CoreyMS

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Python Tutorial: Image Manipulation with Pillow

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In this video we will learn how to modify and manipulate images using the Python Pillow Library. Pillow is a fork of the Python Imaging Library (PIL). It will allow us to do many different things to our images such as: changing their file extension, resizing, cropping, changing colors, blurring, and much more.

Pillow is extremely useful when you have multiple images you wish to process at once. For example, you can use Pillow to automatically create different sized thumbnails of images you upload to your web server. Let’s get started:

https://youtu.be/6Qs3wObeWwc

Resize Multiple Images Using the Mac Terminal

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One problem I run into frequently is needing to resize multiple images at once. To do this manually would take way too much time, especially if you have a lot of images.

Luckily, there are several good tools out the to automate this process for us. In this video we will be resizing multiple images using the Mac Terminal and the built-in “sips” command.

If you are someone who is more comfortable using an application rather than the terminal, I also have a video on resizing multiple images using Google’s Picasa. You can find that video here. With that said, in this video we will be focusing on the Mac Terminal. Let’s get started:

https://youtu.be/HVMOBKRNEbc

Resize Multiple Images Using Picasa

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One problem I run into frequently is needing to resize multiple images at once. To do this manually would take way too much time, especially if you have a lot of images.

Luckily, there are several good tools out the to automate this process for us. In this video we will be resizing multiple images using Google’s Picasa.

If you are someone who is more comfortable using the terminal, I also have a video on resizing multiple images using the Mac Terminal. You can find that video here. With that said, in this video we’ll be focusing on Picasa. Let’s get started:

https://youtu.be/43eOoHpUW44

How to quickly create favicons for the desktop, Apple/Android devices, tablets, and more

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In this video, We will walk through the process of quickly creating favicons for your website or brand that look great almost any device using realfavicongenerator.net

I am not affiliated with this site in any way; however I am a big fan. I used to create my favicons on my own. Once different mobile devices and tablets started to hit the market, it made it extremely difficult to keep up. This site allows you to drop in a single image, then it generates all of the icons and code you will need to support almost any device.

https://youtu.be/LOFQH4fVAQY

WordPress Plugins: Imsanity

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Imsanity is my favorite WordPress Plugin for keeping large image sizes under control.

It seems like every modern camera and cellphone can take amazing pictures. But those large images can take up a lot of unneeded space on your server. Not to mention it will slow your pages to a crawl if you try to load multiple images that are thousands of pixels wide.

Imsanity fixes this problem by allowing us to set a maximum image size. Then every time an image is uploaded, the file is resized for us, saving us both time and space. We just set it and forget it. Simple as that.

In this video, I’ll show you how to get Imsanity installed and running on your WordPress site. Let’s get started: