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Pixlr is yet another adorably named online photo editor. With it, you can do a lot of the stuff that expensive programs like Photoshop does, except without spending money, or even downloading any software.

Like Splashup and Photoshop Express, Pixlr lets you upload and edit your photos, or enter a URL of an online photo you’d like to edit and save to your hard drive. You can create layers in your image, and manipulate the picture using a full compliment of filters, brushes, and so on. My only complaint, one I’ve noticed about all online photo editors, is that I can’t paste a screen capture (using the ALT plus Print Screen keys) into a new Pixlr file, though perhaps that’s due to user-error on my part.

Pixlr is a great, no-cost tool for art class, the school paper, a web design class, the yearbook staff, or for anyone who’d like to crop a photo or eliminate red-eye. True, it’s a lot like other no-cost tools we’ve mentioned. However, given how finicky some school firewalls can be, it’s best to have some options in case your favorite online tool gets blocked. -BILL FERRIS

Pixlr

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