Using BigHugeLabs to Publish Photo Posters, Jigsaw Puzzles, Comicbook Captions, and More If you’re not into having a general public audience for your photography, yet you want something published to show your friends, then BigHugeLabs is the place to be (see Figure 10.8). The site has generators for making the following with your images: motivator posters, magazine covers, movie posters, David Hockney–like posters, mats, trading cards, wallpaper for computers, Andy Warhol–like posters, and mosaic posters. To make any of these creations, you just click on one of them on the homepage. For example, when you click on Motivator, you’ll click on Browse for the file you want to upload from your computer. (That’s all you have to do; there is no Upload button to push.) Then you click on the listed options you want for your photo (cropping, orientation, border), choose the color of your text, type in the text you want the poster to have, and then use a drop-down menu to select the text style you want. Finally, you click on Create. Your poster will be shown in the next window, where you’ll have options to Add to Cart, Edit, Start Over, Save, Upload to Flickr, Share, Email, and Create High Res. The site lets you save your new creation, but it only saves it in low res (72 KB). To get a high- res file of your image, you have to join the site. (You’ll be prompted for what to do after you click on Create High Res.) It costs $5 per week/ $10 per month/$25 per year to join, and you get to make as many high-res images as you want during that period of time. High-res is only available for Calendar, Hockneyizer, Jigsaw, Magazine Cover, Mosaic Maker, Motivator, Movie Poster, Scout, and Warholizer features. You do not have to join the site to buy a print of an image you’ve made. Prices for prints are: ❈ 8×10: $15 ❈ 11×14: $20 ❈ 16×20: $30 You can also have the jigsaw image made into a jigsaw puzzle for $40. Getting Published ■ 161 Figure 10.8 BigHugeLab motivator poster with uploaded image. . bobatkins.com and also at Figure 11.1.) It can also have a store for website visitors to purchase photos. 164 ■ Promoting Yourself Figure 11.1 Building a website can be quick and easy. There are. a domain name (a name you create for your site if that name is available) and has options for making different designs. Pro BetterPholios cost $349 for the first year and $299 per year after. It includes. $125, HTML website template for $45, and client mini sites for $175. The site uses a PayPal interface for payment. Promoting Yourself ■ 165 NOTE If you’re into building your own website with software,