Free, Shared, Online Tools: A Primer

What is a free, shared, online tool? J ust what it sounds like! Free Online and shared

J ust what it sounds like!

Free

Online

and shared

Two types to think about Tools available for use Facebook (social networking) Twitter (social networking) Picassa (photo sharing/photo editing) Tools available for use and customization Mozilla, Firefox (web browsing) The GIMP (photo editing)

Tools available for use

Facebook (social networking)

Twitter (social networking)

Picassa (photo sharing/photo editing)

Tools available for use and customization

Mozilla, Firefox (web browsing)

The GIMP (photo editing)

Type #2: aka Open Source Open source is about collaboration. Open source programs offer: Access to the source code of the program Free license to change the source code and the program Total customizability for the programmer. But you don’t need to be a coder/expert to use the programs.

Open source is about collaboration.

Open source programs offer:

Access to the source code of the program

Free license to change the source code and the program

Total customizability for the programmer.

But you don’t need to be a coder/expert to use the programs.

Free, Shared, Online Tools for the Small Museum Or: How I Survive without Photoshop

I Don’t Have Photoshop But I do have a Nikon D60, the internet, and a collection to digitize. Four tools: Batch convertor program Photo editor #1 Photo editor #2 WYSIWIG webpage editor

But I do have a Nikon D60, the internet, and a collection to digitize.

Four tools:

Batch convertor program

Photo editor #1

Photo editor #2

WYSIWIG webpage editor

Batch Convertor Irfanview Downloadable freeware (not open source) Converts from RAW image format to .tif .jpg .jpg for access (smaller image size)

Irfanview

Downloadable freeware (not open source)

Converts from RAW image format to

.tif

.jpg

.jpg for access (smaller image size)

Photo editor #1 Picasa Downloadable freeware (not open source) Single click photo editing Cropping Light levels Color adjustment

Picasa

Downloadable freeware (not open source)

Single click photo editing

Cropping

Light levels

Color adjustment

Photo editor #2 GIMP or GNU Image Manipulation Program Downloadable open source program Comparable to Photoshop Fine level photo editing

GIMP or GNU Image Manipulation Program

Downloadable open source program

Comparable to Photoshop

Fine level photo editing

WYSIWYG Webpage Editor Kompozer Downloadable open source program What You See Is What You Get editing Build and edit webpages

Kompozer

Downloadable open source program

What You See Is What You Get editing

Build and edit webpages