Graphics

= Dr.Pic vs. FotoFlexer =

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FotoFlexer



 * **Criteria** || **Dr. Pic** || **FotoFlexer** ||
 * ** Tool selection ** || Dr. Pic includes the following featured tools: Resize, Crop, Rotate, Brightness & Contrast, Auto-fix, Brush, & Text. Additional tools include Fetch and Batch Resize. They had an option to select all, but I couldn't figure out how to select a portion of a photo. || FotoFlexer offers the following basic tools: auto-fix, fix red eye, crop, copy, rotate, and flip. ||
 * ** Interface ** || This was very simple and easy to use. I thought that this was a great photo editor, but it was nothing groundbreaking. || I was impressed with all of the different options that FotoFlexer offered, but I think they've tried to do too much, because it makes it a little confusing. I did like the fact that you could upload from your computer or from websites such as Flickr, PhotoBucket, or via Yahoo search. ||
 * ** Speed ** || Dr. Pic was actually pretty fast. I was impressed by how quickly my edits were made. || This was extremely slow. I was really disappointed that it took so long for simple edits. It was especially slow when it was time to save. It was hard to tell if my edits were actually made. It did not take that long to upload photos. (Actually I originally was using Mozilla and then switched to IE, and it seemed to go much faster.) ||
 * ** Export ** || Photos can be saved in the following formats: JPG, GIF, BMP &. They can be saved to a disk or to the web. || Photos can be saved in JPG, PNG, or GIF format. You can also save to your computer or websites such as Flickr or PhotoBucket. You can also share pics via email or URL. ||
 * ** Flash/HTML ** || From their website "DrPic.com uses HTML, AJAX, and Java Script technology with absolutely no Flash." || HTML ||
 * ** Max. file size ** || There are no restrictions of file size. || I am not exactly sure what the maximum file size was, but I know that it did not allow me to upload my entire original picture. That was slightly frustrating because how do they know what I want excluded from the picture. ||
 * ** Max. Resolution ** || There also doesn't appear to be any restrictions on resolution. However when you save the image they ask what quality you would like to save your picture in ranging from 25% to 100%. || I didn't see anything in regards to maximum resolution. ||
 * ** Cost ** || Free || From website "There is no fee to open a FotoFlexer account." ||
 * ** ayers ** || Layers were not permitted. || FotoFlexer does allow you to create layers. ||
 * ** Effects ** || Dr. Pic offers the following effects: Gaussian Blur, Sharpen, Raise, Raised Frame, Polaroid, Oil Paint, Spread, & Grayscale. || Way too many effects to choose from or to list here, but a few include soften, duo-tone, sketch, heat map, and night vision. FotoFlexer offers several options for manipulating colors. You can also decorate, animate, beautify, and distort your pictures. ||
 * ** Killer feature ** || I really liked the Polaroid feature, that allows you to give the illusion of a photo stack. I know it's something simple, but I thought it was Cool! || I liked the fact that you could add animations to your photos. They had options to add animated stickers or glitter text. Cool! ||

In the photo I edited using Dr. Pic, I wanted to change everything in the picture to black and white, except the blue coat. But as I mentioned I could not find a way to only select a portion of the picture. So I instead used the Raise feature. As I mentioned FotoFlexer did not allow me to choose which part of the picture I wanted to include. They had a card feature that I wanted to try out, but it wasn't what I was looking for, so I ended up adding animated snow flakes (which don't seem very animated to me), glitter text, and a vignette. I also tried to add some borders, but they do not appear in the final version. I am not sure what happened, it was hard to tell which edits actually took place and which were undone. I will have to play with this feature some more.

I think both Dr.Pic and FotoFlexer are photo editors that offer a wide range of options to anyone who is looking for free, simple, web-based editors. I think Dr. Pic is a little easier to use, however FotoFlexer has more options. In the past I have used Artweaver, and Lunapic. Artweaver is similar to Photoshop and Lunapic is more similar to Dr. Pic and FotoFlexer. I really like Lunapic and use it a lot for editing, but the next time I have to edit a picture, I will keep Dr. Pic and FotoFlexer in mind.

Recently I had to do a video project for work, and I had to create pictures that included a picture of the host of the show combined with the show’s logo. I used LunaPic to create a collage. I see that there is also a collage feature in FotoFlexer, so the next time, I have to create a picture like that, I will see if FotoFlexer can do it in fewer steps.