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Finding and Editing Images Online

P. F. Anderson

Health Sciences Libraries

October 10, 2007© 2007 Regents of the University of Michigan. All rights reserved.

Overview

• Image Search Tools

• Web 2.0 Image Sharing Tools (Flickr)

• Online Image & Photo Editors

Google Images

Yahoo Images

Wikimedia

Other Image Search Engines

• A9• Altavista: Image Search• Ask: Picture Search• Ditto• DogPile• PicSearch• MORE:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/pro/8fold/taskpics.html

ClipArt• Overview:

• Wikipedia: Public Domain Image Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain_image_resources

• Selected Sites:• Free Vector Graphics Gallery: http://www.freevectors.net/• Open ClipArt: http://www.openclipart.org/• GIMP Savvy: Copyright Free Photo Archive:

http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/

• Strategies• Search free books, as well as government or organization websites

(check for permission).• clipart site:org• clipart site:gov

Health and Medical Clip Art

• Strategies: • (clipart OR ("public domain" (images OR photos)))

(anatomy OR health OR medicine OR medical OR doctors OR dentists OR healthcare)

• (medicine OR medical OR clinical OR doctors OR dentistrs OR health OR disease OR illness OR anatomy OR pathology OR pharmacology) (library OR gallery OR exhibit OR atlas OR clipart OR pictures OR graphics OR images) site:gov

Health and Medical Clipart and Image Finding Tools

• Resources:• UTHSCSA: Medical Image Databases on the

Web: http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/internet/ImageDatabases.cfm

• Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries: Finding, Downloading and Managing Medical Images: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~biomed/new.htmld/lgr_medimages.shtml

Health and Medical Clip Art & Photos

• Sources:• Health Education Assets Library (HEAL):

http://www.healcentral.org/• National Library of Medicine: Images from the

History of Medicine: http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/• Public Health Image Library: http://phil.cdc.gov/• University of Iowa: Hardin MD: Medical Pictures:

http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/pictures.html• University of Utah: Knowledge Weavers:

Educational Resources: http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/resources.html

Online Photo Sharing & Image Hosting - More Images to Find• Flickr - best known, free & fee options, public• DropShots - free, private, no advertising• Picasa (Google) - sharing from your hard drive

(P2P) • SmugMug - ~$40/yr, includes cropping and limited

online editing• WebShots - largest, public, fee-based

($2.49/month)• Many more:

• Wikipedia: Photo Sharing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_sharing

Flickr

• Account types• Free, with limited uploads• Fee, personal accounts

• Inexpensive - around $15 USD/year

• No corporate accounts, yet

Flickr: Find Pictures

• Search all of Flickr

• Search your account

• Search images in a group on your topic

Browsing Tags in Flickr

• Tags are freeform and self-selected• Check a variety of spellings, phrasings, capitalization, and

punctuation for the same concept• Watch for popular terms• When tagging your pictures, use a variety of spellings and terms

to aid in discovery.• Browse:

• http://flickr.com/photos/tags/_______

Flickr: Find Communities & Groups

• Search for a group by keyword

• Search: DENTISTRY, find:

Flickr: Find Communities & Groups

• Search for a keyword, find a picture, find a group that collects those types of images.

• Search for: GASTRIC MUCOSA, find:

Flickr: Build Communities & Groups

• Start a group on a topic that interests you• Search for images that fit; look for a range of

interesting images• Invite people to join and add their images• Invite partner(s) to help moderate group to keep it on

target• Thank those who add good images, to build a reward

system.


• Why? (NOTE: These are true for Web 2.0 communities in general)• Market and promote your resources• Link back to your online resources• Broaden recognition of your expertise among new

groups• Broaden awareness of range of resources available• Discover new persons interested in your topic of

interest


• Example: History & Art of Dentistry, http://www.flickr.com/groups/dentalhistory/


Flickr: Favorites & Comments

• Commenting & marking an image as a favorite (favoriting) is one way to build good feelings in the community and build relationships.

This is the most popular image in the dental history pool, with 688 views in less than 3

weeks.

Flickr: FYIs

• All new accounts temporarily restricted from being accessible via Flickr search.

• Accounts may be blocked from searching if focus is not real-folk photos (negotiable).

• ‘Blocked’ photos still accessible via groups and photostream.

• Some image restrictions apply:• Copyright,• Image ownership,• Sexual, nudity, graphic violence, • Or otherwise not family-friendly.

Online Image Editors

• Fauxto• GIFWorks• Graphita• Phixr• Picnik• Pixenate (Pxn8)• Recrio• Snipshot (was Pixoh)• XMG Image

• Mashable: 90+ Online Photography Tools and Resources: http://mashable.com/2007/06/23/photography-toolbox/

Fauxto

• Fauxto.com

Fauxto

• Image editing view

GIFWorks

• http://www.gifworks.com/image_editor.html

GIFWorks

GIFWorks

• Output view (saving)

Graphita

• http://www.graphita.com

Graphita

• Doodle edit view (add arrows)

Graphita

• Caption edit view (add text)

Graphita

• Save file view - make objects, prints, send to desktop or photosharing service.

