PicMonkey: PicMonkey is an image editor program that uses seasonal image modifying, as well as a typical photo manipulator. You can edit quite a bit of your photo without having to pay for a Royale, what the premium membership is called. The program is pretty expansive in a typical photo manipulation. You can add what looks like make-up, effects, and even speech bubbles. You can do anything with it. My only two complaints are in that finding the regular manipulation option is rather difficult, in it being overshadowed by the season, in this case, monster manipulations. As well, your ability to use anything on the monster manipulation is pretty much limited to changing the color of your skin. As well, if you REALLY want to get something out of the monster manipulator, Royale only costs about $3.00 a month, which certainly isn't bad if someone were to use it often.
BeFunky: No matter what I did while using it, I could not find anything that required a premium subscription to use any of the services. It is also very expansive, with fonts, colors, and ways to manipulate photos. The process is very simple, as well, with simply a point and a click you can manipulate the photos very easily, even for someone who can barely turn a computer on without destroying everything in sight. Another nice option is the use of easily making a Facebook cover, which is one of those things that can be slightly hard to make on other services. I would recommend it, even if everything is very basic and nothing too professional. Suggested for the casual editor.
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Sumo Paint is probably the most basic painting system, at least from a free application stand-point. The amount of basic options are staggering. The user has two major options, either submitting their own photo to edit or creating their own from scratch, but it seems pretty difficult to manipulate on an amateur level. Perhaps someone with a higher artistic credibility would be able to edit it better. I spent some time playing with it, but it may be far more complicated than I can handle. The folly in technological ignorance.
Psykopaint is certainly... the most interesting of the bunch. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it takes some getting used to. The gimmick of this site is using a template of a famous artist, such as Van Gogh or Monet and editing photos in a way similar to their artistic style. It's kind of hard to use without some experience, so I wouldn't suggest it to amateurs or casual editors. I'd say this service would only be useful to those who actively want to do something creative with their pictures, while not having the skills or resources to do it by themselves.
Photoshop was pretty much the best image editing process. No more words needed.
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