By Tanya Eavenson
Remember the first time you shared a photo online?
You carefully chose a picture of you and your spouse.
Granted it was a bit grainy and maybe a little blurry, but no one minded,
right? All they had to do was squint. Surely everyone knew it was you last
summer on your honeymoon to Alaska. And now those photos will come in handy as
you prepare your final draft from your Brides in Alaska series. Won’t those
memes be awesome? Perhaps, but with today’s technology, grainy pictures are a
thing of the past.
According to research, we are now posting a little over 1.8
billion photos a day on the internet. That is incredible! With so much visual
content out there, how can we stand out? What can we do to make our own content
grab people’s attention, even using our pictures from Alaska, without the
grainy and blurry effect?
The wonderful thing with today’s technology is we have many
photo options at our fingertips, including photo imaging programs. Best of all,
many are free and you too can create exceptional images to share on your social
media sites. With a little time and imagination, your pictures can garnish a
second look, a like, or even a share.
Below you’ll find five FREE image programs that I use on a
weekly basis to create memes for my novels or any type of visual content that
revolves around my brand as an author.
5 Free Tools to Create Amazing Visual Content
Whether you want to make new memes for your upcoming
release, share quotes from a novel, edit your photos before pinning them on
your Pinterest board, or clean-up your pictures from your Alaskan adventure,
these sites will help to create photos that tell a story — your story.
1) PicMonkey
3) BeFunky
4) piZap
5) Canva
I would love to hear what your favorite sites are for
creating amazing visual content. Please share the links in the comments below!
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Tanya Eavenson semi-finaled in the 2011 ACFW Genesis
Contest with her debut novel Unconditional and was published in January of 2013.
Her second novel Restored released in February 2016. She has
also written several Bible studies that have been translated and published into
different languages with Christ to the World Ministries. Her work is also
included in the anthology, Sweet Freedom. Tanya enjoys spending time with her husband and their three
children. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and Word
Weavers International. Her favorite pastime is grabbing a cup of coffee, eating
chocolate, and reading a good book.
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