1. Image Processing © Copyright William Rowan 2007

2. Objectives By the end of this you will be able to: Manipulate images to achieve special effects

3. 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

4. Microsoft Paint

5. Image Processing Once you have opened Microsoft Picture It! You can then use the tools included in the programme to change the image

6. Image Processing Available tools to edit image: Add Something Edges Effects Touch up Crop or Rotate

7. Image Processing Each of these tools expand further into a wider range of tools that can be used when editing image

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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)

12. 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

13. Using the Crop Tool Before Crop was applied After Crop was applied

14. 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

15. Using the Rotate Tool Once you have completed the required rotation press the at the bottom of the screen

16. 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

17. 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

18. Using the Effects tool Image after using the “Negative” effect

19. Using the Edges tool This tool will allow you to apply an edge to your image Image source: http://windsurfing.ifrance.com/windsurfing/images/mars03b.jpg http://windsurfing.ifrance.com/windsurfing/images/mars03b.jpg

20. Using the Add tool With this function it will allow you to add the following to your image:

21. 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

22. Using the Add tool Image source: http://www.corvetteracing.com/pictures/2006/lagunaseca/pages/lagunaseca011_jpg.shtmlhttp://www.corvetteracing.com/pictures/2006/lagunaseca/pages/lagunaseca011_jpg.shtml

23. 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”)

24. Image manipulation When the image is inserted into Word, PowerPoint, etc… you can crop, rotate change colours, etc…

25. 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….