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Digital Photo Editing Assignment

Summary 1. Find a photo and make a copy 2. Edit it two ways with two different online editors 3. Describe the tools you used and your editor preference. 4. Post the original photo and the two edited photos to your blog with your description from #3.

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Detailed Instructions:

1. Find a photo using the Creative Commons Site listed below.

Creative Commons Canada

2. Make a copy of the original (Save as) and edit the photo in two different ways using two different editors listed below.

Picnik Splashup Gimp Sumopaint If you wish to use another editor then check out other digital photo editing tools found on this page.

3.Your edited photos should include the following information


 * 1) The attribution (credit the author of the photo with their name and a link where you found the photo) (control alt c on a pc keyboard or option "g" on a mac keyboard or the on a mac the symbol is above "2" on the keyboard)
 * 2) Some text.
 * 3) A brief summary of the tools you used to create the changes for each photo.
 * 4) A review of which editor you prefer based on the ease of use, functionality, time spent and other criteria that influenced your decision.

Example Below: © Kathreen Riel



I used Picnik to edit this image. The tools I used included: Temperature Adjustment Effects: Applied a Matte to the border Applied A Film Grain Added Text: Font: Just Me Again Down Here



I use Splash Up to edit the second photo. The tools I used included the bevel filter, the crop tool and the colorize tool.

Review: If I have significant time I would likely use a more sophisticated editing tool but I like Picnik because usually I'm adding features such as graphics to hand outs and web pages after I have developed the content. Consequently, I am not as patient with spending too much time in revising graphics to fit the theme of my current communication. Picnik is quick and easy but other products such as GIMP offer more fine editing tools that could provide better results.