Here I've selected the "White Balance" tool and you see the possible adjustments in the thumbnails
across the top.
A close-up of the editing options.
I uploaded 10 large image files (almost 2 mb each). Uploading took some time -- about a
minute per image -- but once the images were uploaded, the editing was surprisingly quick
and smooth.
Here are the ten images that I uploaded.
If you point to any image, the "Photo Options" drop-down
will appear. The first option is "Edit Photo."
The very first thing that I suggest is to go full-screen.
This is done by clicking on the blue box at the very top right of the page.
You will immediately feel as though you are inside a desktop application.
With the slider on the top, left of this image, you can change the size of the
thumbnails. You see that they can also be organized by name, rating, etc.
Notice on the bottom right corner of the screen, in addition to the "Save" button,
there are the options to view the original image and to reset the image to its
original state. This means that all edits are
non-destructive -- your original
is always safe.
Another surprising feature that made me say, "Wow," is the button on the bottom left that reveals
thumbnails of all changes -- a visual history. You can click on any thumbnail to return to that stage
in the editing processs.
The orange arrow above is the undo button, and when I zoomed the image to 100%
I was surprised by how smoothly the zoom occurred -- just like a desktop application.
The purpose of the "Touchup" tool was not obvious to me. It's a "healing brush" for removing blemishes. In this
picture, there was a white, plastic bag in the bushes behind the dog. With a click of the touchup tool, it was gone.
When it came time to download the edited image, I was in for another surprise. You can choose
a size for the downloaded image, and if you click on the words "get code for this size" on
the bottom left, the html code for the size-adjusted image on the Photoshop Express server is
copied to your clipboard and can be pasted into any html document. This means you can leave
your images on the Photoshop Express server and easily link to them on a webpage or inside
discussion forums. (By the way, there are also direct links to upload your pictures to
Facebook, Photobucket, and Picasa.)
You can sign up for a Photoshop Express account at
www.photoshop.com/express
(will open in a new browser window. Close it to return here).
Photoshop Express -- Online
Wow! I just tried the beta version of Photoshop Express. It is an online application for image editing and sharing, and it is very impressive.
In the picture to the left you see editing options broken into three groups: basics, tuning, and effects. When you select an edit, a range of possible changes appears as thumbnails across the top of the picture. And a checkmark apprears next to the edit name as well as the category (e.g. "Basics"). For example, in the image to the left, I have selected "Hue" (bottom left of the picture, in blue), and you see the range of hue changes in thumbnail images across the top. As you roll over the thumbnails, the entire image changes to preview the effect. To hide any change you've made, simply click on the checkmark next to the edit.
See the bottom of the page for a link to Photosphop Express.