Task: Follow carefully the instructions below. At the end of this, you must have 2 different JPEG files and answers to the questions below.

Now pick a picture inside the ‘D:\Student G5′ folder in your computer OR take a picture from your camera. Make it as your ‘original picture’.

To do:

1. Open your original picture (File > Open)
2. Write down the file name of that picture
3. Try to see the ‘real size’ of that picture by viewing it 100%.  (Show your Navigator palette and change its value to 100%).
4. Click Image > Image Size
5. Write down the exact file size as what you can see beside the Pixel Dimension
6. Write down the Width and Height values under Pixel Dimension. Make it sure you’re using ‘pixel’ as the unit.
7. Write down the Width, Height, and Resolution values under the Dimension Size section. Be sure you’re using ‘inches’ and ‘pixels/inch’ as the units.

What you just did is you wrote down some of the file properties of the original file. Now, let’s modify the picture and write again its new properties.

8. With the Image Size dialog box still open, change the Width value (in the Pixel Dimension) to 400 pixels.

9. Write down the new values for the following:

• Picture file size (beside Pixel Dimension)
• Width and Height (use pixels as the unit) under Pixel Dimension
• Width, Height, and Resolution under Dimension Size (using inches as the unit)

10. Click OK
11. Save As the new file with this filename

G5 <your name> modified dimension

Example: “G5 Jess modified dimension”

Questions:

Use the Comments Box below to write your answers for the following questions:

1. What are the shortcut keys for the ff:
   • Open a new file
   • Changing the Image Size
   • Save As

   2. What do you think is the difference between Pixel Dimensions and Dimension Size?

Task: You will produce 4 JPEG files (excluding the original file). From your chosen picture (the original file), select portions of it that you want to be isolated and saved with a different filename.  How to do that? Refer to the Help below.

Now pick a picture inside the ‘D:\Student G5′ folder in your computer OR take a picture from your camera. Make it as your ‘original picture’.

Help: Steps to crop part of the picture:

1. Open the file (File > Open)
2. Save it with a different filename. (File > Save As)

Save it to your folder (D:\Student\<your folder>). Save it with this file name:

G5  <your name> Cropping <#>

Example: G5 Jess Cropping 1

Before you click the Save button, make sure to change the Format to JPEG first.

3. Select the Crop tool from the Toolbar.

Hint: Leave the mouse on the Toolbar icon for about 2 seconds to display its name.

4. Make a selection on the picture. Press Enter if the selection is final
5. Save your work again (File > Save)

Questions:

Use the Leave Reply boxes below to write your answers:

1. Define ‘cropping’ in your own words

2. What are the shortcut keys for the following command?

• Open a new file
• Save As
• Save a file

3. How does History panel help you?

Task: You will produce 4 JPEG files from an original picture file. Each of these files displays a change or changes of color for some part of your original picture. How to do that? Refer to the Help below.

Now pick a picture inside the ‘D:\Student G5′ folder in your computer OR take a picture from your camera. Make it as your ‘original picture’.

Help: To select a color from the original picture and change it to a different color:

1. Open the original picture (File > Open)
2. Save it with a different filename. (File > Save As)

Save it to your folder (D:\Student\<your folder>). Save it with this file name:

G5  <your name> <original color> to <desired color>

Example: G5 Jess Blue to Orange

Before you click the Save button, make sure to change the Format to JPEG first.

3. Click Image > Adjustments > Replace Color
4. Select a color from the picture by clicking the color.
5. Adjust the Fuzziness to your desired level. It will select colors closer to what you have selected.
6. Adjust the Hue, Saturation, and Lightness until you have your desired color.
7. Click OK once you’re done
8. Save your work again (File > Save)

Note: Use your History palette to undo from your picture’s original color settings, just click any of the previous steps.

Questions:

Use the Leave A Reply boxes below to write your answers.

1. What are the shortcut keys for the ff:

• Open a file
• Save As
• Close a file

2. Write the steps on how to show/hide the History palette.
3. How does Navigator palette help you?

You need to finish this TODAY. Checking will be today (Jan 20 2010).

Task: You will produce 4 JPEG files from an original picture file. Each of these files isolates one channel of color. The rest of the colors will be grayed (or black-and-white). Let’s take letter ‘b’ below as an example. Letter b says ‘Blue’, meaning you need to retain all shades of blue in the picture, the rest will be grayed. How to do that? Refer to the Help below.
1. Black & White
2. Blue
3. Yellow
4. Red

Now pick a picture inside the ‘D:\Student G5′ folder in your computer OR take a picture from your camera. Make it as your ‘original picture’.

