Glitter Text

Create cool glitter effects with your text

GigaGlitters.com is a cool way to add some glitter to text. Simply put in some text and select the style that you want and then share the GIF file. You can use various GIF tools to combine the text.

Description from their site

http://www.gigaglitters.com/

Some tips/tricks

• Text can only be 15 characters long.
• There are 176 different glitter colors/styles to select from. You get a preview of all the styles.
• There are 101 different fonts to pick from. The only problem is that you don't get a nice popup to show the different font styles, you pick it based on the name.
• If your unsure, or in a rush, select the 'random' button and a style/font will be selected with your text. Keep clicking randomly until you find the perfect match!
• Once you find the perfect match, you can drag and drop the style to your desktop, or use the various code text provided.

Example Images

Background Image Generator

Create seamless background images for web and graphics

Background Image Generator by SiteOrigin is a good resource if your looking for a basic seamless image. Make your images POP by using a simple pattern image generator.

This is not only good on websites, you can also use this as background in graphic designs.

There are 296 pattern and 42 Blend Modes. Giving lots of different ways to create different style and color patterns.

Website Description

http://bg.siteorigin.com/

Samples Using OmniGraffle

engfto.com Text Effects

You can create some pretty cool effects using engfto.com

engfto.com is a great website to animate your text images. There are all sorts of creative effect to make your text POP. For starters, on the homepage, there are 43 general styles to pick from. Within each style, you have the flexibility to change all sorts of options.

If you want to brighten up a chatroom or a social media comment, this is the place to get it done.

Tip: You have a lot of flexibility to change the way the graphic design. I would suggest spending time using the site. While the default options are pretty cool, you can certainly spice things up to your needs with just a simple change here and there.

Website Description

http://engfto.com/

There is no cost to use this site and many images are available as animated GIF or HTML5 effects.

Sample Effects

Here are just some of the cool effects that I was able to generate:

Embossed Label

Cool way to display a simple message

Embrossed Labels is a quick way to generate labels online. You can use the graphic for any purpose.

This is a unique way to communicate a message on a Blog or Social Media.

Description from the Website

Embossedlabels

Sample Design Ideas

These labels are perfect for displaying short text in the graphic form. You can combine labels with interesting graphics layouts.

QR Code

Great Way to get people to get connected to your WiFi

QR Code Monkey is a fast easy way to generate QR codes. People can scan the code to get more information about a product or to visit your website.

Website Product Description

https://www.qrcode-monkey.com/

Cool Use of a QR code

Do you have company over your house that wants to get on your WiFi? Want to keep your WiFi access point secret?

Easy, simply create a mini-poster with the QR code for people to scan. Hang the poster where people can see it. When they scan the QR code it automatically connects that device to the WiFi access point with the WiFi password.

How cool is that!

Now you can have some complex password and not have to worry about someone incorrectly typing the password.

Simply scan the QR code and they are online. Works well with laptops that have a camera too. Apple iOS users can use the camera app

This is a good idea for doctor offices, gymnastics waiting areas, bars etc. Just about any place that wants to promote Free WiFi..

Now people can get online without typing in some highly encrypted password.

Deposit Photos

Deposit Photos has a great Image catalog for all your needs.

If your looking for great stock photos or vector images - Deposit Photo is the way to go. You can find lots of great graphics and ideas.

These files aren't free, you need to buy a package to download the files. They often run a special promotional deal where you can download 100 files for $100. It's a great deal since the 100 credits don't expire.

If you're really into Deposit Photo, you can subscribe to their services - there's a monthly and a yearly plan.

From their Website

depositphotos.com

You can find great Christmas graphics, images for invitations, infographic designs or graphics for blogs.

I have found that some designs from Creative Market are also available on Deposit Photo. Instead of paying $8, I paying $1 for virtually the same graphic design.

Get Started

Check out their site and search for images to see what they have in their library. See if it meets your image demands.

camelcamelcamel

Find the lowest price on any product on Amazon.com

camelcamelcamel is a great site to find out if your getting the best deal on a product on Amazon.com. Simply enter the product name or Amazon URL and it will display the product price history for any duration.

Website Description

https://camelcamelcamel.com/

The website will also display the current top Amazon price drops and the most popular products on Amazon.com.

This is a great site for anyone looking to get the best deal on Amazon.com

Spell with Flickr

Cool graphic letter generator

Spell with Flicker is a cool service where it searches Flickr for the letters of the word that you want to spell. This is pretty cool for a social media post to highlight a name or word.

If you don't like a particular letter simply click on it to get another design style.

How it All came about

http://metaatem.net/words/

Sample Designs

Here are some cool designs that you can create with Spell with Flickr.

Dummy Image Generator

Quick way to render Dummy Images for Projects

Sometimes you need a placeholder image for testing functionality or for as a template to build around. Dummy Image Generator is a great place to create a basic placeholder image.

Basic Concept

The URL generates the image. Which makes it easy to create images. You simply pass through the dimensions of the image and any color or text that you want to be displayed.

https://dummyimage.com/

Five Samples

Here are a few links to practical Dummy Images

• Facebook Ad Size - perfect size for Facebook ads.
• Google Display Ad Size - Considering advertising on the Google Display Network? Use this as a starting point.
• 16:9 format for a standard Website - Good for displaying an image perfectly in any platform.
• Nice Slack image size - ideal size for Slack.
• Album Art size - quickly create an album art placeholder. Perfect when your sick of the default album art.

memegenerator.net

Easily Create Popular MEME

Meme are captioned photos that are intended to be funny. Usually two lines of text with a reaction image in the background.

Over the past few years, there has been a few photos that have become standard designs for memes.

One of the best places to quickly create a meme is memegenerator.net, they have all the popular meme images. You have the option of uploading your own photo.

Description from memegenerator.net

memegenerator.net

You can search the memegenerator.net database of creations done in the past.

Sample MEMEs

Here are some sample images created using the meme generator.net: