Adobe Photoshop Elements
The Adobe Digital Kids Club makes it easy for educators to introduce digital photography and video into the classroom. Students take photos with their digital cameras and then use Adobe Photoshop Elements software for Windows and Mac to edit, enhance, organize, and share their images.
Adobe Digital Kids Club - Lessons and Activities
As Catholic educators and responsible citizens, it is appropriate to discuss the ethical use of photos and technology, before any work with digital photo enhancement. Permission is needed to alter or enhance any photos. This is also a great lead in to discussion how the "industry" (TV, movies, magazines, etc.) use technology to enhance what the consumer sees. Evolution, is an excellent video clip, by Dove - Campaign for Real Beauty (Self-Esteem Campaign) to demonstrate this topic.
LESSONS
Removing All Colour But One...A lesson plan to show how to enhance a photo by removing colour to draw the eye to one specific item or focus in the picture. In the picture below, the pink door is the focus. Use the photo in most other applications, like PhotoStory 3, Moviemaker, iMovie, Powerpoint, etc.) if colour printing is an issue.
(extensions - media literacy strand, special occasions - Christmas hats, etc.)
Clone Stamping - A lesson plan to show how to enhance a photo by cloning part of the image (faces, removing items in the background). What if you could be the principal for the day? Prime minister for the day? A member of your favourite band? This lesson will engage students to write about the theme or topic, as they become part of it. What if I were Queen for the day?
Instructions for PC, Instructions for Mac
Combining Photos - In this lesson, use the magnetic lasso tool combine elements from one photo into another (for example, put a person or object into another background or landscape).
