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Some time ago, Fazz has presented Aviary, the new online software suite (with name of bird) that makes its nest little by little.



Well, know that recently, Toucan software joined Phoenix and Peacock in beta version and Raven hatched in alpha version, such as the Firefox extension Talon.

For those who have never really heard speaking about this suite, I invite you to read the article of Fazz and here a little recall about the applications.

Begin with Phoenix, an image editor and photo retouching, which thanks to many tools (brush, magic wand, blend modes...), management layers, filters, layers masks... (for more, click here), that allows you to realize a lot of effects and creations like Photoshop and Gimp.



Moreover, you can visit this page that shows many creations made with Phoenix and also this one with many tutorials in order to help you use this software. You can watch this video, too :



Peacock is a visual laboratory for creating pattern, textures... through many generators (clouds, fractal, noise, waves...) and effects, the whole in an original interface :



If you want more information about this application, follow this way and click here.

About Toucan, this application gives you the features you need to inject color into your creative process.



You can find a demonstration of Toucan here.


As to Raven and Talon, the first is an vector editor like Adobe illustrator, and the second is a plug-in for Firefox that allows you to perform screen capturing (like Screengrab).


There are still other software to come :


Eagle, a pixel pattern recognition


Hummingbird, a 3D modeler


Myna, an audio editor


Owl, a desktop publishing


Penguin, an online Word


Woodpecker, a smart image resizer


Pigeon, a painting simulator, etc. (complete list here).

Brief, whereof we occupy or realize nice things. After who knows if these many applications will be free or paying !

Yes, some people think that this online software suite is free. In fact, Aviary suggests a free version available to everyone at all times (no limited period), but only for several applications like Phoenix, Peacock and Toucan, and only for 50 creations for your personal use (no commercial use).

Raven and Talon, being in alpha version, aren't available in the free version. You must subscribe to the paid version in order to use them :

- The Green, where you can choose between a monthly or an annual subscription. You have the possibility to save all the Phoenix creations you want and up to 50 creations in other applications.
- The Blue, with an annual subscription, you access to all the applications and you can save all the creations you want.

Moreover, a lot of tutorials proposed on the website aren't directly accessible. To access to many tutorials, you should subscribe a paid version.

Come on, if you want try :
- Phoenix, click here
- for Peacock, it is there
- and for Toucan, go to this page.

And don't hesitate to visit the blog of Aviary, where you'll find many information about each software.

See you soon for other news about Aviary.