Make your pictures funky!

Here I am going to be sharing with you a little about a great website I found recently. I am sure many people already know about this but I am sure there are just as many people that don't. The website is called befunky.com and acts as a kind of photo effects slash photoshop online application. You can upload your photos and edit them, adding interesting effects and changing details. Which I will explain below.

When it comes to photo editing people often think about expensive software, hours of learning and a lot of hard work. This website cuts all of that out. Allowing editing a photo to become as easy as playing a game.

This free web service is a great way to not only create some great images out of your home photos or digital images but you can also make some amazing display pictures or "avatars" for community profiles, Facebook, Twitter or even Hubpages!

Below I go into detail about the six main features on the website, this is the best online service i have used in a while. I was going to feature the others I found but to be honest none really compare to this one.

So why don't we dive in and explore its features!

For the sake of example I am going to be using a random image I got on Google. To start, click on the big “Get started” button

Now you need to choose your image and upload it clicking the upload button in the top right.

Once you have uploaded you will be met with an interface like the one in the image blow. We will be looking at all six areas in detail.

This web service allows you to photo edit, like you would in a downloaded bit of software.

Editing:

Now this is not as in depth as the likes of photoshop but it is a lot of fun and I am sure anyone who spends more than 10 seconds per image for the sake of writing an article will be able to create some really good quality edits.

Using the editing tool you can:

1. Crop the picture

2. Rotate and flip it

3. Resize

4. Brightness/contrast changes

5. Exposure

6. Hue/saturation

7. Colour filter

8. Temperature

9. Sharpen

10. Blur filter

11. Enhance detail

12. Smooth

13. Highlights/shadows

14. Duotone

That sounds like a lot right! Well that is because it is, but like all things it pays to have a play around and see what you can do. You can always just start over with the original image if you make something you really don't like!

Next we will be taking a look at the photo effects on offer. These can be used to add instant effects and auras to your images.

Using this feature you will be able to add the following effects:

1. Black and white

2. Charcoal

3. Colour pinhole

4. Cooling filter

5. Cross process

6. Cyanotype

7. Grunge

8. Holgaart

9. Imitate HDR

10. Instant

11. Line artopia

12. Lomoart

13. Motion Colour

14. Old photo

15. Orton style

16. Patriotic

17. Pinhole

18. Pop art

19. Sepia

20. Stenciler

21. Sunburst

22. United colours

23. Warming filter

24. Vintage colours

Artsy effects

This was a feature I really liked. It allows you to add real paint and workshop effects to your picture, they include:

1. Cartoonizer

2. Gouache

3. Impressionist

4. Inkify

5. Oilpainting

6. Pointillism

7. Sketcher

8. Underpainting

9. Watercolour

Add goodies!

I don't feel I need to go into great detail about this as it really is child's play. You select the various masks, icons, flags and so on and stick them all over your picture!

Add frames!

This is a nice little feature which allows you to add a bit of style to your digital image. By adding a frame, there are many to choose from. Personally I really liked the postage option!

• Basic border

• Rounded corner

• Drop shadow

• Postage

• Instant

• Grunge frames

• Classic frames

• Ornamental frames

• Halloween frames

• Flower frames

• Doodle frames

1. All images contained in this article, showing interface and editing are from http://www.befunky.com/. Screenshots taken by R919
2. The Image of the Dog used in the demonstration is from Greatdogsite
3. The cover photo is from an artists blog, which you can visit here