Piccy is a free online photo editing tool. This web-based photo editing and sharing application gives users everywhere the ability to quickly and easily edit, enhance, share and print all of their photos from any Internet browser. iPiccy provides easy-to-use tools for modifying pictures, using advanced image processing. iPiccy offers a smooth user interface and workflow of any photo editing application, allowing users to easily pull images from any web site or file folder.
Type of Material:
Development Tool
Recommended Uses:
iPiccy can be used in a variety of tasks and settings because it is web-based. Student tasks and assignments that call for the use of images, such as presentations, reports, collages, photo-essays, artwork, newsletters, blogs, etc, can make good use of iPiccy.
Technical Requirements:
Adobe Flash needs to be running. iPiccy will remind users when they login. Desktop or laptop computer with browser. Available on mobile devices by subscription fee.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
iPiccy was designed to be accessible to everyone with Internet access because it lives in the browser and not on users' hard drives. This means everyone has access to photo-editing power tools through any browser.
Target Student Population:
This photo editor could be used in any discipline by students, faculty and admistrators of Middle School, High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional, Grade School or really, anyone.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Basic photo editing skills are helpful but the tool is intuitive for computer users. Those with an understanding of vector graphics will be able to use the software to its fullest. Having an understanding of visual composition can help improve users' cropping of images.
Content Quality
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Strengths:
iPiccy includes an extensive variety of easy Web-based photo-editing tools such as Auto-fix, Rotate, Crop, Resize and Color adjustment and Sharpen - all in one place and in real-time. In addition, iPiccy can also be used to turn photos into creative masterpieces, with clever special effects like ‘liquify’, painter, vignette, pencils, and many more. In addition to the wide variety of standard editing tools available, the iPiccy also includes more then 30 creative tools including basic effects such as Sepia, Black and White, Color tint, Bloom, and Cross process; advanced effects such as Unsharp Mask, Local Contrast, Image equaluzer plus an assortment of borders and frame shapes.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
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If the free Photo Editor tools were not enought, iPiccy has advanced built-in painter and text editors. Users can opt to use the Collage or Design options instead of the Photo Editor as well. The user can then export the created work in these two options back into Photo Editor for any final touches. Completed images can be saved to user's computer in either .jpg or .png format. Users can save images from Collage or Design areas into a photo library on their computer by enabling local storage for iPiccy.
The teaching potential for this tool is only limited by the available internet access to it. It should be noted that iPiccy is designed for editing, but not high-end editing. For situations where visual concepts are being taught and the final resolution of the image is not the primary concern, it offers ideal learning opportunities. The tools support art education, media arts, and many other assignments that use imagery. Students can use the tol individually or as a member of a group working on a group project. The created images, collages, and/or designs can be used in a variety of ways. This tool clearly supports the development of visual literacy.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
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Strengths:
The navigation and page layout of iPiccy provides an intuitive format for photo editing options. The menu bar is on the left-hand side. If the user needs help, it can be found by clicking on the question mark in the lower left corner or in the upper right corner by clicking on the user profile and selecting "I need help." Users can also can the iPiccy folks using the link at the bottom of the help page.
Users can switch from the default viewing size to to full screen if desired. iPiccy editing works with .jpg, .jpeg, .png, and gif. Files are saved in either .jpg or .png format. Images can be uploaded from the user's computer, taken from a URL of an image on the web, generated from a webcam, or created within iPiccy. Images can be saved to the user's computer, the photo library, or directly to Facebook.
There is an Undo feature which is always good to have. The Auto Fix feature provides an all-in-one fix that addresses brightness, saturation, sharpness, etc.
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