I just feel there needs to be a lot more work put into web intents ( http://webintents.org/ ) when I see stuff like this.

I am working on it.

How is this partnership going to benefit Filepicker over anyone else that implements Aviary?

This looks like an example integrating Aviary, with a seemingly sensational title.

We noticed that a lot of folks using Filepicker wanted features that Aviary had, and visa-versa, so as we move forward we'll be working together to make it even easier to integrate both APIs together. This is just the beginning

thats cool I guess but we would only use filepicker without all of the aviary stuff

I really like this, as it makes it easy to embed a photo editor. That being said, the design of the editor needs some work. The brushed metal, and poorly embossed edges make it look really dated. This thing is going to look out of place on pretty much any site.

I'm currently building something pretty similar to Aviary using Adobe's Scene7 technology, and Aviary seems like the best looking all-around image editor I've found. Do you have any examples of file-upload/edit tools that look better?

I played around with this editor, and it is easy to fix. The bad bevel/emoboss was caused because of a fast loading feature where an image of the editor is loaded first, and the real editor is loaded later. Unfortunately, the initial image is not perfectly aligned, causing ugly edges. The metal background is also easy to remove.

Given how easy this is to fix, I wouldn't be afraid to use this service. The visual design is a bit chunky, but I am sure that is so it can support touch interfaces nicely. I think that is a worthwhile tradeoff.

Totally! Aviary is an awesome service. I was just asking for UI examples of good-looking image editors/uploaders.

The good news is its just HTML5/JS, so it can absolutely be changed!