Join us at the Bard EH Unconference in April for two hands on workshops: Digital archiving and exhibit building with Omeka and Creating timelines and interactive maps with Neatline. No prior experience necessary! For more information and tentative schedule see: http://eh.bard.edu/2015-unconference/
Category Archive for 'Tools'
ARTstor has just announced the release of the Offline Image Viewer 4.0. This new release includes the following new features and a bug fix: New Features: Compatible with Mac OS X 10.9 and Windows 8. Link to image viewer – clicking the link to image viewer icon on an image will open that image in […]
Yale University Press has released the “Interaction of Color” app for the iPad to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this iconic book. The new app explores Albers’s teachings through interactive plates that allow users to perform their own experiments with color. The plates are designed to reproduce the experience of working with cut and colored […]
A nice selection of drawing and image manipulation apps for the iPad are reviewed today over at My Life Scoop. Particularly intriguing is LiveSketch, an app that allows you to create drawings that look like pencil on paper. If you don’t have an iPad, you can try the browser based drawing tool Harmony which LiveSketch is […]
Search by image with Google images
Posted in Tools on Feb 16th, 2012
Did you know you can search for information on Google using an image instead of keywords? This is particularly useful if you want to find a higher quality image of one you already have or you simply want to view results related to the picture or its contents. If you are the creator of an […]
Sort by Subject in Google Images
Posted in Tools on May 13th, 2011
When ARTstor and local image collections don’t have the exact image you’re looking for, Google Images can be a lifesaver. However, one of the main complaints I hear about Google Images is the time it takes to find the “right” image from within hundreds or even thousands of results. Now, Google is making it easier […]
Compressing PowerPoint Photos
Posted in Tech Support, Tools on Mar 21st, 2011
How to reduce the file size of images in your PowerPoint presentation—no photo-editing software required….from the New York Times Gadgetwise Tip of the week: http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/tip-of-the-week-compressing-powerpoint-photos/ Published: March 18, 2011
TinEye Reverse Image Search
Posted in Tools on Jun 22nd, 2010
TinEye is an image search engine that allows you to find higher resolution or modified versions of images. Because TinEye uses image identification technology rather than keywords, you simply submit an image to be searched and TinEye will find matches. TinEye can also be used to find out where an image came from or locate […]
Exploring Flickr Commons
Posted in Image Collections, Photography, Tools on Apr 14th, 2010
commonsExplorer is an experimental, interactive browser for Flickr Commons that allows users to discover content based on word visualizations. For more information on how it works and to download the application go to: http://creative.canberra.edu.au/cex/ The Commons makes publicly-held photography collections available through Flickr. Participating institutions include the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, the Getty Research […]
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