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Picnik - Online Photo Editing Guide


1) What Is Picnik? Picnik is simple and easy to use Online Photo editing software. Picnik enables you to easily edit, crop & resize your pictures to your specifications.


2) Why Should You Use Picnik? Picnik enables you to upload your images and easily edit, crop & resize your pictures to your specifications right in your browser. You can then save these images and upload them to your website. These images can be of your store, your people, your services or your products. They can be uploaded to your website in your About Us section, your Product Catalog or any of your Custom Tabs. Picnik is a powerful Web Application Tool that offers a very user friendly interface and simple online tools to edit your images with just a few clicks. Some of the following features are available with this online editing tool: Features of Picnik

• Edit your photos online without purchase of any Photo Editing Software. • It does not require any download or installation. • Very easy to use and no expertise required. • Fix your photos in just one click. • Use advanced controls to fine-tune your results. • Crop, resize, and rotate in real-time. • Astoundingly fast, right in your browser. • Works on Mac, Windows, and Linux.


3) How To Get Started With Picnik? To Start with Picnik, type www.picnik.com in the address bar of your web browser and then on clicking Enter Key, a landing page will appear with options to start Picnik. We suggest you register and sign up for a free account The Main Interface is broken down into five tabs:

• Home • Photos • Edit • Create • Save & Share


4) Picnik – Home Tab Home Tab covers welcome section with general information, sign in options, recent news, FAQ etc…


5) Picnik – Photos Tab Photos Tab offers various options to upload your photos in Picnik for editing. You can upload photos and make any necessary changes to improve the images for placement on your website. You can upload pictures for editing from your computer’s hard drive or an On-line Album like Flickr or Picasa. Picnik makes it quick and convenient to browse through your online albums or your computer’s hard drive.


6) Picnik – Edit Tab Once you specify the source location to get your desired photo, Picnik will start uploading the photo and will take you directly to the Edit Tab. Picnik's Edit and Create Tabs provide all the essential editing features that an unskilled or semi-skilled user requires to edit their photos. In the Edit Tab, you will have various options along with Auto Fix feature to rotate, crop or resize your photo. You can also fix or adjust exposure, colors, sharpen and remove red-eye from your photos. If you choose Auto-fix feature then Picnik will automatically fix your photo by optimizing colors and exposure. An Undo / Redo / Reset Options are always available to reverse your previous actions. You can also use the Zoom Option, available at the bottom right of all the sub-tabs, while editing your photos. This tab is divided into the following 8 sub tabs:

• Auto-fix – The Auto-fix feature allows you to fix your photo automatically by a click of the mouse.

• Rotate – This feature allows you to rotate your photo by 90 degrees to the left or right or flip it horizontally or vertically. You can also straighten a crooked photo by using the slider or drawing a line with your mouse along an edge that should be straight.

• Crop – This feature allows you to cut the edges of your photos to improve them or just to make them fit in a given space. The Crop utility will also help you to convert your ordinary images to web compatible images by changing the dimensions of your image.

• Resize – This feature allows you to resize your pictures, you can enter a new width and/or height for your image to increase or decrease the dimensions of your photo. You can select either Use Percentage option or Keep Proportions option to give new dimensions to your photo.

• Exposure – This feature allows you to Auto-Fix the exposure of your photo or you can manually adjust the exposure and contrast with the help of simple sliders. You can also use the advanced features to control highlights, shadows and histogram of the light by using the brightness slider.

• Color – This feature allows you to use the Auto Colors option to give best suitable color impression to your photo or you can manually adjust saturation and temperature to further fine-tune your photo’s white balance and overall look.

• Sharpen – This feature allows you to drag the sharpness slider to sharpen your photo. The Advanced feature, which is available only with the Premium Version of Picnik, allows you to use Unsharp Mask sliders for finer control over your sharpening.

• Red-Eye – This feature allows you to remove the red eye effect on your photo.


7) Picnik – Create Tab The Create Tab allows you to give your photo an entirely new look with special effects, text, shapes, touch-ups and frames. This tab is divided into following 5 sub tabs:

• Effects – You can give various effects to your photo. These effects are available under 6 categories: Basic, Camera, Color, Area, Artistic and Misc.

• Text – You can also add text in different font type, size and color to your photo. Font types

are available under 7 categories.

• Shapes - You can insert various shapes to your photo. There are many different categories of shapes to choose from.

• Touch-Up – You can use the Touch-up options for teeth whitening and blemish fix are also available.

• Frames – You can also insert frames in the form of a border or rounded edges to your photo. There are 5 categories of frames to choose from.


8) Picnik – Save & Share Tab When you are done with editing your photo, click on the Save & Share Tab to save it. The Save & Share Tab allows you to save your edited photo to your computer or directly to your Online album. You can also email your photo or take a print out. This tab is divided into following 8 sub tabs: (Bold Blue Choices are Recommended)

• Save to Computer – You can save your photo directly to your Computer by specifying the dimensions, format and compression quality.

