Finding and Editing Images Online

Slide 2: Overview • Image Search Tools • Web 2.0 Image Sharing Tools (Flickr) • Online Image & Photo Editors

Slide 3: Google Images

Slide 4: Yahoo Images

Slide 5: Wikimedia

Slide 6: Other Image Search Engines • A9 • Altavista: Image Search • Ask: Picture Search • Ditto • DogPile • PicSearch • MORE: http://www- personal.umich.edu/~pfa/pro/8fold/taskpics.ht ml

Slide 7: Online Photo Sharing & Image Hosting - More Images to Find • Flickr - best known, free & fee options, public • DropShots - free, private, no advertising • Picasa (Google) - sharing from your hard drive (P2P) • SmugMug - ~$40/yr, includes cropping and limited online editing • WebShots - largest, public, fee-based ($2.49/month) • Many more: • Wikipedia: Photo Sharing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_sharing

Slide 8: Flickr • Account types • Free, with limited uploads • Fee, personal accounts • Inexpensive - around $15 USD/year • No corporate accounts, yet

Slide 9: Flickr: Find Pictures • Search all of Flickr • Search your account • Search images in a group on your topic

Slide 10: Browsing Tags in Flickr • Tags are freeform and self-selected • Check a variety of spellings, phrasings, capitalization, and punctuation for the same concept • Watch for popular terms • When tagging your pictures, use a variety of spellings and terms to aid in discovery. • Browse: • http://flickr.com/photos/tags/_______

Slide 11: Flickr: Find Communities & Groups • Search for a group by keyword • Search: DENTISTRY, find:

Slide 12: Flickr: Find Communities & Groups • Search for a keyword, find a picture, find a group that collects those types of images. • Search for: GASTRIC MUCOSA, find:

Slide 13: Flickr: Build Communities & Groups • Start a group on a topic that interests you • Search for images that fit; look for a range of interesting images • Invite people to join and add their images • Invite partner(s) to help moderate group to keep it on target • Thank those who add good images, to build a reward system.

Slide 14: Flickr: Build Communities & Groups • Why? (NOTE: These are true for Web 2.0 communities in general) • Market and promote your resources • Link back to your online resources • Broaden recognition of your expertise among new groups • Broaden awareness of range of resources available • Discover new persons interested in your topic of interest

Slide 15: Flickr: Build Communities & Groups • Example: History & Art of Dentistry, http://www.flickr.com/groups/dentalhistory/

Slide 16: Flickr: Build Communities & Groups

Slide 17: Flickr: Favorites & Comments • Commenting & marking an image as a favorite (favoriting) is one way to build good feelings in the community and build relationships. This is the most popular image in the dental history pool, with 688 views in less than 3 weeks.

Slide 18: Flickr: FYIs • All new accounts temporarily restricted from being accessible via Flickr search. • Accounts may be blocked from searching if focus is not real-folk photos (negotiable). • ‘Blocked’ photos still accessible via groups and photostream. • Some image restrictions apply: • Copyright, • Image ownership, • Sexual, nudity, graphic violence, • Or otherwise not family-friendly.

Slide 19: Online Image Editors • Mashable: 90+ • Fauxto Online • GIFWorks Photography • Graphita Tools and • Phixr Resources: • Picnik http://mashable.c • Pixenate (Pxn8) om/2007/06/23/ph • Recrio otography- • Snipshot (was Pixoh) toolbox/ • XMG Image

Slide 20: Fauxto • Fauxto.com

Slide 21: Fauxto • Image editing view

Slide 22: GIFWorks • http://www. gifworks.co m/image_e ditor.html

Slide 23: GIFWorks

Slide 24: GIFWorks • Output view (saving)

Slide 25: Graphita • http://www. graphita.co m

Slide 26: Graphita • Doodle edit view (add arrows)

Slide 27: Graphita • Caption edit view (add text)

Slide 28: Graphita • Save file view - make objects, prints, send to desktop or photosharing service.

Slide 29: Graphita • Output view

Slide 30: Phixr • http://www. phixr.com

Slide 31: Phixr • Phixr editing view

Slide 32: Picnik • http:// www. picnik .com/

Slide 33: Picnik • Picnik editing view

Slide 34: Picnik • Picnik editing view & example edits

Slide 35: Pixenate • http://www.pixenate.com/ • Pixenate homepage

Slide 36: Pixenate • Pixenate edit view and example

Slide 37: Recrio • Recrio.net

Slide 38: Snipshot • URL: http://snipshot.com/ • Highlights : edit extra-large images (10 Megs) • Imagetypes: GIF, JPG, PDF, PNG or TIF

Slide 39: Snipshot

Slide 40: Snipshot

Slide 41: XMG Image • URL: http://www.xmgimage.com/ • Highlights: • Saves versions of images • Can edit multiple images simultaneously • Easily integrates with social sites • Concerns: • I was unable to log in after creating account, and was unable to get help without logging in (perhaps not Mac-friendly?)

