{"id":36,"date":"2015-09-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/julie\/photo-tools\/"},"modified":"2015-09-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T00:00:00","slug":"photo-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/julie\/photo-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Useful Tools For Working With Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today in order to have a successful blog or for almost anything you do on the internet you need to use multimedia, pictures and video.
\nThere are many tools to work with multimedia. Some are free and some can be very expensive.
\nI want to share with you some that I am using and have used in the past.<\/div>\n
In this post I will talk about pictures. I wrote\u00a0another post about video<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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    My cellphone and Tablet<\/h3>\n
    Today you don\u2019t need expensive cameras and video cameras. Most cellphones and tablets can take good pictures. It is convenient because it is always with you. \u00a0Also you can easily upload the pictures to either your computer or directly to the internet.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Screenshots on the Tablet<\/h3>\n
    Sometimes I want to save something on my screen and put it in my blog. An example is the picture of the app \u00a0icons below. On an android phone you can capture the screen by pressing the center button and the side button. I am sure there is also a way to do it on an iphone.<\/div>\n

    Tip: Use the screenshots\u00a0for recipes:<\/h4>\n
    I also use this tool to copy recipes from the internet. I like having recipes on my tablet since I can bring it into the kitchen more easily than my computer and it is bigger than my camera.<\/div>\n
    Most recipes I find on the internet fit on one screen and instead of remembering where they are on the internet I take a screenshot and save them in one directory. It also enables me to add comments if I change something in the recipe and want to remember what I did.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    \u00a0Screenshots on the Computer<\/h3>\n
    \u00a0 In Windows, there is a tool called the snipping tool. You can snip the whole screen or part of it. It is useful if I want to show how to do something on the computer.<\/div>\n
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    Photo editing on the Phone or Tablet<\/h3>\n

    You can download picture editing apps to edit the pictures directly on the computer.
    \nI have a Samsung phone and tablet and use the photo editor that they provide and am happy with it. They are basic but do the job.
    \nWhat I need in a photo editor is mainly to crop and resize so that the file isn\u2019t too big. Depending on if you want something that takes the whole width or part of it, a width of between 300-600 pixels is all that you need.
    \nThere are also many other free or paid photo editors available depending on what phone\/tablet you have.<\/p>\n

    The picture below\u00a0is a screenshot cropped with the photo editor\u00a0and shows\u00a0the photo editor\u00a0I use.<\/p>\n

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    \u00a0Photo editors on the Computer<\/h3>\n
    On my computer I often use Paint, that comes with windows to do the basic photo editing. I can crop and resize with it, which are the main two things I need.
    \nIn the past I used Photoshop, which has windows and apple versions. In fact I learned to use it on a Mac before there was a Windows version (am I giving away my age by saying that?) It\u2019s a great program and has lots of options. The only disadvantage is the learning curve to discover the wealth of options it has. If you want something professional, I would strongly recommend it.
    \nHowever, if you are just starting out and\/or want to save money, you can get by with Paint.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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