Something I like to do in my spare time is playing around with pictures. You can do a lot of nice things with Photoshop, but it doesn't have to be so advanced (or costly). The internet has a lot of nice sites to edit photos easily. I just discovered this one and it's already one of my favorites: PicMonkey!
Collage mode
Let's start with the collage mode: just upload some pictures from your computer, select a layout, drag them in and adjust some settings like the spacing, roundness of the corners and the background color. It's also very easy to move the "borders" of the image, so you can change the layout even more! :)
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| Just an example with stock images |
Edit mode
In this mode, you have a lot of options at your fingertips: basic stuff like resizing, cropping, auto-adjust colors, a text tool, some tools to make people look more perfect (whitening teeth, make them look slimmer...), stamps/stickers, borders, textures and -my favorite- filters like cross-processing, orton, lomo, etc...
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| Again, an example with a stock photo. |
PicMonkey is free to use, but when there's a little crown on an option, it means it's a premium feature. You can already see the result, but there's an image over your photo when you use them.
Conclusion
+ Free
+ Fast & easy
+ Nice interface
+ Cool effects/options
- Premium options
- Only upload from computer, not from URL/Facebook
=> Good for some quick and simple editing & making collages! :)
Enjoy playing around with it!
Greetz,
x Marcia