Cloud Computing, Web 2.0, Social Networking

Technology Tidbits: Blog Companion V. V

21st Century Technologies

- 3D Image Commander ……………………………………………………………..

- Art Pad ……………………………………………………………………………..

- Aviary ……………………………………………………………………………..

- Block Posters …………………………………………………………………….

- Graffiti Creator ……………………………………………………………………

- Image Chef ……………………………………………………………………….

- Image Lobe ………………………………………………………………………

- ImageEnlarger ……………………………………………………………………..

- iLovePhotos ……………………………………………………………………….

- Live Quartz ………………………………………………………………………..

- Loogix ……………………………………………………………………………..

- Odosketch ………………………………………………………………………….

- Paint Brush ………………………………………………………………………..

- Pho.to ……………………………………………………………………………..

- Photo Face …………………………………………………………………………

- Photoshop ………………………………………………………………………….

- Pixer.us …………………………………………………………………………….

- Psykopaint …………………………………………………………………………

- Sketch Cast ………………………………………………………………………..

- Supalogo …………………………………………………………………………..

- Tilt Shift …………………………………………………………………………..

- Voice Draw ……………………………………………………………………….

3D Image Commander

Summary: 3D Image Commander is an application designed to create cool looking icons/thumbnails. 3D IC is rather user friendly which is ideal when dealing w/ photo manipulation. Basically, you just upload your photo, click on a dial and adjust your picture settings. Some of the things you can control are: shadows, corners, curving, and rotation. Blog Reference: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/06/3d-image-commander.html Site: http://www.binerus.com/imagecommander3d/index.html See Also: Picturesque, Aviary Media Tags: Photos

Art Pad

Summary: I just came across this new site (beta) that lets you create art w/ brush strokes and records the whole event as a movie. Then w/ a click of a button you can email it to your friends and even "frame" it to display in their online gallery. Blog Reference: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/03/art-pad.html Site: http://www.art.com/asp/artpad/default.asp

See Also: Doodle Wall Media Tags: Video

Aviary

Summary: Aviary is a site that has been around for a while. It is an online image editor similar to Photoshop. Aviary is a nice site for editing photos and fast. The tool bar is very similar to Microsoft Word's Draw such as: text, shapes, lines, etc. You also have the ability to rotate and crop that is nice. Blog Reference: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/06/aviary.html Site: http://aviary.com/launch/falcon

See Also: Picturesque, 3D Image Commander Media Tags: Photos

Block Posters

Summary: Block Posters is one of the easiest/free sites around to create "huge" posters to print out for your wall. Just upload you picture, select how many "boxes" you want to have and then click download and you get a PDF that you can then print out. Blog Reference: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/07/block-posters.html Site: http://www.blockposters.com/default.aspx

Media Tags: Photos

Graffit i Creator

Summary: Graffiti Creator is a fun site for creating all types of graffiti: text, graphics, backgrounds, etc. GC is very easy to use, just click your style and type away. Blog Reference: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/05/graffiti-creator.html

Media Tags: Photos

Image Chef

Summary: Image Chef is a fun new site that lets users create different things, such as: Word Mosaics, animations (ie, Glogster), poetry, drawings, etc etc. The aspect I find useful for education is the Word Mosaic which is similar to Wordle. Blog Reference: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/07/imagechef-word-mosaic-imagechefcom.html Site: http://www.imagechef.com/

See Also: Wordle, Tag Cloud Media Tags: Photos

Image Lobe

Summary: Image Lobe is a very easy program to use and can best be described as a photo effect tool. It's not as complicated as Photoshop or vast as Live Quartz or Acorn, but if you wanted to add some cool looking effects to a photo, this would be a good place to start. Blog Reference: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/04/image-lobe.html Site: http://www.js8media.com/imagelobe/index.html

See Also: Acorn, Live Quartz Media Tags: Video

ImageEnlarger

Summary: ImageEnlarger is a free app for enlarging pictures but w/out that pixelated look. Have you ever imported a picture into an app (word/web), only to have it get real "grainy" as you enlarged it? If so, then this the application for you. Blog Reference: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/08/imageenlarger.html Site: http://www.freewarebb.com/ImageEnlarger-080-file7398.html

Media Tags: Photos

iLovePhotos

Summary: iLovePhotos is an application that is very similar to iPhoto 09 in the sense that it has face recognition. Ideally, this would be great for a Windows user who doesn't have iPhoto, but for those that are still on an earlier version, this is a must see. Blog Reference: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/06/ilovephotos.html Site: http://www.ilovephotos.com/

