Many online merchants wish to edit their own images but do not want to purchase expensive photo-editing software. Luckily, there's Aviary.
Aviary is a free online design suite that offers much of the power and capability of expensive desktop software. Aviary's mission, according to its website, is to make creation accessible for artists of all genres.
Aviary Video Tutorial
In this video tutorial, I will give you an overview of the Aviary Design Suite.
To begin, I will walk you through registering for an Aviary account. Registration is crucial if you wish to utilize all of the features in Aviary, many of which are very helpful.
Next, I will give you an overview of the main page and discuss the Aviary applications that are currently available, as well as briefly discuss applications that are still in development.
After reviewing the main page, I will take you into Phoenix, Aviary's image editor and perhaps its most popular application. I will show you some of the similarities between Aviary's Phoenix and Adobe's Photoshop. I will also show you how Aviary handles saved files and how you can change the licensing on your individual Aviary .egg files.
Next, I will take you to the "Your Creations" section of Aviary and show you how to change the privacy options on your images, determining both who can see your files and who can edit them. I will also show you where to find tutorials for Aviary, where you can learn the ins and outs of this effective design suite.
Finally, I'll show you the popular works of art done in Aviary as a demonstration of the power behind its applications. By browsing through the top-rated Aviary works, you should see that in many ways Aviary is just as powerful as certain commercial design suites.
If you are interested in Aviary, I would recommend browsing the site, watching the available videos and viewing some tutorials on using the applications. Above all, I would recommend opening up some of the Aviary applications and experimenting with them, as they can be a good alternative to the expensive Adobe applications.
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