Playing+with+images


 * Playing with images**

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(For a fuller list of **Image generators**)

**Image editors** and drawing tools (if you don't have PhotoShop)

 * [|31 Free Adobe Photoshop Alternatives]
 * [|Pixlr]
 * Sumopaint
 * [|Comic Text Generator]
 * [|Digital Photo Effects]
 * [|Photoscape: Free Image Editing Software] (Download)
 * [|Pho.to] (enhancement and presentation platform)
 * [|Picnik] (Image editing and finding copyright friendly images)
 * Fotoflexer
 * [|DrPic.com (super easy!)]
 * [|Photofunia]
 * Splashup
 * [|Aviary]
 * [|Photvisi](create collages)
 * [|Splashup]
 * [|Pic Resize]
 * [|Lighting] (for quick photo lighting adjustments)
 * [|Photofunia] (many fun effects for your portraits)
 * [|Be Funky] (cartoonizes your pics--be careful if you don't have derivative permissions)
 * ICO Converter
 * [|Adobe PhotoShop Express]
 * [|Pato] (fast and simply fun with photos + almost 500 photo effects + 10 per day)
 * [|LunaPic]
 * [|Gigapan] (allows for amazing zooming and moving around)
 * [|Mypictr] (for making profile images for social networks)
 * [|Odosketch] (sketching tool)
 * [|Phixr]
 * [|PhotoShop Express]
 * [|WebResizer]
 * [|Picasa]flat
 * [|Pixer.us]
 * [|Pixinate]
 * [|PiZap] Fun with photos. Add stickers, paint, special effects, word bubbles and then share.
 * [|Resize Images]
 * [|Sketchfu]
 * [|SnipShot]
 * [|Splashup]
 * [|Slide.com] (create and share slide shows)
 * [|Queeky] (social drawing)
 * [|SumoPaint]
 * CoolToolsForSchools: Image Tools
 * [|Best Ways For Students To Create Online Animations] (Larry Ferlazzo)
 * [|Best Wa][|ys For Students To Create Their Own Online Art Collections] [| (Larry Ferlazzo)]
 * Wylio

Respecting intellectual property
Wanna Work Together (Creative Commons)
 * __[|Copyright Free Images]__ Copyright friendly images free for any use.
 * Copyright-friendly images and sound
 * [|4 Free Photos] Free images under Creative Commons license.
 * [|Public Domain Images] Several thousand royalty free stock photos nicely organized in folders, free for personal and commercial use.
 * [|Flickr's Creative Commons Pool]: Browse through the images provided by Flickr users who have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license. A [|Flickr Advanced Search] also allows you to search for these images easily.
 * [|CompFight]
 * [|AlegriPhotos] Free photos.
 * [|Flickr Free Use Photos] Photo sharing, no attribution necessary
 * [|Flickr Storm] (select appropriate Creative Common license from pull-down menu)
 * [|Creative Commons]
 * PhotosPD public domain images
 * [|Free Images Collection] No Copyright, High Resolution, Free Images
 * [|Creative Commons Videos]
 * [|TagGallery] (creates a globe of Flickr images)
 * [|Online Photosharing in Plain English]
 * [|SpringfieldGallery]
 * [|Springfield Clipart]
 * [|Drape's Takes Educator's Guide to Creative Commons]
 * [|Images4Education Ning]
 * [|Photo Tampering Throughout History] (for media literacy)

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**What are image generators and other graphic tools?**
[|Image Tools: Video from Discovery Education] Image generators are web-based programs that allow users to customize images by adding text and manipulating a basic image or set of tools. The images produced can be copied or embedded into other applications, web publishing or presentations. Avatar makers allow students and teachers to create images to represent themselves as they participate in blogs, wikis, and other 2.0 work. In addition to simple image generation, new web tools allow learners to collaborate in creating concept maps and graphs.

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**Image generators**

 * [|Big Huge Labs Flickr Toys (Joyce's pick)]
 * [|Big Huge Labs for Education]
 * [|Image Chef (Joyce's pick)]
 * [|ALA READ Image Generator]
 * [|Neoformix] (blog with lots of great leads)
 * [|MagMyPic] (mock magazine covers)
 * [|TypoGenerator] (Create a poster from images and letters)
 * [|Swivel] (Quickly create graphs with data)
 * [|Says It.com]
 * [|Glass Giant's Make pictures]
 * [|AutoMotivator] (make real or funny motivational posters)
 * [|Blackboard Generator]
 * [|Free Web Page Headers]
 * [|13 Fantastic and Fun Image Generators]
 * [|Supalogo (quick logo generator)]
 * [|Text 2 Pic]
 * [|Spell with Flickr]
 * [|Photofunia] (many fun effects for your portraits)
 * [|Amaztype] (create words from stacks of books)
 * [|Graffiti Creator]
 * [|Catalog Card Generator]
 * [|Generator Blog]
 * [|dafont](100 free fonts)
 * Carolyn Foote's [|SLJ article on Wordle]
 * [|Image Mosaic Generator]
 * [|WordSift] (word visualizer)
 * [|National Gallery of Art KidZone] (interact with the masters)
 * [|BeFunky]
 * [|txt2jpg]
 * [|Queeky] (social drawing)
 * [|Face in Hole](put your face in lots of pics)
 * [|ShapeCollage] (makes a collage of your photos)
 * [|Icon Pot]
 * [|DaButtonFactory]
 * [|PhotoFunia]
 * [|Skitch] (image sharing for the Mac)
 * [|Picture Trail] (for creating an animated slideshow)
 * [|Free Shape Collage]
 * [|Presidential Seal Generator]
 * [|Warning Sign Generator]



Tag Cloud

 * [|Wordle] (tag cloud generator)
 * [|Tagul](for gorgeous tag clouds)
 * [|Tagxedo] (tag clouds with style)
 * [|More than Wordles]

**Making Posters**

 * [|Glogster] (for interactive online posters)
 * [|Rasterbator] (make posters from multiple sheets of paper)
 * [|Block Poster] (make posters from multiple sheets of paper)
 * [|BigHugeLabs](options include movie posters and magazine covers)

**Avatar Makers**

 * [|Dream Avatar Creator (Joyce's favorite)]
 * [|12 Sites to Create Cartoon Characters of Yourself]
 * [|Yahoo Avatars] (must have account)
 * [|Doppelme]
 * [|Mr. PicassoHead (for cubist-types)]
 * [|Simpsons Avatar] and [|SimpsonizeMe]
 * [|Voki (talking avatars for blogs and wikis)]
 * [|Meez]
 * [|Mii]
 * [|Otaku Avatar Maker]
 * [|MyWebFace] (make a cartoon of your photo, PC only)
 * [|Yearbook Yourself]
 * [|Build Your Wild Self] (New York Zoos)
 * [|Hero Factory]
 * [|Reasonable Clever Lego Avatar]
 * [|Alpoy]
 * [|Be funky]
 * [|Bitstrips]
 * [|Cartoon me]
 * [|Create a face]
 * [|Unique]
 * [|Portrait Illustration maker]
 * [|Strip Generator]
 * [|Face Your Manga]
 * [|MinimiseMe]
 * [|Moonjee] (virtual makeover & make-a-face)
 * [|Free Kid-Friendly Avatar Creators] (Philly Teacher)
 * More Avatar Makers
 * [|Joyce's Avatars]