The above screen shot is of Snipshot, another very good online photo editor. In a small but deliberate array of tests on a 900 x 600 pixel image, I found the response time from Snipshot to be very good and the array of commands at my disposal very useful for the quick image retouching or resizing or cropping that I frequently have to do prior to laoding an image on a web page.
In short like other online photo editors covered in detail here – Snipshot really meets a recurring need. But even more important Snipshot is a sign of the times:
a)the move from desktop to the Cloud == Online Computing is continuing briskly;
b)new devices like mini-notebooks (think Asus Eee) that quickly, conveniently and very cost effectively connect users to the Web will continue to proliferate – as they become the fullservice devices;
c)with its Snipshot API developers can add to their website some powerful value adds
d)Top-end graphics software like Adobe’s Lightroom and Photoshop or Apple’s Aperture will not have to worry because they bring significant value adds;
e)But simple graphics desktop-only software from ACDsee or Corel will have to provide special value adds because they are pressed between Adobe Photoshop Elements and these robust online photo editors. I suspect the first one or two vendors that link up with a online Gallery/Image-storage site offering both online and offline services will do well.
And notably, Snipshot is the first of the Online Photo editors to show how to make money – charge a nominal fee for monthly (or annual) add-on features and services. Snipshot proves that the photo market has lots more marketing twists and turns available to it.