PhotoShop 101

Today was great, but I especially enjoyed the PhotoShop session.  I have only worked with this program once or twice, and that was only when I was fiddling with it and trying to figure things out.  Most of the year, I let the kids that knew what they were doing edit the photos.  I couldn't teach what I didn't know!  

Learning how to adjust the levels for the color and contrast of the photo will be such a huge help next year.  So many times we had some dark photos that needed some help.  It is easy to use, and I love toggling between the Preview and the original. 

I want to send kudos to Mike for teaming up with Steve to help teach us some of the basics.  He explained things clearly and gave excellent analogies to help us understand some of the fundamentals (especially comparing raw images to pizza!).  I really took a lot away from these two leaders.

PhotoShop is a powerful tool that can really improve the quality of photos.  I have to be sure to teach my students to be fair and responsible when using PhotoShop.  This is something I have overlooked, but now I will definitely create a policy for photo manipulation.

Mike Simons (Corning, NY) demonstrates how to use
the eraser tool on PhotoShop.

Lauren Gutierrez

Corbett Jr. High

San Antonio, Texas