GCSE 2010 Skills Builder: Using Graphics Software

Your aim is to up-skill and learn how to:

Crop images

Combine images

Adjust transparency of images

Use layers

You will have access to the original images from the folder named Image Bank.

Skill: Crop
You are to:
Use graphic software to add a colour filter that will change the colour of the main object in the image.

Original
File name: Building

After

Now try cropping the Moon. File name: Moon Save as: Moon no background (you will use this file in another exercise)

Skill: Grouping & Layering

You are to:
Combine these two images.

Originals
Folder Name : Clothes

File name: t-shirt

File name: jumper

File name: jeans

After
Tools & Properties to use: Cropping Group the image

Skill: Transparency & Layers

You are to:
To alter the transparency of the picture of the moon so that you can see the background. Originals
Folder Name: Moon and Star

File name: Purple Star

File name: Moon no background

After
Tools & Properties to use: Layers Hue, Saturation, Brightness/ Contrast Layer Property: Opacity

Additional exercises
You are to:
To alter the transparency of the picture of the moon so that you can see the background image and text Originals
Folder Name: Moon and Star

File name: Purple Star

File name: Moon no background

File name: Starlight Text

After
Tools & Properties to use: Layers Hue, Saturation, Brightness/ Contrast Layer Property: Opacity

Additional Exercises
You are to:
Combine these two images.

Originals
Folder Name : >Clothes >Womens Clothes

File name: t-shirt

File name: jeans

Tools & Properties to use: Cropping Group the image