Image Editing Skills

• Label images
• Modify images
• Convert images from one format to another
• Create simple images using shapes, lines, and colors
• Cite image sources

Overview

In this lab you will learn and demonstrate a variety of image editing skills. The course packet gives detailed instructions on using Paintshop Pro or Adobe Photoshop; in class I'll be demonstrating an online tool called Aviary that has similar functionality. Some of you may also be familiar with Adobe Fireworks. You may use any of these to do the lab.

Tasks

1. Label 5 parts of a photo, using text boxes.
   
2. Find a map online (using MapQuest or other resource) and save the image. Label/draw on it to convert it into a map of directions to your house or other location. Use leader lines and several textboxes with labels. Include the before and after images.
   
3. Draw a picture from scratch. It can be concrete or abstract but should have a theme or purpose. Use a variety of tools to create the picture. Include an explanation of your drawing and tools used.
   
4. Take a picture using a digital camera. Save it and insert the graphic in your lab report.
   
5. Find a photo and remove some distracting elements. Include the before and after images. (Don’t just crop the photo.) The stamp/clone tool will be a handy tool (Example in Fireworks; Instructions in Aviary). Number each part of the photo that changed, using textboxes in the “after” image within the Word document.
   
6. Find a photo with a date stamp or other text and remove it. The clone/stamp tool will be handy. Include the before and after images. (Don’t just crop the photo.)
   
7. Find an image on the web. Cite the web address. Edit the picture extensively. Include the before and after images on the same page. Include an additional after image that uses numbers and textboxes to describe the changes (i.e. tools used, images merged, effects desired). This can be done within your Word document or on a separate graphic file. Consider the following editing ideas: adjust colors, emphasize one or more areas of photo, enlarge/reduce an element of the photo, add people or objects to the photo.

Requirements for lab report

• Cover page, including name, lab number, lab title, course, date.
  
• All of the requirements listed above with numbers, labels, and descriptions (when applicable).
• Label every graphic in your report with an informative title and source. Examples:
  • Photo of friends at the beach (source: Gene Rohrbaugh, digital camera)
  • Drawing of Sponge Bob riding a sea horse (source: Gene Rohrbaugh, drawn using Fireworkds)
  • Photo of Russian flag (source: http://www.flag-zone.com/flag/russia/ retrieved 2/8/2010)
• Note that #3, 5, and 7 require a descriptive paragraph.
• The size of your graphics should be at least 3 inches in either height and/or width.

Submitting the Lab

• Once you have completed your lab report as described above, convert it to a PDF before submitting.
  • If you are using Word (or another program) on lab computers, you create a PDF by selecting Print and then choosing Cute PDF Writer from the printer list. You will be prompted for a filename.
  • If you are using a Mac, you can output to PDF by hitting Print and then look for the dropdown PDF menu, and select Save As PDF.
• Save the file as Lab20_lastname.pdf
• Logon to Sakai and upload your pdf to Assignment 2.0 and submit.
• Check your submission by logging out of Sakai; then log back in; visit the assignment and download your original attachment. Once you have verified that it is what you intended to submit, type the following text in the submission box and resubmit:
  • I have verified that this is my complete and final submission for Lab 2.0.