8 graphics for the graphically challenged
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Graphics for the Graphically Challenged
Load: http://www.picmonkey.com/http://www.imagechef.com/
Today’s agenda—No Photoshop!• The importance of graphics and photos on social
media sites• Intro to copyright law• Photos and stock photography• Editing tools• Collage templates
• Graphics (any image that isn’t a photo)• Combining photos and graphics• Throughout—sources and resources
Skills you can apply to..•Your social media sites•Your e-newsletter designs•Your website updates•Maybe your print materials • (print must be high-res; some of these tricks get you low-
res)
A picture really is worth a thousand words
http://www.designmantic.com/
Do you currently find and save photos from the Web?
How do you find them? How do you save them?
Use a PC?Use a MAC?
Probably it’s illegal1)Searched for “arrested” using Google Image Search
2)Right-clicked on it (would be different for Mac users)
3)Saved to my computer
4)Uploaded here.X
Copyright law applies to EVERYTHING on the Web!
• You are stealing from somebody else when you do that.• Solution? Stock photos or TAKE YOUR OWN
If you are A FOR PROFIT VENTURE, don’t chance it!
It doesn’t have to be perfect, just clear
• My photo• Site called PicMonkey
Stock photo sites• Handout!• If I email it to you, the sites will be
clickableAn ever-growing number of these sites are popping up
In action…
Attempt to get more attention in a crowded FB world and in a sea of BLUE
And now…My Top Tips
Master the art of screenshots combined with a simple photo editing tool
How to take a screenshot/PC• Click anywhere in the webpage• Do CONTROL/PRINTSCREEN simultaneously• It is now stored in computer’s memory
• Paste it wherever you want it to go• CONTROL/ V
On your iPhone or iPad• Press the LOCK
BUTTON and the HOME button simulataneously• The image is stored
with all your other photos
POWERPOINT in combination with PAINT--• PAINT is a Windows
product that is free and can come with any PC• Easiest for adding text
near or on a photo• Easiest for moving a
bunch of elements in place
PowerPoint is a free app
Paint comes free with PCs
PAINT
DEMONSTRATION• Screenshot (or downloaded photo) • to Paint for editing or additions• to JPG • to upload
• (ImageChef• To Paint)
ImageChef
• Customize templates• Grab screenshots to avoid the
registration sign-up problem• Drop into PAINT or other to
crop out their logo• Navigate to “POPULAR
TEMPLATES” for examples
Help me create somethinglike this…
Picmonkey templates that work with Facebook and Pinterest very well• DEMONSTRATE
Create a Nutrition Tips
for today
Collages, especially FB banners
• 6) Online photo editor• DEMONSTRATE
Do something like This when you have a lot of info/detail to convey
“INFOGRAPHIC”
• 8) Canva Us all the rage
Don’t forget the simple things…
Clip art within Word (and PowerPoint)
• Often cheesy but SOMETIMES appropriate
• You can manipulate and modify these to your heart’s content
My favorites: a portfolio
Permission to useFrom her website
Template from Hubspot—subscribe!
Decide on a style for a series and stick with it
My photo with picmonkey text
• Photos of photos or
• Photos of posters