Resource Of The Week: MeasureIt - Pixel Measuring Tool

Today's resource of the week is MeasureIt (The home for MeasureIt is in the process of moving to http://frayd.us/ ). Hat-tip to Dana Lynn Smith for introducing me to this little gem. MeasureIt is a browser add-on for FireFox, Chrome and Safari that allows you to draw a box around any image on your browser to find how how big it is as measured in pixels.



As authors, there are many occasions when we need to know how big something is in pixels. For example, our book cover, depending on where we need to use it, will have certain pixel measurement requirements. If we run ads on our web page or blog, we'll need to know much room we have to place the ad.



If we create a masthead for our blog, we'll need to know the dimensions of the banner to use. If we create an ad for our book, we'll need to know how big we'll need to make the image for the book cover to link to our Amazon page or our shopping cart. The list goes on and on for ways we can use this nifty little tool.



MeasureIt is free, but the author does accept donations if you find it valuable to help keep it's development going.



*NOTE* The home for MeasureIt is in the process of moving to http://frayd.us/ -



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Tony Eldridge is the author of The Samson Effect , an action/adventure novel that Clive Cussler calls a "first rate thriller brimming with intrigue and adventure." He is also the author of the Twitter marketing book, Conducting Effective Twitter Contests . His new novel, The Lottery Ticket , was just recently released on Kindle.