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Here are some photos taken the last day. Here I stand with Sid Meier, game developer guru, apparently, we are both a little blurry for the photo. Lots of great stuff happening the last day of the Innovations in e-learning conference, check out the great notes again taken by Wendy at In the Middle of the Curve. Thanks Wendy, Great Job.killing zombies has paid off!!! Sid was great. He gave a great keynote address called Help, I Can't Stop Learning !(blogged MORE
I recently created a photo slideshow (using PowerPoint) of my dad’s life-sized chess set sculpture that’s at Facebook (Go Dad!). Insert a photo album to your presentation. Go to “Insert” → “Photo Album” → “New Photo Album”. Select the photos from your computer. Note: You can hold down Ctrl while clicking several photos to select them individually. Next you want to add transitions to your new photo album. Advanced PowerPoint photo slideshow tips. MORE
Perfect for beginners, this course will help you move away from automatic mode and take manual control to shoot beautiful photos! . Ready to take amazing pictures with your dSLR camera? This course, designed to help you use your camera to its full potential , covers many topic areas including exposure and focus, composing your shots, and ways to share your photos. MORE
eLearning Featured Graphic Design Resources Resources cutout people graphic design People Pictures sketch . Add another tool into your eLearning toolbox. Learn how to create awesome sketch characters using this simple technique in Adobe Photoshop. Watch the tutorial below: Trouble viewing the video? Click here to watch the video on our YouTube page. MORE
Picture of the Week. Which picture can be the new WEEKS PICTURE? Picture of the Week #1. What picture should be Photo of the Week? Picture of the week favorite. The real picture of the Mona Lisa is of grea. Tweet. Powered by. online polls. Remove Ad. Related Polls. Create your own poll MORE
Did you know PowerPoint has a built-in picture and video compression tool? Images: Select a picture on any slide and go to the Picture Tools Format tab on the ribbon. Choose Compress Pictures in the top left corner: the pop-up box shows you the resolution options you have for the image. You could go into an image editing program, and the Photos app in Windows 10 is actually really good for this. Method 3: Reducing picture resolution in PowerPoint. MORE
At the Organizational Storytelling Conference, Washington DC, April 16-18, 2009, I noticed how wonderful Dialoogle used photos to help people to communicate with each other. With the aid of high quality photos, persons can select the photos that help them express themselves, which otherwise would be difficult without the aid of the photos. MORE
Great photos help create fun and engaging training. We have recently put together packs of eLearning stock photos to help you design better training. The examples are a combination of PowerPoint course styles , Cut-Out People , and eLearning stock photos. Tags: eLearning eLearning Tips People Pictures power point backgrounds stock photos Here are some layouts that we created to “get your creative juices flowing&#. MORE
Just a quick announcement that we’ve launched 6 call center employee photo sets. These photos feature employees with headsets. Tags: Products/Reviews eLearning People Pictures Five sets are on an isolated, white background which makes it easy to clip them out. Note: They are not cut-out like our Cut-Out Business People.). MORE
Previously, we’d pretty much exclusively been using iStock for our commercial-use presentation photos. Often in a presentation, when trying to tell a visual story with lots of relevant images, our designers want photos that work well as a sequence. This means that we can easily use Shutterstock photos in presentations to tell stories. With iStock you have the option to view the whole series of pictures, which is useful, but not to see more images of the same model. MORE
However, you've only got one photo you're allowed to use. PowerPoint won’t allow you to adjust the transparency of a photo so you'll need to scrap that plan. Here’s how to get from Point A to Point B, including an extra bit to accommodate if your photo has a background you’d like removed. Insert your photo onto your slide (Insert > Pictures). by AJ Walther, COTP. You have a plan. MORE
There are many times when I need pictures of a person in multiple poses. Here are some tips to create your own: The Spicy Learning Blog – Top five tips for running a successful photo shoot. It is really nice to have a library of “people poses&#. I’ve have used iStock to purchase some and we’ve also made my own. Here are some People Poses that we’ve created. MORE
Do you ever need eLearning clipped out people photos for your courses? Each eLearning clipped out people photo pack can easily be used within most rapid elearning software (Articulate Presenter, Adobe Captivate, Lectora, Rapid Intake, Adobe Presenter, Adobe Flash, PowerPoint and many more). You’re in luck! We’ve shot the same models in dozens of poses and removed the background so you can create your own scenarios. MORE
