Our job requires us to work with a lot of documents and images. So here are tools you can use to edit .pdf files and images if a graphic designer's not the best option at hand.
Bend Portable Document Files To Your Will
Anyone that's wanted to edit a .pdf file knows how frustrating it can be. While Adobe Pro lets you edit .pdfs in the same way you might a presentation deck or a word file, it's not a standard install on the average PR pro's desktop.
Anyone that's wanted to edit a .pdf file knows how frustrating it can be. While Adobe Pro lets you edit .pdfs in the same way you might a presentation deck or a word file, it's not a standard install on the average PR pro's desktop.
PDF Escape allows you to edit .pdf files, insert images, text and block and even block out text. It's online, it's free and in a pinch, it could save your .pdf.
Print Friendly is best for creating a .pdf on the fly vs. editing one of them. But it's on the list here as we've all had times we've wanted to turn a web page into a .pdf for future reference. This web site allows you to plug in any URL, it pulls up the page in a print-friendly format and you can delete items as needed before turning it into a .pdf file.
Print Friendly is best for creating a .pdf on the fly vs. editing one of them. But it's on the list here as we've all had times we've wanted to turn a web page into a .pdf for future reference. This web site allows you to plug in any URL, it pulls up the page in a print-friendly format and you can delete items as needed before turning it into a .pdf file.
Zamzar is great for converting documents of all shapes and sizes. I've used it a few times to convert a .pdf into .jpg files so I can drop one page into a presentation. And I've used it to convert .tiff files into .jpg, or .png or .bmp depending on your needs. So it's our "double duty" link if you're looking for six links in total.
Photo Formatting & More
Pixlr is one of the most impressive tools on the list, giving you access to basic desktop publishing capabilities over the web, for free. There are even plenty of tutorials on YouTube that help you get the most out of the site.
Aviary is a great photo editor. Flickr began using Aviary as its photo editor when Google bought Picnik and wrapped it into Google+. In addition to its web version, there is a mobile app.
These tools work best as quick workarounds and ultimately are not a replacement for a graphic designer. I think the image I pulled together for this post makes this fact clear. But sometimes we don't have the time or the option and the above tools are money in these instances.
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These tools work best as quick workarounds and ultimately are not a replacement for a graphic designer. I think the image I pulled together for this post makes this fact clear. But sometimes we don't have the time or the option and the above tools are money in these instances.
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If you're a PR "professional" you should just up and buy Adobe Pro.
ReplyDeleteIf you're a PR "hack", then go ahead and use these hacks.