I wouldn’t have predicted this but since we went public with Picnik our number 1 feature request has been for a way to integrate Picnik’s great photo editing experience directly inside of existing photo-hosting sites. We hear from every kind of site and service that does something with photos, from modeling agencies to social networks to blogging services to photo sharing sites.

So OK, here you go. With the new Picnik API third-party sites can provide all of Picnik’s editing and bridging (importing/exporting) capabilities to their users, fully integrated. We designed the API to make this scenario possible: When a user of a site/service sees a photo or a thumbnail on a page, they also see an ‘Edit’ button nearby. Click it to bring up Picnik with the photo loaded and ready for editing. When it’s done just click Save to return the edited photo to the originating site. Convenient, seamless, and fast.

Another great scenario is improved uploading. Instead of being limited to uploading photos from their computers users can pull from all the photo sites and services that Picnik connects to.

We’re making these scenarios and more possible without even leaving the site that hosts the photo! What’s more we’re providing it for free. Users who upgrade to the premium version of Picnik will have access to the full Picnik feature set everywhere Picnik is integrated.

Do you manage a site or service whose users would benefit from easy to use integrated photo editing? We’re looking for a few more beta testers for the Picnik Service, developers ready to integrate Picnik into their sites. If this is you fill out the API key request form and we’ll get you hooked up ASAP.

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