Cropping


 * Objectives: Students will**
 * 1) define "cropping an image".
 * 2) define the "rule of thirds".
 * 3) identify the "rule of thirds" as a tool for identifying the most visual impact of a picture.
 * 4) examine how cropping changes the impact of a picture.
 * 5) use an online photo editing website (Pixlr.com) to crop an image.
 * 6) analyze the results of their cropped image and will explain how its connotation has changed.
 * Guiding Questions:**
 * 1) How does cropping change the connotation of an image?
 * 2) How does the "rule of thirds" help to guide the process of cropping?


 * Example: @Cropping RGC**

Photos below. In the 1st photo, the cruise ship is in the center of the image but is not the focus. The focus is on the sail boats and the man on the beach since they are all on the bottom "rule of thirds". Cropping the 1st photo removed the man on the beach and shifted the focus to the sail boats and the cruise ship in the distance providing an interesting contrast between the small, wind-driven sailboats and the massive cruise ship.
 * Example - Cropping to change the connotation and message of an image:**






 * Assignment**
 * 1) Create a wiki page named CroppedCodename.
 * 2) To find a photo on CC.Search. Make sure you check "modify, adapt. or build upon", so you can find an image with permission to crop or modify it in some way. Then select either Google images, Flickr or one of the other image websites.
 * 3) Once you have found an image, right-click on it to **Save image as** to download it to My Documents. (Note: not all images can be saved. It depends on how the images were uploaded and the rights that have been given to each photo image.)
 * 4) Upload this image (the full picture) to your CroppedCodename page. Below the image, paste the URL of the source of the original photo.
 * 5) **Creative Commons** means you may use the image, but you must give credit to the original source. Once an image has been saved to My Documents, copy the URL of the original source of the image. Note: this means visit the original page to get the URL. Do Not copy the Google Search URL. Create a link on your Cropped Codename wiki page to the original source of the image.
 * 6) Go Pixlr.com Editor Find the image in My Documents and upload.
 * 7) Crop the image. Use the grid to ensure the most important part of the image is on one of the "thirds" lines on the grid. (So not use any other effect. Just crop the picture.) Save it to My Documents on your computer. Go to your CroppedCodename wiki page. Upload the file to your wiki page.
 * 8) Explain why you cropped the image as you did. Explain how the connotation (the meaning) of the image is changed due to the cropping. Note: Use the terms top third, bottom third, left third, right third to explain how the image was cropped to change the connotation (meaning) of the image.