• Email Photo – You can email your photo from Picnik to any email address along with subject and your message.

• Flickr Slideshow – You can make a slideshow of your photos available at Flickr. • Email to Web Site – You can send your photo directly to your account at various Websites

where you can keep your online Web Albums.

• Print Photo – You can directly take print out of your photo in various sizes from Picnik.

• Flickr – You can save your photo directly to your Flickr album.

• Facebook – You can connect directly to your Facebook album and save your photo.

• More – You can also connect directly to Picasa Web Albums, Photobucket and Webshots and save your photos there.


9) Picnik – Our Recommendation With any other photo editing web service or software, you need to tweak multiple levels of grayscale, opacity, gradients, multiple layers and layer masks to achieve the same effects which you can get from Picnik with just a few simple clicks. Picnik remembers all the edits you've made, so you can access an infinite number of "undos" back to your original image. Even if you lose your online connection or your browser crashes while you are editing a photo, restarting Picnik again will load up your last edited photo. Pickin is a very valuable and easy to use online photo editing tool and we suggest you to use it to improve your photos which you want to upload on your Website.


10) Image Requirements For Your Website To build your website, we require Images of your Company Logo, Pictures of the Interior & Exterior of your Store, your People, your Products, your Services etc… as per the below specifications for the proper setup and look of your Website. These pictures will help to inform your customers about your store and build your brand.

Image Type Image Description Image

Dimensions (Width X Height)

Website Logo

Company Logo

Your Company Logo is also used as Website Logo. You may require some slight alterations to the size and layout of your Company Logo so that it properly displays on your website.

450 X 66

Images for About Us Page

About Company Image This image should portray the historical relation with your Store and Company.

160 X 130

Company’s Promise Image This image should portray the Company’s Customer Service to show Staff Member

dealing with a Happy Customer. 160 X 130

Company’s Service Image This image should portray the Company’s

Technical Staff working on Jewelry Products. 275 X 154

Company’s Products Image This image should display the interior of your

Store, showing Jewelry Products. 275 X 154

Company’s People Image This image should cover your Store Staff

Members in a group. 160 X 130

Main Store Exterior Image This image should portray the Company’s Main

Store Exterior. 495 X 264


11) Steps To Edit Images On Picnik For Your Website Using the Crop and Resize tools you can easily convert your photo’s to the Ashi Avalon recommended image formats.

• Open Picnik in your browser by entering www.picnik.com in browser’s address bar.

• Click on the “Start Picniking” Tab on the Top Right Hand Corner

• At Photos Tab on Picnik, upload the image which requires editing from your computer or from other available sources.

Click on Photos Tab Click on Get from Computer Tab Click on Get Photo Button


• After Click on “Get Photo” Locate the Picture you would like to Edit from your Computer.

• At Edit Tab on Picnik, you can use Crop and Resize tools to convert your image to the Ashi’s recommended image format easily without any assistance.

You can also click on the “Auto-fix” Button to edit your picture


Crop Option

• By using the Crop feature, you can cut the edges of your image to improve the look & impact or just to make the picture fit in a given space. The Crop utility will help you to convert your ordinary image to web compatible image by changing the dimensions of your image. For example, if the actual size of your selected Main Store Exterior Image is 552 X 292 pixels then you need to reduce it to 495 X 264 pixels for your website. You have Two Options to reduce the size of your image under Crop section of Edit Tab: Option 1: You can enter 495 X 264 in Actual Size fields and then drag the selection grid on the image to select your cropping area. This way, you can remove unwanted edges or portion of your image and reduce the size of your image to the required specifications. On clicking the OK button, you will get the cropped image in the required size.


Crop Option Option 2: In case, you do not want to cut your image and would like to display the full image on your website then you need to “compress” your image to 495 X 265 pixels. To get this compressed size, you first need to check the Scale Photo option and then need to enter 495 X 264 in Actual Size fields. Then you need to increase the selection grid of your image by dragging it to the maximum possible so that you get the full image. On clicking the OK button, you will almost get your full image in the required size.


Resize Option

• If you want to display the full image on your website then you can also get your image in the required size by using the Resize feature. If you use the Resize feature then you just need to enter the New Dimensions 495 X 265 without selecting the options for Use Percentages or Keep Proportions. The moment you enter your required dimensions, your image will be displayed in the entered dimensions. On clicking the OK button, you will get full image in the required size.

• By using Resize feature, you can also increase the size of the image but it is advisable that you do not increase the size of the image as it may affect the clarity of your image, unless the image you have is of medium or high resolution.


• At Save & Share Tab on Picnik, you can save the changes in your image and download it on

your computer or save to other available sources. You can even directly Email this image to any Email Address. You can save this image in various formats like JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, PDF and TIFF but it is advisable to save the image in JPG format. If you are saving this image on your computer then on clicking the Save Photo button, image will be saved at your selected location in your computer.

Now you are ready to email your picture to Ashi Avalon or upload your edited images to your Website Via your Admin Console.


In case of any queries, Please feel free to contact us at the email given below:

[email protected]

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