Graphita

• Output view

Phixr

• http://www.phixr.com

Phixr

• Phixr editing view

Picnik

• http://www.picnik.com/

Picnik

• Picnik editing view

Picnik

• Picnik editing view & example edits

Pixenate

• http://www.pixenate.com/

• Pixenate homepage

Pixenate

• Pixenate edit view and example

Recrio

• Recrio.net

Snipshot

• URL: http://snipshot.com/• Highlights : edit extra-large images (10 Megs)• Imagetypes: GIF, JPG, PDF, PNG or TIF

Snipshot

Snipshot

XMG Image

• URL: http://www.xmgimage.com/• Highlights:

• Saves versions of images• Can edit multiple images simultaneously• Easily integrates with social sites

• Concerns: • I was unable to log in after creating account, and

was unable to get help without logging in (perhaps not Mac-friendly?)

XMG Image

• Homepage

Overview of Feature Comparison

• Draw an Arrow• Graphita

• Layering Image Editors• Fauxto; Recrio

• Nondestructive Editing / Multiple Undos• GIFWorks; Picnik; Pixenate; Recrio; Snipshot;

XMG Image

• Edit Multiple Images at Once• Recrio; XMG Image

Overview of Feature Comparison

• Import from Web• Fauxto, GIFWorks, Graphita, Phixr, [Picnik], Pixenate, Recrio,

Snipshot• Pixenate has bookmarklet that makes this very fast

• Upload• All, but only if image meets specifications. Might need to adjust

before uploading.

• OCR• Phixr

• Transparency• GIFWorks

• Zoom• GIFWorks; Fauxto; Phixr; Picnik; Pixenate

Filetype ConversionBMP GIF JPG OCR PDF PNG TIF

Fauxto IX IX IX IX IX

GIFWorks I

Graphita I I I

Phixr IX IX X IX IX

Picnik IX IX IX IX IX IX

Pixenate I I IX I

Recrio na na na na na na na

Snipshot IX IX IX IX IX

XMG Image

na na na na na na na

I = filetypes that can be imported; X = Filetypes that can be saved

Online Image Toolsto Convert Filetypes

• CoolUtils: Free Online Image Converter: http://www.coolutils.com/Online-Image-Converter.php• BMP, GIF, ICO, JPG, PNG

• Image Convert: http://image.doc2pdf.net/• BMP, EPS, GIF, JPG, PDF, PIC, PNG, PS, RGB, TIF, XPM

• Online Tools: Image Converter: http://www.online-utility.org/image_converter.jsp• BMP, DIB, EPI, EPS, GIF, JPC, JPG, PCD, PCX, PDB, PDF,

PGM, PCT, PNG, PSD, SVG, TGA … and more …

Online Image Tools for Captioning & Annotations

• Caption Bubble: http://www.captionbubble.com/• Add cartoon-style bubbles to caption photos

• ImageBling: http://www.imagebling.com/• Photo annotations

• Graphita: http://www.graphita.com/• Casual & fun photo editing,

including captions, bubbles, icons / objects, words, doodles

Online Image Tools for Diagrams

• Gliffy: http://www.gliffy.com/

• Depictr: http://www.depicter.com/• Vector graphics

Online Image Tools to Resize Pictures

• Resize2Mail.com

• Resizr.com

• Shrinkpictures.com

Online Image Tools for Mindmapping / Brainstorming

• Bubbl.us: http://bubbl.us/

• Mindomo: http://www.mindomo.com/

• Mindmeister: http://www.mindmeister.com/

• More:• Shambles.net: Mindmaps / Concept Maps:

http://www.shambles.net/pages/school/mindmaps/

Online Image Tools for Other Special Tasks

• CleVR: http://www.clevr.com/• Create panoramics

• Improve Your Images: http://www.improveimages.com/• Photo correction (color balance and light adjustment)

• Picture2Life / Edit Your Picture: http://www.edityourpicture.com/• Make a collage or animated GIF.

Cautions

• Import/Upload filesize limits

• Limited number of filetypes supported

• PDFs usually import first page only, when supported

• Always work from a copy

• Mix and match tools

More Information• Digital Inspiration: Online Photo Editors Compared: GIFWorks, Phixr,

PXN8, Pixoh: http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/06/online-photo-editors-compared-gifworks.html

• Frantic Industries: So long, Photoshop - 6 online image editors reviewed (Fauxto, Picnik, Picture2Life, Preloadr, PXN8, Snipshot): http://franticindustries.com/blog/2007/02/03/so-long-photoshop-6-online-image-editors-reviewed/

• Mashable: 6 Online Image Editors Compared (XMG Image, Phixr, Pixenate, Pixer.us, Cellsea, Graphita): http://mashable.com/2007/08/03/online-image-editors/

• TechCrunch: Online Photo Editing Overview (Fauxto, Picnik, Picture2Life, Preloadr, PXN8, Snipshot): http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/04/online-photo-editing-overview/

Questions?

• Patricia Anderson, [email protected]

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