My guess is that about 25% of the people I run into do not have a profile photo. I'm writing this post to encourage you to: Spend a little bit of time to create a reasonable profile photo Attach it to every online profile when you create it And when I say every, I mean every – don't join that new Ning group without attaching your photo. It doesn't take a lot to add a profile photo, and it's fairly significant. MORE
Here is a picture of me and Ivan. Ivan Moreno and Karl Kapp pose for picture after Play to Learn! Had a great time at Learning Solutions 2016 last week. Once again, Sharon Boller and I had a great time conducting our Play to Learn! workshop (if you haven’t attended that workshop, you should!) I also conducted a session highlighting some research I have been doing related to gamification. The slides are included in this post as well. MORE
Today, panoramic mode is a common feature on mainstream cameras, with software that seamlessly creates a single photo from multiple angles, some even with 3D. Facebook recently announced support of 360 photos , which allows users to manipulate 360 panoramas. The post Get the Big Picture with Panoramic Screen Capture appeared first on TechSmith Blogs. The Panorama: An Ancient Tradition Now in the Digital Age. MORE
Your coworker asks for a photo, so you quickly email him the one from the web. Images are made of tiny pixels (picture elements), or squares of color. You usually don’t notice individual pixels because they all blend together to form the picture that you recognize. You can see pixels when you zoom in really closely to a picture, or if you try to enlarge an image beyond what it can handle. Use hi-res photos for sharp prints and to prevent jagged lines. MORE
If you have been creating digital content, then you have searched for photos online. Trouble is, these image warehouses often only have a handful of good pictures while the real good ones are littered with watermarks until purchased. Luckily for you, there is a new goldmine for stock photos – and from one of the biggest names in the industry. Their pictures and images are everywhere, (most notably on news sites like CNN). MORE
It’s a mobile app for android phones that allows you to complete internet searches based on a photo you take with your smart phone. Here’s an example from Google’s site: Literally you take a picture of a bridge and it recognizes it, searches for related information, and returns information to you. Or a repair technician takes a picture of a broken appliance and can see what model it is and whether the replacement parts are available. MORE
There’s nothing more frustrating than blurry pictures. 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. We’ve rounded up some of the best info we have on capturing high quality images – whether it’s a photo from a camera, or a screenshot on your computer screen. MORE
A picture is worth a thousand words. What pictures are you using in your course ? If you have software tools that let you edit your photos and carefully plan your diagrams, fantastic! To use PowerPoint as your image formatting tool, start by adjusting the dimensions of the PowerPoint deck so that the output perfectly fits the position you intend to put the pictures onscreen. Resize a photo. Crop a photo. Click your picture, then the crop button. MORE
I received a response that I didn't expect on my post Profile Photo. In that post, I suggested that you should always add a profile photo: Don't join that new Ning group without attaching your photo. Because profile photos help me: Believe that you are a real person and begin to connect with you. I also suggested that for business networking: Don't use anything other that photorealistic photos. And profile photos are part of the picture. MORE
However, the real point of the post is the way Crammer and Wasiak's book is designed -- pictures fill up the pages just as much as the text, if not more. While I like a good picture to help understand or reinforce the text, it seems that Change the Way You See Everything goes beyond this. Many of the photos do nothing to help understand the book. MORE
Photos are a powerful tool in e-learning. Unless you can afford custom photo shoots, you likely need to purchase stock photos. You may have heard some people talk about how much they hate stock photos in e-learning : they seem cheesy, they aren’t diverse enough, or they look like the subject is in a vacuum. A lot of people don’t actually hate stock photos in e-learning , despite saying they do. What they hate is seeing a stock photo next to some bullet points. MORE
10 Places to Find Free Image FlickrCC - Bigfoto.com offers pictures from around the world, including America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and Pacific. EveryStockPhoto is a search engine for creative commons photos, located in Vancouver, BC. This is a single integrated search, allowing users to bookmark their photos with private and public tags, and increasingly we will be offering advanced searching options , rating systems and other tools. 4) Stock.xchng Close to 200,000 photos. MORE
