The other day a client sent me a video in MOV format. Now you can use this on the web, but MP4 is much more flexible because programs like WordPress will automatically generate a player for MP4s. So I needed to convert my client’s file. Luckily there are numerous free online converters for video files, […]
Your Smartphone’s Orientation Matters For Website Photos
I had a client send me photos from their smartphone the other day, to use in a slideshow on their website. Problem was, the slideshow is wide and not very tall, while the images were narrow and really tall. We had to crop the photos and several of them really didn’t work at all when […]
Cool Effects For Your Website Photos
Online image editors like PicMonkey or Canva make it easy to spice up the photos you use on your website. Take this image of a door bolt from my collection of free downloadable photos (yes, indeed, take it!): I like the angle of the shot and the narrow depth of field. And the colours are nice too, […]
Which File Type Should You Use For Images?
Use GIF only for animations Use PNG when you need: a transparent background, to keep photos high resolution and fast loading is not an issue, simple graphics with few colours such as logos Use JPG for most photos and for graphics with complex colours (like gradients) If you need a lot of technical details about which […]
Four Elements That Give Your Visuals More Impact
Ads Of The World recently ran a story in conjunction with Getty Images, outlining four concepts that can give your visuals more impact. Whether you’re taking a photo, making a video, or choosing some stock photography, here are 4 factors that help make the imagery pop: Imperfection Models are out and so are perfect shooting conditions. People […]
A List of Free Image Websites
Updated May 2016 We all know how important it is to have relevant and interesting images in your content, but when you don’t have an image of your own to use, buying a great photo isn’t always an option. Thankfully, there are lots of places to get free legal stock photos. (Please don’t tell me you’re going on Google […]