As you are aware, 2 free subscriptions to fotolia were up for grabs (worth almost $200 each). Of all the emails received the two lucky winners chosen randomly are: Ary Faddila and Epikhina Anna Congrats to both of you. I will email your subscription details soon. Have fun with fotolia. For those of you interested in knowing how I chose winner names 'randomly' , here is the secret. It's pretty simple actually. Write down the names of all the candidates in excel sheet from top to bottom. Then allot them serial numbers. Assume there are 5 candidates (as below). You now need to generate a random number between 1 and 5. Type this formula in another cell =RANDBETWEEN(1,5) . Press enter and a random number will be generated. If 3 comes, then Lionel Messi is the winner. Type the formula again and press enter, it will again generate a random number between 1 and 5. It's that simple. You still with me? Liking this randomness thing... Then let me ask you a question. What happens...

In my last post I reviewed fotolia , an excellent stock images website. A website where you can buy professional quality images for presentations at extremely affordable rates. Now you have a chance to try the website for free. Yes, you read it right. FREE. On my special request, I have got 2 free subscriptions for my readers . All you need to do is to write an email to vivek [at] allaboutpresentations [dot] com and ask for it. Please do not leave a comment. Just send me an email. The subscription will be valid for 15 days from the date of first login and you can download 3 images per day. This means 45 high resolution images in all (atleast worth $200*). You are surely going to love this. I will randomly choose 2 winners from all the emails I receive till May 11, 2011 (Wednesday). What are you waiting for? Shoot me an email now. Tip: Once you get the subscription, download 3 images every day and use the 45 images for life.

We all use images in our presentations and most of us have our favourite sources as well. I have shared some links with you earlier. Websites where you can get good images for free. The problem with these websites is that they are very few in number and have a limited collection. Some websites allow you to download for free (if you share their link) but the resolution is poor. The solution to all of this is to buy professional images (like the one above) . It is worth it. You get extremely high resolution images, plenty of options and they are also affordable. There are presentations where stakes are high and we need to give our best. We need to have professional slides and we cannot make a compromise with low resolution images. That's the time when these paid websites come good. It's also a good option when you are short of time because these websites have millions of images and search time gets reduced. If your stakes are low and you have a lot of time at hand, manage with...