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The PicLab: Online Photo Editor for Quick and Simple Editing Jobs

ThePicLab is like most online photo editors that are available out ther on the web. And like those online photo editors, you can use it for free and do simple photo editing jobs that doesn’t require too much effects or heavy layouts.

The tool has your common editing tools like crop, change pic size, filters and custom size adjustments. ThePicLab also supports layers so if you are very specific about this particular feature then this online tool has it.

Overall, the tool is pretty basic and its features are similar to what other online photo editors are offering. It can be useful when you are in need of a photo editor and does not have one on the desktop that you are using or for simple and quick editing jobs for online use.

Tags: editor, photo, The Pic Lab

PasteHTML: Free Anonymous HTML Host

If you want to quickly and anonymously publish an HTML page, just head over to PasteHTML. It will host your HTML file anonymously, for free and forever. This tool is instant and will not require you to create an account or ask for any information about you.

All you need is a basic knowledge of HTML. If you have an existing HTML page you created using HTML editors, you can just paste the codes on PasteHTML. You are allowed to preview and edit your page. The next step is pretty simple, just prove that you’re human and you can publish your HTML page. You will be given a unique URL for your publication. The URL is randomly created so would be wise to bookmark it immediately after publishing.

PasteHTML is a great way to publish anonymously if you are concerned with your privacy but like to make an online publication about anything. If you know HTML and would like to make a secret publication, better check it out.

Tags: Anonymous, editor, host, html

Add Text to Images Using PicFont

PicFont is an image editor which lets you insert text or comments on photos. You can normally do them in a desktop image editor installed in your computer. The only difference with PicFont is that the editing is done online. You can either upload from your computer or grab a photo online.

There are other online editing tools which does the same job and more but with limited fonts styles. PicFont is only focused on placing text on your images. Just place in a text, choose a font, size and color and drag it around the photo. You can also rotate the texts that you inserted. There is also a preview feature which allows you to see the photo in different sizes and download it in the same manner.

PicFont is great for grabbing photos online and inserting comments without having to download the photo and edit it in your resident photo editor. If you are looking for a quick way to place text(s) on images online, PicFont is a great place to start. It may not give you the full editing power of a normal desktop editor but it will surely do the job in adding texts and comments on a photo/image.

Tags: add text, editor, image, photo, picfont

TubePopper: Insert Text Bubbles in YouTube Videos

TubePopper is a new way of adding fun to your YouTube videos. It allows you to insert text bubbles and subtitles to YouTube videos. The service was built to search YouTube’s extremely large database of video content or you can use the available videos in TubePopper.

The editor is quite easy to use. Just search a video you want or create your own by inserting the YouTube video URL and you can immediately begin editing. To edit a video, just pause to the part of the video you want your text bubble to appear and select which type of text add-on you want to insert. You can edit the color and position of the text bubble, change font color and sizes, and adjust the transparency of your text bubble. When you’re done, just place a title and a brief description of your created video and click “done editing.”

TubePopper can be used for the following:

• Making cartoons out of Youtube videos (Make people think funny things, when they are saying something different)
• – Subtitling a video to make a new story out of the images
• – Translating existing video into new languages
• – Commenting on a video

This is a great tool for adding more spice to your own YouTube videos and to the ones uploaded by others. It’s great for making comments and video reactions to previously created videos. You can also embed the tubes created in TubePopper. Have fun with your videos.

Check out the video sample made by the TubePopper team.

Tags: cartoon, editor, text bubbles, tubepopper, youtube

FireShot: Firefox Screenshot Editor Plugin

What makes Firefox so great is not because it’s a fast browser. From my experience, Opera is still a faster browser than Firefox and consumes even less memory. Even if the older versions of Firefox are having memory issues, a lot of people including me still use it as the primary browser. This is because of the huge amount of add-ons available for Firefox. Those add-ons are the key to the success of the browser.

Here’s another extension that you might find of great use, especially those who take a lot of screen shots. The add-on is called FireShot. It’s a screen shot editor which you can run along with your Firefox browser. You can use it to take quick screenshots of web pages and edit them right away. You don’t have to open Photoshop or other editing tools to crop and edit your screenshots. Just right click on the page and select capture and edit. The editor will pop out and you can make take advantage of the tools which lets you quickly modify captures and insert text and graphical annotations.

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Another feature of Fireshot that I find useful is that it can take a screenshot of the entire webpage. This is very useful if you have a limited screen size and need a larger screen shot scale.

The plugin is free to download. The pro version will give you some upgrades but nothing that big if you’re not a heavy user. You will get the pro features for the first 30 days and will automatically switch to simple mode after that, which is still very useful.

Note: FireShot is also available for Internet Explorer users.

Tags: add-on, editor, extension, Firefox, fireshot, internet explorer, Plugin, screenshot

Blog Editor Alternatives: ScribeFire

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This is the continuation of the post for Blog Editor Alternatives. Here is the second part.

ScribeFire

ScribeFire is a very cool Firefox Extension that really brings blogging to a whole new level. It enables users to easily drag and drop formatted text from the Web into their blog(s), post entries, take notes, and optimize their ad inventory, directly through the Firefox browser.

This is a great Firefox Add-on for bloggers. You can easily make posts to your blog by clicking the SribeFire button on the bottom of your Firefox browser. It will allow easier blogging as you do not have to login to your blog’s dashboard to start writing and posting. You can also edit previous blog entries easily. You can modify time-stamps, add Technorati tags, place trackback URL’s and pings.

You can choose to open ScribeFire in split screen mode, in a new window or a new tab. The application also allows you to easily share pages to social networking sites such as Digg, Furl, Mahalo, reddit, Facebook and a few more.

ScribeFire allows you to:

• Categorize and tag your blog posts
• Upload images
• Set timestamps
• Save works-in-progress as notes
• Post an entry as a draft
• Share your posts on social websites
• Upload files via FTP

You can also make money with ScribeFire by registering to ScribeFire Ads. Although this service is still in private beta, it promises easy “point and click” functionality in placing banner ads to blogs and have access to a dashboard to track your site’s earnings with no minimum payouts. This means that you can cash in every month no matter how much you make with your ads. Neat!

If you are blogger who finds it hard using your current blog post editor or someone who wants to try out something new, ScribFire is a “must try” Firefox Add-on. It’s also great for managing multiple blog accounts especially multiple Blogspot (blogger) accounts.

Tags: add-on, alternative, Blog, editor, Firefox, Plugin, scribefire