{"id":696,"date":"2009-09-11T20:19:22","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T20:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/\/?p=117"},"modified":"2020-07-11T15:00:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T19:00:38","slug":"brookdale-computer-users-group-my-top-10-favorite-free-graphics-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2009\/09\/11\/brookdale-computer-users-group-my-top-10-favorite-free-graphics-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Brookdale Computer Users Group: My Top 10 Favorite Free Graphics Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"zemanta-img\" style=\"float:right;display:block;margin:1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?origin=mfe&amp;pb=!1m10!1m8!1m3!1d194637.9745064048!2d-74.1205555556!3d40.3375!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!6i11\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"zemanta-img-attribution\" style=\"font-size:.8em;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Date: 9\/11\/2009<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Brookdale Computer Users Group, Lincroft, NJ<\/p>\n<p>Abstract: In this session, I&#8217;ll discuss 10 of my favorite free (and some open source) tools for making creative work<\/p>\n<p>Presentation: <a title=\"Google Docs\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1wN1UG4QFqL-_KivC1-C8OOcXLP9xL7wFiGfE6UFHvQ4\/edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/docs.google.com\/present\/edit?id=0Ad-YsRMv5bPqZGNrZm05ZndfMjE0ZmNtNW01ZHA&amp;hl=en<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Commentary and notes: Thanks to my friends at Brookdale for a great evening, as always. Photos below are by Charles Hildebrandt.<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1170\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/lemasney.com\\\/consulting\\\/2009\\\/09\\\/11\\\/brookdale-computer-users-group-my-top-10-favorite-free-graphics-tools\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:48405758}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1170px; height: 1170px;\" data-original-width=\"1170\" data-original-height=\"1170\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 1170px; height: 1170px;\" data-original-width=\"1170\" data-original-height=\"1170\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2009\/09\/11\/brookdale-computer-users-group-my-top-10-favorite-free-graphics-tools\/reblog_c-5\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1166\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1166\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"1704\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/reblog_c.png\" data-orig-size=\"1,1\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"reblog_c\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/reblog_c.png?fit=1%2C1&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/reblog_c.png?fit=1%2C1&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/reblog_c.png?w=1166&#038;h=1166&#038;crop=1&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"1166\" height=\"1166\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"1166\" data-original-height=\"1166\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"reblog_c\" alt=\"reblog_c\" style=\"width: 1166px; height: 1166px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top:10px;height:15px;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border:medium none;float:right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/reblog_c.png?w=1170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: 9\/11\/2009 Venue: Brookdale Computer Users Group, Lincroft, NJ Abstract: In this session, I&#8217;ll discuss 10 of my favorite free (and some open source) tools for making creative work Presentation: http:\/\/docs.google.com\/present\/edit?id=0Ad-YsRMv5bPqZGNrZm05ZndfMjE0ZmNtNW01ZHA&amp;hl=en Commentary and notes: Thanks to my friends at Brookdale for a great evening, as always. Photos below are by Charles Hildebrandt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[21,29,32,5],"tags":[252,346,599],"class_list":{"0":"post-696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-professional-activities","8":"category-research-interests","9":"category-teaching-experience","10":"category-technology","11":"tag-directories","12":"tag-google","13":"tag-open-source","14":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/reblog_c.png?fit=1%2C1&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3h6y2-be","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42101,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2015\/05\/21\/tonight-at-brookdale-computer-users-group-john-lemasney-on-blender\/","url_meta":{"origin":696,"position":0},"title":"Tonight at Brookdale Computer Users Group: John LeMasney on Blender","author":"lemsy","date":"2015-05-21","format":false,"excerpt":"Tonight at Brookdale Computer Users Group: John LeMasney on Blender","rel":"","context":"In &quot;affiliations&quot;","block_context":{"text":"affiliations","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/category\/cv\/professional-affiliations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"20150521 - lemasney at BCUG on Blender","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150521-lemasney-at-BCUG-on-Blender.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150521-lemasney-at-BCUG-on-Blender.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/20150521-lemasney-at-BCUG-on-Blender.