a selection tool that allows you to choose areas of a similar colour

Combining images

Computing

Changing digital images

Recolouring digital images

Cloning digital images

Creating digital images for a purpose

Evaluating digital images

In this unit pupils will develop their understanding of how digital images can be changed and edited, and how they can then be resaved and reused. They will consider the impact that editing images can have, and evaluate the effectiveness of their choices.

Photo editing

Which tool allows you to choose a specific area of a digital image?

Which tool is best for selecting areas of similar colour?

What is the purpose of selecting parts of an image?

paste the copied parts into another image

adjust the pasted image’s size and position

to make an exact copy of a part of an image

What is the purpose of cloning in digital image editing?

What does the term 'retouch' mean in digital image editing?

What is one benefit of retouching a photo?

Order the steps for using the clone tool:

Combining images

Lesson outcome