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Examples
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Photos
- The Flickr Explore page has some nice examples of well-done photos.
- Pictures that might be worth 1,000 words:
- Examples of collage
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Photo essays and slide shows
- A photo slideshow should be approached much like a textual composition - the succession of images should "say" something.
- This is actually a negative example - a photo essay about acts of female self-immolation in Afghanistan. Though there are some very powerful images, the sequencing seems off and thus the narrative told through the images feels disjointed.
- The photo essay: (WARNING: some graphic images) http://motherjones.com/photoessays/2010/12/bashir-photos/20100921mariabashir1300dpijpg
- For example, take the images of women in burqas. These seem out of place to me for several reasons:
- Why do these come in the middle? It seems like this would be expository or background information, more suitable for the beginning. To put this in Barthes' terms, these are catalyzers that do not connect to the nuclei.
- The distinction between adult women and younger women seems tangential to the story.
- And though the captions draw a distinction between adult "conservative" coverings and more exuberant youthful coverings, the images show two fairly similar items of clothing.
- For contrast's sake, take a look at the written story on the same topic: http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/01/self-immolation-afghanistan-maria-bashir-herat
- Really great narrative that includes institutional memory how media inhabits spaces
- Heart-breaking photo essay about the impact of breast cancer. Really beautiful but really sad. You were warned.
- Another really striking example, with an element of horror
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Web comics
Further Information / Resources
Image Repositories
- Images and Other Media in the Online Collections at the Library of Congress
- Creative Commons licensed content at Flickr
- Search via Creative Commons website
- British Library public domain images on Flickr
- Photogrammar - "web-based platform for organizing, searching, and visualizing the 170,000 photographs from 1935 to 1945 created by the United States Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information"
- Finding Creative Commons licensed photos using Google
- Thomas Oppong, "These 39 Sites Have Amazing Stock Photos You Can Use for Free," Medium
- Fair Use
- If you've exhausted the creative commons possibilities and still can't find the right image to suit your needs, you can use copyrighted materials under Fair Use guidelines.
- You still have to give attribution and there are certain "best practices" in terms of the amount and context of the materials.
Tutorials
- Exercises to get you going on a photo slideshow
- Gizmodo essay on how to tell a story through photos
- Brian Croxall Tutorial on building interactive timelines
- ProfHacker article on using Prezi for visual composition
Tools (Alphabetical Order)
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
- Adobe Bridge
- Carousel - by Dropbox
- Codeology
- Comic Creator (Luke Bernfeld)
- ComicLife
- Import vector graphics, .jpgs, etc. to make comics in an easy to use layout
- $19.95 for an individual license. http://plasq.com/
- ComicPress
- Context Free Art
- Canvas
- Cyberlink PowerDirector11 Slideshow
- Professional looking slideshows as part of photo and video editing software
- www. cyberlink.com
- Dan Awesome's Rage Maker
- Face Your Manga
- FotoFlexr
- Online application has a variety of options. Not at the caliber of Photoshop but still simple and easy to use.
- http://fotoflexer.com/
- Review
- Fotor
- An online image editing tool that also allows the user to create collages
- Review
- FreeImages
- freeimages.com (formerly sxc.hu)
- Free stock photos
- Fresh Paint
- An online painting tool that utilizes oil paint to create works and customize existing photos
- Review
- FX Camera
- Google Sketchup
- "A 3D software tool that combines a tool-set with an intelligent drawing system"
- Review
- GIMP
- Open source photo manipulation; Mostly same functions as photoshop, but very different interface, etc.
- www.gimp.org
- TOOL REVIEW
- Glitching Images Manually
- Gradient Blender
- Hipstamatic for iPhone
- replicates older film cameras through filters
- Review
- HotGloo
- create wireframes in your browser
- Review
- Image Blender (Genie N.)
- ImagePlot
- Imgspark
- "A creative tool that helps you collect, discover, share, tag and converge images that inspire you and your work."