News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 10/24/2010 Free Stock Photos Sites for e-Learning As an e-Learning developer I had to invest a lot of time to find images for my e-Learning projects. As a result, I had to do a research and find the best FREE stock photo sites. Free Stock Photos (Update 10/28/2010: suggested by Queralt Suñé ) Nearly 100% of their Royalty Free photos are Free Download. MORE
While getting the perfect picture is predominant, it’s what you can do with this image after that really makes it home. When you have taken it with your camera or your digital camera, the fact remains you are likely to wind up with a good looking product for a lot less money by taking advantage of a free photo editor. However expertly you take your images, there are strategies to improve them having a qualified quality photo editing program. MORE
A good picture can make elearning experiences visually stimulating and engaging. So how do you determine the perfect photo for your content? The stylish business woman leading a group of project managers, the angry boss yelling at his employees, or the snapshot of two thumbs up. When choosing images for a course, you should have three goals in mind. Right Getting Started Good Times MORE
Today, panoramic mode is a common feature on mainstream cameras, with software that seamlessly creates a single photo from multiple angles, some even with 3D. Facebook recently announced support of 360 photos , which allows users to manipulate 360 panoramas. The post Get the Big Picture with Panoramic Screen Capture appeared first on TechSmith Blogs. The Panorama: An Ancient Tradition Now in the Digital Age. MORE
However, you've only got one photo you're allowed to use. PowerPoint won’t allow you to adjust the transparency of a photo so you'll need to scrap that plan. Here’s how to get from Point A to Point B, including an extra bit to accommodate if your photo has a background you’d like removed. Insert your photo onto your slide (Insert > Pictures). by AJ Walther, COTP. You have a plan. MORE
With blogging and social media, photo essays are more popular than ever: [link] Alex Hamer MORE
When you take a picture with a green screen or a blue screen background, some photo editors have a feature called chroma key to allow you to replace the green or MORE
Here are some other highlights of the conference, in pictures: Talking authoring tools and HTML5 at TK Chat with Dave Anderson of Articulate, Patrick Krekelberg of Allen Interactions, Thomas Toth and Judy Unrein. Perhaps a picture of the way things will be? Photo credit: Kevin Thorn @learnnuggets). Photo credit: Kris Rockwell @hybridkris). Back home now after another exciting week in Las Vegas for ASTD’s TechKnowledge 2012 conference and expo. (I MORE
It’s been said that a picture is worth a thousand bullet points, and this is particularly true of training. Training designs are at their most engaging when words AND pictures work together to drive home the message. Hint: Think big picture and focus on one thing. You’ll find attribution requirements detailed under the Additional Information section on each photo. Or, looking for ideas from other people who are using words and pictures to engage? MORE
You can make the background of an image transparent with an advanced photo editor like Photoshop , with TechSmith’s Snagit , or with a variety of other tools. How to remove make a picture background transparent. Keep in mind, Snagit is not as sophisticated as a professional editing program like Photoshop, and it may not work to delete the background from a photo or image with complex backgrounds. The other day, I was working on a presentation. MORE
Going to a stock image site and looking for just the right pictures can be very time-consuming and a drain on your limited resources. Obviously, this approach doesn’t work for everyone and taking good photos is an art in itself. However, when you get into the office to edit the photo you see that the image is a little out of focus. I had a friend who would always use the lowest settings on his digital camera because he wanted to have room for as many photos as possible. MORE
LearnDash
MARCH 17, 2014
If you have been creating digital content, then you have searched for photos online. Trouble is, these image warehouses often only have a handful of good pictures while the real good ones are littered with watermarks until purchased. Luckily for you, there is a new goldmine for stock photos – and from one of the biggest names in the industry. Their pictures and images are everywhere, (most notably on news sites like CNN).
eLearning Brothers
SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
Great photos help create fun and engaging training. We have recently put together packs of eLearning stock photos to help you design better training. The examples are a combination of PowerPoint course styles , Cut-Out People , and eLearning stock photos. Tags: eLearning eLearning Tips People Pictures power point backgrounds stock photos Here are some layouts that we created to “get your creative juices flowing&#.
