Images

=Pictures and Images= Basics File types - gif jpg tiff bmp png Image Size (mega pixels) thumbnail (searching for an image) Photos for the web - jpg vs gif Resize for web and email C crop cut paste clone Picasa for PC iPhoto for Mac Mac - using preview PC Fax and Image Viewer || =photos= ||< Landscape function on the camera will focus far away. Person function on the camera will focus close up.
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Use the rule of thirds, lining up the objects of interest along the intersecting lines of this graph shape. [|The rule of thirds]

[|Tips and Techniques] || =photos from your= =camera= ||< Every camera is different. The easiest way is to insert the memory disk from the camera into the appropriate slit on the computer. The computer will then ask you what you would like to do with the photos, choose "open" the files and follow the on screen directions to save the pictures into your "my pictures" folder.
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If your computer or camera is unable to do this, use a USB cord, this plugs into the camera at one end and the computer at the other. The [|USB] is the same hole in your computer that you put your pen drive into. || =you find on the= =internet= ||< If your find a picture on the internet that you would like to copy all you have to do is hover over the picture, click the right button on your mouse, or mouse pad. A scroll down menu will appear, left click on the option you would like. If you copy the pick you can go back to a document and copy the picture into it. If you would like to keep the picture saved for you to use on other occasions select, 'save image as', a box will pop up with your folder of pictures, at the top of this box is a scroll down menu where you can change where you save the image. To keep the images organised you can save them in files, click on the folder you want to save your picture into and then press 'save'. || =your pictures= ||< You can save your pictures directly into the correct folder. If you do not have folders made up you can follow these steps. Open "My Documents" and "My Pictures"- you can use any saving space also. In the pop up box, on the left hand column there are options for managing your files and folders. Select "make a new folder", you can then open this folder and save your picture into it. Or you can left click on photos which are already in the "my pictures" folders and drag and drop these into the new folders. || =pictures into a= =document= ||< To insert a picture, go to 'insert' on the top toolbar of word, left click on the menu "insert" and scroll down to choose "picture". You have the option of inserting from 'clip art' or "file". Clip art is from the clip art stored on your computer. File is your own saved pictures in "My Pictures' When you have found the picture you want you can double click on the left mouse button, or select the clip and then click on insert.
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You can also just copy a picture and then paste it in to a document. || =rotating= ||< You can resize picture in word by left clicking on the picture and hovering over the edges of the picture left clicking and dragging the picture in and out to resize. To rotate you do the same but over the top middle mark of the picture, when you hover over this an arrow will appear, left click and then turn the picture with the mouse.
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If you need the photo resized to reduce the complexity of the photo ( the giff or jpeg size) you can do this easily from you "My Pictures" folder, click on a folder in this folder and an option will appear on the left hand side options column. Select email this folder's files and all of the files will be crunched to a small size to be emailed quickly and easily. You can then save these small versions of your pictures or drag them to your desktop and use them from there. If you are using any pictures on a website you must crunch them so the website page can open quickly, otherwise your pictures will take a long time to load. || =Make them do= =what you want.= ||< To format a picture or clip art image (make it sit on the page like you want it), you must highlight (left click) on the image. Then go to the "format" menu. This is where it says the word "format" on the toolbar. Scroll down and select picture || =with pics= ||< **Free for All** Using an Online Photo Tool - eg flikr storm flickr http://www.picnik.com/ http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/ [|https://www.photoshop.com/express/index.html]
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extension : photo photoshop online, light room, || =to take photos= ||< =Digital Photography=
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Teach the following elements of photography to establish experts in aspects of photography.

Experts in... Frames Angles Lines Light/Shadow

Use frames (made of cardboard) if there are not enough cameras. Once students have used the frame to find their photo then they can book in the use of the camera with the teacher.

Have one of each type of expert in photography groups to complete a task co-operatively. Click this link below for detailed lesson ideas for using photography in class. It has posters and task information for the group experts. All of the work is done for you.

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