Help Forums

Michele's Paint Shop Newbie 101
http://www.michelespaintshop.com/
 

Photoshop Tutorials
http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/

http://www.associatedcontent.com/topic/25225/photoshop_tutorials.html?cat=15

Links

IrfanView
http://www.irfanview.com/

Digital Photography Help

http://www.digicamhelp.com/

Free Stuff Sites
http://www.thefreesite.com/

http://www.irfanview.com/  >  Nice WWW Links
 

Digital Scrapbookimg
http://www.scrappingguy.com/2009/11/you-can-make-an-image-like-this-in-seconds/

http://www.freedigitalscrapbooking.com/index.html

 Syllabus

2 day course

a.     Day 1 Classroom

b.     Day 2 practicum

Day 1

1.      Why are we here?

A.     Albums

B.     Christmas Cards

C.     Scrapbooking

D.    What are your expectations of this class?
 

2.      Definitions

A.     Pictures / Files / Images / Documents

B.     Folders / Directories
 

3.      Define image

A.     Photograph

                                                            a.      From Camera

                                                            b.      Scanned images

                                                             c.      Downloaded Images

1.      How to download & SAVE an image

2.      USB Flash Drives

3.      Proprietary

4.      Public Domain

5.      Caution

a.       Beware of viruses

                                                                                                                                      i.      Always use an anti-virus program

                                                                                                                                    ii.      Keep definitions current

b.      Be aware of copyrights

c.       Don’t edit original photos.  Edit only backed-up copies.
 

B.     Created/Drawn images
 

C.     Image Formats & Extensions

                                                            a.      .jpg,    Joint Photographic Experts Group

                                                            b.      .tif,    (sometimes .tiff) Tagged Image File

                                                             c.      .gif    Graphics Interchange Format

                                                            d.      .bmp  Windows Bit Map

                                                            e.      .raw    RAW image files

                                                              f.      Over 50 others

                                                            g.      .pdf    Adobe Acrobat document file      

File format sizes compared

4.      Software

A.     Freeware

                                                            a.      Top 11 Free Photo Editors for Windows - http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/pixelbasedwin/tp/freephotoedw.htm

 

                                                            b.      Microsoft Photo Editor

1.      Component of Microsoft Office

2.      Start > All Programs > Microsoft Office Tools > Microsoft Photo Editor

 

                                                             c.      Microsoft Paint – Provided with Windows

 

                                                            d.      Irfanview – Freeware editor - http://www.irfanview.com/

 

                                                            e.      Photoshop.com – Freeware site - http://www.photoshop.com

 

                                                              f.      Picnik -  Free Online editor - www.picnik.com

 

                                                            g.      Open Office – Free Office software (PPT) http://www.openoffice.org/index.html

B.     Must be purchased

 

                                                            a.      Paintshop Pro X2 - $30.00

1.      http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1184951547051#versionTabview=tab1&tabview=tab0

2.      PSP X2 Forum http://www.michelespaintshop.com/forum/

 

                                                            b.      Adobe Photoshop Elements - $60.00

1.      http://www.costcentral.com/searchresults.php?keywords=photoshop+elements&x=0&y=0

2.      Elements Forum  http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/

 

                                                             c.      Adobe Photoshop CSV - $350 - $700

1.      Gold Standard for graphic editors

2.      https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/00/00/03/45/41/58/345415870.pdf

 

5.       Using applications

 

A.     Enhancing/Altering

                                                            a.      Cropping

                                                            b.      Contrast

                                                             c.      Brightness

                                                            d.      Effects - www.theprof.net//NOLA/NOLA Pix.htm
 

1.      Pixelate

2.      Water color

3.      Mosaic

4.      Palette Knife

5.      Oil paint

6.      Water-droplets
 

                                                            e.      Repairing Red-eye

6.      Odds & Ends

A.     Jing - http://www.jingproject.com/

B.     Web Site Development