Image Sizes

Q:  Not sure what size image works best in which site?  (Sometimes that selfie fits your profile perfectly…and sometimes the edges are cut off?)

A:  From Danielle Cormier @ Mashable, here’s a cheat sheet of image sizes for popular social media sites:

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Spotlight ~ Multiple Exposure ~ “Freeze” series

 

 

 

Picasa, a free download from Google, gives the web page designer an awesome tool to combine digital images to tell a story using six collage types. Each type conveys a different meaning, tells a slightly different story, makes emotional connections.

~ Multiple Exposure ~

The multiple exposure type of collage is usually used to create an image, or print media, of a person, place, or product.  A multiple exposure collage is a powerful means of overlapping two images to convey one message.  The two images are selected carefully so the washout placement is viewable against the stronger image.

The overlap creates an extremely professional-looking piece of media – media with a dynamic “wow” factor!    This type of collage tells a story, usually very focused or targeted.  The story could simply highlight a favorite vacation spot, a wedding party, a dance recital, or a baby’s birth.

Other uses of Multiple Exposure could include music album covers, pet posters, travel destinations, natural park post cards, and portfolio covers.

The spotlight is turned on to Maplewood’s Web Page students

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Spotlight ~ Picasa Picture Pile ~ “Freeze” series

Picasa, a free download from Google, gives the web page designer an awesome tool to combine digital images to tell a story using six collage types. Each type conveys a different meaning, tells a slightly different story, makes emotional connections.

~ Picture Pile ~

Scattered randomly across the canvas, a pile of pictures is usually used to highlight an event.

The event could be a vacation, a wedding, a birthday, a graduation, a recital, a horse show, a family reunion, or a first day at school. A story unfolds about the event in the seemingly random pile of pictures. A story unfolds that celebrates the occasion. A story that is archived. A story that’s revisited with children and grandchildren.

A picture pile collage is a powerful means of archiving moments in time and creating a unique family history. Collages of events that are compiled into photo albums capture the essence of life’s celebrated events.

Other uses of Picture Pile could include music artist compilations, favorite pets or animals, nature scenery and landscapes, and sports portfolios.

The spotlight is turned on to Maplewood’s Web Page students

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Clay Play

Create a clay avatar at Clay Yourself!

Check out these 9th grade clay virtual clay sculptures…

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Got Paint?

Tired of the limitations using MS Paint that comes with your computer? Try Paint.NET for an intuitive, user-friendly (and free!) alternative.

Transparent backgrounds, layers, and special effects in this application make it a useful tool for the novice, or the expert, image editor.

Paint.net offers tutorials for beginners as well as tutorials on text effects, distortions, textures, and more.

Caution, however: the download comes with some partner applications that will install with Paint.NET – You may want to run through the install, then uninstall unwanted applications through Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel. Some are plugins – disable these through your browser.

ThingLink?

A cool online tool – ThingLink provides rich media tags to allows users to embed push pins on top of images. Pins may provide information, offer web links, play music or videos. Tags for use include Wikipedia, FB, Twitter, Linked In, Vmeo, Tumblr,

ThingLink also provides many ways of embedding and sharing your work through WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger, and Drupal. The applications for using ThingLink in education are endless: science, geography, ecology, biology, politics, fashion, art. Check out their Gallery for cool ideas in the classroom.

Check out Neil Armstrong’s ThingLink by Jonas Forth…