Picnik
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| Type of business | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
Type of site | Image editing service |
| Available in | English, Spanish, German, Italian and 12 others |
| Founded | 2005 in Seattle, Washington |
| Dissolved | April 19, 2013 |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Key people | Jonathan Sposato, CEO Darrin Massena, CTO and Co-founder Mike Harrington, Co-founder |
| Industry | Internet, computer software |
| Parent | |
| URL | www |
| Current status | Fully closed[1] |
Picnik was an online photo editing service which was acquired by Google in 2010.[2] It was headquartered in Downtown Seattle, Washington, United States.[3]
The site allowed users to edit images, add styles to imported images and use basic editing tools such as cropping and resizing an image.[4] Users could import photos natively from Facebook, Myspace, Picasa Web Albums, Flickr, Yahoo Image search, Google+ and also offered options to upload from a computer or to upload from a website. Many of Picnik's basic photo editing tools were free to use. Picnik Premium included additional photo editing features and was offered for a monthly, 6-month, or annual subscription cost.[5]
Picnik had a partnership with Flickr that included a less feature-rich version of Picnik built into Flickr as a default photo editor. They had also signed up to do photo editing with free website creator Webs. Picnik was acquired by Google on March 1, 2010.[6][7]
In January 2012, Picnik announced that it would be closing on April 19, 2013 and would be moving their tools to Google+.[citation needed] They provided a full refund to all Premium members and also provided free Premium service to everyone until April 19. Some people petitioned to stop the shut down, but failed.[8] Picnik sent an email to all of their users on March 21, 2012 containing a list of frequently asked questions.[9]
Picnik stopped allowing downloads of saved content and fully shut down on April 19, 2013. Two of Picnik's original engineers left Google to start a similar photo editor called PicMonkey in the beginning of 2012.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Picnik closure notice". Google. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
- ^ Caplan, Jeremy (March 5, 2010). "Google's Acquisition Binge: Why It Bought Picnik". TIME. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
- ^ "About Us." Picnik. Retrieved on March 5, 2010. Archived February 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Insanely easy photo editing with Picnik". Simple Scrapper. October 20, 2009. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
- ^ Kennedy, John (March 2, 2010). "Google acquires photo-editing site Picnik - Life". Silicon Republic. Archived from the original on January 19, 2025. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
- ^ Axe, Brian (March 1, 2010). "Google welcomes Picnik". Google Blog. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
- ^ "Google acquiring Web-based photo editor Picnik". CNET. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
- ^ "Don't Close Picnik!". SignOn.org. Archived from the original on October 29, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
- ^ "Picnik closure FAQ". Google Inc. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
- ^ Cook, John. "With Picnik set to shut down, former Picnik engineers scratch itch with PicMonkey", GeekWire, Seattle, 16 April 2012.
