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Below are links, books, and other resources that you will find useful both during and after class.
Browser Extensions
- Web Developer Toolbar
- Colorzilla
Stock Photography
- https://veer.com
- https://istockphoto.com
- https://www.alaskaphotographics.com
- https://gettyimages.com
Free and Open Image, Audio and Video Resources
Copyright and Creative Commons Licensing
- https://www.copyright.gov
- https://creativecommons.org
- Creative Commons videos explaining the issues surrounding copyright
- Copyright Slider
Online Image Editors (free and paid)
- Google Photo editor – Photo editing through Google Photos
- Sumo Paint – Online and desktop photo editing
Desktop Image Editors (commercial and open source)
- Fireworks – Commercial raster and vector editing software from Adobe. Mac and PC versions are available. Fireworks is no longer in development and now unsupported by Adobe.
- Photoshop – Commercial industry standard application for images editing. Mac and PC versions are available.
- Gimp – An open source alternative to Photoshop. Not as full-featured as PS, but still a powerful tool. Available for PC, Mac, Linux, Open Solaris, and FreeBSD.
- Picasa – Google’s free photo editing software for PC
- Irfanview – A free editor for PC that supports a wide variety of image formats
- XNview – A free editor for non-commercial and educational use. Available for PC, Linux, and Mac (available but early in development)
Online Vector Editors (free and paid)
- Vectr – Free online vector editor (desktop version available for Mac, Windows, Linux, Chromebook).
Desktop Vector Editors (commercial and open source)
- Sketch – Paid commercial vector graphics editor. Mac version only.
- Illustrator – Paid commercial industry vector graphics editor. Mac and PC versions are available.
- Inkscape – An open source vector editor for Mac, PC, and Linux