This week I just want to share a little tip with you. As a site or blog owner, you should know how to edit an image with a graphics editing tool like Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro. If not, make sure you read the blog post I wrote about Paint.NET, PhotoFiltre and GIMP a little while ago. Every webpage or blog post you publish should have at least one image. Text content without any image makes the whole page rather boring to read, don’t you think? There are of course other reasons why you should consider adding images to your page content.

Anyhow, if you read the blog post I previously mentioned, you will agree that not all image editing tools are easy to use. If you have no knowledge of Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro, editing an image can become a nightmare. What I mean by editing an image is not resizing it or converting it from .bmp to .jpg. This is actually rather easy. What I mean is formatting an image so it looks better on your webpage or blog post: with shapes, frames, shadows…

What I suggest you to do is to create a Microsoft Word document, insert the image and try different formats to find the one that best fits your needs. After you inserted your image, click ‘Format’ under ‘Picture Tools’ and choose a picture style. You may add a frame, make the corners round, add a shadow or create a perspective. There are plenty of settings to format your images in Microsoft Word. Once you’ve formatted it, simply copy and paste it into a graphics editing tool and save it as a .jpg. Here is what I’m talking about:

While this is not ideal, it’s definitely a quick and easy solution that can help you save a lot of time. You can of course do the same thing with Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro but if you aren’t really familiar with these tools and want to get things done quickly, you should try using Microsoft Word. It’s just so easy! Anyway, I hope this helps!