ExtremeTech.com

Picnik isn’t about trying to be an online Photoshop, but rather is intended as a way to give digital shutterbugs a convenient way to fix up their snapshots. Its competition in the installed software world is Picasa rather than Photoshop. But don’t think it’s a simple rotate and red-eye correcting app: Picnik offers plenty of impressive capabilities.

LifeHacker.com:

There’s quite a bit to Picnik, actually: you can do the basic resizes and tweaks that most other free image editors we’ve talked about here at Lifehacker can manage; however, Picnik also comes with some nifty special effects, and can be used with a whole plethora of community photo sharing sites, i.e., Flickr, Imageshack, Photobucket, etc. It’s not as powerful as Photoshop, naturally, but for a browser-based image editor, Picnik does a fine job.

CNET:

Photoshop Express, available for free with 2 gigabytes of storage at www.photoshop.com/express, is a significant departure from Adobe’s desktop software business and a big bet that it can make money offering Web servicesdirectly to consumers.

The application, which needs Flash Player 9 to run, pushes the limits of browser-based applications and will likely ratchet up the competition on the dozens of free and online photo-editing products available now (see our full review of Photoshop Express and gallery of screen shots of the application).