Pictuck

Social networks are more than just getting in touch with friends, family, or business associates nowadays. News feeds and entertainment show up in plain sight, and you can just as well be the author of some spectacular creations. With this in mind, Pictuck wants to help you apply quick effects to pictures before uploading them to various networks.

A setup is required first of all so it can blend with your computer. Before doing so, it's advisable to check whether or not your computer is fitted with .NET Framework, because it's a required component for functionality, even though it usually comes in the default feature pack of modern Windows iterations.

A simple, cool, intuitive design shows up on launch, showing the first step required to get started, which is to add a picture. Drag and drop isn't supported, and you can only process one picture at a time. Support is decent, and you're able to work with images under formats like JPG, PNG, GIF, TIF, and BMP, which are pretty popular.

The preview of the loaded picture is shown in most of the main window, with the possibility to rotate it. The upper toolbar also holds all the effects you can apply, such as keyhole, matrix, old TV, Paris, Rome, Rounded, Vintage, haze, evening, Earth, Delhi, bubblegum, or none. Most of them add borders, but this can easily be toggled when selecting the effect.

Unfortunately, effects come with preset parameters, with no option whatsoever to adjust intensity, or modify border type. When done, you can either save the picture locally as JPG or PNG, or upload to social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, or send via email. A message can also be attached to pictures.

All things considered, we can state that Pictuck is a decent method of applying simple effects to pictures before uploading them on your account pages. It could have used more filters, or at least several controls for adjusting them, but it's sure to be worth your effort if you find what you need here, with quick upload methods.