Editing Pictures

I researched many different photo editing sites. Many of them wanted you to sign up for accounts which would ask you if you wanted to upgrade. It was hard to decide which sites were actually free and which sites charge fees.
The first site that I tried was, adobe photoshop.com.
It required me to start up an account, which I was weary of. After finally accessing the site, I was disappointed with its features. Compared to photoshop this was a very basic program. You could crop, rotate, change colors, organize, edit, and add frames and borders. If you wanted to upgrade to a more advanced program, you had more options, but were required to pay a fee. This program I used to edit a Star Wars picture of me and a storm trooper. (By the way, it's my son who loves Star Wars, I'm really not obsessed.) I was not impressed with the results as it was pretty basic.
The second site that I tried was, picnik.com. I liked this one a little better. The program was pretty easy. You could adjust colors, rotate, re size, add text, add special effects, and add borders or frames. The editing was very easy and also easy to undue if you were not happy with the results. I really liked how you could add special effects such as creating your picture into a puzzle. I used this program to edit my "dog vader" picture. I liked the results.
The third editing site that I tried was phixr.com. This one also seemed pretty basic to me. I did like how you could put your head through a hole to be projected into images. I also liked how you could warp pictures to create funny faces. I would say this site was o.k. I used this site to edit the picture of my son with his big bunny. I like how the picture created a texture for the stuffed animal. To me it actually looks furry.
Of the three photo editing sites, I like picnik the best. I'm sure the advanced options would let you create some amazing pictures. However, in comparison to photoshop, all three would be seen as basic programs.