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You’ve got your research and your writing done. You’ve probably crafted an amazing post after all this, but it does you no good if people don’t find your post interesting. Aside from a good title, images are the next factor that readers will see and that will determine whether it will draw them into your post or not. Sounds fickle, but online print is no different than traditional print, it has to be catchy and appealing if you’re going to attract readership.
Part of acquiring good pictures is cropping them just right to not only fit into your story, but also finding the fine line where they don’t take over your story. That’s where Image Shackle comes into play.
Amazingly Image Shackle is about the easiest image editor I have ever seen. If you’re relying on stock photo sites or other professional images there is probably very little editing you’re looking at doing other than resizing, and this is where Image Shackle excels.
The application can be downloaded to the Apple Dashboard, which became a permanent fixture to the OS since 10.4. Once downloaded, installed and placed onto the Dashboard, you’ll need to make the program become a permanent fixture on your desktop, and you can do this by following the instructions on the following video.
Now as a permanent fixture on your desktop, you’re ready to go!
It’s as simple as dragging an image into the Image Shackle viewer and adjusting the pixels for length and width. After wards, you click save and you’re done. If you happen to grab the wrong image, just clear it with a click of a button and restart.
Here’s a twofer for today’s post. Some of us bloggers look to use our own images, and for some of us Photoshop is out of range. Perhaps you use Gimp, but if you are not familiar with either, then Pixenate is an awesome online photo editing package that will allow you to make the necessary changes to your photos.
Take out the red eye, crop it, or adjust lighting to make your images look professional. A bonus with Pixenate is that you can upload your photos to Flickr as soon as your done editing.
Luis Sandoval is a media professional and consultant who shares his insights on social media and technology on his blog The Daily Slackr.
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