Multiple Literacies & Web 2.0

• 31 Free Adobe Photoshop Alternatives

• A Beginner's Guide to Photoshop (submitted by Dan)
  
  
• Adobe PhotoShop Express

• Animasher
  Create animations
• Be Funky
  (cartoonizes your pics--be careful if you don't have derivative permissions)
• Best Ways for Students To Create Online Animations
  (Larry Ferlazzo)
• Best Ways for Students To Create Their Own Online Art Collections
  (Larry Ferlazzo)
• Cartoonize
  Convert pics to cartoons
• Citrify
  Photo Adjustment, Photo Effects, facial touchup
• Comic Text Generator

• Cool Tools For School : Image Tools

• CybraryManArt Generators

• Digital Photo Effects

• Dr.Pic
  (super easy!)
• Draw a Stickman

• enthread

• FlamingText
  banner & logo generator
• Fotoflexer

• FunPhotoBox
  Funny photo effects. New photo effects every day
• GigaPan
  (allows for amazing zooming and moving around)
• Graffiti Creator

• Gross Out
  Add gross effects
• ImageOid
  Add pretty Effects easily - Download Result
• ImageOps

• IPiccy
  Innovative photo editor
• Lighting
  (for quick photo lighting adjustments)
• Logomaker

• Loupe
  Shape your photos
• LunaPic

• Mess My Photo

• Mypictr
  (for making profile images for social networks)
• Oddcast
  Avatar creator
• OdoSketch
  (sketching tool)
• Online Photo Tool

• Open Clipart Library

• Pato
  (fast and simply fun with photos + almost 500 photo effects + 10 per day)
• Phixr

• Pho.to
  (enhancement and presentation platform)
• Photofunia
  (many fun effects for your portraits)
• Photofunia

• Photoscape
  Free Image Editing Software (Download)
• Photovisi
  Create collages
• Photovisi
  (create collages)
• Pic Resize

• Picfull
  Add photo filters
• PicGhost
  Mass image editor
• Picnik
  (Image editing and finding copyright friendly images)
• Picozu

• Piscasa

• Pixenate

• Pixer.us

• Pixlr

• Pixlr

• Pixlr-o-matic
  Image editor
• Pixuffle
  Shuffle pixels to make new art
• Pizap
  Fun with photos. Add stickers, paint, special effects, word bubbles and then share.
• Psyopaint
  Convert photos into amazing paintings
• Queeky
  (social drawing)
• RedKid Generator

• Resize Images

• RoundPic
  Create rounded corners
• Shape Collage

• Sketchfu

• Slide.com
  (create and share slide shows)
• Snipshot

• Splashup

• Sumopaint

• Tuxpi
  Photo editor & frames
• WebResizer

• Writeonin
  Create your photomontage, free cards, magazine cover
• Wylio
  (photo finder)
• Your Old Pic
  Make your pics look old
• 3DTin
  3 dimensional drawing tool

• Pixton (design your own comic avatar)
• Dream Avatar Creator
• Hero Factory
• Abi Portrait Avatar Maker
• FunnyPho.to
• ShrinkPicture
• Yahoo Avatars (must have account)
• Mr. PicassoHead
• GrabbaBeast
• Simpsons Avatar andSimpsonizeMe
• Be A SuperHero(requires kit download)
• Otaku Avatar Maker
• Be Funky (cartoonizes your pics)
• VivaVoodoo (turn yourself into a voodoo doll)
• Alpoy (can grab snapshots from youtube videos)
• Madmen Avatar Creator
• Mii
• MyWebFace (make a cartoon of your photo)
• Yearbook Yourself
• Reasonably Clever Lego Avatar
• Alpoy
• Be funky
• Bitstrips
• Cartoon me (pay service)
• Create a face
• Unique
• Portrait Illustration maker
• Strip Generator
• MinimiseMe
• Wordle (word clouds can function as avatars)
• BigHugeLabs (baseball cards, motivational poster, much more!)
• Moonjee (virtual makeover & make-a-face)
• Free Kid-Friendly Avatar Creators (Philly Teacher)

Talking Avatars

• GIZMOZ
• Blabberize (manipulate the mouth on any photo and make it talk!)
• Voki (create a talking avatar)
• Fotobabble

More 
Avatar Makers

Flickr Creative Commons

Flickr Blue Mountains

Wikimedia Commons

Flickr The Commons

Creative Commons Search

Flickr Storm (use pulldown menu)

CompFight

Behold

Find Icons

Open Icon Gallery

Crystal Clear Icons

Clkr (public domain clipart)

Open Cipart Library

What are image generators and other graphic tools? Image generators are web-based programs that allow users to customize images by adding text and manipulating a basic image or set of tools. The images produced can be copied or embedded into other applications, web publishing or presentations.

• Wordle
  tag cloud generator
• Tagul
  for gorgeous tag clouds
• Tagxedo
  Tag clouds with style
• More than Wordles

• ABCya! Word Clouds
  Word Clouds for kids
• WordSift