1. Using Paint.net Skills: change view, rotate, select a portion of, crop, resize, change contrast, filter an image, undo an operation IT concepts: pixel, image processing operation This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial- Share Alike 3.0 License.

2. Where does this topic fit? Internet concepts –Applications –Technology –Implications Internet skills –Application development –Content creation (images)

3. Using Paint.net http://www.getpaint.net/

4. Paint.net screen layout Open images Current image Tools Status line Command menus Tutorials: http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewforum.php?f=29http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewforum.php?f=29 Community: http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/

5. Purpose of three of the tools Select a rectangular area Add text to the image Draw a rectangle Experiment — what do each of the others do? (If you do not see the toolbox, give the Windows > Tools command).

6. Experiment Play around. You can undo any changes you make in the History window. (If you do not see the history window, give the Windows > History command). Ctrl-z undoes the last command. Ctrl-y redoes the last command. ————

7. The status line: describes the selected tool Tool description with a help hintImage size Cursor location (0, 0 is the upper left hand corner) For example: status line for the Rectangular Selection tool: Tip: watch the status line as you work

8. These change as you make the selection. You can adjust selections one pixel at a time using the arrow keys. The status line changes as you work Status line while making a selection:

9. Rotate an image Image > Rotate

10. View menu Changing the view does not alter the image, just what you see while working on it.

11. Adjusting contrast Adjustments > Brightness/contrast

12. Immediate feedback – high contrast

13. Immediate feedback – low contrast

14. Apply the ink sketch effect Effects > Artistic > Ink sketch

15. Resize an image Image > Resize If you check Maintain aspect ratio, changing either the width or height automatically adjusts the other.

16. Resizing without maintaining the aspect ratio will distort the image

17. A few questions

18. How did I do that?

20. How did I erase the oarlock?