Need a custom cartoon for your marketing? ToonDoo makes it easy — and free! They have hundreds of stock backgrounds, clipart and people, or you can create your own images. My masterpiece (above) took about 45 minutes. You can create online cartoons or buy a high-res version for marketing use. Way cool and super fast.
Nerd Life by askbethz – ToonDoo – Worlds fastest way to create cartoons!.
Sometimes we need a quick and easy image to illustrate a point. Says-It.com is an image generator that lets you personalize soft drink cans, old 45s, concert tickets and more. Way cool to play with and super easy to use.
Here’s a quick, easy way to make your resume more appealing so it stands out in a crowd.
Vizualize.me is a free site that lets you connect your LinkedIn profile to an online graphic resume. In seconds, you can have a fun, colorful representation of your skills, experience and education, plus a handy list of your recommendations.
Watch the brief video to see how easy it is to make…
Take your job hunting or networking a step further by turning your Vizualize resume into a t-shirt for about thirty bucks. Clever, clever.
It’s not too late to do something a little special for your Valentine, thanks to these three free tools:
This morning I was using StumbleUpon to discover new tools, and I happened upon PhotoFunia. What fun it is! The site has a bunch of backgrounds onto which you can impose your own pictures, making it seem like people are looking at your portrait in a gallery or passing you on a billboard.
It’s free, of course, and very, very easy to use. This video shows how I created a fun graphic in less than 50 seconds.
An Ask Beth Z follower wrote in this morning with a quick question:
We are looking for a free program like Print Shop.
You know, the old program that would let you make cards, posters, fliers, etc…
Please Help! Thanks, Susan
Happy to help, Susan. Here’s a quick video review of PagePlus, a free alternative to Microsoft Publisher and Print Shop. These types of low-cost desktop publishing tools are great for producing quick brochures, office signs, business cards, etc. Have your own question for Your Nerdy Best Friend? Ask it now!
Here’s a quick little graphic tool to create a custom candy heart without the calories. Simply enter your text and choose a color for your candy heart. Use it to add flair to your emails today… or maybe just to send your favorite cutie an online Valentine.
The first Cheapskate Freelancer webinar just ended, and I have to say the webinar platform, Dimdim, did what it said it would do. I’ll post a review of Dimdim in the near future.
In the meantime, enjoy the webinar recording. I covered five great (and free!) graphics tools: Picnik, GIMP, FotoFlexer, Aviary and SignGenerator.org.
The goal of these webinars is to cover a handful of tools in 30 minutes or less. Next month’s topic coming soon!
Starting this month, you can sign up for our monthly 30-minute webinars on our favorite free and low-cost tools. The first one is a week from today. Sessions are limited to 50 participants. Reserve your space now!
A running buddy of mine who, like me, raises money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society through Team in Training and wanted to make a collage of pictures from our last running season. I’m going to send her to Photovisi, a cool site that makes collages in a flash.
Without registering, you can choose a template, upload photos, then save your collage and download. I bet putting together a great collage of our pictures from the season would take her about 15 minutes. Way cool.
Photovisi is 100 percent free. Way cool as well.
Photovisi – Collage photo effects.
PS — want to see some of my (slightly humiliating) running pictures from Team in Training seasons? You need to click here. Oh, and if you’ve ever saved money from a tool on this blog, I’d appreciate a small contribution! Or a big contribution!
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