Remember when we said to fuzz up your pics of recognizable people before you post? Need a way to do that? These online photo editing tools offer this feature and many other fun ways to manipulate your photos. Although not as robust as Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, these tools are free, Web-based, easy to use and have some fun features. Also in this Thing are some image generators--add fun to your blog posts (or social network site) or other publications by generating some copyright-free clip art. Photo Editing Tools
- Picnik--no account necessary unless you want to store and re-use photos
- Photoshop.com Basic--free online version of Photoshop with limited tools. Registration required.
- Sumopaint.com--lots of image editing tools. Registration required.
Image Generators Note that most of these generated images can be used on Facebook, etc., too.
- Image Chef--generates simple images you can customize and the copy the code to embed in blog or other site.
- Glass Giant--need to copy and save image (right click and save as on PC. control click and save as on Mac)
- bighugelabs--no account needed unless you want to save and reuse pictures. Works with Flickr if you allow access to your account. Many fun ways to manipulate your photos and create new stuff. Like this Warholizer.
More Tools & Resources
- 21 Free Online Photo Editing Tools from 10,000 Words.net
- Splashup
Activities
1. Upload a picture or two to Picnik or another photo editor and play around with the editing features. Save and share on your blog.
2. Use the image generators to create something to add to your blog.
Blog Prompts
- See any uses for these tools? For school? For home?
- Which ones did you use? Were they easy to figure out?
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