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About. What this is Zoom.it is a free service for viewing and sharing high-resolution imagery. You give us the link to any image on the web, and we give you a beautiful new way to experience it — along with a nice short URL. How it works Zoom.it converts your image to the Deep Zoom format, which lets you smoothly and efficiently explore the whole image, no matter how large.

Check out Deep Zoom Studio for examples of this technology in action. Zoom.it runs on Windows Azure and enhances the experience with Microsoft Silverlight when available. Why we made it We think every image on the web should be a beautiful, high-resolution one. Create Interactive Images on ImageSpike. 3 Ways Colleges Use Instagram. As more past, present, and future students start using the mobile photo app, colleges are making the push to connect with them. Instagram, the mobile app that allows users to take photos, add filters, and share them with their social networks, has grown to more than 40 million users in the iPhone and Android markets since launching in October 2010. With a growing user base, Facebook purchased the app in April for $1 billion to complement its already robust social network of more than 900 million users. For college students, who are overloaded with social networks heavy on text, Instagram offers a visual alternative, notes Carly Heitlinger, a recent graduate of Georgetown University.

"I love Twitter and I've been using it for years, but words only say so much, and I tend to scroll past a lot of tweets if nothing pops out at me instantly," she says. "I like that Instagram just shows a picture. " [Discover five unique uses of Twitter in the classroom.] 1. 2. 20 amazing tools to modify images. Adobe Photoshop is not just a simple software or an amazing tool to modify images, it‘s a new possibility of creating art items. Obviously, it is used to retouch images, to create the layouts of various websites or any graphical designs but, in the hands of talented artists, it is the perfect tool to create amazing works.

This software is pretty enough to check some galleries to see some of the works made with it and it’s impossible not to say “wow” and catalogue them as the exponents of a new kind of art. Unfortunately, this powerful software is pretty expensive and not everyone may allow himself to buy a license. Under these circumstances, what should a common Internet user do when he must modify some images? Is the use of Photoshop mandatory? Fortunately, many designers & developers have observed this and have created amazing pieces of software or online applications that simply may replace Photoshop. 1. Adobe is one of the most important brands all over the world. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Fotobabble: A Free Way To Add Some Life To Your Images. If your students are like me, old-fashioned slideshows put them to sleep. I can remember the days when I would sit in a middle school classroom, bored to tears by projectors and slideshows. All that’s going to change. The free (woohoo!)

Web 2.0 tool Fotobabble is an easy and fun way to turn your images into an enhanced gallery complete with narration. Heck, there’s even an option for your Facebook page now . There’s also a beta tool that lets you turn all your Fotobabbles into one slideshow. How It Works Basically, you upload your photo(s), record a narration, and start sharing your presentation. Using Fotobabble In The Classroom It’s perfect for any classroom project where students have to present some photos or multimedia. How Do You Use It? The Best Online Sources For Images. Check out The “All-Time” Best Sources Of Online Images Jeez, there are sure a ton of ways to find images on the Web, as well as many places where you can find lengthy link lists to image collections. I’d lay odds that most people, including myself, just use Google Image Search when they need to find an image.

However, there might be instances when you want to use another tool — perhaps you’re a language teacher searching for just the right clip art or photography to illustrate a verb, maybe you have very young students and are concerned about what they might find on Google, possibly you’re particularly teaching about copyright issues, or you want your students to easily connect an image to a writing exercise and have them send an E-Card.

(Google has recently added an option in their advanced image search feature — go to the bottom left under “license” and choose “labeled for reuse”) I thought a “The Best…” list might be helpful in one of those, or other particular, instances. Behold Wow! Clipart | Free Icons | IconBug.com. Clipgenerator - Online Video Creation.