If you don’t have access to Photoshop, Aviary Image Editor is a great alternative. The interface reminds me of Photoshop, but the Aviary Image Editor is a web-based solution. Plus, it is free.
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Pinterest Interest
Pinterest is not just for crafts, recipes, and wedding planning anymore. According to a recent Shareaholic study, Pinterest drives more traffic that Google Plus, LinkedIn, and YouTube combined. In January 2012, it ranked just behind content-sharing giants Google and Twitter. Mashable says Pinterest is social media’s rising star. Time magazine listed Pinterest as one of […]
CMS Quick Tips: Sidebar
Sidekick? Sidebar? Yes – it’s confusing. The sidebar is that bar on the left side of an edit window where you can see and search for digital assets. Yet, with so many images, PDFs, etc. in the asset manager, finding what you are looking for can be difficult. But, it doesn’t have to be. Here’s […]
A Cool Way to Crop
We all know about Photoshop’s crop tool, but did you know you can control it down to the pixel? Let’s use this nice colorful image and make a few thumbnails. Let’s assume we will be using these thumbnails on the web, so we have already optimized our image and got it ready to save for […]
Keep Sites small: Optimize jpgs!
Photos displayed on the web have a fundamental need to load quickly. Image optimization is a simple process done in many image editing programs, for this demonstration we will use Adobe Photoshop CS4. First thing to do is open up your image and find out a few things about it. Once you have your image […]
