(Credit: Sumo Paint)
There have been Web-based photo editors in the past that let you do basic things like scribble on your images or crop a certain section. Photoshop Express, Adobe's online editing solution, lets you do quite a bit more, but today, I found out about Sumo Paint which surpasses even Adobe's online application when it comes to features.
This Finland-based Web app lets you open images from your computer, a URL or its own servers if you sign up for a free Sumo account. This means you are not forced to sign up with the company to make use of its app. Once you've opened the file, you can edit it just like how it's done on a desktop application, except this is on a browser. We were pretty impressed with the options available, including layers, clone and blur effects and also basic photo-editing adjustments such as contrast, saturation and color balance, to name a few.
The breadth of features rivals that of Adobe's Photoshop Elements. It may not be as fast, but the speed was acceptable when we edited smaller files. Uploading a large 2MB photo took about 3 minutes but smaller ones already online loaded without much of a wait. After messing with the image, you can choose to save the end product on Sumo's servers if you have an account or simply download it onto your computer.
If you ask us, this is by far the most feature-packed Web-based photo manipulation service we've seen so far. It requires you to have Flash installed, but otherwise worked well on both Firefox and Chrome for us. We recommend giving it a go if you ever find yourself in a situation where you have to edit a photo using someone else's computer and don't have the right application on hand. All you need is a proper browser and Internet connection to do so.
SUMO Paint video
Just go to www.sumopaint.com and start using it!
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