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Images have always served as quality parameter for articles on wikiHow.To speed up the process of image adding we can create our own images for articles.It's important though, to make sure the image created fits the intro and content of the article. This article will show you how to create images for wikiHow articles.

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Steps

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    Analyse the Article.
    • Check the title of the article you are working on.
    • Check the intro and content of the article and after getting the main idea of the article proceed for image creation.
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    Decide on best image which depicts the central idea of the article.
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    You can portray people talking and trying to express a message.
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    Some articles can be created with people doing impossible things and depicting things like a man sitting on clouds and admiring hot air balloons. Here is an example-How to Make a Solar Hot Air Balloon which clearly illustrates the given example.
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    Some articles can't have a pictorial image.In these cases you take a base component and write the word and take a picture of it and use it as a picture or in some cases you can take many bases together and depict the main idea.Here are two examples for depicting the former and latter ideas respectively
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    Some articles are mathematical and require theory diagrams.These examples will make you clear.

Create Images

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    Now as you have decided on what type of image is needed,we can move onto image creation.
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    Go to Microsoft PowerPoint and choose images from and open Clip art[1] which will portray the image in your intro image.
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    Use text box to enter the words that you require to portray the main idea of the article.
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    After finishing the image take a snapshot of the image and upload it onto an article.
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    For educational images make format the text box and make the background any color you want and write or draw figures using insert shapes from the tab menu of insert.After finishing take a snapshot and upload the image to the respective article.
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    If you have a tablet and you are good at drawing then you can create images through tablet pen.
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    You can also use paint in windows to draw diagrams.
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    Some articles require software or game images which you can easily create by downloading the software and then taking a screenshot of the software screen or game screen using screen shot taker software's like Flap. For example this article's intro image is taken by frap-How to Play Alien Shooter
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Tips

  • If you created intro image using an external source which doesn't permit a license to advertise their images, then add a description of the source in the image license code by editing the image's license.
  • To enhance your portraying skills read newspaper,magazines or comics etc.
  • Make sure you have understood the article and its idea before you move to create an image for it.
  • Always use [2] open click art images as they are freely licensed with wikiHow and thus won't violate any license issues.
  • Paint has lesser features when compared to word or PowerPoint and are pretty tough to draw images as a beginner.

Warnings

  • Do not use images from sites which do not permit a free image license when it comes to advertising.(Example: Microsoft clip art images and many more)
  • Do not create vandalized or double meaning images as they might get removed and your hard work might go waste.

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