Aviary Photo Editor Acquired by Adobe

Aviary, the popular web based (and mobile app) photo and imaging editor has been acquired by Adobe.

Aviary's site has the announcement front and center and there is a full press release from Adobe.

I've used Aviary for years and loved it, especially for capturing images online and editing them for use in this blog.

The press release from Adobe says that they acquired Aviary to help them "Accelerates Delivery of Mobile Apps that Integrate with Adobe Creative Cloud". They also state that "This is great news for developers because thousands of mobile apps will have the opportunity to become compatible with industry-defining desktop tools like Photoshop CC, as well as new Creative Cloud services."

There is no information on what will happen with the current portfolio of free Aviary apps. Hopefully, they will stay free and just get better.

Aviary launches free mobile app photo editor for iOS & Android

Aviary is a great resource that I use constantly. I use the Falcon and Talon online image editors to grab images from the web and edit/crop/add effects to use with my blog and with lesson materials. There are browser extensions to use with the online apps and it's very powerful.

A while back, Aviary launched an add-on for mobile devices that allowed you to use Aviary within mobile apps. Yesterday they announced that Aviary is now available as a free, stand-alone mobile app for iOS and Android.

The Aviary mobile app is free and features an easy-to-use, intuitive interface with effects, stickers, color balance, crop and rotate, brightness, contrast, saturation, drawing, text, cosmetic tools and more. There are more effects available for purchase in effects packages ($0.99) and more effects and tools are being added. 

This is a great mobile tool that can be used for photo editing and effects on iOS and Android devices by teachers, students, bloggers, and for personal use, greatly increasing the abilities of your device. I now have the ability to do more of my work on my mobile device using this app. I was using it last night to edit some photos that I'm using in a project and it was very easy to use. 

 Try it out for yourself:

Related:

Aviary Falcon - online image markup

Aviary Education - safe environment for Aviary for Students
Aviary for Facebook Released - image editing app right in Facebook
Aviary Photo Editor now available to Flickr users-replacing Picnik
PicMonkey - free online photo editing (from some of the same people who made Picnik)

Great, free Image editing sites and software

Two More Free Image Editing Resources

Aviary Photo Editor now available to Flickr users-replacing Picnik

 

Picnik, Flickr's default photo editor, is shutting down this month. Aviary has come to the rescue though, launching an HTML5 based online photo editor into Flickr.

Aviary is a great resource, having online photo and graphics editors, audio editors, web page screen shot extensions and more.

Aviary's photo editor is in the "Actions" menu on Flickr and is easy to use. It is being rolled out over the next few weeks. It's fast, easy to use, powerful, and available on mobile and iOS devices since it is HTML5 based, not Flash.

If you use Flickr, this will be a great resource for you.

See the Related links below for other free image and photo editing services.



Source: TechCrunch http://techcrunch.com

Related:

PicMonkey - free online photo editing (from some of the same people who made Picnik)

Great, free Image editing sites and software

Two More Free Image Editing Resources

Aviary Education - safe environment for Aviary for Students

Aviary Falcon - online image markup

Aviary for Facebook Released - image editing app right in Facebook

I posted two articles today about free image editing apps and services and then I just got an email from one of them. Aviary, a great, free online image tool, is now available in Facebook. I use Aviary's image editing tool and screen capture browser extension on a daily basis.

Aviary has announced that their simple photo editor is now available as a Facebook app. It features photo effects, stickers, auto enhancers, tools for brightness, saturation, contrast, red-eye, whiten, blemish, and more.

This means that you can edit and enhance your photos right in Facebook.

This is a great tool for schools that use Facebook, whether for communication or for class projects.

Aviary Education - safe environment for Aviary for Students

Aviary is one of my favorite web apps. I use the Aviary extension in Google Chrome to take and edit screen shots and I use some of their other tools to edit and modify graphics.

Aviary Education is currently in Beta and is offering free accounts for educators. The site allows educators to create private student accounts, manage assignments, and use the image editor, vector editor, audio editor, and music creator with their students. The content is promised to be 100% school safe.

This is a great tool for all educators to use, especially graphics, art, and music.

GIMP - free photo and graphics editing software

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free, downloadable, image editing program. GIMP is always been highly rated by various tech magazines and I use it at school and at home as an alternative to other software.

It is free, easy to use and easy to install. There is also a huge support community for it and the software is updated and improved often.

This is a great alternative to paid apps like Photoshop.While not as powerful or as useful for professional photographers, it is very powerful and it is more than adequate for teachers and students. Students and teachers can use this to modify pictures for class projects and much more. It supports layers, as well as a variety of editing and modification functions.

Related Posts:
Aviary Falcon - online image markup

Free Graphics Resources

Picasa - free photo editing from Google

Aviary Falcon - online image markup

Aviary has introduced Falcon, a web based image editing tool. With Falcon, you can capture images and web pages from your browser and crop, resize, and mark them up. Mark up options include text, shapes, colors, and more.

The best part about this is that it is web based so there is no software to install. I found it easy to use and very fast and responsive. This is a great alternative to desktop based image editors, especially for schools, as students can use it from home also.

It is free and you can save your files to your free account or download them.

UPDATE - There is also an Aviary extension available for Firefox and Chrome. One click and you are off and screen capturing, editing, etc.

Aviary launch Myna audio editor

Aviary, a great online resource, has launched Myna. Myna is an online audio editor that is very powerful. People have been comparing it to Garageband.

What I really love about Aviary is 1) it's free, 2) the tools are easy to use and very powerful and 3) everything is online. This means that I can access these tools from any internet enabled device.

I talk about Aviary Falcon, an image markup tool , HERE.

Aviary also has advanced image editors and a screen capture tool.

Aviary's tools can be used by students to create some great projects for class, as well as for teachers to create things for their students.