BMPR: August 2009 Tips And Tools

#BMPR August tweetup
Photo Freebies Tips and Tools
By @nanpalmero and @andinarvaez

SmillaEnlarger
Allows you to resize photos from small to large with minimal loss. Requires download.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/imageenlarger/
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Fotoglif or Picapp
Free and licensed images for blogs and websites that have an ad built into them to pay for the photo
http://fotoglif.com
http://www.picapp.com
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GIMP, pixlr or Aviary
Can’t or don’t want to afford photoshop? No problem, GIMP is a powerful and free image editing and authoring software that’s available for free. Aviary’s suite offers image, colors, effects and vector editing, image markup and screen capture.
http://gimp.org
http://pixlr.com
http://aviary.com
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Warning Label and Street Sign Generator
Create customized and downloadable warning labels and street signs.
http://www.warningsigngenerator.com/
http://www.streetsigngenerator.com/
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LOLcat Builder
Becuase you know you think they are hilarious too.
http://cheezburger.com/lolbuilder.aspx?v=1
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BeFunky
“Turn your photos into incredible art work with one click”
http://www.befunky.com/
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Tuxpi
One-click image effects
http://www.tuxpi.com/
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Skitch (Mac users only)
Capture your screen, edit it with images and text and share it… with none of the hassle!
http://skitch.com/
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For your Web site
Background Image Maker
http://lab.rails2u.com/bgmaker/
Kollermedia: Free background patterns
http://www.kollermedia.at/pattern4u/
Kalliber 10,000: Pixels patterns collection
http://k10k.net/pixelpatterns/
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Free stock photos!
AarinFreePhoto.com
FreeFoto.com
FreePhotoBank.com
FreePixels.com
FreeStockPhotography.com
FreeWebPhoto.com
MorgueFile
OpenStockPhotography.com
PixelPerfectDigital.com
More than 5,500 free stock photos including textures for background use.
Sierrastock.com
A stock photo site that allows you to search by content or color.
SXC.hu
One of the best (and biggest) repositories of free stock photography on the Web.
VintagePixels.com
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