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Online image editors for blogging: Reviewed and rated

By Rich Trenholm on 14 May 2008, 10:16am

Splashup
Formerly Fauxto, Splashup looks very much like Photoshop. It's a layer-based, lightweight editor similar to offline editor Paint.net that can pull in images from Facebook, Flickr, Photobucket or any URL you specify.

Edit: Basic Photoshop-style image editing is the idea here, rather than specifically photo-related retouching. So there's no control over exposure or touch-up options such as red-eye removal. Splashup's biggest strength is its ability to edit multiple files, all with multiple layers, layer effects and blend modes. There's no history palette to go back through the edits you've made, but you can go back some way with the undo button.

Effects: There are a limited number of basic fonts, shapes, brushes and effects. Sliders control the effects, which are previewed in your image as you tinker with the sliders.

Blog image: You can resize and save your image to a lower quality, but strangely it doesn't tell you the new resolution, so you need to put in some guesswork.

CNET.co.uk verdict: Layers and effects are impressively powerful, but without photo-retouching controls this isn't the complete package. 5/10

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