Where to Find Free Images and Art Resources for Blogs?
May 1, 2008
Where does one find images that can be posted online without infringing copyright laws? That’s a common problem faced by bloggers, at least by the ones who don’t want a DMCA complaint filed against them.
With most of the online material belonging to someone and being posted by someone else, it’s easy to unknowingly become an accomplice to content theft. Somehow, it’s easier to tell when text is free for distribution. What about all the ubiquitous art and images with no obvious authorship or copyright notices? In many cases it’s impossible to tell. It would be desirable to get them at the source, or at sites with clearly stated ownership and distribution policies.
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Revised Thumbnail Creator for the Revolution Pro Theme
April 3, 2008
Some people were experiencing problems with the original thumbnail generator. Automator is not exactly a robust piece of software making debugging not much fun.
I’ve broken the original application in three parts with a main workflow calling each one in turn. Although this is less elegant and a bit more complicated to install, it should be more reliable.
The download now consists of folder containing 4 mini workflows. Here’s how to get it working: [Read more]
Thumbnail Creator for the Revolution Pro Theme
February 20, 2008
I’ve been unsuccessfully looking for a way to automate the creation of thumbnails for use in the home page of the Revolution Pro Media Theme. After trying dozens of shareware and freeware titles, each one with its own limitations, I’ve decided to write an Automator plugin to generate resized images that fit the slots in theme’s front page. The major problem with the lightweight shareware programs was either the lack of presets for specifying multiple dimensions for the icons, or the inconvenience of accessing those presets. A large program like Photoshop seemed an overkill for such a trivial and often repeated task.
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Apple Releases Aperture 2.0 Upgrade
February 12, 2008
Apple has just released a major upgrade to its professional photo software, Aperture. The new version comes with more than 100 improvements covering user interface, RAW image quality, compare and select tools, image processing tools, photo management, print and web publishing, workflow, and AppleScript. [Read more]
Apple Releases an Update for its Pro Applications
February 6, 2008
Apple has just released the ProKit 4.5 update to its line of professional applications. The update is available through the Mac OS Software Update utility, or it can be downloaded directly from Apple at: [Read more]
