Creating Special Effect Photos From Flickr Creative Commons

Donna — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:59:37 +0000

We often use photos to jazz up our blog posts and site content, and many times we use pics from Flickr Creative Commons (By: Attribute) to do so. But if you really want to stand out from the crowd, do something a little different with those photos. Really jazz things up with special effects. (Please note that you must be using photos that allow editing. I’ll show you how to make sure you abide by all the rules).

Now let’s have some photo editing fun.

First, use flickrCC to find photos on Flickr that allow use on any site (commercial or non-commercial) and allow derivatives (let’s you edit them / make changes to them). Make sure you put a check in both boxes labeled For Editing and Commercial. As you can see in the example below, I searched for “tulips” and found a picture I liked. Because I checked For Editing and Commercial, I know I can use it on my site (with proper attribution) and I can make changes to it as I like.

I saved the image I liked to my computer and then I went to FotoFlexer to give it some special effects. I uploaded the photo and clicked on the Effects tab and chose the Cartoon button. Play around with the other buttons such as Painting and Pop Art for some more fun effects. Once I decided I liked the effect that the Cartoon button created, I saved it both to my FotoFlexer account and to my computer. You’ll notice there are several ways to save pics, including just grabbing a url to post anywhere. For my blog purposes, I like to save to my computer and then upload the graphics when I create my posts, but whatever works best for you is fine.

So take a look at the screenshots below to see how easily I was able to find a photo I liked, jazz it up with special effects, and have a new graphic to use wherever I wish. Have fun with the graphics you place on your posts and articles, and your visitors will enjoy them even more. (And don’t forget to include the attribution link – flickrCC gives you the info you need to do so).

This was the original image I chose:

This is the jazzed up image now:

Photo Attribution: Tulips

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Creating Special Effect Photos From Flickr Creative Commons