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The Logical Blog by IconLogic
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
However, you've only got one photo you're allowed to use. PowerPoint won’t allow you to adjust the transparency of a photo so you'll need to scrap that plan. Here’s how to get from Point A to Point B, including an extra bit to accommodate if your photo has a background you’d like removed. Insert your photo onto your slide (Insert > Pictures). by AJ Walther, COTP. You have a plan.
ProProfs
JANUARY 24, 2013
Picture of the Week. Which picture can be the new WEEKS PICTURE? Picture of the Week #1. What picture should be Photo of the Week? Picture of the week favorite. The real picture of the Mona Lisa is of grea. Tweet. Powered by. online polls. Remove Ad. Related Polls. Create your own poll
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The Logical Blog by IconLogic
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
However, you've only got one photo you're allowed to use. PowerPoint won’t allow you to adjust the transparency of a photo so you'll need to scrap that plan. Here’s how to get from Point A to Point B, including an extra bit to accommodate if your photo has a background you’d like removed. Insert your photo onto your slide (Insert > Pictures). by AJ Walther, COTP. You have a plan.
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eLearning Brothers
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
Just a quick announcement that we’ve launched 6 call center employee photo sets. These photos feature employees with headsets. Tags: Products/Reviews eLearning People Pictures Five sets are on an isolated, white background which makes it easy to clip them out. Note: They are not cut-out like our Cut-Out Business People.).
eLearning Brothers
AUGUST 20, 2013
eLearning Featured Graphic Design Resources Resources cutout people graphic design People Pictures sketch . Add another tool into your eLearning toolbox. Learn how to create awesome sketch characters using this simple technique in Adobe Photoshop. Watch the tutorial below: Trouble viewing the video? Click here to watch the video on our YouTube page.
BrightCarbon
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
Did you know PowerPoint has a built-in picture and video compression tool? Images: Select a picture on any slide and go to the Picture Tools Format tab on the ribbon. Choose Compress Pictures in the top left corner: the pop-up box shows you the resolution options you have for the image. You could go into an image editing program, and the Photos app in Windows 10 is actually really good for this. Method 3: Reducing picture resolution in PowerPoint.
Tony Karrer
MAY 7, 2009
I received a response that I didn't expect on my post Profile Photo. In that post, I suggested that you should always add a profile photo: Don't join that new Ning group without attaching your photo. Because profile photos help me: Believe that you are a real person and begin to connect with you. I also suggested that for business networking: Don't use anything other that photorealistic photos. And profile photos are part of the picture.
Tony Karrer
MAY 5, 2009
My guess is that about 25% of the people I run into do not have a profile photo. I'm writing this post to encourage you to: Spend a little bit of time to create a reasonable profile photo Attach it to every online profile when you create it And when I say every, I mean every – don't join that new Ning group without attaching your photo. It doesn't take a lot to add a profile photo, and it's fairly significant.
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eLearning Brothers
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
There are many times when I need pictures of a person in multiple poses. Here are some tips to create your own: The Spicy Learning Blog – Top five tips for running a successful photo shoot. It is really nice to have a library of “people poses&#. I’ve have used iStock to purchase some and we’ve also made my own. Here are some People Poses that we’ve created.
TechSmith Camtasia
MARCH 7, 2019
You can make the background of an image transparent with an advanced photo editor like Photoshop , with TechSmith’s Snagit , or with a variety of other tools. How to remove make a picture background transparent. Keep in mind, Snagit is not as sophisticated as a professional editing program like Photoshop, and it may not work to delete the background from a photo or image with complex backgrounds. The other day, I was working on a presentation.
eLearningArt
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
I recently created a photo slideshow (using PowerPoint) of my dad’s life-sized chess set sculpture that’s at Facebook (Go Dad!). Insert a photo album to your presentation. Go to “Insert” → “Photo Album” → “New Photo Album”. Select the photos from your computer. Note: You can hold down Ctrl while clicking several photos to select them individually. Next you want to add transitions to your new photo album. Advanced PowerPoint photo slideshow tips.
