Image editing alternatives to Photoshop in 2024
UPDATED August 2024 If you have an online presence of any sort, you’ll need to deal with editing images. If you’ve had a website redesigned, or plan on updating your older site, an image editing app will be vital. Until now, you may have just taken images off your phone and uploaded them. Perhaps cropping them on your phone itself and then used it. But what if you need to do more? At the very least, you’ll want to reduce the size or pixel count. Photoshop may be the industry standard for photo editing but it carries a huge price tag and demands vast system resources. It’s what we use and works very well but not everyone can justify the heavy price. To help you gain more control over your images, we put together a few alternatives that are either free or affordable alternatives to Adobe Photoshop. Image editing types Image editor apps tend to focus on one of two image types: Raster and Vector. Raster images Vector images For now, we’ll look at the raster or pixel based editors – so the ones for photos basically. Image Editors – free or affordable Ashampoo Image Optimiser I’ve known of Ashampoo…
Small business funding for Cumbria
Are you wanting a new website?Ready to fresh your current one? Your website forms the hub of your online marketing and should be working for you. It should be easy to edit and update, showcase your finest work and act as the backbone for all your digital marketing. If it isn’t, maybe it’s time to review it and give it a makerover. With a general tightening of budgets, Cumbria Business Growth Hub do often offer support packages of the total cost towards support for selected projects including: The above are only a few of the ways you can use a consultant to help develop and grow your business. They’ve worked with a number of small to medium sized businesses, helping them kickstart their marketing through a website redesign on a fund or grant basis. We can provide project information and feedback to Cumbria Growth Hub as needed so that they are informed of the work actioned. An example of an older support offer: “Funds are available for businesses in the first three years of trading: Three supplier quotes and you choose who you work with! If you’re interested in finding out more about any current funding offers, please email [email protected]…
Improving the accessibility of your website
With new legislation around on the subject of Accessibility, it’s probably time you had a look at some of the basics. Why do it? There are a surprising number of online users who have a disability of some sort. Most commonly we think of the visually impaired but it’s more subtle and far reaching than that. As more becomes known about the number of people affected by disabilities, the more need there is for us to ensure that no one is excluded from the information on our websites. Physical disability A surprisingly high number of users are affected by disabilities in some way. Some users may be partially sighted, some may be colour-blind, while others might be physically unable to operate a mouse and can only use a specialised keyboard. Cognitive impairment and learning disabilities can also have a marked affect on how content is taken in. Care needs to be taken not only from a technical viewpoint but also when creating copy or text. Old devices and technologies can present their own challenges so make sure you take sufficient steps to minimise the chances of cutting anyone out from accessing your site. What approach can be used? First, let’s…