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How to Create Awesome Infographics Without Being a Designer

How to Create Awesome Infographics Without Being a Designer | apps for libraries | Scoop.it

If you’re anything like me, you learned how to use programs like Photoshop and Gimp out of necessity to do minor changes to photos. You might have even dabbled in some easier graphic design projects for your own website, but it takes you hours to get the image or the design looking just right and you’re left exhausted. You might even spend time looking up tutorials on how to achieve a certain effect and still have trouble re-creating it.


In short, while you do know your way around the programs like Photoshop to a certain extent, it takes you forever and there’s absolutely no way you’d call yourself a graphic designer. But then, you’re surfing around the web and you noticed some really cool infographics on things like fashion, music and food and you can’t help but wish that you could create something like that; even if it’d take you a week....


Learn more:


http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-tools-for-teaching-people-and-learners/?tag=infographics



Via Jeff Domansky, Gust MEES
Gust MEES's curator insight, December 31, 2014 9:51 AM

If you’re anything like me, you learned how to use programs like Photoshop and Gimp out of necessity to do minor changes to photos. You might have even dabbled in some easier graphic design projects for your own website, but it takes you hours to get the image or the design looking just right and you’re left exhausted. You might even spend time looking up tutorials on how to achieve a certain effect and still have trouble re-creating it.


In short, while you do know your way around the programs like Photoshop to a certain extent, it takes you forever and there’s absolutely no way you’d call yourself a graphic designer. But then, you’re surfing around the web and you noticed some really cool infographics on things like fashion, music and food and you can’t help but wish that you could create something like that; even if it’d take you a week....


Learn more:


http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-tools-for-teaching-people-and-learners/?tag=infographics


Michelle Gilstrap's curator insight, December 31, 2014 4:02 PM

Always good to have a way to create good designs.

Nedko Aldev's curator insight, February 4, 2015 3:11 PM

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Freemages, Free photo stock with many free pictures to download

Freemages, Free photo stock with many free pictures to download | apps for libraries | Scoop.it
Free photo stock with many free pictures to download in high resolution (Creative Commons License and Free Art License).

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Universal-soundbank free online sounds

Universal-soundbank free online sounds | apps for libraries | Scoop.it
sounds recorded from all over the world in high quality mp3 freely downlable on universal-soundbank for all djs, musicians or producers.

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Gust MEES's curator insight, July 7, 2013 4:25 AM

 

Great to include in videos, presentations...

 

João Carvalho's comment, July 8, 2013 5:28 AM
Fantastic!!! Thanks.
jlolaza's curator insight, July 12, 2013 5:50 PM

Possible database to catalog sounds