Layers+and+Manipulation


 * Students will be able to:**
 * 1) Define creative commons as images that are licensed for use as long as there is recognition for the originator of the image. Define commons as images that are beyond copyright or that are beyond creative commons licensing. Copyright images are fully owned by individuals or companies and may not be used without permission.
 * 2) Locate and download a commons image. Upload the same image to an online photo editor.
 * 3) Crop a portion of the image, then save it.
 * 4) Upload the original photo or another photo to use as a background layer.
 * 5) Open the cropped image as a layer. Place the cropped image on the desired location of the background. Repeat as necessary.
 * 6) Use tools within the photo editor to modify the background and cropped images as needed.
 * 7) Save the completed image as a jpg.
 * 8) Upload the final images to a wiki page.


 * Impact of Cropping and Layer Manipulations**
 * Economist Cover - Obama and the Oil Spill
 * More politics - Governor's campaign website


 * Guiding Questions:**
 * 1) What is the purpose of layers in an image?
 * 2) What tools can be used to modify and arrange the various layers?
 * 3) What is image "flattening"? Why is it an important final step?
 * 4) How is the Creative Commons License the same and different from Commons images?

Assignment
Follow the directions below to create you own image. Also view the examples below. > . Open the original image. Next upload the cropped image as a layer.
 * 1) Create a wiki page called **ManipulationsCodename.**
 * 2) Find an image on Flickr Commons images Library of Congress Collections to use to create layers to manipulate the photo. Save As to My Documents.
 * 3) Upload an original photo from Flickr Commons to your ManipulationsCodename wiki page. Then open it to pixlr.com editor
 * 4) In pixlr.com, crop a portion of it to isolate an interesting piece of the image. Save the cropped image to My document. Be sure to use a different name when this image is saved.
 * 5) Upload the cropped portion of the image to your ManipulationsCodename wiki page.
 * 6) Go back into pixlr.com editor
 * 1) Position the cropped image where you want it.
 * 2) **Learn to use at least 2 of the tools in the toolbar** of pixlr.com.
 * 3) When you are done, Save As using another file name.
 * 4) Upload the final manipulated image to your ManipulationsCodename wiki page.
 * 5) **When you are done, your wiki page will include the original image, the cropped image and the final layered image.**
 * 6) **Below the images on your ManipulationsCodename wiki page, write a summary using a numbered list to detail the steps taken to create the final image. Describe the process and the tools you used to create the final image.**
 * 7) **Explain the difference between copyright license, creative commons license, and commons license. What is your responsibility as a student in using information with these licenses.**

1. Download to **My Documents** from Flickr Commons 2. Upload the image from the computer into pixlr.com/ 3. Crop a portion of the images, such as one flower, using the crop tool. Erase the background using the erase tool. Save to **My Documents** on the computer using a different file name. 4. Upload the original full image with to pixlr.com again. 5. In the Layer toolbar, select **open image as layer**. Select the cropped image from My Documents. 6. Use the wand tool to clear the white background around the image. 7. Use the move pointer tool to reposition the cropped image. 8. In the Layer toolbar, select duplicate the layer. This will create a duplicate of the image. use the move tool to reposition it. 9. Repeat several times to add additional copies of the image. 10. Save the image. When you do, this will flatten the image to a single layer.




 * Another Example**



Cropping and layering the images above results in the image below.