Digital Design: Resources

Color

Kuler

An Adobe website that allows you to explore, create and save color palettes for use on the web. It is possible to upload images of your choice and sample colors. The application provides RGB, CMYK, and hexadecimal values for the colors.
http://www.adobe.com/products/kuler/

Graphics

Jing
Jing is a free application which allows you to capture screen images from your computer and more.
http://www.jingproject.com/

Many Eyes
This website allows you visualize, share, and comment on data sets using different "visualization types."
http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/

Squidfingers Patterns
Travis Beckham, graphic designer, has made these seamless patterns available for free download. Please give credit by providing a link to the Squidfingers website if you use these patterns in your work.
http://www.squidfingers.com/

Tagxedo
This new word cloud generator is a moderated, kid-friendly forum that expands the possibilities for creating graphics from text. It's worth a little play time at least!
http://www.tagxedo.com/

The Pics4Learning Collection
Pics4Learning is a collection of donated images arranged in categories. Permission to students and teachers has been granted to use images donated to this library. Lesson plans for teachers are available, and teachers are encouraged to contribute lesson plans. Links to other "copyright-friendly" image sites are provided as well. http://www.pics4learning.com/

Font

Identifont

Identifont is a site which enables you identify a font by appearance, name, similarity, designer, or publisher. I have yet to try its companion site, Fontifier, but it sounds like fun. It allows you to use your own handwriting to create a font for use on the web.
http://www.identifont.com/
http://www.fontifier.com/

Wordle
This site helps you generate "word clouds" from text you provide. A variety of fonts, layouts, and color schemes are available.
http://www.wordle.net/

Practice