The document provides an overview of various online image search tools and photo editing resources, primarily focusing on platforms such as Flickr for image sharing and tools like Fauxto and Picnik for online editing. It emphasizes community building through image sharing, tagging for discoverability, and the use of multiple online editors for different image editing needs. Additionally, it highlights the importance of understanding copyright issues and image specifications when using online resources.

1. Finding and Editing Images Online P. F. Anderson Health Sciences Libraries August 14, 2007 © 2007 Regents of the University of Michigan. All rights reserved.

2. Overview Image Search Tools Web 2.0 Image Sharing Tools (Flickr) Online Image & Photo Editors

3. Google Images

4. Yahoo Images

5. Wikimedia

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.html

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

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

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

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/_______

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

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:

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.

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

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

16. Flickr: Build Communities & Groups

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.

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.

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

20. Fauxto Fauxto.com

21. Fauxto Image editing view

22. GIFWorks http://www.gifworks.com/image_editor.html

23. GIFWorks

24. GIFWorks Output view (saving)

25. Graphita http://www.graphita.com

26. Graphita Doodle edit view (add arrows)

27. Graphita Caption edit view (add text)

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

29. Graphita Output view

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

31. Phixr Phixr editing view

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

33. Picnik Picnik editing view

34. Picnik Picnik editing view & example edits

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

36. Pixenate Pixenate edit view and example

37. Recrio Recrio.net

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

39. Snipshot

40. Snipshot

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?)

42. XMG Image Homepage

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

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

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

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 …

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

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

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

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/

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.

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

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/

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