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2 Tips for Finding Great Free-to-Use Images Online Comments Off on 2 Tips for Finding Great Free-to-Use Images Online

2 Tips for Finding Great Free-to-Use Images Online

Posted by on Jan 10, 2012 in Design Articles

Finding great free-to-use images online can be quite the bummer, depending on where you’re looking. Most people who need images for their blog, website, social networking account or birthday cards usually end up paying for them at websites like iStockphoto. You don’t have to pay anything for great looking images if you know where to look. Since pictures speak a thousand times more, having a good image that accurately depicts what you are talking about can help drive your point home. That said, here’s how to find good images online without paying a dime. 1. Use Search Engines Google in particular, has a large database of indexed pictures that you can “borrow” or use for your website. All you have to do is simply visit http://images.google.com, type in your keyword and voila, you have an infinite number of great free-to-use images from which you can choose. 2. Flickr Now owned by Yahoo!, this is another excellent resource. Some of the images here are actually taken by professional photographers using high resolution cameras. One more thing; ensure to read the owner’s terms of agreement before using their pictures. This is just a precautionary measure, nothing more. More Essential Tips for Using Images at Your Site: Make sure the images have...

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5 Money-Saving Tips for Photographers Comments Off on 5 Money-Saving Tips for Photographers

5 Money-Saving Tips for Photographers

Posted by on Nov 18, 2011 in Design Articles

Photography is an incredible creative outlet. You are capturing real life images and moments in dynamic ways that stretch the boundaries of reality. Those pictures will maintain that instant in time forever, keeping it locked in time for generations to enjoy. It is no wonder that people are so passionate about the art form, whether as a hobby or a career. But it can get expensive either way, which has kept many people from finding their full potential in the medium. That is a shame, and money worries should never keep you from making the most out of an activity you love. Especially if it is part of your livelihood. So check out these five tips on how anyone, beginner or expert, can save a few bucks here and there. Tip #1: Buy Used and Refurbished Equipment For some reason, used and refurbished are both dirty words in the world of photography. But you can actually find high quality equipment and computer items that are gently used for a huge discount. Of course, if you are buying online you will want to check the return policies just in case. If you can, buy used in your local area, so you can test them before purchasing. Tip #2: Use Opensource...

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Beautify your online experience with Web Designing Software

Posted by on Nov 10, 2011 in Design Articles

Website creation used to be a complicated process. You either had to consult a web designer for the purpose or if you want to do it on your own, you had to have the knowledge. Nowadays, it is not so. Times have changed. You can create your own personalized website with a web designing software. It provides a complete guide to designing your very own website. Before choosing a web designing software decide first on the type of website that will be created by you and the methods adopted for the same. HelpSoftware on web designing helps you to create web pages and design them as you wish. They make use of a combination of text, sounds, images, videos etc all in a single page. They use a method called WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get). In this method, they translate the design into codes. The code language is understood by the browser. It also uses HTML, JavaScript and CSS for the coding.You can also learn to make web templates if your software has WYSIWYG capability. It is easy to get software that is attractive and easy to maintain if you have the know-how and the right software in hand. Types of SoftwareDecide why you are making...

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Five Essential Web Apps No Designer Should Be Without

Posted by on Oct 28, 2011 in Design Articles

These days, as computing moves more and more into the clouds, for every important (and expensive) design app you have installed on your home computer, chances are there is a free, effective (albeit perhaps slightly simplified) version of it online. These web apps come in particularly useful when you are traveling or away from your own computer. They are convenient, are easily accessible and allow you to road test your designs on the fly. In this article we will suggest five essential web apps that every designer should check out: Loads.in: No matter how beautiful your site design is, you always need to bear in mind how it is going to look through differing browsers and how quickly it is going to load. Compatibility with less popular browsers is crucial and it is absolutely essential that your website is going to be able to render its pages and design perfectly without taking forever to do so. That is what makes Loads.in an indispensable app – it will take your website and analyse its loading speed through a particular browser and from any of fifty worldwide locations. It allows you to check that every possible destination and browser, including tablets and mobile phones, will load your site swiftly and correctly....

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