TLDR: Pixlr Premium is a browser-based, AI-powered image editor that can do almost everything Photoshop can do at a fraction of the price.
Photoshop is the dean of online image editing software because it can do virtually anything quickly and easily. It’ll also cost you $20.99 per month for the privilege. Or you can just get it as part of the complete Adobe Creative Cloud suite of apps for $52.99 each month. Either way, it’s not cheap.
While you’re often getting what you pay for with offers like Photoshop, there are scores of users who fall into a middle ground, needing a robust assortment of editing features, but not at bank-breaking prices. A Pixlr Premium subscription ($19.99 for a one-year subscription; 79 percent off from TNW Deals) splits the difference, with a load of editing options and you won’t be paying an arm and a leg to do it.
Thanks to the power of artificial intelligence, Pixlr is a browser-based photo editing suite that can actually take a lot of the heavy lifting right out of your hands on a given editing project. With a touch, Pixlr can handle a whole bunch of advanced image creation tasks virtually automatically, like the smart cutout ability for instantly removing a background, an unwanted object or even someone you don’t want in the picture, all in a matter of seconds.
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To streamline the process, Pixlr comes with a vast collection of design templates to help speed your work along like templates perfectly sized to create a YouTube thumbnail, an Instagram story, a Facebook post, or virtually any social media post with just a few clicks.
In addition to the templates, there are also more than 3,000 overlays to put a different spin on your image, as well as about 7,000 stickers and other iconography that can help your picture grab attention. There are also more than 5,000 different typefaces for adding text to your image too. All that versatility is part of why TechRadar tabbed Pixlr as one of its 2021 best Photoshop alternatives.
A year of Pixlr Premium photo-editing tools is regularly a $95 value, but as part of the current deal, you can pick it up instead for a whole lot less at just $19.99.
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