Finding and Making Images

A Quick Rundown

Creating new images could be a beneficial way to express yourself. You can make your own custom designs using the following software’s:

Name of website

Difficulty

How long

Canva

intermediate/average

5-10 minutes

Pixlr

easy/beginner

20-30 minutes

GIMP

hard/advanced

40 minutes – 1 hour

 

Here are a couple of pros and cons for the websites provided:

Name of Website

Pros

Cons

Canva
  • The drag and drop for any item
  • Free version is super good, the paid version makes everything easier and quicker to do
  • If you place an item outside of the area that you’re working can be tricky to retrieve or delete
  • Issues with the mobile version (crashing and closing)

Pixlr
  • Alternative of Photoshop and Lightroom from Adobe
  • Good amount of features
  • Could have many more options and better final quality
  • Kind of hard to find a lot of videos going over pixlr

GIMP
  • Easy to use
  • Lots of tools
  • Takes a while to load
  • Features difficult for beginners

Guide On How To Create Images

Image Repositories

There are many free image databases for all themes and purposes. Even though the following databases claim to exclusively host open and free content, you can always confirm by looking at the image description. Some of these databases include:

To access the full list of resources, refer to OER Repository Links.

Best Practices when using Photos Online

The content that you’re using must be under the Creative Commons license or inside the public domain. Failure to do so can lead to severe repercussions such as lawsuits. Refer to How to License Your Work.

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Making Open Educational Resources: A Guide for Students by Students Copyright © by Jykee Pavo; Mikayla Bornais; Tariq Al-Rfouh; Chris Nardone; Elijah Annoh-Waithe; Lawrence Villacorte; Lorenzo Pernasilici; Marianne Kantati; Mitchel Macmillan; Mohamed Eldabagh; Norman Ha; Devin Wacheski; Anas Al-Chalabi; Brandon Mailloux; Ghanem Ghanem; Kamaal Kusow; Kristen Swiatoschik; Patrick Carnevale; Rana Kilani; Steven Shlimoon; Zain Raza; Dave Cormier; and Ashlyne O'Neil is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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