{"id":167,"date":"2014-06-23T11:16:42","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T18:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/calverta\/?page_id=167"},"modified":"2023-03-07T10:40:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T18:40:37","slug":"helpful-thingies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/calverta\/home-2\/helpful-thingies\/","title":{"rendered":"Helpful thingies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here&#8217;s some helpful thingies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are free web services (mostly) that I find helpful to get stuff done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Images<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When to use which image type (memorize this please)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a title=\"PNG, JPEG, or GIF? How to Pick the Right File Extension [Infographic]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.hubspot.com\/marketing\/file-types-png-jpeg-gif\">PNG, JPEG, or GIF? How to Pick the Right File Extension<\/a> [Infographic]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Web based image tools<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pixlr.com\/\">pixlr.com<\/a>\u00a0(if you don&#8217;t have photoshop use this for basic resize\/crop etc)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/squoosh.app\/\">Squoosh<\/a> Image compression. Can be installed as progressive web app.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>(which basically just means that it can be act like a real application that runs in a web browser and doesn&#8217;t need internet access to work)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kraken.io\/\">kracken.io<\/a>&nbsp;(small image files are good files. if you don&#8217;t have photoshop&#8217;s &#8220;save for web&#8221; &#8211; use this)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imageoptim.com\/\">imageoptim.com<\/a> (desktop app for macintosh to compress image files. best for png &#8211; ok for jpg)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"Photo Editor | Polarr - Online Photo Editing Re-imagined.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.polarr.co\/editor\">Polarr.co<\/a> (or <a title=\"Polarr Photo Editor RAW - Chrome Web Store\" href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/polarr-photo-editor-raw\/djonnbgfieijldcieafgjcnhmpcfpmgg\">chrome extension\/desktop app<\/a>) Free, browser-based equivalent of Lightroom. (really kinda neat)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/29a.ch\/film-emulator\/\">Film Emulator<\/a> (kinda like VSCO brand filters that emulate all sorts of film camera &#8211; can be good starting point for a particular look\/feel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PDF<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smallpdf.com\/compress-pdf\">smallpdf.com<\/a>&nbsp;(fast and easy pdf compressor. 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