Lesson video

Hello, my name is Ms. Badru.

I hope that you are all doing well.

I'm really looking forward to teaching and learning with you today.

Our learning outcome for this lesson is I can use filters, effects, and the lasso tool in digital editing software to manipulate images.

Our keywords for this lesson are effects, editing and tool.

Let's explore each keyword in turn and find out what they mean.

Effects, changes you can add to an image to create a certain look or style, like making it black and white or adding contrast.

Editing, changing or improving an image using software to adjust things like color, brightness or composition and tool, a feature in the software that lets you do a specific job, such as selecting part of an image, drawing or adding text.

Our lesson outline focus is digital processes using digital media to manipulate and image.

So let's begin with our first learning cycle, digital editing software.

Okay, let's go.

Okay, let's see what these students have to say about observing a photograph.

So one student says, yeah right, that's been photoshopped.

And the other student says, look at this photo I took of a massive shark I saw on holiday.

Have you ever had a similar conversation about a photograph? Pause here for a moment and think about your response to this question and resume when you're ready.

Let's continue to explore digital editing software.

That's been photoshopped.

Today, it's a common phrase, but it started as the name of a groundbreaking program created in the late 1980s.

Just like a painter uses brushes and paint, photographers use editing software to refine and transform their images after a shoot.

Now, there are countless ways to edit from professional software to quick, easy apps on your phone.

Sometimes it's easy to spot when an image has been edited, a person with impossibly smooth skin or an object that looks out of place.

Other edits can be so subtle you'd never notice, like slight color adjustments, removing a stray hair or brightening a shadow.

This ability to make both bold and invisible changes is part of what makes photo editing such a powerful tool in photography.

Examples of photographers that digitally manipulate their imagery to create imagined scenes include Saya Woolfolk.

In her ChimaCloud series, digitally alters photographs of performers in elaborate costumes, adjusting brightness, contrast and saturation.

She layers these with fantastical kaleidoscopic backgrounds to create vivid dream-like worlds.

Cheraine Collette digitally manipulates her photographs by blending multiple images and adjusting hue, saturation and contrast to create surreal painty landscapes.

In her works like her Treasure series, she seamlessly merges architecture, wildlife and nature into harmonious dreamlike scenes.

Okay, let's continue our journey.

A toolbar is used to access most of the tools you need when using your digital editor.

Clicking on the icons in the toolbar will change the cursor icon so you know which tool you are currently using.

The top menu contains many other tools in your editor.

Like many software programs, this contains file, edit and help menus as well as program specific ones.

You'll use the window dropdown to open the different tools you need as well as the image dropdown to edit your photos.

Let's have a check in here for understanding with the following question.

What are the main menus used in digital photo editors? Is it A, the top menu? B, the start menu? C, the toolbar, or D, the popup menu? Pause here for a moment and think about your answer and we'll resume together again shortly.

Okay, which ones have you selected? Let's take a look.

So we have two answers, A and C.

A, the top menu and C, the toolbar.

Let's continue our digital journey by bringing our attention to Task A.

Open your digital editing software and identify key features.

The following, the toolbar.

Hover over each tool to find out its name, the navigator panel located in the window menu.

Open a photo by clicking file, then select new.

Then select the image you want to use.

Use the navigator panel and the hand tool to zoom in and out of your photo.

Pause the video here to respond to this practical task and resume when you are ready.

Let's come together and focus on feedback in response to Task A.

Jun says, I feel much more confident navigating around editing software.

And Sam says, I love zooming in to see the small details in my picture.

Okay, so let's continue on our digital journey and continue with our second learning cycle, using effects.

Like most desktop software, photo editing programs have drop down menus at the top of the window.

One of these is the image dropdown, which contains lots of simple adjustments for manipulating your image, brightness and contrast.

Brightness controls how bright an image is, making it lighter or darker.

And contrast controls the difference between light and dark with higher contrast making darker areas darker and lighter areas lighter.

Hue and saturation.

Hue controls the balance of color in your photograph.

You could bring certain colors out by raising the saturation.

You could also control how dark or light the image appears using lightness.

Photo filter.

A photo filter allows you to filter your photos to make them appear warmer, cooler or change the balance of color, much like with hue and saturation.

Some images you can look at when considering how to manipulate brightness, contrast, hue, saturation and photo filters.

