Prepare Images for Uploading

When you take the time to edit and resize images before you post them on your blog, you assure that your images look their best and do not slow down your site.

Although WordPress provides some online editing tools, you will do better with an image editor to prepare your photos and other images. It can be a simple and free program, such as GIMP or Picasa, or the do-it-all Adobe Photoshop. If you have a digital camera, it may provide a basic editing program, too.

Crop to Focus Interest

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Crop is the term that editors use for trimming images. Use your editor’s cropping tool to eliminate distracting activity, objects, ...

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