See Also: iPhoto 09 Media Tags: Video

Live Quartz

Summary: Live Quartz is a nice free image editing app/download for Leopard. I consider it to be a cross between Photoshop and Acorn, w/ a very user friendly appeal to it. Blog Reference: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/04/live-quartz.html Site: http://www.rhapsoft.com/?menu=livequartz&lng=en See Also: Acorn, Photoshop Media Tags: Photos

Loogix

Summary: Loogix is a site that is designed to create animated avatars. It is very easy, just upload a picture, select the size and effect you want, and click generate. Blog Reference: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post.html Site: http://www.loogix.com/

See Also: Alpoy Media Tags: Animated Gif

Odosketch

Summary: Odosketch is a new site that is great for anyone who loves to create/draw and then post their art work online. The first thing you'll notice after browsing their impressive gallery, is how easy it is to use. Just click on your drawing utensil and draw away. Blog Reference: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/07/odosketch.html Site: http://sketch.odopod.com/

See Also: Doodle Wall Media Tags: Photos

Paint Brush

Summary: Finally, a free desktop application that lets you paint/draw. Ever since Appleworks went away I've been looking for a program that would replace their drawing/painting application. Paint Brush is that tool. Blog reference: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/04/paint-brush.html Site: http://paintbrush.sourceforge.net/

See Also: Mac Paint, Tux Paint Media Tags: Photos

Pho.to

Summary: Pho.to is a new and exciting site for posting pictures/albums online. All you have to do is create an account, upload some photos, and edit your settings and you are all set. Blog Reference: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post.html Site: http://pho.to/

See Also: Animoto Media Tags: Interactive

Photo Face

Summary: Photo Face is a s ite I stumbled across quite a while ago but was reminded of i t after reading about it on Larry Ferlazzo's excel lent blog. After messing around on it I 've decided that this could be a fun way to use technology w/ your students and especially in art/photography type classes. Blog Reference: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/04/photo-face.html Site: http://host-d.oddcast.com/php/workshop_UI/door=237&cl=86&AID=0 Media Tags: Video

Fun w/ Photoshop

Summary: Due to working w/ some kids in the art lab on a "layering" project, I decided to join in the fun and put together this little pic. We used Photoshop Elements 3.0 to create this easy little design by using the: magnetic lasso to cut out a pic, and the pasting it on top of another. We then used the opacity filter and brush tools to get the pictures to merge. Blog Reference: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/06/fun-w-photoshop.html

See Also: Live Quartz, Acorn Media Tags: Photos

Pixer.us

Summary: I like to compare Pixer to iPhoto/Preview, in the way that it can edit photos. It can handle basic type stuff, such as: cropping, effects (ex, sepia), rotating, etc. Blog Reference: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/05/pixerus.html Site: http://www.pixer.us/

See Also: Acorn, Live Quartz Media Tags: Photos

Psykopaint

Summary: Psykopaint is a new (beta) site for painting. It is in a really early version of beta so there is a lot more coming, but from what I've seen this looks really impressive. Blog Reference: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/06/psykopaint.html Site: http://www.psykopaint.com/

See Also: Paint Brush Media Tags: Photos

Sketch Cast

Summary: Sketch Cast is a site for creating/recording drawings w/ audio. It can best be compared to Doodle Wall or Voice Thread's doodle feature. SC is a great application for what it does as it incorporates all of the "web 2.0" tools. Blog Reference: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/05/sketch-cast.html Site: http://sketchcast.com/

See also: Doodle Wall, Art Pad Media Tags: Video

Supalogo

Summary: Supalogo is a nice little site for creating cool looking logos w/out having to know any html/code. Just type your text, click on options to tweak your settings, and click generate. It then generates an embed code to put on your site/blog Blog Reference: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/07/supalogo.html Site: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/07/supalogo.html

See Also: Graffiti Creator Media Tags: Photos

Tilt Shift

Summary: Tilt Shift is a great new site for adding subtle effects to photos. Originally it was created to help edit the creator's iPhone camera pictures. Blog Reference: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/05/tilt-shift.html Site: http://tiltshiftmaker.com/

Media Tags: Photos

Voice Draw

Summary: Voice Draw is a new site (beta) that I found out about from one of my Plurk buddies/colleagues. This is a site where you draw w/ sound. It is very very interesting, and reminded me of using an etch-a-sketch. Blog Reference: http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/05/voice-draw.html Site: http://www.zefrank.com/v_draw_beta/index3.html

Media Tags: Photos, Video