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Five Tips for Creating Graphics for Mobile Devices

Upside Learning

In this brief note, I share five tips which will make creation of graphics for mobile devices less painful. Image Formats: png should be your preferred format (as against.gif) as it has greater color depth and is fully lossless with variable transparency. No related posts.

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This Week’s Tip: Export Images from Word Files

Intellezy

Did you know that Word’s DOCX file format is a glorified ZIP file? The older DOC format converts all images to RGB PNG files. The older DOC format converts all images to RGB PNG files. This tip courtesy of InDesign Secrets… we just HAD to share!

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Tips & tricks for self publishers – Part 3

E-Learning Provocateur

In Tips & tricks for self publishers – Part 2 I explained how to self publish an e‑book. I was dilly dallying about both when Steven Lewis showed me his newly produced paperback, How to Format Perfect Kindle Books – ironic, eh? While I am certainly a fan of e-books, I am also a lover of old fashioned page turners.

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PowerPoint: Create an Infographic

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

    To do this, I formatted the shape until it was the size and in the general position I liked. On the Save As dialog box, locate the  Save as type drop-down menu and choose  PNG Portable Network Graphics Format. Name the file (the slide images will appear within a folder with this name).  

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Tips & tricks for self publishers – Part 3

E-Learning Provocateur

In Tips & tricks for self publishers – Part 2 I explained how to self publish an e‑book. I was dilly dallying about both when Steven Lewis showed me his newly produced paperback, How to Format Perfect Kindle Books – ironic, eh? While I am certainly a fan of e-books, I am also a lover of old fashioned page turners.

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How to Remove the Background From a Picture

TechSmith Camtasia

If you are using a screenshot or a PNG image, it will default to have a transparent background. If you are using a JPG or other file format, you’ll need to adjust your background color in the Snagit editor first or it will default to white rather than transparent. Step 5: Save your image as a PNG.

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Preventing Blurry Pictures: The Keys to Clear Images

TechSmith Camtasia

Tips for resizing images: Maintain aspect ratio (ex: 4:3) to avoid distorting your image (stretching or squishing). Keep those tips you picked up about resolution and resizing in mind as you photo crop as well. Tips for a good crop: The closer you crop, the smaller the image becomes. PNG vs JPG. Which one should you use?

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