We’ve looked at online image editors in the past and found many of them to be clunky, slow, and difficult to use. But with web clients always needing an easy way to crop and resize their own images, we were keen to find a cost-effective solution for image editing.

We took another look at what was out there for online editing, and stopped when we found Pixlr. It has quite simply blown us away with how good it is. Best of all, it is free. It’s the perfect solution for website owners who need to resize an image or perhaps touch it up a little, but who don’t need (or can’t afford) all of the features that come with software like Photoshop. If you have been a Photoshop user in the past, you will certainly recognise a lot of Pixlr’s image editing functionality.

Pixlr can be used in two different modes – an express service for basic resizing and touch-ups at http://www.pixlr.com/express/ and the more advanced editing at http://www.pixlr.com/editor/. You can create a new image, upload an image for editing, or download an image from the web for editing. We think that’s pretty cool.