Category Archives: Updates

This week's challenge: #pixlrspace

Like so many millions of people around the worlds, we were deeply saddened to hear about the passing of David Bowie. Throughout his life he was a beacon for weirdness and creativity — a real outsider who found a way to get inside the heads of nearly everyone on the planet with his unique music.

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New Challenge: #pixlr #downtonabbey #fanart

Downton Abbey just kicked off their final season in the states, so it’s a ripe time for making fun images of the characters. We have to admit we’ve never dug very deep for #downtonabbey #fanart, but this seems like the right time. They’re all such rich characters that we’re certain we can have some fun

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Pixlr Challenge: #pixlrbw

Black and white is the essence of photography. Someone famous may have said that, but actually I think we just made that up. Black-and-white photography is loved by nearly everyone because it can be so stark and powerful, but most people who use their phones to take photos just naturally stick with the default —

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New Challenge: #pixlr #wordpeek

We’ve been running photo challenges for a long time, but we haven’t done a lot with words. So this week, we want you to use the text features of Pixlr apps and add some words to your photos. But here’s the catch: We want you to experiment with the Eraser to give the illusion that

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New Challenge: #pixlr #onthetable

In our neck of the woods a lot of people will be going over the hills and through the woods to Grandma’s house this week. It’s Thanksgiving in America. For our challenge this week, we wanted to indulge our love of carb-based side dishes and deep-fried turkey, but we also wanted to make a photo challenge

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New Challenge: #pixelate

Tag photos #pixelate so we can find them on Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr, and Facebook! A week ago we released Pixlr 3.0 for iOS and Android, which sports a brand-new user interface. Almost all of the tools in the app are the same, although a few have been moved around or grouped into new toolsets. The

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