Picture Editing Level One introduces you to the basic skills of editing pictures.
Picture Editing Level Two follows on, making use of multi-layer image editing that allows you to build up a picture with several component images, text and drawn shapes.
These courses are for users of laptop and desktop computers that have a modern version of Microsoft Windows.

Picture Editing Level One

Duration and cost of the course

There are 4 x two-hour lessons.
Cost: $60 which includes the manual.

You will receive …

the manual Picture Editing Level One – with Faststone

You will learn how to…

Adjust the brightness, colour and contrast of an image
Rotate and flip images
Straighten the horizon
Crop and resize images
Add text to an image
Create a montage
Make a self-running slideshow

For this course we use the free program FastStone Image Viewer which will be provided for you.

Picture Editing Level Two

Duration and cost of the course

There are 5 x two-hour lessons.
Cost: $75 which includes the manual.

You will receive …

the manual Picture Editing Level Two – with Paint.NET

You will learn how to …

Link Paint.NET to FastStone Image Viewer
Create, select, rename, hide, reveal and merge several layers in a picture
Select part of a picture for editing
Use “modes” to blend layers artistically
Change the background of a picture
Adjust the hue and saturation
Save pictures as multi-layer and single layer files
Create montages
Use the rotate, zoom and pan tool to alter proportions
Add text, using shadow effects
Sharpen and blur edges within pictures
Combine features of one photo in another
Create an “out of bounds” picture
Change the colour of just one part of a photo
Add a new sky to a photo