Creating Content with Pixlr!
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We maintain and update our own website using a template style website (Church Plant Media). CPM only offers minimal graphics for use with the templates so we have to create our own graphics for the different pages on our site. We also send out a graphics heavy weekly newsletter through the website. In addition to our website, we also use graphics each week during our service that are projected onto the screens. I use Pixlr to create all of the graphics for our organization.
Pros
- It offers a broad range of editing options.
- The ability to "save" your work history within the browser but also to a file.
- Has a large database of copyright free images for background use.
- Has a great selection of fonts.
Cons
- It would be fantastic if you had the option to save your entire work history at once, instead of each "project" individually. In case your web cache was cleared.
- Add more fonts.
- Offer more templates, other than just templates that are social media based.
Likelihood to Recommend
If you're in a situation where you're regularly creating content for a website, social media page, or even printed materials, Pixlr is a great option! It allows you to create something simple from scratch (with just a solid background and text) or something more complex (with multiple pictures, layers, fonts, shadowing, etc.). It's our go-to method for creating content. If you're someone who isn't very tech savvy, the learning curve for using Pixlr effectively could be discouraging. The interface is intuitive, but there's a lot to it.
