Embellish the reports and publications used in your business with clip art images. Create a clip art gallery by categorizing the images you have into sections like animated clip art or border clip art. You can find a variety of clip art images in just about any category including book clip art, holiday clip art and baseball clip art, which allows you to customize each part of your publication for more emphasis.
Select your clip art to bring out features of your publication such as including baby clip art as a way to congratulate an employee on the birth of a baby or by using celebratory clip art to enhance graphs indicating business is growing or doing well. Include border clip art to draw attention to important information.
1. There are many clip art software packages available.
2. Free and pay clip art is widely available online.
3. You don't have to settle: edit clip art images to make them suit your specific needs.
Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done
Purchase clip art software
There are a variety of software options to help you build your clip art gallery. Review the publications and reports you've created in the past to ensure that you select a software program that features the clip art images that fit your business and style.
I recommend: Broderbund has multiple software packages that allow you to find the perfect clip art gallery for your business needs.
Avanquest Software has a variety of clip art software programs available to meet all of your professional needs.
Find clip art online
Search online for free clip art images that you can download directly into your clip art gallery. Looking online is a great way to find that unique clip art image that is perfect for one-time use.
I recommend: School Clip Art has thousands of images available for you. You can download clip art including animated clip art, book clip art and border clip art.
Absolutely Free Clip Art has thousands of clip art images that are free for your professional use.
Edit clip art pictures to make them fit your needs
You may find the perfect clip art image, but wish to change the color; or perhaps it needs to be reformatted to fit your publication. Editing your clip art gallery is easier than ever. You can use a variety of software programs you may already have or you can purchase specific software to allow you to make all the edits you need.
I recommend: Microsoft Office Online has a step by step tutorial to help you learn how to edit clip art pictures in Microsoft Word.
Clipart Editor is a software program that allows you to edit anything in your clip art gallery to suit your specific needs.
Tips & Tactics
Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide
- Before you download clip art images, make sure there are no copyright infringement issues in the way you want to use the clip art images. Most images can not be reproduced for resale on T-shirts or other merchandise.
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