December 6, 2006
Web Presentation Tools And Services For Visual Communication: The Best From Sharewood n°15
 
Photo credit: Yanik Chauvin
Looking to make your visual communication, web presentation and image editing life a little easier without having to dig into your pocket? Here are five of the best online tools to help you get that presentation, online tutorial or design brief up and running in no time. Let us know what you think.
- Online image editor that lets you resize and edit your pictures within a web browser
- Screenshots capture tool lets you create thumbnails of any sites and display preview bubbles on links
- Animated gif creator lets you create animated gifs with your pictures and also with photos on Flickr
- Free stock photos directory provides users with images released under a free content license
- PicResize
PicResize is a online tool that enables you to resize and edit pictures within your web browser. You can resize multiple pictures at once and then save the result in .gif, .jpg and .png formats. On the website of PicResize you will find a useful video tutorial showing you how you can use this tool with ease. Free to use.
http://www.picresize.com/
- WebSnapr
WebSnapr is a service that lets you capture screenshots of (almost) any web page. Let your visitors instantly visualize any web page before clicking. In order to use WebSnapr from your site you simply need to insert the url of the site you want to picture in the proper box available on the homepage of WebSnapr. It might take a few seconds before the thumbnail is captured. If so, you'll see a "Snapshot currently in queue" message. This will be gone as soon as your thumbnail is generated. Also, check out the WebSnapr Preview Bubble, which is a is a javascript code you can use to display a preview bubble on your links. Free to use.
http://www.websnapr.com/
- Gickr
Gickr is a web tool that enables you to create animated gifs with whatever picture, even on Flickr. You simply need to upload the images you need from your hard disk (or search for pictures on Flickr). Note that the sequence you uploaded them in will be your frame sequence. You can’t upload files bigger than 1MB each and, also, you can’t upload more than 10MB files at once - your browser may hang. Supported files are .png, .gif and .jpeg.
http://gickr.com/
- Open Stock Photography
Open Stock Photography is a site that helps designers find free stock photography (or public domain photography). All images listed at Open Stock Photography come from Wikimedia Commons and as such "can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Wikimedia Commons contains about 450,000 files uploaded by nearly 30,000 registered users. Each of these files is available under a free content license or in the public domain; there are no restrictions of use beyond those relating to use of official insignia. Licenses which limit commercial use are considered non-free. Free to use.
http://www.openstockphotography.org/
posted by
Robin Good
on Wednesday, December 6 2006
Tuesday, January 15 2008
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