inherIT – Skills for

Women

Photo Editing &

Composition

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 inherIT provides…
• Technology focussed classes for women
• Valuable learning opportunities
• Motivation & encouragement
• A comfortable and friendly environment

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 Agenda
• Mini Project
• Downloading & Accessing Photos
• Editing Photos
• GIMP
• Composing Photos
• Windows Movie Maker
• OpenOffice Impress
• Burning DVD’s

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 Mini project
• Create collection of photos/music
• Edit photos
• Compose in a movie/presentation
• Add music
• Add titles/subtitles
• Create a CD with this work!

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 Accessing Photos
• Photos may be on
• USB Stick
• CD
• Internet
• Paper

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 Downloading Photos
• Save your photos in folder R662-Name in
“My Pictures”
• CD: Insert CD in drive and copy photos
• USB stick: Insert the stick in your drive
• If you have photos to be scanned in, talk to
instructor

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 GIMP
• Free
• Download online (Google GIMP)
• Useful for cropping/rotating/resizing
• Start  All Programs  GIMP  GIMP

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 Editing Photos
Scale
Crop
Resize
Rotate & Flip
Mode

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 Scale

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 Crop

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 Resize

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 Flip & Rotate

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 Picture Modes
RGB (Red, Green, Blue)
Grayscale
Indexed

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 Opening Pictures
Go to File  Open

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 Scaling
Go to Image  Scale Image

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 Scaling
Enter desired height
GIMP will automatically fill in the width
Click on Scale

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 Cropping
Go to Image  Transform Tools  Crop
Select the cropped image area
Click in your
selection area to
complete

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 Saving
File 
Save As

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 Resizing
Click on Save. The dialogue box below will
appear.
Use the quality slide bar to adjust the
image quality and size

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 Exercise
Scale image “test1.jpg” to 6 inches height
Crop the image so that only the tree part is
seen
Save as test2.jpg and reduce quality to
50%

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 Exercise 1
Open Boats.jpg from the folder R662
Sample Pictures on your desktop
Scale the image to 6 inches width
Flip the image so that the boats face the
opposite direction

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 Exercise 2
Open CA Drive.jpg from the folder R662
Sample Pictures on your desktop
Scale the image to 6 inches width
Change the picture so that it is black and
white (Image  Mode  Grayscale)

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 Flip & Rotate
Go to Image  Transform Tools

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 Mode
You can change the colour mode to
grayscale (black and white):
Image Mode  Grayscale

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 Photo Composition
Windows Movie Maker
OpenOffice Impress

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 Windows Movie Maker
Go to Start Menu  All Programs 
Accessories  Movie Maker

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 Steps
Create a collection
Click and Drag Photos and songs into the
collection
Click and drag songs into the video/audio
audio timeline
Add Transition Effects
Add Video Effects
Save as a movie!

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 Collection
Create a collection of pictures and music
you would like to use

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 Creating a movie show

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 Adding Video Effects

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 Video transitions

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 Adding Titles & Credits

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 Saving a movie file
Click File  Save movie file

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