There are lots of new web sites springing which allow you to mess about with your photos without using Photoshop or similar programs. Some are more serious than others!

Proper Image Editors

35 Online Image Editors

In recent years , Websites which provides tools to edit photos in web browsers have come a long way. Instead of buying costly image editing software and installing them on your hard Drive , you can simply edit your images online without much trouble. With this online image editing tools , you can easily create all the special effects you want in your image. Even few websites provides templates for novice designers to create special effects in their photos.

Splashup

Splashup, formerly Fauxto, is a powerful editing tool and photo manager. With all the features professionals use and novices want, it's easy to use, works in real-time and allows you to edit many images at once. Splashup runs in all browsers, integrates seamlessly with top photosharing sites, and even has its own file format so you can save your work in progress.

Pixenate

Allows you to capture a photo from your own PC or from any web site and apply various effects and fixes using the icons down the left. Serious phot fixes and several 'fun' elements and text effects too. Brilliantly well done. Option to upload direct to Flickr too.

Pixlr

Well specified Flash based online editor. Looks good and makes full use of layers as well as most normal effects.

Picture2Life

Picture2Life is a powerful, but simple and easy-to-use online image editor which also allows you to create collages and animated gif's (or animations). It works great with your pictures that you already have online!

Fun Image Editors

25 Websites to Have Fun With Your Photos:

There’re some really great sites out there that allows you to add effects to your photo by using their existing effect-templates. The best part is - most of them are free and output is shown immediately on the fly. Here’s a collection of 25 Sites To Have Fun With Your Photos we’ve come to know.

Many of these will also be listed below....

With Writeonit

you can select from over 50 effects and edit your picture. It currently offers three different types of effects including Captions, Fake Pictures and Fake Magazines

Fun Photo Box

lets you pick from tons of photo effects and allows you to add your own picture to it. Fun Photo Box currently supports 3 image formats including JPEG, GIF and PNG. The maximum size of a photo can be up to 4MB. You can even post these pictures automatically to social media networks directly from the website.

Jpgfun

 is an online image editing service that allows you to add magazine covers, funny effects and photo frames to your pictures. You can choose from over 130 different effects and 3 different categories.

Be Funky

BeFunky Photo Effects allow everyday people to easily create photographically rich and artistic results from their digital images without the need for any technical knowledge. These “one-click” photo effect options produce desired results effortlessly and each effect comes with the option to make simple adjustments

PhotoFunia

PhotoFunia is an online photo editing tool that gives you a fun filled experience. You upload any photo and just wait to see the magic. Our proprietary technology automatically identifies the face in the photo and let’s you add cool photo effects and create funny face photo montages. PhotoFunia is free and very easy to use. Just select an effect you like from over 100 different effects, upload your photo, and PhotoFunia will handle the rest for you

Photo 505

Huge collection of photo templates, which will keep You busy for quite a while.

Loonapix

In a few words - Loonapix is going to beautify your life. A lot more photo templates.

BigHugeLabs Flickr

Have fun with Your photos, a lot of photo editing tools available here, You don’t need any knowledge of professional photo editing programs.

FotoTrix - Image Generator

Upload a digital photo to add fun effects and novelty layouts. FotoTrix have over 2,500 templates for your digital photographs! Make it look like you had your photograph taken with a celebrity or add some goofy props to spice up your photos.

Pizap

Pizap is a fun free photo editor that lets people easily create wacky images with their digital pictures. PiZap was created as a tool primarily for social networking users who want to post their images to their favorite social networking sites

Single effect sites

Really old photo

Its all in Japanese but its simple enough to use - just enter a url of a photo (from your Flickr accoun - or similar web site) and click the blue box! Very effective.

Water Effect

Simple one effect site. Upload your photo and get it as an animated water reflection ripple effect - has to be seen really!

Wet Floor Maker

Upload a photo and play with the settings to poduce a reflected image

Fix Red Eyes

Online Red Eye Remover

Full on Face Make Over

MakeUp is nifty online photo enhancer that lets you quickly enhance your portrait photos and make them look like a picture of a model from glossy magazine. The application automatically applies eye and skin makeup, removes imperfections, whitens teeth and adds special glamor soft focus effect.

Picartia - Mosaic

Create photo mosaic Online and Free! A powerful photo collage maker in 3 easy steps. Get your photo montage in less than 2 minutes!

MagMyPic

There are 30 different magazines to choose from for now. You can select any of them and make an impressive, unique, custom fake magazine with ease and Your own picture - it’s simple as that!

Hollywood Hair Virtual Makeover

Try on the hottest celebrity hair and makeup looks!

Hairmixer

Lovely tool and it does exatcly what it says in the image below.

Poladroid - The easiest and funiest polaroid maker

Easy way how to create high resolution - polaroid like images.

Dynamic Einstein picture

You can change the text on this image to whatever you like. Change the text in the form below, then click on “preview image”. The text in the image will change accordingly. You can align the text with spaces and enters

5 tools to create your own Panorma

You want to create your own panorama, but do not want to bother with messy details like control points and blending options? Here are 5 ways to get you up and running with your own panorama without getting embroiled in advanced photographic terminology.