Free Cliparts
Adding elements to clipart can also produce pleasing results. Let's say you have an image of a house that you think is boring. By adding a sunburst behind the house, you can produce a unique new look. The possibilities are endless. Just be aware that clipart can be as plain or Read more...
When scanning a drawing into your computer it will always load as a bitmap image, (a bit like a photograph in a newspaper). This can be sent directly to a stamp manufacturer as long as it is a black and white scan and the line thicknesses do not fall below the minimum. If the Read more...
Do not clutter up your projects with too many different baby clip art pictures. This can look messy and unprofessional. Also, you need to pay attention to things like size, color, and format. There are many design tips that you can refer to on the Internet. You can also cut out a Read more...
To search and download FREE clip art from Microsoft, visit Microsoft Office Online using the link provided at the bottom of this article. For free image and media offerings, scroll down the page to the section titled "Browse Clip Art and Media Categories". In this section, you can Read more...
Two popular graphics editing programs are Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Either of these programs allow for the modification of clipart. But no matter which graphics program you use, it should be relatively easy to colorize black and white clipart. These will be your memories, Read more...
Some people might shy away from clipart because they don't think of it, or they think it's too much work. If you find the clipart in a clipart book that will be too much work and it won't look good because you'll have to use a photocopier to resize it and then the quality Read more...
Various graphics and clip art are available on the Internet. Many of these items can be downloaded or printed for free. Downloading and printing images is a good way to find pictures or photographs of your child's favorite television character or band for a unique personalized Read more...
As their website mentions, "Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license." Flickr is a major source of image for the open source community and helps in promoting the Read more...
"Wikimedia Commons is a media file repository making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) to everyone, in their own language. It acts as a common repository for the various projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, but Read more...
In addition to the asthetics, you'll want to consider the format the art is provided in. Raster, or pixelized images do not give as good of quality in print projects as vector, or eps images. If you want to change the colors to match your school colors, and if the images are Read more...
To add even more personal touches and variety to your scrapbook pages, you may consider including poems and sayings in your journaling. You can find many wonderful resources online for poems and phrases for just about any theme or occasion you can think of, and of course, all free Read more...