Hurix Digital
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
While getting the perfect picture is predominant, it’s what you can do with this image after that really makes it home. When you have taken it with your camera or your digital camera, the fact remains you are likely to wind up with a good looking product for a lot less money by taking advantage of a free photo editor. However expertly you take your images, there are strategies to improve them having a qualified quality photo editing program.
Learning Visions
JANUARY 30, 2012
Here are some other highlights of the conference, in pictures: Talking authoring tools and HTML5 at TK Chat with Dave Anderson of Articulate, Patrick Krekelberg of Allen Interactions, Thomas Toth and Judy Unrein. Perhaps a picture of the way things will be? Photo credit: Kevin Thorn @learnnuggets). Photo credit: Kris Rockwell @hybridkris). Back home now after another exciting week in Las Vegas for ASTD’s TechKnowledge 2012 conference and expo. (I
Kapp Notes
MARCH 23, 2016
Here is a picture of me and Ivan. Ivan Moreno and Karl Kapp pose for picture after Play to Learn! Had a great time at Learning Solutions 2016 last week. Once again, Sharon Boller and I had a great time conducting our Play to Learn! workshop (if you haven’t attended that workshop, you should!) I also conducted a session highlighting some research I have been doing related to gamification. The slides are included in this post as well.
Bottom-Line Performance
DECEMBER 11, 2009
It’s a mobile app for android phones that allows you to complete internet searches based on a photo you take with your smart phone. Here’s an example from Google’s site: Literally you take a picture of a bridge and it recognizes it, searches for related information, and returns information to you. Or a repair technician takes a picture of a broken appliance and can see what model it is and whether the replacement parts are available.
eFront
OCTOBER 24, 2010
News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 10/24/2010 Free Stock Photos Sites for e-Learning As an e-Learning developer I had to invest a lot of time to find images for my e-Learning projects. As a result, I had to do a research and find the best FREE stock photo sites. Free Stock Photos (Update 10/28/2010: suggested by Queralt Suñé ) Nearly 100% of their Royalty Free photos are Free Download.
TechSmith Camtasia
JUNE 15, 2016
Today, panoramic mode is a common feature on mainstream cameras, with software that seamlessly creates a single photo from multiple angles, some even with 3D. Facebook recently announced support of 360 photos , which allows users to manipulate 360 panoramas. The post Get the Big Picture with Panoramic Screen Capture appeared first on TechSmith Blogs. The Panorama: An Ancient Tradition Now in the Digital Age.
eLearning Brothers
SEPTEMBER 2, 2010
Do you ever need eLearning clipped out people photos for your courses? Each eLearning clipped out people photo pack can easily be used within most rapid elearning software (Articulate Presenter, Adobe Captivate, Lectora, Rapid Intake, Adobe Presenter, Adobe Flash, PowerPoint and many more). You’re in luck! We’ve shot the same models in dozens of poses and removed the background so you can create your own scenarios.
TechSmith Camtasia
MAY 16, 2017
There’s nothing more frustrating than blurry pictures. 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. We’ve rounded up some of the best info we have on capturing high quality images – whether it’s a photo from a camera, or a screenshot on your computer screen.
OpenSesame
DECEMBER 10, 2014
Perfect for beginners, this course will help you move away from automatic mode and take manual control to shoot beautiful photos! . Ready to take amazing pictures with your dSLR camera? This course, designed to help you use your camera to its full potential , covers many topic areas including exposure and focus, composing your shots, and ways to share your photos.
OpenSesame
MAY 3, 2013
A good picture can make elearning experiences visually stimulating and engaging. So how do you determine the perfect photo for your content? The stylish business woman leading a group of project managers, the angry boss yelling at his employees, or the snapshot of two thumbs up. When choosing images for a course, you should have three goals in mind. Right Getting Started Good Times
E-learning Uncovered
JUNE 20, 2016
Photos are a powerful tool in e-learning. Unless you can afford custom photo shoots, you likely need to purchase stock photos. You may have heard some people talk about how much they hate stock photos in e-learning : they seem cheesy, they aren’t diverse enough, or they look like the subject is in a vacuum. A lot of people don’t actually hate stock photos in e-learning , despite saying they do. What they hate is seeing a stock photo next to some bullet points.
