As I was searching through the different sites to find a picture, I thought that Pixaby was very easy to find an image. It easily indicated who the photographer was and when the image was published. I was specifically looking for an image where it showed a person reading a book outdoors as I was planning to create an image suitable for an event a school or public library would have such as an outdoor reading event. Also, it was very easy to find an image that permits a derivative in Pixaby so I thought it would be a great source to find different kinds of images.

StockSnap (2015). Reading-g469966f13_1920. [Photograph]. Pixaby. https://pixabay.com/photos/reading-book-girl-woman-sunshine-925589/ CC Zero

The image tool that I used for this image is Pizap. It did require you to create an account even though it was free to use. There is also a Pizap Pro 7-day free trial available for people to try out. Obviously, I only used the free parts of it. This tool had many different edits available. There were basic edits available like cropping, rotating, and flipping the image. You could also put “filters” on the image by changing the brightness, contrast, temperature, saturation, etc. There were a lot of graphics you could add to the picture and you could also add your own if you would like to. There was also a touch-up edit available for images with people in it to either blemish fix or teeth whitening. An interesting tool that I found in Pizap is that you could use the cut-out tool where you load a second photo and then cut out a section of that photo and make it into a sticker or cutout shape to then add to your original photo. I thought that it was great to have this sort of tool available completely free which would help teachers and librarians utilize this tool for photo editing. I cropped out the first picture into the second picture to make it look like this outdoor reading session had breakfast available at 8:30 AM.

Zub, O. (2022). Oksana Zub. [Photograph]. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/YzrSHEn5DS0 CC Zero

Pizap was a great tool to edit the images but I have had the opportunity to check out two other image tools that would be great to be used in a classroom or library setting.

The first one is Tuxpi Photo Editor where the website does look a bit outdated compared to Pizap. The edit tool is completely free and does not require an account to be used. You have the opportunity to choose the effect or frame of the image. As I said, the website looked pretty outdated and I personally chose not to use this as I felt like the children would think the image itself would be outdated and would not be interested in viewing it further. But you were able to include the information that was needed in image editing like adding text, resizing, cropping, rotating, and color & contrast. It only had 8 fonts available which were the most used fonts people use to write papers that were not creative enough for image editing.

The second tool editor that I used is Foldplay. I thought that this image editor would be very effective for students who are kinesthetic learners. You are able to create your own kaleidocycle with your own photos which is a way to show off the photos. You would upload four photos, print them out, and cut, fold and glue them to complete the kaleidocycles. Also, another feature this tool had was a folded book. You are able to upload 8 different photos and make them into a foldbook all from just one page. I thought that an activity like “Make your own graphic novel panel” with just 8 panels using this foldbook would be a creative way to be used in a classroom or library setting. There are many different features available on this website like origami, kaleido cycles, fold books, and paper models. I believe that these tools will make the students very active in their activities.