Lesson video

Hello, my name is Ms. Powell, and welcome to Computing.

I'm so pleased that you decided to join me here today.

In today's lesson, we are going to be learning how to design a digital image for a poster or a book cover.

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Welcome to today's lesson from unit, "Photo Editing." Today's lesson is called, "Creating Digital Images for a Purpose." And by the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to create a new image using parts of other images.

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We'll be using these keywords throughout today's lesson.

The first word is design, design.

This means a plan to show what something will look like before it's made.

The next word is publication, publication.

This means something that is made to communicate information like a book, magazine, or poster.

Lesson outline, "Creating digital images for a purpose." Today's lesson is split into two sections.

In the first section, we'll plan an image that uses parts of other images.

In the second section, we'll create a project that is a combination of images.

Let's get started with the first section, "Plan an image that uses parts of other images." You're going to create an image for a book cover or a poster.

Here are some ideas.

You could have a book cover called "Magical Forest," or a poster called "Visit Jardil: An area of outstanding natural beauty." A book or a poster could describe "Magibeasts".

First, you're going to create a design for your publication.

A design is a plan to show what something will look like before it's made.

Here in my design, I've chosen two images, a giraffe and a horse.

I plan to combine those images for my book cover, "Magibeasts".

Design choices: Will your publication be landscape or portrait? In landscape, your canvas will appear to be white.

On portrait, your canvas will appear to be tall.

Design choices: Which images will you choose? Pause a video and take a little look at the images and try to think which you would like to choose.

Plan an image that uses parts of other images.

Consider how you will use the images.

Which one will be your background or main image? Which images or image is your foreground? How will the images go together? Are there any other effects and colours that you will need, and the text that you will use? Before you create your design, you'll need to think about the abilities of Paint.

net and the skills you have learned so far in this unit.

Let's take a look at these tools and see if we can remember them.

The crop tool.

The crop tool allows you to remove some parts of the image.

Rotate: The rotate tool allows you to rotate your image 90 degrees clockwise, 90 degrees counterclockwise, or 180 degrees.

You can spin your image around.

Undo: Undo lets you go back a step.

Effects lets you change the appearance of your image.

For example, you might want to change some of the colours.

Copy and paste: Copy and paste can be useful if you'd like to add one image to another, just like you can use scissors and glue to make a collage.

Select: There are different select tools that can help you select an area of an image.

The rectangular select tool is useful if you want to select something that is rectangular.

The ellipse selector is useful if you'd like to select something that is circular.

The lasso tool is great if you want to draw around an irregular shape.

And the magic wand select tool allows you to select something of the same colour, so you could choose, for example, everything that's green in your image and select it.

Then you could copy and paste that somewhere else.

The clone or retouch tool, that's very useful if you would like to clone an area to somewhere else.

Save or save as: This allows you to save your image so that you don't lose it.

I have a question here for you, and I'd like you to give it a try.

Which tool would you use to make a copy of part of an image? Is it A: crop, B: clone, or C: magic wand? Pause a video and choose A, B, or C.

The answer is B: clone.

Clone helps you to copy a part of an image.

However, you could use magic wand to help you copy and paste as well.

Which selection tool can you use to draw a free hand around a shape? Is it A: rectangle select, B: magic wand, or C: lasso select? Pause the video to have a quick think.

Is it A, B, or C? The answer is C: lasso select, that allows you to draw free hand around a shape.

This can be useful for irregular shapes.

Well done for having a try.

I have another question here for you.

If you want to make an image brighter or alter its colour, what could you add? Is it A: the clone stamp, B: effects, or C: an anchor point.

Pause the video and choose A, B, or C.

What could you add to make an image brighter? The answer is B: effects.

Well done for having a go.

Laura thought about the images she would use for her publication.

Laura has chosen a picture of some mushrooms, a picture of a chipmunk, and a picture of a kingfisher bird.

Laura has used these images to create her design.

Laura's added a chipmunk head, a kingfisher body, and a toadstool forest for the background.

I've got a task here for you, I hope you're ready to give it a try.