TechSmith Camtasia
JUNE 15, 2016
Today, panoramic mode is a common feature on mainstream cameras, with software that seamlessly creates a single photo from multiple angles, some even with 3D. Facebook recently announced support of 360 photos , which allows users to manipulate 360 panoramas. The post Get the Big Picture with Panoramic Screen Capture appeared first on TechSmith Blogs. The Panorama: An Ancient Tradition Now in the Digital Age.
E-learning Uncovered
APRIL 12, 2017
When you take a picture with a green screen or a blue screen background, some photo editors have a feature called chroma key to allow you to replace the green or
The Learning Circuits
SEPTEMBER 27, 2006
However, the real point of the post is the way Crammer and Wasiak's book is designed -- pictures fill up the pages just as much as the text, if not more. While I like a good picture to help understand or reinforce the text, it seems that Change the Way You See Everything goes beyond this. Many of the photos do nothing to help understand the book.
E-learning Uncovered
APRIL 6, 2017
With blogging and social media, photo essays are more popular than ever: [link] Alex Hamer
Rapid eLearning
DECEMBER 15, 2008
Going to a stock image site and looking for just the right pictures can be very time-consuming and a drain on your limited resources. Obviously, this approach doesn’t work for everyone and taking good photos is an art in itself. However, when you get into the office to edit the photo you see that the image is a little out of focus. I had a friend who would always use the lowest settings on his digital camera because he wanted to have room for as many photos as possible.
Tony Karrer
NOVEMBER 20, 2007
10 Places to Find Free Image FlickrCC - Bigfoto.com offers pictures from around the world, including America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and Pacific. EveryStockPhoto is a search engine for creative commons photos, located in Vancouver, BC. This is a single integrated search, allowing users to bookmark their photos with private and public tags, and increasingly we will be offering advanced searching options , rating systems and other tools. 4) Stock.xchng Close to 200,000 photos.
Mindflash
MARCH 23, 2010
It’s been said that a picture is worth a thousand bullet points, and this is particularly true of training. Training designs are at their most engaging when words AND pictures work together to drive home the message. Hint: Think big picture and focus on one thing. You’ll find attribution requirements detailed under the Additional Information section on each photo. Or, looking for ideas from other people who are using words and pictures to engage?
360 Training
JUNE 22, 2015
A picture is worth a thousand words. What pictures are you using in your course ? If you have software tools that let you edit your photos and carefully plan your diagrams, fantastic! To use PowerPoint as your image formatting tool, start by adjusting the dimensions of the PowerPoint deck so that the output perfectly fits the position you intend to put the pictures onscreen. Resize a photo. Crop a photo. Click your picture, then the crop button.
Kapp Notes
JUNE 6, 2008
Here are some photos taken the last day. Here I stand with Sid Meier, game developer guru, apparently, we are both a little blurry for the photo. Lots of great stuff happening the last day of the Innovations in e-learning conference, check out the great notes again taken by Wendy at In the Middle of the Curve. Thanks Wendy, Great Job.killing zombies has paid off!!! Sid was great. He gave a great keynote address called Help, I Can't Stop Learning !(blogged
Vignettes Learning
APRIL 20, 2009
At the Organizational Storytelling Conference, Washington DC, April 16-18, 2009, I noticed how wonderful Dialoogle used photos to help people to communicate with each other. With the aid of high quality photos, persons can select the photos that help them express themselves, which otherwise would be difficult without the aid of the photos.
TechSmith Camtasia
NOVEMBER 29, 2016
Your coworker asks for a photo, so you quickly email him the one from the web. Images are made of tiny pixels (picture elements), or squares of color. You usually don’t notice individual pixels because they all blend together to form the picture that you recognize. You can see pixels when you zoom in really closely to a picture, or if you try to enlarge an image beyond what it can handle. Use hi-res photos for sharp prints and to prevent jagged lines.
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