Picnik

{{short description|Photo editing service}}

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{{Infobox website

| name = Picnik

| logo = Picnik website logo.png

| company_type = Subsidiary

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| foundation = 2005 in Seattle, Washington

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| dissolved = April 19, 2013

| location = Seattle, Washington

| location_country = United States

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| key_people = Jonathan Sposato, CEO
Darrin Massena, CTO and Co-founder
Mike Harrington, Co-founder

| industry = Internet, computer software

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| parent = Google

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| url = {{URL|http://www.picnik.com/}}

| website_type = Image editing service

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| language = English, Spanish, German, Italian and 12 others

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| current_status = Fully closed{{cite web|url=http://www.picnik.com/|title=Picnik closure notice|publisher=Google|access-date=2012-08-30}}

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Picnik was an online photo editing service which was acquired by Google in 2010.{{Cite web |last=Caplan |first=Jeremy |date=2010-03-05 |title=Google's Acquisition Binge: Why It Bought Picnik |url=https://time.com/archive/6906958/googles-acquisition-binge-why-it-bought-picnik/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=TIME |language=en}} It was headquartered in Downtown Seattle, Washington, United States."[http://www.picnik.com/info/about About Us]." Picnik. Retrieved on March 5, 2010. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223063627/http://www.picnik.com/info/about |date=February 23, 2010 }}

The site allowed users to edit images, add styles to imported images and use basic editing tools such as cropping and resizing an image.{{Cite web |date=2009-10-20 |title=Insanely easy photo editing with Picnik |url=https://www.simplescrapper.com/2009/10/insanely-easy-photo-editing-with-picnik/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Simple Scrapper |language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite news |last=Kennedy |first=John |date=2010-03-02 |title=Google acquires photo-editing site Picnik - Life |url=https://www.siliconrepublic.com/life/google-acquires-photo-editing-site-picnik |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250119113118/https://www.siliconrepublic.com/life/google-acquires-photo-editing-site-picnik |archive-date=2025-01-19 |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=Silicon Republic |language=en-GB}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/google-welcomes-picnik.html|title=Google welcomes Picnik|date=2010-03-01|first=Brian|last=Axe|work=Google Blog|access-date=2017-07-20}}{{Cite web |title=Google acquiring Web-based photo editor Picnik |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/google-acquiring-web-based-photo-editor-picnik/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=CNET |language=en}}

In January 2012, Picnik announced that it would be closing on April 19, 2013 and would be moving their tools to Google+.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://signon.org/sign/dont-close-picnik.fb1?source=s.fb&r_by=2007188 |title=Don't Close Picnik! |publisher=SignOn.org |access-date=2012-08-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029034214/http://signon.org/sign/dont-close-picnik.fb1?source=s.fb&r_by=2007188 |archive-date=2012-10-29 }} Picnik sent an email to all of their users on March 21, 2012 containing a list of frequently asked questions.{{cite web|title=Picnik closure FAQ|url=https://support.google.com/picnik|publisher=Google Inc.|access-date=30 August 2012}}

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.Cook, John. [http://www.geekwire.com/2012/picnik-prepares-closure-staffers-tout-picmonkey/ "With Picnik set to shut down, former Picnik engineers scratch itch with PicMonkey"], GeekWire, Seattle, 16 April 2012.