Plan an image that uses parts of other images.

Design an image for your own publication.

I'd like you to draw this on a piece of paper.

Remember to think about the abilities of Paint.

net, and the skills you've learned so far.

For example, some of the skills you've learned allows us to copy and paste parts of images.

We can also use the clone tool.

We can also change the colours of an image, amongst others.

Well done, you've done so well on the first part of today's lesson, "Plan an image that uses parts of other images." Let's move on to the second part of today's lesson, "Create a project that is a combination of images." I'd like you to remind yourself the design you just created.

Take a look at it and try to think what tools you might need to complete your design.

This is Laura's design.

Which skills will Laura need to use to make this using Paint.

net? So in Laura's design, she's got the chipmunk head, the bird body, and she's used the toadstools as a background.

Number one, Laura needs to flip the chipmunk image to make it face the right way.

Number two, Laura needs to lasso select the animal's body parts.

Number three, Laura needs to copy and paste to add the images onto the background.

Laura says, "If I have time, I might try to use the clone tool to make more mushrooms." I think that could be a really exciting addition.

Laura says, "I need to save my work.

Should I choose Save or Save As?" Hmm, what you think? If Laura chooses Save, the image would save over her original image.

If she chooses Save As, she can give the image a new name and save it in a new location.

Choosing Save will save the image as the current file name.

If you want to rename or create a different version of an image than choosing Save As, will let you rename the image file.

I've got a question here for you, I'd like you to give it a try.

How will Laura make the chipmunk face the other way? Is it A: use a rotate tool, B: choose flip vertical from the Image menu, or C: choose flip horizontal from the Image menu.

Pause the video and have a quick think.

Is it A, B, or C? How will Laura make the chipmunk face the other way? The answer is C.

She's going to choose flip horizontal from the Image menu.

Well done for having a try.

Fantastic, I'd like you to try this question.

Which tool will Laura use to select the body parts of the animals she wants to use? Do you think A: rectangle select, will be the most useful, B: lasso select, or C: magic wand? Pause a video and have a quick think.

Would it be A, B, or C? The answer is B: lasso select.

Lasso select will help her draw around the body parts of the animals.

As they are a regular shapes, this is probably the most useful tool to try.

Well done, I have another question here for you.

Which tool will Laura use to make more mushrooms? Do you think it'll be A: crop, B: clone stamp, or C: rotate.

Pause the video and choose A, B, or C.

The answer is B: clone.

She can use the clone stamp to make more mushrooms. Let's try another question.

Which tool would Laura use if she wanted to save her image as a new file name? Do you think it would be A: save, B: clone stamp, or C: save as? Pause the video and have a quick think.

Which tool would help her save her image as a new file name? Is it A, B, or C? The answer is C: save as.

Well done for having a go.

I have a task here for you, and I'd like you to give it a go.

Create a project that is a combination of images.

Explain which tools you'll use in Paint.

net to create your design.

Pause a video and have a little look at the tools, see if you can work out which ones you are going to need to create your design.

It might help to make some notes on your design.

Let's take a little look at Laura.

Laura's going to explain which tool she'll use in Paint.

net to create her design.

"I'm going to start by flipping the chipmunk horizontally so that he's facing the same way as the bird.

Then I'll use the lasso selection tool to draw around the bird's body and copy and paste it onto the background.

I'll do the same with a chipmunk's head and resize it to fit on top of the bird's body.

If I have time, I'll use the clone tool to add some more mushrooms." Fantastic, now that you know which tools you're going to use, I'd like you to create your design using the skills you've learned so far.

Pause a video to complete your design.

Here's Laura's completed design.

Laura says, "My plan worked well.

I flipped a chipmunk image to make it face the right way.

Then I used lasso select to cut out the body parts of the animals.

I copied and pasted them onto the background.

I even had time to clone some more mushrooms." Well done, you've done so well creating digital images for a purpose.

Let's summarise.

Images can be combined using image editing software.

Image editing can be planned before working on a computer.

New images can be created by combining and using parts of other images.

Fantastic, you've done so well today.