Having rebuilt my system from scratch recently, I haven’t quite gotten around to installing any photo editing applications yet. Instead, I’ve discovered some great online web apps to handle my image editing needs in the interim. My favorite so far is Pixlr — it’s easy, fast and incredibly full-featured. Another promising application, discovered just today, is SumoPaint, which I think will be a close contender, if not a leader. I’m also hugely impressed by the stunning possibilities of Aviary’s Phoenix, which I signed up to beta this spring, but never quite got around to seriously trying out. Finally, a reader comment in a Lifehacker article today led me to this list of 10 noteworthy online editors to meet all kinds of editing need, from fast and simple to powerful and complex.
