A picture says more than a thousand words is the saying. And that is a strong tool when competing for someone’s attention. Online, specifically on social media, catching the viewer’s attention is more important than ever before.
1. Crop your photos perfectly for social media
When you are posting something on any social media, or uploading a profile picture or a profile banner, you want to make sure that you are using the correct specifications for the photos.
To make sure you have the right measurements, you can crop your photos using a free tool such as visualwatermark.com. This tool lets you crop your photo so its measurements will fit perfectly to whatever media you are uploading it to. And if the media isn’t there, you can make your own custom presets.
2. Make sure you have the image rights
When working with images, many people prefer to have a great, professional look on their images, and don’t want to spend the time or resources taking the pictures themselves. A great way to cut corners here is using image databases. These are important to use, as you can get in a lot of trouble when using something for your company that you don’t have the right to use.
There are many different image search engines to use. Some are free and some are not. Have a look around and consider what your budget is and what your needs are. If you are on a tight budget you may want to try the free option.
When you find the picture you are interested in, chances are it has different measurements than the specific measurements you want. In this case, you can use a tool like Watermarkly to crop the image (e.g., crop picture into circles) and resize it to your proper dimension. You can do that without compromising the image’s quality which is great.
3. Creating your own image
Getting a bit creative can also be a good way to get some graphics for your website, blog or social media profile. There are plenty of programs that are available for free, where you can create simple, but effective graphics that can be used for many different things.
Presentations
Another tip for working with images is to get creative when making presentations. PowerPoint for example, has plenty of tools and features that are sure to convert you dull and amateurish looking presentation into a professional slideshow.