I use Picnik just about every day and Kathy Nielsen just gave me a morning wake up with the news that Picnik will be closing as of April 19th. I'm sure some of you more techie people out there know what's really going on and what and where we can go but in the meantime Kathy has given us a link to an article she found as well as a link to a petition you can sign to try to keep Picnik around!!!
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Google Closing Picnik! Ughhhhh
What a way to start my day. I awoke this morning, headed over to Picnik (my favorite photo editing ever) to learn that they are closing down on April 19th. I get a refund. Big whoop. I don't want the refund and I DON'T WANT Picnik going away. Period, end of sentence.
After throwing a tantrum, I went back to my computer and did a search to learn more. Here's an article written by Harry McCraken titled Life is Not a Picnik: Google Close It's Cool Photo Editing Tool which goes into the details of this decision.
If you've used Picnik, whether it's to crop photos, watermark photos, sharpen, and the list goes on, you too have come to realize just how easy a tool it is to use. In fact, I've written many tutorials promoting Picnik as it was just that good.
Also in my search, I found a petition, which I quickly signed. Here's the link: Don't Close Picnik! As of this writing, they have 307 signatures and are aiming for 400. I'm hoping the list grows to 400,000.
My final comment - Google, Please do not close down Picnik. And if this falls on deaf ears, then please create a platform that duplicates the awesomeness that Picnik provides and make it available BEFORE April 19th!
Kathy
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