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HTML & CSS Resources for LibGuides and Qualtrics Users: Images

Links to HTML and CSS resources for users interested in customizing the appearance of their Qualtrics surveys or LibGuides pages.

Optimizing Images for Web

ImageOptim
Mac only. Free, open-source software with easy click-and-drag interface for optimizing PNG, JPG, GIF, and animated GIF files. Note that this tool overwrites the original file with the optimized image, so you may wish to create backup copies of your original images.
Kraken.io
Browser-based. Image optimizer tool with free and paid options. Can optimize PNG, JPG, and GIF files. Batch upload images for optimization; select lossy or lossless options; then download individual optimized images or zipped archive of all optimized images. Free version has 1MB limit for images.
PNGGauntlet
Windows only. Free software with easy, click-and-drag interface for optimizing PNG, JPG, and GIF files. The user has the option of overwriting the original file with the optimized version, or keeping the originals and creating new files for the optimized images.

Favicon Tools

Favicon Cheat Sheet
Extremely useful reference for how to add favicons to a webpage.
Favic-o-matic
Browser-based. Automatic favicon generator: upload an image and generate favicons in a number of sizes. Can generate up to 20 different sizes of favicons. Also has a tool for checking how well your current favicon displays on different devices.
Real Favicon Generator
Browser-based. Upload an image and generate favicons in a number of sizes. Also has a tool for checking how well your current favicon displays on different devices.

Creating & Editing Images

Paint.NET
Windows only. Free, open-source substitute for Adobe Photoshop.
ShareX
Windows only. Create static screenshots (JPG, PNG, GIF) or animated screencaps (GIF or AVI). Easily upload captures to image sharing sites or social media.
yEd Graph Editor
Windows, Mac, and Linux. Draw flow charts, networks, and diagrams. Can add diagram labels (including Greek characters and mathematical symbols) using HTML. Diagrams can be exported in several raster and vector file formats.
Mondrian
Browser-based. Free, browser-based vector drawing program.
Image Quilts
Browser-based. Creates an "image quilt" by stitching together the results of a Google image search for a certain term.
Pixlr
Browser-based. Free, simple browser-based photo editor. Crop, resize, etc.
Plotly
Browser-based. Upload or enter data and create attractive, interactive graphs. Publically share graphs and data with others. APIs available for Matlab, Python, and R.
Venny
Browser-based. Free browser-based tool for creating up to four-way Venn diagrams.

Last Updated: Oct 31, 2019 2:27 PM
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