Photo editing is a great skill to learn, but not everyone can afford to, (or need to), purchase Photoshop. Unlike Photoshop, Pixler is both free and also web-based. This means that your computer will not go back to the stone ages, as when Photoshop is installed. Like Photoshop, Pixlr saves all the files in Jpeg format, to be easily used and accessible. Pixlr, like many other photo editors, is capable of doing many complex tasks. It has hundreds of multi-faceted functions, and the program can not be learned over night. For someone who knows almost nothing about photo editing, Pixlr is not a program that can just pick up and used with ease immediately. Significant instructions are required. With that said, it is more user friendly than its expensive counterpart, and probably has a shorter learning curve all together. Something to think about before starting with Pixlr is that it's not a great program to try to use on a laptop or tablet without a mouse. In fact, if you are serious about photo editing, you probably want a pen tablet to be able to work with those finer details.
In an educational setting, Pixlr could be quite useful for a high school's Yearbook class, or perhaps Art, or Computer Science class. As it is somewhat complicated to learn, I would not expect students to learn to it without significant amounts of instruction. At this point, I do not see a much of a use for the program at an elementary or middle school level. As well, as a middle school home-room teacher, I do not see many uses for it, except for doctoring up my own personal photos.
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| On a field trip to the Provincial Courts. |
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| Let's have some fun..... |
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| A beautiful Mexican sunset. |
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| A beautiful Mexican sunset with a little help... |
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