Autodesk Pixlr — All-in-one photo editor, 600+ effects, collage options

"Autodesk Pixlr is made by the same developers that offer several other fantastic productivity programs, including Autodesk SketchBook. It’s definitely more productivity-oriented and less focused on touching up pictures for social media sites, but it handles both tasks exceptionally well. Pixlr is probably one of the closest apps you’ll find that can replace a traditional desktop photo editor thanks to it’s powerful editing tools. The app has some very useful tricks, including a focal blur tool, a color pop tool, and tons of filters, effects, and tweaks. The focal blur tool helps to simulate a focused subject in your photos, allowing you to select a specific point in an image and create a soft de-focus on everything outside of a certain range. This helps to draw attention to specific details, and gives a very professional look to your photos without much work. The color pop tool works similarly, letting you pick a certain area to colorize while making everything else black and white. It’s a great trick for making one specific detail the focal point of an image, and it’s incredibly easy to set up, especially compared to the work you’d have to put in on a desktop photo editor. If you’re looking for the other effects and filters, Pixlr has that covered, too. It can’t compete with other apps on the sheer volume of effects, but it has enough to make it worthwhile. You’ll still get your standard tweaking tools, too, and there are tons and tons of collage options so you can quickly set up multiple photos arranged in different ways. That definitely appeals more to social media users, but hey, more features never hurt. Pixlr offers a free experience with a few in-app purchases, so it’s worth test driving to see if it fits what you’re looking for. If you’ve ever used SketchBook, you’ll probably be very familiar with Pixlr, so this app would be worth adding to your productivity toolbox." - Jared Peters

Its been my favourite for quite some time. Its simple and yet has every option you will need to make photos look the way you want.

it is definitely my goto photo editor when I don't want to use Photoshop. It works great I first found it as a chrome app, now I just use it as a website.

It certainly works well and I really hope this is the future of quick pixel edits, but don't use your real email address when trying it out. They don't value unsubscribe and will automatically push your email into a sales funnel service that keeps nagging you (I've unsubscribed and unticked and complained about every email, it keeps on coming in—run through a third party). Signed up a few days ago.

Been using this for years. I prefer it to Gimp in general, however I haven't found an online program that works with high-res, RAW/TIF images (like, film negatives) well at all, even when they say they do. One thing I love about Pixlr is how easy it is to apply all of these different filters (not exactly just Instagram-type photo filters) like layers of stickers, shapes, 'photo marks', etc. I think what got me addicted to Pixlr at first was how easy on mobile it was for me to edit my last photo I took on my phone, it was super easy onboarding and fast downloads for extra filters. And of course on desktop, I didn't even have to log in, I could just use 1/3 of the web apps in browser. Easy peasy.

I use Autodesk Pixlr on a daily basis and it's just great! Very intuitive,and most of the features are for free.

Love all the Pixlr apps. Been using the Pixlr Editor for years on comps that don't have photoshop and it's just as good, but free.

I use Autodesk Pixlr on a daily basis for many years - free version. I have zero foundation in designs or visual expressions, and Pixlr causes me to make engaging images to use in my showcasing on Twitter and Facebook. I am happy with Pixlr, and I welcome that they offer such a great program, complimentary.

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I use it daily, a great alternative to traditional desktop image editors.

Pros:

Really easy to use, ideal for quick and simple tasks.

Cons:

The features are not as extensive as traditional tools, but has all the essentials.