These are websites and apps I (Wes Fryer) use weekly (and sometimes daily) to create and reformat media for online sharing. Links below are to my profile page on each website, if available. If I pay a subscription fee, that is noted by each website, if not the service is FREE or I use the FREE version. (A more complete list of my current paid subscriptions is available.)

I also shared these on a blog posts:

1. On SpeedOfCreativity.org

2. On Medium

updated 8 Aug 2024

AI Tools

1. ChatGPT - I pay a subscription fee

2. Claude.ai - I pay a subscription fee

3. Ideogram.ai (generative AI visualization) - I pay a subscription fee

4. Upscale.media (increase image resolution)

Other Websites

1. Text Prepper (chunk / thread longer social media posts)

2. Flickr (photo sharing)

3. ImageCodr (format image CC license attribution)

4. The Noun Project (get icons to use in image collages) - I pay a subscription fee

5. ColorZilla (copy exact HTML colors from an image / webpage)

6. Adobe Express for iOS (create InfoPics)

7. Google Sites (update webpages like this one)

8. Zbib (quick citation formatting)

9. YouTube music and video download (be sure to comply with local fair use provisions of copyright law)

   1. Dirpy

   2. y2mate

Software Programs

1. Skitch (screenshot annotation, still downloadable but officially discontinued)

2. Handbrake (open source video transcoder)

3. XSplit Vcam (use iPhone as webcam)

4. BBEdit (text editor, grep search/replace)

5. Paprika Recipe Manager 3 (paid app, but no subscription required)