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Preventing Blurry Pictures: The Keys to Clear Images

TechSmith Camtasia

While you can try tinkering in a photo editing program, or shrinking the image and crossing your fingers in hopes that no one looks too closely, the best strategy is to start with crystal clear pictures. PNG vs JPG. But there are, indeed, a bajillion different file types. Two of the most common formats: PNG vs JPG.

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Introducing Tech Tuesday toolbox

Mike Taylor

Open almost any image format like PSD (Photoshop), PXD, Jpeg, PNG (Transparent), webP, SVG and many more. EmailOctopus – Email marketing for less Great tool for all types of emails including drip campaigns to enhance & support learning programs. Pixlr | Online Photo Editor — A powerful free and premium online photo editor!

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Reducing File Size for E-Learning Media

E-learning Uncovered

Some of these photos had a file size of 10MB or higher. Imagine building an e-learning course with dozens of photos this size–the course size would cause all sorts of problems with the students. Optimizing your graphic, audio, and video files will help reduce the size of your e-learning courses.

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How to Resize an Image Correctly

TechSmith Camtasia

When working on a document in a program like Microsoft Word or Google Docs, it’s tempting to drag the corners of an image to make it larger or smaller. Typically, making an image smaller will not impact the quality, but an image can suffer quality loss when scaled beyond its original size. Download a Free Trial of Snagit.

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Working with Images in eLearning (part 1)

Matthew Guyan

There’s two main categories of images – Bitmap and Vector – and here’s the difference between the two: Bitmap images are made up of pixels of different colours, they often have large file sizes and when you resize a bitmap graphic larger than the original, it tends to lose quality and become grainy or pixelated.

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6 tips for using images in your e-learning material

eFront

For a polished look, try to keep widths and heights consistent, and avoid having widely varying image sizes  it looks arbitrary and unprofessional. File size also matters. Use a program like Photoshop to resize and compress them, and keep your page loading times low.

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The Ultimate Glossary of eLearning Terms

LearnUpon

API (Application Programming Interface). API provides an interface that allows developers to interact with programs and applications, including learning management systems. Often paired with an LMS, this software is used to develop content for online learning and training programs. Authoring Tool. Course Catalog. JavaScript.