- www.imgspark.com
- Review
- Image Tricks
- Instagram
- A social network for iPhone and Android that is based on capturing, editing and sharing photos with friends and the community.
- Review
- Instaquote (Denyse K.)
- iRetouch
- An iPhone app that allows you to use Photoshop tools such as Clone Stamp, Blur, and Smudge. Perfect for on the go editing!
- iRetouch review
- Kizoa.com
- Issuu
- LightShot
- LunaPic Photo Editor
- MemoryMiner
- "the award-winning Digital Storytelling application used to discover the threads connecting peoples' lives across time and place. It lets you zero in on the stories depicted in your photos by linking them to each other based on people, places and time."
- Not free
- Review
- http://memoryminer.com/
- MS Paint
- "Paint is a drawing tool you can use to create simple or elaborate drawings. These drawings can be either black-and-white or color, and can be saved as bitmap files. You can print your drawing, use it for your desktop background, or paste it into another document. You can even use Paint to view and edit scanned photos.
You can also use Paint to work with pictures, such as .jpg, .gif, or .bmp files. You can paste a Paint picture into another document you've created, or use it as your desktop background."
- Microsoft Paint Overview (for Windows XP)
- MS Paint Adventures http://www.mspaintadventures.com
- Muzy
- Myoats
- Create unique, abstract images at www.myoats.com.
- Review
- Neatline
- New Hive
- Newsjack
- Norton/Write Slideshow Maker
- Omeka
- Allows users to create multimedia collections of content; requires installation on a server.
- http://omeka.org/
- Paper
- Paper Camera
- PhotoCat
- Photoshop
- PhotoSnack
- PhotoSynth
- Photovisi
- Picadilo
- Picasa 3
- PicFrame
- Combine multiple photos into customizable diptychs, triptychs, etc, with ease on your iPhone.
- Review
- Picfull
- PicMonkey
- Pic Stitch
- iPhone App to combine photos
- Review
- Picnik
- Pin Up Maker
- Pixeden
- Pixlr
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Pixton
- Polarion
- PopAGraph
- Polyvore
- Pro HDR
- Retro Camera for Android phones
- An android app for mimicking holga/pinhole/polaroid camera effects
- Review
- Procreate
- Review
- Ipad app used to pain, sketch, or creating high resolution art works.
- Satromizer
- iPhone app for manual glitching
- Review
- Scriptographer
- Skitch by Evernote
- SmugMug
- SmugMug is an online portfolio focused on presenting photographs.
- Review
- Website
- SpinArt Studio
- All-new fun and creative paint splattering application based on one of our favorite childhood crafts. Compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad as well as Android devices. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
- Website
- Review
- SplashUp
- SquareBlend (Jess)
- Free Android app for overlaying a photo onto another without cropping
- SquareBlend
- Sumopaint
- Thinglink
- Touch & Discover Create rich images with music, video, sound, text & more. Share and discover deeper stories through images.
- http://www.thinglink.com/
- Review
- Twitter Photo/Video Sharing and Uploading Service
- Typophile
- Unsplash (Jennifer Vue)
- ViewShare
- Visualize Me
- VSCO CAM
- VSCO CAM is an easy-to-use iPhone camera app with elegant, minimal processing options. The sleep interface and streamlined workflow enable you to quickly create beautiful images to share via major social media outlets.
- http://visualsupply.co/vscocam
- Review
- Waterlogue (Denyse K.)
- Windows Live Movie Maker
- Free software for Windows allows to creating beautiful customized photo slideshow projects, great editing features and audio soundtrack capability.
- Website
- Review
- Zeemaps
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Comments (2)
LaurieB said
at 1:36 pm on Feb 10, 2011
Acquine – Aesthetic Quality Inference Engine, rates photos
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kknight said
at 11:12 am on Feb 12, 2011
These are great, Laurie. To embed them in the page itself, click the "edit" tab that is at the top of the page and then copy them into the bulleted list. See me during office hours or class if you have questions.
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