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Pixlr

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What is Pixlr?

Pixlr is a photo editing tool formerly part of the Autodesk suite of products, now from 123RF from the Inmagine Group (acquired 2017).

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Creating Content with Pixlr!

Incentivized
Josh CuthbertsonView profile
Music Director at Christ Community Church Kennesaw, GA (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We maintain and update our own website using a template style website (Church Plant Media). CPM only offers minimal graphics for use with the templates so we have to create our own graphics for the different pages on our site. We also send out a graphics heavy weekly newsletter through the website. In addition to our website, we also use graphics each week during our service that are projected onto the screens. I use Pixlr to create all of the graphics for our organization.

Pros

  • It offers a broad range of editing options.
  • The ability to "save" your work history within the browser but also to a file.
  • Has a large database of copyright free images for background use.
  • Has a great selection of fonts.

Cons

  • It would be fantastic if you had the option to save your entire work history at once, instead of each "project" individually. In case your web cache was cleared.
  • Add more fonts.
  • Offer more templates, other than just templates that are social media based.

Most Important Features

  • Ease of use.
  • Quality of finished product.
  • Being able to save work, coming back later for edits.
  • The overall offerings in this design suite.

Return on Investment

  • Over the past year, our reach (on social media) is up 20%
  • Our page visits are up 36%
  • Our page likes are up 188%
  • Having professional quality, eye catching graphics are a huge part of this.

Alternatives Considered

Canva

Other Software Used

Inkscape

Online photo editing with a high quality perfect for your campaigns

Sandra Fojcik
Graphic Designer in Information Technology at Polcode (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

  • I love Pixlr because it has a wide variety of tools to achieve high quality in editing images and photographs, most simply, saving them in different formats or sharing them directly to social networks.
  • For me, it is the best basic online image editor, with a very easy-to-understand and use interface. Something significant is that you don't need to register because it is free to use.
  • Its use is simple; you have to access their page and start testing the full range of tools offered.

Cons

  • So far, I haven't found anything I don't like in Pixlr; I like everything from its price to how it works.

Most Important Features

  • Pixlr generates a simple way to edit illustrative content and works wherever and whenever I want as long as I have an Internet connection.

Return on Investment

  • Pixlr offers something new and relatively easy to use that does not require excellent knowledge. In the case of professionals can make adjustments and artistic retouching of great value and excellent quality.

Alternatives Considered

Canva

Other Software Used

Fastly, Canva, Constant Contact, Crello, Basecamp, Zoho Meeting

Great for designing beautiful graphics in different language scripts

Incentivized
Verified User
Manager in Legal (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • Enables the user to use a range of fonts even in foreign languages
  • Is relatively easy to learn
  • Is cost-effective

Cons

  • The previous version of Pixlr, albeit more basic, was a lot easier to use
  • Would be good to have pop up labels explaining what different tools are for
  • More videos and resources showing how to do the basics would be helpful

Most Important Features

  • Foreign language font support
  • Magic erase to remove backgrounds quickly from images
  • Ability to save layers and return to edit content at a later date

Return on Investment

  • Pixlr has enabled us to design beautiful graphics in the local Cambodian language

Alternatives Considered

Canva and Piktochart

Other Software Used

Canva, Piktochart, Wix