Blur, Warm Vintage, Rainbow, White Glow, and Soft Black and White
  • Borders: Rectangle, Rounded, Oval, Soft Edge, Vignette, Rough Edge, Halftone, and Film Emulsion

Download Adobe Photoshop Express  [Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later]

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]]> http://webtrickz.com/adobe-photoshop-express-free-app-for-ipad-iphone/feed/ 0 Hornil StylePix – Powerful Free Graphics editor [Portable] http://webtrickz.com/hornil-stylepix-powerful-free-graphics-editor-portable/ http://webtrickz.com/hornil-stylepix-powerful-free-graphics-editor-portable/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:02:10 +0000 Mayur http://webtrickz.com/hornil-stylepix-powerful-free-graphics-editor-portable/ editor Hornil StylePix is a new and free, image and photo editor with a clean & easy to use user interface. It is around 2 MB in size and has a portable version too. Though, the application is pretty small but is engrossed with powerful image editing features and can be used as a free alternative to Adobe Photoshop.

Hornil StylePix is a lightweight graphics editing program that allows you to draw pictures, edit photos and more. With StylePix you can: Draw pictures, Resize photos, Rotate photos, Color Correction, Type text on the photo, Synthesis photos, Cut, copy and paste photos, Crop photos, Sharpen/Blur photos, Remove red-eye, Remove dust, etc.

Hornil StylePix - Free Image editor

Features:

  • Multi-layer & grouping support
  • Selection tools – Object selection and region selection.
  • 30 kinds of practical image filter
  • Drawing tools – Supports various drawing tools like Brush, eraser, line, curve, spray, clone-brush, flood fill, gradient fill, path, and shape.
  • Transform and alignment tools
  • Enhance and restore tools
  • Multilevel undo, redo and action list
  • Batch Processing
  • StylePix supports 53 languages.
  • For more details, click here.

Supported OS: Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/2000/2003

Download Hornil StylePix Free  [Portable version also available]

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