Thrift Store Junkies: Closing of Picnik Photo Editing and Petition to Stop

Closing of Picnik Photo Editing and Petition to Stop This!

Hello, and Welcome to Thrift Store Junkies page to this main blog. Glad to have you visit, stopping by, and taking a peak with me. Remember to please say Hi so that I can come visit with you too.

Who do you use for your photo editing programs? There are some great ones out there. For me, many of them are complicating, and there are sooo many steps you have to do to have something simple done for others to see. That is why I like using Picnik. I don't have to sign in, go into use whenever I want, easy to use, no hassles, for free quite a few nice little tools to use, for premium fees you of course would have more tools, and is just a great place to use! Well, in my email I received they have announced their closing of April 19, 2012. They are refunding money back to everyone for premium fees. Even if you have gone all year, have one day left to use, they are refunding you in full. See, great place! At same time you are also being referred to using Google Plus for your photo editing which I can only assume means using their picasa albums they have. Sad because this is not as good as what picnik is for doing editing. Many photographers also use Picnik, and have been pleased with their services.

I enjoy Google Plus, and have liked it. But, for social networking I am enjoying it. Not for photo editing, and for that reason feels like the Google Plus is being pushed at you with this issue too. Below you will find a copy of the email I received. Please, read it, and then follow the links to where you can also sign a petition to try to stop this procedure too. Would be great if you would do it, and if you do so...I thank you kindly for this too. Thanks so much for visiting with Thrift Store Junkies page today to this main blog. Enjoy having you, sharing with you, and look forward to seeing you again. Take care everyone, and see you again soon!

Official Announcement: Picnik is closing

Since joining Google in 2010, we have been creating editing magic in Google products while continuing to keep Picnik awesome. But now we get to focus on even awesomer things. Picnik will be closing on April 19, 2012.

Your photos liberated
Amazing photos are created in Picnik, so we have launched a new feature, Picnik Takeout, that easily downloads your photos to your desktop in convenient zip files. You may also elect to copy your photos to Google+ where you can store and share your creations. You may request your photos at any time and use this handy tool as many times as you like until our closing date of April 19, 2012. Learn more.

Premium Refunds
To our primo Picnik Premium members, we'll begin processing a full refund of your current membership fee within a week of this announcement. By "in full" we mean the whole darn thing. Yep, this means even if you are on your very last day of an annual membership, we will refund you the entire $24.95. Just because we want to say thanks.

Now the Good News - Free Premium for ALL!
To express our gratitude for your support over the past 5 years, Picnik Premium is free for everyone! Use Picnik in all of its premium glory, for free, from now until our actual closing day. Touch-up, Textures, Advanced, and more are all free for you to use!
We have been incredibly proud of building a product that is used and beloved by so many of you. We continue to be amazed and humbled by the photos you create and we are immensely grateful for all of your support, creativity, and passion.

We are excited by the photo-editing fun we have already brought to Google products, like Google+, where you can find many of your favorite Picnik effects in Creative Kit. We encourage you to visit Google+ and give it a whirl.

Please visit the Help Hub for more information on our wind down, and check the Picnik blog for updated information on our April closure.

It's been awesome,
Team Picnik