There is a very sad news for all Picnik users that Google has decided to shut down and Close Picnik , the online photo editing tool on April 19 ,2012 !
In an Email they had sent to their users , Picnik / Google States that ," Since joining Google in 2010, we have been creating editing magic in Google products while continuing to keep Picnik awesome. But now we get to focus on even awesomer things. Picnik will be closing on April 19, 2012. "
With the Closing of Picnik there are few very Important Points as a user of Picnik or Picnik premium that you need to look at -
Free Picnik Premium For All
As a part of expressing Gratitude for all of its users for Past 5 Years , Picnik will be offering free Picnik Premium and open up all premium features for free till it is closed . The Advanced , Touch up , textures , etc all of the premium features will be available completely free now .
Premium Refunds
All the present Picnik Premium users would be getting a complete refund of their money even they are on the last day of their membership , To this Google says that ," ," To our primo Picnik Premium members, we’ll begin processing a full refund of your current membership fee within a week of this announcement. By “full” we mean the whole darn thing. Yep, this means even if you are on your very last day of an annual membership, we will refund you the entire $24.95. Just because we want to say thanks."
Liberation of Photos
You can easily download your Photos from Picnik in ZIP format on your Desktop with the latest created Picnik Takeout feature for this very purpose -
picnik.com/go/takeout
For more latest Updates regarding the Closing Keep Checking the Picnik Blog -
http://blog.picnik.com/
For more help please visit here -
http://support.google.com/picnik/?hl=en
Source - Official Announcement: Picnik is closing
