For amateur beginners, Picnik is a great alternative for all your editing needs. It's less complicated than most of your usual desktop editing software programs.

Using Picnik program, it's very easy to remove cluttered background in your photographs. Just follow these steps:

1. Crop the background using the marquee tool.
2. Select your subject. Use the lassoo tool to select around the subject.
3. Blur the background by using the Gaussian blur tool.
4. Finally, desaturate. We want to desaturate the background slightly to further increase the emphasis on the main subject.

Here are edited and unedited photos using the Picnik program. Before
After

Click on the link below to read some tutorials for new Picnik users.