Recommendation Needed for FREE Photo Hosting Site with Basic Editing Capabilities

[cherrystarsparkle77]

Good Day,

I'm hoping someone may have some feedback on the following. I am looking for a recommendation for a free hosting site that offers basic editing capabilities. I used to have photoshop but can no longer afford their services. Thanks and hope you have a great weekend coming up!

[disneyshopper]

I switched to USE.COM when Photobucket started charging.

I don't know if they have any photo editing capability.  I use ebay's photo editing after uploading my photos.

[18704d]

There is a free and very popular program called GIMP

It works virtually the same as photoshop

Lynn

[berserkerplanet]

Or IrfanView or paint.net

[valuestore]

Google or Amazon cloud server, install package want ie/wordpress, then add image app to your server if need extra functions. starts $5 a month..also acts as a web, email, blog server...it's all really just a few clicks. 

[7606dennis]

Just remember that you usually get what you pay for when looking for anything for free.

[richard1rst]

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@7606dennis wrote:

Just remember that you usually get what you pay for when looking for anything for free.

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AMEN TO THAT !

When I started I set up my own independent website. It is not important who I used or how much it costs (which isn’t really very much) because over the years there have been many web servers arise at various and very cheap prices.

I take my own pictures with a digital camera which includes a photo editing program that is loaded onto the PC. I can also edit them on my computer using the built in MS paint before I upload them. Do not need to download anything fancy nor do I have to worry about whether or not my hosting site can edit it.

All of my pictures are hosted on my own site so NOBODY has any control over what I upload. AND I do not need to worry about the hosting sites suddenly changing their protocols (as I believe photobucket/eBay has done) And by virtue that they were uploaded from my own computer I have back up copies on my PC (just in case).

They are then posted into my eBay listings as www(domain name)/file/picture name (and, no, since it is simply a picture capture it does violate the "active content" rules.)

Yes, I know you asked for “free” but as @7606dennis observed -