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":841,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2010\/12\/17\/bcug-an-overview-of-365-sketches\/","url_meta":{"origin":696,"position":1},"title":"BCUG: An overview of 365 Sketches","author":"lemsy","date":"2010-12-17","format":false,"excerpt":"Image via Wikipedia Event: Brookdale Computer Users Group general monthly meeting Date: Friday, December 17th, 2010 Venue: Brookdale Community College Abstract: In this session, I described the origins, problems, solutions, and outcomes of my daily digital sketch project at http:\/\/365sketches.org which made use of Inkscape, an open source vector design\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;professional activities&quot;","block_context":{"text":"professional activities","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/category\/cv\/professional-activities\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Vista-inkscape","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Vista-inkscape.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":847,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2011\/04\/30\/bcug-inkscape-and-sketchup\/","url_meta":{"origin":696,"position":2},"title":"BCUG: Inkscape and Sketchup","author":"lemsy","date":"2011-04-30","format":false,"excerpt":"Event: Brookdale Computer Users Group design SIG monthly meeting Date: April, 2011 Venue: Monmouth Mall meeting space Abstract: In this session, I gave an overview and demo of the open source vector design application known as Inkscape, followed by a brief exercise in the free 3d modeling tool from Google\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;professional activities&quot;","block_context":{"text":"professional activities","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/category\/cv\/professional-activities\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Hello, sugar. by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/20110609.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5957,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2011\/04\/21\/day-111-night-driving-inkscape-design-illustration\/","url_meta":{"origin":696,"position":3},"title":"Day 111: Night driving #Inkscape #design #illustration","author":"lemsy","date":"2011-04-21","format":false,"excerpt":"I just had a wonderful visit with my friends at Brookdale Computer User's Group: Graphics SIG, where I got to talk about Inkscape and Sketchup. On the way home, I studied the various colors, shapes and illusions of the road, and decided to share what I remembered about it. Thanks,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;portfolio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/category\/portfolio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Night Driving","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/20110421.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/20110421.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/20110421.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2009\/04\/17\/social-networking-for-business-how-facebook-twitter-and-ning-can-help-you-to-connect-with-people-on-a-deep-level\/","url_meta":{"origin":696,"position":4},"title":"Social Networking for Business: How Facebook, Twitter, and Ning can help you to connect with people on a deep level","author":"lemsy","date":"2009-04-17","format":false,"excerpt":"Event: Social Networking for Business Date: April 17th, 2009 at 7:30 pm Venue: Brookdale Computer Users Group, Tinton Falls, NJ Abstract: John LeMasney will talk about how these social networks and others can help you to: connect with people in ways that are often unlikely in the real world, start\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;professional activities&quot;","block_context":{"text":"professional activities","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/category\/cv\/professional-activities\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"John LeMasney at BCUG (Charles Hildebrandt)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/bcug-presentations-1-800x288.jpg?fit=800%2C288&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/bcug-presentations-1-800x288.jpg?fit=800%2C288&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/bcug-presentations-1-800x288.jpg?fit=800%2C288&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/bcug-presentations-1-800x288.jpg?fit=800%2C288&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":180,"url":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2010\/04\/06\/ewing-seniornet-presents-my-10-favorite-free-graphics-applications\/","url_meta":{"origin":696,"position":5},"title":"Ewing SeniorNet presents &#8220;\u201cMy 10 Favorite Free Graphics Applications\u201d&#8221;","author":"lemsy","date":"2010-04-06","format":false,"excerpt":"Image by lemasney via Flickr A Special Reminder from The Computer Learning Center at Ewing CLC Tips & Tricks Program April 6 \u201cMy 10 Favorite Free Graphics Applications\u201d Ewing, NJ: \u00a0\u00a0Next Tuesday, April 6, John LeMasney, Manager of Technology Training at Rider University in\u00a0 Lawrenceville, will present \u201cMy 10 Favorite\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;consulting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"consulting","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/category\/consulting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45294,"href":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions\/45294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}