Image Processing Copyright William Rowan 2007 Objectives By
Image Processing © Copyright William Rowan 2007
Objectives By the end of this you will be able to: • Manipulate images to achieve special effects
Image Processing • A programme such as Microsoft Picture It! will allow you to manipulate an image to achieve any special effects that you want • Microsoft Paint also has the ability to manipulate images and some of the options discussed are common to both packages
Microsoft Paint
Image Processing • Once you have opened Microsoft Picture It! You can then use the tools included in the programme to change the image
Image Processing Available tools to edit image: • Crop or Rotate • Touch up • Effects • Edges • Add Something
Image Processing • Each of these tools expand further into a wider range of tools that can be used when editing image
Using the Crop Tool • When you select the “Crop” tool in the image processing package it will allow you to trim the outer area of the image • To do this you will need to open an image that you want to crop
Using the Crop Tool • Select the “Crop or rotate” button and select “Crop canvas” • This will open a new menu • On this menu you can select the size you want your image to be and select the shape for the crop
Using the Crop Tool • If you are not sure what size you want the image to be, simply use the mouse and keeping the left button pressed drag a box around the area of the image you want to crop (see next slide)
Using the Crop Tool • You can alter the cropped size of the image by clicking on the yellow tabs around the image and dragging them to a desired size • You can also rotate the position of the crop area by clicking on and drag it around to the required position • Once you are happy with the size and position press the button
Using the Crop Tool Before Crop was applied After Crop was applied
Using the Rotate Tool • By selecting the rotate tool in the editing programme you can rotate the picture to a desired position • Again a new menu will appear showing the possible options for rotation
Using the Rotate Tool • Once you have completed the required rotation press the at the bottom of the screen
Using the Touch-up tool • When you select the Touch-up tool a larger menu expands • Depending on the effect you that you want to achieve will depend on what function you chose
Using the Effects tool • Using this tool allows you to achieve the special effects shown below • To select any of the effects simply click on it to use it
Using the Effects tool Image after using the “Negative” effect
Using the Edges tool • This tool will allow you to apply an edge to your image Image source: http: //windsurfing. ifrance. com/windsurfing/images/mars 03 b. jpg
Using the Add tool • With this function it will allow you to add the following to your image:
Using the Add tool • By clicking on any of the additional menu buttons, a new menu will be shown so that you can pick the feature you require to edit your image
Using the Add tool Image source: http: //www. corvetteracing. com/pictures/2006/lagunaseca/pages/lagunaseca 011_jpg. shtml
Image manipulation • You can also manipulate an image in any Microsoft Office programme • To do this you must turn on the “Picture” toolbar (this is done by right clicking on any toolbar and selecting “Picture”)
Image manipulation • When the image is inserted into Word, Power. Point, etc… you can crop, rotate change colours, etc…
Now You Try! • On the internet search for an image of any model of a car you like • Save the image to your computer • Using an image processing software package, manipulate the image to give special effects such as “black and white”, etc….
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