Mod1-Lesson 2- Notes/keywords

“Building Your Aesthetic With Images That Produce Results”

Primary Resources:

• https://louisem.com/2852/social-media-cheat-sheet-sizes (excellent resource)
• https://biteable.com/blog/facebook-cover-video-guide/
• https://mashable.com/2017/05/23/where-to-find-royalty-free-images/
• https://unsplash.com/search/photos/public-domain
• https://www.pexels.com/public-domain-images/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain_image_resources
• https://free-images.com/
• https://pixnio.com/
• https://99designs.com/blog/resources/public-domain-image-resources/
• https://www.lifewire.com/web-resources-for-public-domain-images-3482714
• https://burst.shopify.com/free-images
• https://pixabay.com/en/
• https://mashable.com/2017/05/23/where-to-find-royalty-free-images/
• http://guides.lib.uw.edu/c.php?g=341352&p=2298336
• https://www.googleadservices.com/

Mod1/Lesson 2 starts out with a reference to Lesson 5, where PicMonkey is introduced.

While the few dollars a month shouldn’t be a deal-breaker – for the sake of our collaboration, let’s confirm that we are using pixlr, hence skip Lesson 5, agreed?

If you feel PicMonkey might be worth the expense – I might give it another thought, but have found Pixlr to be equally powerful – here is a link that compares:

• https://crozdesk.com/compare/picmonkey-vs-befunky-vs-pixlr

Here another comparison:

• https://www.g2.com/compare/picmonkey-vs-pixlr

And still, there really isn’t a compelling reason to go with PicMonkey – and this link above links two of the main alternatives: Photoshop (VERY popular of course) and Gimp (used it in the past, but don’t see a reason to consider it now, as pixlr is perfectly fine.

Are you in agreement, to skip Lesson 5 and stick with Pixlr? ……………….here are some of the best tutorials:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BWLhz1KKzo (Video)
• https://blog.pixlr.com/tutorial/ (Blog)

Copyright Laws & Fair Use Doctrine

• use Pinterest to find images
• use royalty free websites
• lesson 5 is about PicMonkey
• lesson 2 is about populating our FB page with those images
• Collect images in a folder to be used later in our FB Page

Create an Album

• select magazine worthy images and “open” up into an “album”
• keep location blank – picture quality is no longer available, there are no “options” (In Dave’s course there are)