Aviary – Free Online Design Suite

Thanks to Kevin Cheng – kev/null (@k) I just discovered Aviary, the online suite of editing tools.

Aviary has apparently been out there for a while, but it was not free unil yesterday. This site has almost everything Adobe and others offer in their suite’s and editing applications, but it’s all running in your browser, and it doesn’t cost a thing!

At first I thought Aviary couldn’t possibly offer any good experience for users online, as Photoshop and other major applications run locally, and some even struggle a little on older systems. Before I gave it a go, I suspected it would be sluggish and slow, and not offer any detail editing and presicion. I was wrong, very wrong.

Aviary handles any task with relative ease, and you don’t notice any difference when opening up an image in your browser compared to Photoshop and the likes. Editing it is much the same, no delay and does everything you’re used to in major applications, only Aviary does this in your browser, and completely free of charge!

Features

• Phoenix – Image Editor
• Peacock – Effects Editor
• Myna – Audio Editor
• Toucan – Color Editor
• Raven – Vector Editor
• Falcon – Image Markup

There’s also a complete set of tutorials for each Aviary application.

So, if you’re an aspiring designer or just a casual artist, and you believe in open source, Aviary is for you!