Posts Tagged ‘images’
Icons is something that can spruce up the look of your website, but they can be really hard to draw. Luckily, there are sites who specialize in serving up 100’s of beautiful and colorful icons, and let you download them for free. Here is a list.
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Favicon is a little different from the rest of the sites on this list, because they let you design socalled favicons. A favicon is the icon you see next to the URL, when you type in the web-adress. A neat site, with a free service.
- Icones is a searchengibe that specialises in finding icons on other sites. Works pretty much like Google, but for icons.
- Iconfinder provides high quality icons for webdesigners and developers in an easy and efficient way. You can search thousands of icons from outside websites. Loads really fast, and is very intuitive.
- Iconpot is another collection of icons. All are freely downloadable, according to the site.
- All Free vectors is an index of free vector files available on the World Wide Web. They link to free and public domain vector files, and allow people to upload their own vector files for free download.
- Vista Icons is a very professionol looking site with thousands of great looking icons. Some restrictions apply to the icons, but you will find lots and lots of icons avalable for download for personal and even commercial use.
Tags: colors, Creative, Graphics, HEX, icons, images
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There are some really nice sites out there, where you can create your own graphics, images etc., without paying a dime. They will let you edit and store them on the site. Using online editors from some of these sites, you can create really great looking images, even if you have no experience with working with images. Some of these sites are really amazing, and offer some pretty unique tools.
- Apollo seems to be a way to work together on images, diagrams etc. Would probably be good for someone who works with graphics, and needs a client to comment on the artwork. The client cannot save the image, only comment on it, thus keeping your artwork safe. Looks free.
- Brands of The World is a big library of brand logos in scalable vector format. You can search by country, company etc. BotW is also a great place for designers to upload their logo designs and professional details to get exposure, recognition and clients.
- Gliffy is online diagram software, you can create professional-quality flowcharts, diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings, and more. Use tTheir online diagram editor to create various drawings. Gliffy is an online application that makes it easy for you to create, share, and collaborate with diagrams. There is a free version, or a USD 5 per month version.
- GR Sites is a very nice online tool for making graphics for your website. Make buttons, boxes, backgrounds and lots of other nice stuff using the editor. You can use the free version that has certain restrictions, or pay a mothly or yearly fee (USD 9 and 5.75 respectively, or make use of the daypass that can be activated at any time. Definitely a good site if you want to creat nice graphics, and store them, without prior knowledge of graphics editing.
- Live Banner Maker lets you create your own website banner for free. Use their templates, or start from scratch. They don’t brand your banner.You just selct the size, the colors, the text and effects, save it, and upload to your server. Can be used to create basic or intermediate banners.
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Tags: colors, Creative, editor, Graphics, HEX, images
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Video is a new and exciting option for websites. Some sites have even sprung up, where you can make your own videos online. Some are free, and some cost a little, and some are better than others. I have found quite a few sites, and they may not all work the same way, but they all have some kind of video-production or hosting.
- IgniteCast is a media sharing web service where users can create, upload, view and share structured video clips, interactive presentations, PowerPoint, software demonstrations, surveys etc. For anyone that wants to quickly create and broadcast media content (including courses) over the public internet or within a private intranet. Free.
- Jaycut will let your audience create movies and slideshows or remix existing content. All this and much more is made possible with the white labeled online video editor. No download or installation is needed. Solutions for netbooks and mobile devices are also available. Geared to handle both high quality and user generated content.
- VideoPress integrates seamlessly with your existing WordPress publishing flow. Upload new videos to your blog’s media library and they’ll take care of all the technical details including in post display, search engine optimization and social media integration. There’s also a plugin that let’s you use VideoPress with any WordPress.org blog.
Tags: Creative, images, video
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On this list, you will find some really great sites. Some are 100% online, some a for download. Some are 100% free, some cost a little. Whether you need some nice images for your website, are looking for a site where you can make your own graphics, or just want to tweak some images you already have, you will find some great sites for that here. Have a look around!
- 3D Pack is a 3d-box graphic generator. 3d package lets you instantly create 3d-box images online, free! Just upload pictures for cover and sides and then get 3d-box in you favorite image format (JPG, GIF, PNG supported).
- Animoto lets you turn your photos and video clips into videos. By analyzing the nuances of your music, photos and video clips, Animoto automatically produces a custom video in minutes. Free with their logo, eller USD 250 per year for a commerciel license.
- Aviary consists of layer-based image editor, a visual lab for creating amazing effects and visualizations and color pallette coordinator. Free. The premium version costs USD 25 per year, and also includes a vector editor. Pretty amazing site.
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Tags: Creative, Graphics, images, presentation
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