What is OCR? OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition. This is the electronic identification and digital encoding of typed or printed text by means of an optical scanner or a specialized software. Performing OCR allows computers to read static images of text to convert them to readable, editable, and searchable data on a page. There […]
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Choosing GIMP as a Photoshop Alternative
Image manipulation is a handy skill, but sinking time and money into Adobe Photoshop may not be an option for some people. If you’re looking for an alternative to Photoshop, GIMP is a great bet. Available for almost every operating system, GIMP is open source and free with lots of customization and third party plugin […]
Adding Metadata to Photoshop Images
Including metadata in your images is an oft-forgot, but important practice. Best metadata practices require you to include copyright and authorship information about your image. However, options to include keywords and a description help with e-reader comprehension of your image, as well as help it get attention through search engines. In this tutorial, I’ll go through the […]