Fan ho "Approaching Shadow" from 1954, Nadine Scarlet "Ode to Brixton," Steve McCurry, "Boy in Mid-Flight" in 2007.

Richard Moss, "The Enclave" in 2013.

Let's have a check-in for understanding.

The image dropdown menu contains A, the save and open functions.

B, adjustments and filters.

C, the image settings and preferences, or D, the lasso and crop tools.

Which do you think is the answer? Pause here for a moment and we will resume together again shortly.

Which one do you think is the correct answer? The answer is adjustments and filters.

Let's bring our focus to Task B of basic image manipulation.

Select one of your images and create between five and 10 versions using effects.

You could use brightness, contrast, saturation, filters.

In some images, try to use effects sparingly whilst in others, combine multiple effects to give your images a more unnatural feel.

So pause the video here to complete this practical task and resume when you are ready.

Okay, so let's look at some feedback in response to this.

So you were tasked to select one of your images and create between five and 10 versions using effects.

There are many possible outcomes.

Let's see what Aisha has to say.

I turned the contrast up to make the heron stand out against the background.

Let's see what Jacob has to say.

I used a warming filter on this picture and turned the density up to give it a retro feel.

Can you notice the differences between these two images and how he has added warmth to the image? Okay, so let's move forward with our third and final learning cycle of this lesson, and we're going to be focusing on selective editing.

Okay, let's dive into looking at selective editing.

As well as editing a whole picture, you can also select areas to apply effects to.

To do this, you'll select an area of your image using the lasso tool.

This can be found in the toolbar.

Here is the lasso tool in action.

Notice the line around the building and the anchor points along it.

This line marks a selected area to edit.

So pause here for a moment to locate these tools and take a look at the image.

Can you notice the line that marks your editing area? Let's have a check-in here for understanding with the following question.

What tool should you use for selecting an area of an image? Is it A, the hand tool? B, the crop tool? Or C, the lasso tool? Which one do you think is the correct answer? So pause here for a moment and we'll resume together again shortly.

Which one have you selected as your answer? The answer is option C, the lasso tool.

Let's continue our journey on selective editing.

There are three different lasso tools in Photoshop.

Lasso tool use free hand for rough selections.

Polygonal lasso create straight lines by clicking at intervals and magnetic lasso tool is assisted to allow a more precise selection.

Sam asks, can you find the magnetic lasso tool? Let's have a check-in here for understanding.

What should you use the magnetic lasso tool for? Is it A, rough selections? B, precise selections? Or C, straight lines? Pause for a moment here and think about your answer, and we'll resume together again shortly.

Okay, which one do you think is the correct answer? Let's take a look.

And the answer is precise selections.

This is the purpose of a magnetic lasso tool.

Let's bring our focus to task C.

Choose an edit, a section of a photo.

You might choose one that has an object or section that you would like to add effects or filters to, or perhaps you'd like to manipulate the background.

Use the magnetic lasso tool to create a selection covering the area you want to manipulate.

Use the effects and filters from Task B to change the look of your selected area.

So pause the video here to complete this practical task and resume when you are ready.

Okay, so let's look at some top tips when it comes to selective editing.

Let's take a look.

In the top menu, choose select, then inverse to select the opposite of your current selection.

Great for editing backgrounds.

If you've selected an area but want to add more, just hold shift and use the lasso tool again to add to it.

You could also use the alt or option key to take away from your selection.

Just start cutting in from outside of selection whilst holding it down.

Let's bring our focus to feedback for Task C.

So you are tasked to choose to edit a section of a photo, and there are many possible outcomes.

Let's see what Aisha has to say.

I changed the background to black and white to make the flower and the bee really stand out.

Let's see what Jacob has to say.

I adjusted the hue and saturation to make the sky in my photo appear more blue and the shore more green.

We have now arrived at our summary for digital processes using digital media to manipulate an image.

There are different types of photo editing software.

Most photo editing software has a toolbar where you can find the tools you need and a top menu where effects can be accessed.

You can use the lasso tool to select areas of an image.

Creating a selection allows you to selectively edit part of an image.

I hope that you have enjoyed this digital journey of discovery today in this lesson.

I hope you continue to explore and experiment with all these different photo editing tools.

I look forward to seeing you again next time.

In the meantime, take care and bye for now.

Thank you.