Slide 42: XMG Image • Homepage

Slide 43: Overview of Feature Comparison • Draw an Arrow • Graphita • Layering Image Editors • Fauxto; Recrio • Nondestructive Editing / Multiple Undos • GIFWorks; Picnik; Pixenate; Recrio; Snipshot; XMG Image • Edit Multiple Images at Once • Recrio; XMG Image

Slide 44: Overview of Feature Comparison • Import from Web • Fauxto, GIFWorks, Graphita, Phixr, [Picnik], Pixenate, Recrio, Snipshot • Pixenate has bookmarklet that makes this very fast • Upload • All, but only if image meets specifications. Might need to adjust before uploading. • OCR • Phixr • Transparency • GIFWorks • Zoom • GIFWorks; Fauxto; Phixr; Picnik; Pixenate

Slide 45: Filetype Conversion BMP GIF JPG OCR PDF PNG TIF Fauxto IX IX IX IX IX GIFWorks I Graphita I I I Phixr IX IX X IX IX Picnik IX IX IX IX IX IX Pixenate I I IX I Recrio na na na na na na na Snipshot IX IX IX IX IX XMG na na na na na na na Image I = filetypes that can be imported; X = Filetypes that can be saved

Slide 46: Online Image Tools to Convert Filetypes • CoolUtils: Free Online Image Converter: http://www.coolutils.com/Online-Image-Converter.php • BMP, GIF, ICO, JPG, PNG • Image Convert: http://image.doc2pdf.net/ • BMP, EPS, GIF, JPG, PDF, PIC, PNG, PS, RGB, TIF, XPM • Online Tools: Image Converter: http://www.online- utility.org/image_converter.jsp • BMP, DIB, EPI, EPS, GIF, JPC, JPG, PCD, PCX, PDB, PDF, PGM, PCT, PNG, PSD, SVG, TGA … and more …

Slide 47: Online Image Tools for Captioning & Annotations • Caption Bubble: http://www.captionbubble.com/ • Add cartoon-style bubbles to caption photos • ImageBling: http://www.imagebling.com/ • Photo annotations • Graphita: http://www.graphita.com/ • Casual & fun photo editing, including captions, bubbles, icons / objects, words, doodles

Slide 48: Online Image Tools for Diagrams • Gliffy: http://www.gliffy.com/ • Depictr: http://www.depicter.com/ • Vector graphics

Slide 49: Online Image Tools to Resize Pictures • Resize2Mail.com • Resizr.com • Shrinkpictures.com

Slide 50: Online Image Tools for Mindmapping / Brainstorming • Bubbl.us: http://bubbl.us/ • Mindomo: http://www.mindomo.com/ • Mindmeister: http://www.mindmeister.com/ • More: • Shambles.net: Mindmaps / Concept Maps: http://www.shambles.net/pages/school/mindmaps/

Slide 51: Online Image Tools for Other Special Tasks • CleVR: http://www.clevr.com/ • Create panoramics • Improve Your Images: http://www.improveimages.com/ • Photo correction (color balance and light adjustment) • Picture2Life / Edit Your Picture: http://www.edityourpicture.com/ • Make a collage or animated GIF.

Slide 52: Cautions • Import/Upload filesize limits • Limited number of filetypes supported • PDFs usually import first page only, when supported • Always work from a copy • Mix and match tools

Slide 53: More Information • Digital Inspiration: Online Photo Editors Compared: GIFWorks, Phixr, PXN8, Pixoh: http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/06/online- photo-editors-compared-gifworks.html • Frantic Industries: So long, Photoshop - 6 online image editors reviewed (Fauxto, Picnik, Picture2Life, Preloadr, PXN8, Snipshot): http://franticindustries.com/blog/2007/02/03/so-long- photoshop-6-online-image-editors-reviewed/ • Mashable: 6 Online Image Editors Compared (XMG Image, Phixr, Pixenate, Pixer.us, Cellsea, Graphita): http://mashable.com/2007/08/03/online-image-editors/ • TechCrunch: Online Photo Editing Overview (Fauxto, Picnik, Picture2Life, Preloadr, PXN8, Snipshot): http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/04/online-photo-editing- overview/

Slide 54: Questions? • Patricia Anderson, pfa@umich.edu From: XKCD.com

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