Turbo-charge your photos: Phoenix, Flickr, JPEGCrops and Qtpfsgui

By Rich Trenholm on 29 October 2008, 2:27pm

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It's official: photographs are the new memories. We just said it, and we're from the Internet, so it must be true. For your delight we've picked a few of the sites, services and software that have been turbocharging our photographs lately, including the much-anticipated Phoenix, Flickr, JPEGCrops and the improbably named Qtpfsgui.

Phoenix

Phoenix has risen from the ashes of an invite-only beta this week. Part of a suite of avian-themed graphics programs, it's an online image editor that packs many of the powerful features of Photoshop, such as layers and masks. If you don't know your blend modes from your unsharp masks, there's a selection of tutorials to bring you up to speed.

Because it's entirely online, you can pull in pictures from sources such as Flickr and Facebook. You don't need to pay to sign up, but you will see ads and can only save up to 50 watermarked creations. Paid versions cost around £3 or £7 per year, with no ads or watermarks, and no limits on what you can save.

This being the age of the social network and that, Phoenix even boasts a profile page where you can show off your creations and explore other users' artwork.

We've highlighted our favourite online image editors before, and Phoenix looks like a worthy addition to the ranks. Click 'Continue' for more sites and software that have been getting the most out of images in recent days, including a new look for our favourite photo-sharing site. -Rich Trenholm