Picnik, one of my favorite online photo editors (all Flex) just announced that they’re opening up the features in their premium service to everyone:

Now all Picnik users will have full access to our huge range of edit tools, special effects, fonts and shapes that previously were only available as Premium features. Free users will have this largess supported by ads.

Picnik still has a premium model which includes things like fullscreen mode, exclusive content, no ads, and the ability to be first in line for new features. It’s an interesting model to open up some of the premiere features to everyone but keep the premium model and even continue to offer early access to new features to those customers.

Picnik remains one of the best looking Flex applications out there. They were able to sign a great deal with Flickr (TechCrunch thinks that contributed to this) and they keep on trucking. I’ve been playing with Photoshop Express internally and I’m also really excited about that application. It’s going to be a golden age in online photo editing with a lot of people pushing each other in beneficial directions for customers.

[tags]Picnik, Photoshop Express, Photo Editors, Flex[/tags]

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