Picnik Announces Closing Petitions to Stop Google

Picnik Announces Closing in April, and Petitions to Stop Google are being done.

Hello, and Welcome to Second Time Treasures! Always a pleasure to have you visit. Make sure you say Hi before leaving so that I can too visit with you. 

If some of you use Picnik Photo Editing you maybe have seen the announcement already. They are scheduled to close on April 19, 2012. Sad to hear, sad to read, and so very sad to think of this. I generally used Picnik to edit photos for my blog, and blog pages, for editing my photos to size and any adjustments for my listings with my stores, and now what will I do? They are announcing you can go to Google Plus to do your editing which like many I assume they are referring tot Picasa there. Sorry, I cannot get the tools and ease there as I get with Picnik. Many other programs are great, but they also take time to learn, time to understand, and at many times are confusing. With Picnik there is no sign in, it is free with the tools allowed which is not bad for free, and then they have the premium membership which allows more tools. I know of different photographers who also use this program, and have so enjoyed it as well. I love Google Plus, but feel like this is being forced a little bit with Google taking over Picnik, and then announcing to use Google Plus. Hmm....

Below I will be showing a copy of the email I received. Please, read it to better understand, and would also appreciate you continuing on to sign the petition to try to stop this procedure too. I do thank you all for visiting with Second Time Treasures, and for understanding of this too. I wish you all a super fun, exciting, and safe weekend. Take care, and see you again soon. 

	Official Announcement: Picnik is closing 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. Your photos liberated Amazing photos are created in Picnik, so we have launched a new feature, Picnik Takeout, that easily downloads your photos to your desktop in convenient zip files. You may also elect to copy your photos to Google+ where you can store and share your creations. You may request your photos at any time and use this handy tool as many times as you like until our closing date of April 19, 2012. Learn more. Premium Refunds 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 "in 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. Now the Good News - Free Premium for ALL! To express our gratitude for your support over the past 5 years, Picnik Premium is free for everyone! Use Picnik in all of its premium glory, for free, from now until our actual closing day. Touch-up, Textures, Advanced, and more are all free for you to use! We have been incredibly proud of building a product that is used and beloved by so many of you. We continue to be amazed and humbled by the photos you create and we are immensely grateful for all of your support, creativity, and passion. We are excited by the photo-editing fun we have already brought to Google products, like Google+, where you can find many of your favorite Picnik effects in Creative Kit. We encourage you to visit Google+ and give it a whirl. Please visit the Help Hub for more information on our wind down, and check the Picnik blog for updated information on our April closure. It's been awesome, Team Picnik