26th / February / 2013 By: Steven Hickey
Fed up of rubbish images? Let’s be honest, achieving a perfect image isn’t the easiest of tasks.
But now there’s a better way….
The NEW Aviary image editor on ekmPowershop.com puts a wealth of tools at your fingertips. Flawless images are just a few clicks away!
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| TAKE A SNAP
Upload an image to your shop and you’ll see a new ‘edit’ option. Here you’ll find an array of clever tools at your disposal. |
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RESIZE
Say goodbye to the wonky image gremlin! Consistent image sizes are essential if you want a professional online shop. Now you can quickly cut your image down to size with the handy resize tool. |
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| FILTER
Instagram lovers will be familiar with filters and all the cool effects they can create. Add a different ‘feel’ (or filter) to your image with a single click. Choose from plenty of presets and transform your image with minimal fuss. |
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| ENHANCE
Add finishing touches to your image with the ‘enhance’ tools. Ensuring your image appears crisp and polished, ready for attention! |
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| OUT NOW! |
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| There’s no need to install the new image editor, it’s already there! Simply edit a product or category image and you’ll see the new editor. For more information view our support guide or contact our support team. |
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February 26th, 2013 at 12:54 pm
Hi, can you not intergrate this in so you can edit all pictures and not just product pics?
Thanks
Dan
February 26th, 2013 at 4:30 pm
Hi, we’re working on adding the new image editor into all editable areas of your online shop (promo elements, welcome area etc), as you rightly state it only works on product and category images at present. Getting it to work on all images in your shop is harder to implement so we released it on product and category images initially so as not to hold up the release. The enhancement to have the editor in all areas is under way though, and it will be out in a few weeks max.
For now however there is a work around to use an image that’s been edited with the new editor in these editable elements: Upload an image to a temporary product or category and edit the image with the new editor (you can set the product or category to hidden as you’re only adding it to get the image on the system). Then save the image in your shop once you’ve edited it. You can then use this image elsewhere in your shop, such as any editable element when you add/insert an image through the toolbar (just select the option to use an existing image). Then you can delete the temporary hidden product/category. We must stress this is a temporary work around for people wanting images edited with the new editor to appear in editable elements and places in their shop other than categories and products. You will be able to use the new editor in these elements direct very soon!
February 26th, 2013 at 10:57 pm
It looks great! Can’t wait to try it.
February 27th, 2013 at 6:28 am
I am looking forward to having this feature on my website.
February 27th, 2013 at 8:12 am
Hi, could you correct 2 small problems with a picture editor.
1. Resizing the picture down doesn’t reduce picture size and sometimes increases it as categories picture sizes is predefined in advance.
2. After picture editing in category, picture name looses the original category name and name of the picture becomes gibberish combination of letters and numbers.
Otherwise this is most welcome upgrade.
February 27th, 2013 at 2:59 pm
This is a great feature but would really like to see a feature that allow a series of edits onto my website that I can make, including pictured edits as above, but then not have them made live until all edits are complete. That is a “schedule” option.
At present updates to my eKM shop appears as I edit them, if I want to make a formal announcement of a major new features, it is difficult to schedule it to appear all at the same time.
February 28th, 2013 at 9:05 am
Sounds great, thanks guys
February 28th, 2013 at 12:40 pm
This is a grea tool however nothing beats professional product shots.
February 28th, 2013 at 6:28 pm
This is great, going to be so much quicker to edit the picture size so they all align nicely on the category pages.
February 28th, 2013 at 9:44 pm
Brilliant! Thanks again EKM another great tool!