flauntR

flauntR

www.flauntr.com

There are lots of picture editors available online, but I really like this one because of the funky interface which is really easy to use - and it makes working with other online resources a breeze.

You'll need to register and when you log in you can start working straight away by loading up a picture from your PC, or even your online photo storage account, such as FlickR, Facebook and Picasa.

Once you upload a picture it's stored in your album, where you can access it any time to do work on it. To do this click and drag it from your album into the workspace in the top half of the screen.

Click the arrows on the right of the divider to minimize the album, then use the tabs across the top to switch between activities such as editing, adding text and arty stylizing.

Two features I really like are profilR & mobilR, where you can easily resize the image to be perfect for your phone of social networking profile. You can even make your pic into a postcard using the templates under the StyleR tab.

Once you've finished working with the image you can save it and share it using the buttons along the top of the workspace.

10 Ways

10 Ways

www.interact10ways.com

There are many different ways to look at art, both literally, and figuratively speaking. Our first site today is from Getty Images, one of the best known image banks in the world.

This is a simply awe-inspiring website, filled to the brim with stunning images and ways to explore them through 10 separate, uniquely structured virtual paths. It's a site you will get lost in as you wander through the immense collection - and don't let the opening graphics fool you, this is one highly sophisticated piece of web design.

Click the opening image to enter the sub menus, split into categories such as Light, Information, Memory, Space, Time and Emotion. Clicking a sub menu takes you to a page displaying the two exhibits in that section. Each exhibit can be launched in a new window, and then you are free to interact with the contents and discover what is inside.

I can't tell you which exhibit to visit first as they are all amazing. From the never ending journey of images in Information, to the engrossing interactions that allow you to measure your emotions pictorially in Emotion.

All brilliantly presented and beautifully created. Well done Getty, a real winner.