images

= Working with Images =

Common File Format
JPG / JPEG GIF PNG BMP TIFF

JPG vs. GIF vs. PNG

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GIF vs. JPG--Which Is Best?

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Image Search Engines
Google - [|http://images.google.com] Exalead - [] Picsearch - [] Ask - [] Alltheweb - []

Review of Image Search Engines - []

Search engines for finding free photos
Picfindr - [] Everystockphoto - []

Free Photo Collections
Stock.xchg - [] contains 400,000 **free to use** stock images (as of April 2008) submitted by keen photographers. Any usage restrictions are stated clearly for each image. MorgueFile - [] contains **free** high resolution digital stock photography for either corporate or public use FreeFoto.com - [] is, according to their website, ‘the largest collection of free photographs for private non-commercial use on the Internet'. There is, however, a charge for any commercial usage FreePhotosBank - [] has a smaller collection of free photos but is still useful to browse by category Dreamstime - [] has a free section. StockVault - [] You don't have to sign up to be able to download images and all images on this site are free for personal and non-commercial usage.
 * Flickr Creative Commons - []

Editing Your Photos
IrfanView Tutorials http://www.irfanview.com/

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