Photo editing

In traditional method, teachers are always seen using picture flashcards as teaching aids. Young learners' aesthetical value can be easily stired with colourful images. However, the traditional way in preparing pictures for teaching aids which basically requires us to prepare manila cuttings, newspaper cuttings and do some colourings might take a lot of our time. Moreover, it is not easy to find pictures that we need for the lesson. However, with photo editing software, nothing is impossible. We can do miracles and magic with the pictures. I didn't know much about photo editing besides to brighten the colours, remove red-eye, resize and cropping.


Now, I'm so excited to learn more about editing pictures, which could be very handful for me as a teacher in preparing teaching aids. One of the softwares that we can use for photo editing is Photo Studio.

burning and dodging using Photo Studio

There are new terms and functions which i come across:


Layers:

Think of cutting out your subject and placing it against a completely different background, or stacking several images over one another. Layering allows for limitless creative possibilities.


Burning and dodging:

These are terms left over from the darkroom days. These tools allow you to brighten or darken specific areas of your photo to add drama.


Filters:

Filters are special effects you can apply to your photos, such as charcoal drawing, blur, embossing, and many more.

I can be more creative using by using this software. I do not have to waste a lot time looking for pictures and cutting them out or going to the photocopy shop to enlarge the pictures . Everything can be done using one particular software. It is very practical for teachers as we have loads of work to be done. So, it is best for me to learn more deeply on how to use more advanced software so that I can produce a better teaching aid for my pupils.