Photo Editing Online

I don’t think I’m physically capable of showing up in a photograph with red eye, but if I was I certainly wouldn’t be eager to buy Photoshop just to fix it. I probably wouldn’t want to get anything, even if it were free. And for people like that, web applications like FotoFlexer may be the perfect alternative.

FotoFlexer uses algorithms and artificial intelligence to power its editing tools, which include effects such as twirl, bulge, pinch, stretch, and squish. It provides the usual drawing tools and allows the user to correct red eye and cover blemishes or wrinkles as well.

Perhaps I’m looking at it from a biased, Photoshop-user’s point of view, but FotoFlexer really isn’t anything special. The practical tools are too simple to be of much help and the rest are cheap effects or shortcuts that newbies overuse and digital art haters accuse everyone of abusing. Say goodbye to shortcuts, prepare to confirm every change you want to make, and look out–if you try to undo, it will undo all the steps you’ve just made in relation to a certain tool.

It’s probably best used for touching up photographs, and will probably be most useful to people who aren’t extremely experienced with advanced graphic applications. Someone who digitally renders detailed landscapes probably isn’t going to do all of their projects in FotoFlexer. With that said, it’s good for what it is, and (fortunately) it’s free. The public demo is limited, but registering will give access to the full version. Try it for yourself at fotoflexer.com.