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GIMP - Powerful Photo Editing for Free
Almost everyone has heard about Photoshop, but let’s face it, you have to pay for its nearly endless creative options. Usually, when I mention the GIMP as a budget conscious alternative, people look at me funny. Sure, it has a strange name, but it is a powerful tool for editing and creating graphics. As you would [...]
Continue reading...Design Business Cards Online
1. July 2008
Many times budget issues keep smaller churches from hiring a graphic designer who knows about commercial printing. Deyey takes the guesswork out of designing business cards. Use their WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) editor to position all of your information and then download a high resolution file that you can send straight to your commercial printer. The best [...]
Continue reading...Free ID Badge Creator
29. May 2008
I just found this awesome tool! It’s a web app that allows you to create custom badges for any purpose. This can be useful if you are taking a missions trip and need id’s for your travelers. If you have an event, this can help identify staff. Another application might be for [...]
Continue reading...Free Online Image Editing
21. May 2008
There are plenty of times I’ve been away from my design software and I need to do some retouching, but I don’t have access to good tools. Splashup is an awesome way to edit your images online. It has layering, effects, blending modes, and a multitude of other features. You can [...]
Continue reading...600 Free Textures!
11. February 2008
This is great site to get backgrounds for your screen ministry. Also, these are high enough resolution for print design as well. There are over 600 free textures to use for free! Have fun!
Continue reading...Free Worship Graphics
22. December 2007
This is a great tool for church graphic design. CreativeMYK hosts a gallery of great worship and sermon graphics. You can download most of them in Photoshop layered files and insert your own logo and information. This artwork is free, however please read the useage agreement for your specific projects. Here’s a sample of some of [...]
Continue reading...100 Legal Sources for Free Stock Images
9. October 2007
Thank you to Laura Milligan from virtualhosting.com for this great list of free stock images. I firmly believe the church above every other entity in this world should adhere to strict ethical guidelines when dealing with digital content. Many churches use images without even thinking that they are someone else’s intellectual property. This list is [...]
Continue reading...Free high resolution photos for your promotions
16. August 2007
Free Range Stock is a community of photographers that supply free photographs to anyone who wants to use them. Their limitations are extremely loose for usage rights. You don’t even have to put a credit on the photos that you use. If you don’t see what you need, they can post your [...]
Continue reading...Thousands of free fonts!
20. July 2007
This is by far my favorite free fonts site. I am a big screamer that payed fonts are better quality, however I understand that most churches are on a budget and can’t but expensive fonts for publications. Now, you can go test the fonts online to see what your sample text will look [...]
Continue reading...Free High Resolution Images
11. May 2007
I know the name is a bit scary, but these guys stock free high-resolution imagery for you to download and use. Make sure you adhere to their legal specs. Other than that, have a blast downloading free photos and images for your screen and promotions ministry!
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Keep track of what the web is saying about your church or you personally by signing up for Google Alerts. Plug in some keyword searches to track. It’s easy! http://google.com/alerts/
If you record your services on CD chances are the audio is broken up into tracks. For those who don’t record digitally, this is a problem when trying to create a podcast. Now you can take all of those annoying little tracks and combine them into one with Merge MP3. Grab it here. (via Lifehacker)
If you use Wordpress, you will want to grab All In One Search Engine Optimization pack. This adds a tab below each page/post that allows you to create a unique title/description/keywords for each post entry. This is important stuff for search engines to rank your pages. Grab it here!
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8. July 2008
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