Book Blogger Hop – Where Do You Source Your Background Images From? #BookBloggerHop

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Canva is so good isn’t it!
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It is, I even use it at work…
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Mostly pexels or images I take myself. I did use canva for a while, to create more complex images, but it takes more time than I’m willing to spend.
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It can take quite a while depending what you’re doing.
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I think if I had more of an eye for design I might persevere, I do enjoy looking for the right image and the right word that will elicit it in the search!
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I feel exactly the same!
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I also use Canva. It’s pretty easy and free.
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I love your images Yesha, they’re so pretty!
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I only use Goodreads for the covers or other materials provided by the author and/or publisher. When I do use other images for illustration within the body of a post, I just use free use materials from the internet. I don’t have the talent to do much more.
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I know the feeling Jo! I wish I had some talent to do pretty designs. 😹
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sounds like I need to use Canva though! I’m such a dinosaur on the graphics front – I need help haha! xx
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I need help too! 😹
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I broke down and subscribed to Canva over a year ago because I use it so extensively. I love how easy it is to use ❤️
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I definitely think about subscribing if I used it more as there’s so much there!
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I get cover pics from Amazon and use photoGrid for backgrounds and collages and Canva for photos and to create the final blog image. The nice thing about Canva is that it saves your designs and you can use a previous one as a template which saves time.
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Yes I use templates a lot! I must check out PhotoGrid. Is it an app or website?
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PhotoGrid is an app similar to pic collage
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My blog background is one I created in Photoshop Elements. The other graphics I use are often culled from FAVPNG. com and then I tweak them or edit them in Photoshop. I also use images from the Internet if there is no apparent copyright.
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Love your images Lynne!
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I use either my own images or copyright-free ones from Pixabay 🙂
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Not heard of Pixaby before, must check it out!
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I was introduced to Pixabay when I was doing a blog for work (before I started my own blog), there are some great free pics on there and you can change them to suit your purposes.
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Fantastic thanks for the recommendation!
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Canva is fantastic! I’ve seen colleagues at work achieve amazing things with it too! :O
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I wish I could do amazing things with it Lashaan! 😂
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I use Canva to create collages of book covers. If I want more generic pictures I use Unsplash and Pixabay
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I must check those out!
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Unsplash is my favourite
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