The site allowed users to edit images, add styles to imported images and use basic editing tools such as cropping and resizing an image.[4] 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.[5]
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.[6][7]
In January 2012, Picnik announced that it would be closing on April 19, 2013 and would be moving their tools to Google+.[citation needed] 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.[8] Picnik sent an email to all of their users on March 21, 2012 containing a list of frequently asked questions.[9]
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.[10]