Help: To make a particular color turned to gray or black and white:
1. Open the original picture (File > Open)
2. Save it with a different filename. (File > Save As)

Save it to your folder (D:\Student\your folder). Save it with this file name:

G5 [your name] [retained color]
Example: G5 Jess Blue

Before you click the Save button, make sure to change the Format to JPEG first.

3. Click Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation
4. Select the color you want to be grayed (or black and white) from the Edit dropdown list
5. Change its Saturation level to -100
6. Click OK.
7. Save your work again (File > Save)

Note: Use your History palette to undo from your picture’s original color settings, just click any of the previous steps.

Questions:
Use the Leave A Reply boxes below to write your answers.
1. What are the shortcut keys for the ff:

• Open a file
• Hue and Saturation
• Save As

2. How does History panel help you?
3. Write the steps to show/hide the Navigator palette.

As what the title says, Dec 03 Thursday is the FINAL CHECKING OF BLOGS.

If you have’nt received your pre-Final Grade yet then see me anytime any school days. Also in that paper is a checklist of the things that you need to do before the deadline.

Again, the pre-Final grade can move up or down depending on how you do your work from now on up to the deadline.

So if you want a higher grade than your pre-Final grade, then do your part..finish ALL the requirements before Dec 03 Thursday. Get the list from me of what you need to do in your blog. Or check for yourself if you have all the requirements below:

1. Aleks article
2. Science article
3. Halloween article
4. Walkathon article
5. 5 videos from YouTube
6. Change your Tagline
7. Remove the “Hello World” article
8. There should be no content in the UnCategorized category
9. Every article should be in its respective category

You have ONE MORE WEEK to finish all of these. That’s all!

I just want to remind you that November 23 Monday is the next schedule of my checking of your blogs. You must have the following articles properly posted in your blogs before that date:

1. What can I say about Aleks?
2. Interesting event happened in my Science (laboratory) class
3. Halloween: should i celebrate it or not?
4. My 5 interesting and educational videos from YouTube (30 pts)
5. Our school walkathon! (30 pts)

Did you enjoy our walkathon last friday? Should we do that again next week?      next month?     or next year?    Are there any points to improve? Tell us your opinion. Most importantly, tell us your story!

You can embed videos made by Ms Shimona from the W51TV blog. You can even put your pictures from that walkathon if you have it. Just don’t forget to tell us why you like that event.

Don’t forget that ALL your articles..

• should be residing within its respective categories. For now, no article must be inside Uncategorized.
• should be at least 5 paragraphs long.
• change the Tagline of your blog. From “Just another Student and Teacher Blogs weblog” to some phrase that best describe your site.

Remember we have only 2-3 meetings to go in our Computer Class. Your grades will depend on your blogs. Goodluck!

-Mr. Jess

A plugin in WordPress is a script or mini-program that can be plugged (or added) as one of your WordPress functionalities.

To add Youtube videos in your blog you will use the Smart Youtube plugin by Vladimir Prelovac. This plugin is already installed in your WordPress. All you need to do is to activate it in your WordPress Admin Panel.

Here’s how:

1. Make it sure you are in your WordPress Admin Panel. Log-in to your WordPress account if you haven’t done so.
2. Click the Plugins button (left side below)
3. Scroll down a bit and find Smart Youtube
4. Click Activate.
5. (Optional) Scroll down and click the Settings tab. Click Smart Youtube. You’ll be given means to modify your Youtube posts. Make it sure that you understand the settings before changing it.

HOW TO EMBED YOUTUBE VIDEOS:

1. Post > Add New
2. Then do normal blog posting: Write the title, write meaningful tag, and put it in its proper category.
3. Write one paragraph why you like the video.
4. Open the video from Youtube and copy the URL of the video that you want. Video’s URL is on the right side.
5. Go back to your WordPress and paste the URL in the writing area.
6. Add “v” (without the double quotes) after the “http..” of the URL.

Example:

From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Nz01wU4Tob

To: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Nz01wU4To

7. Publish

WHAT TO DO NEXT?

Now, add 5 educational and interesting videos from Youtube. Don’t forget to say something about that video. Explain to us why you like it most. One paragraph will do.

Remember to assign a category (or categories) for your posts. Do not put everything in the Uncategory.

I’ll check your blogs again on Monday Nov 23, ’09. This is worth 30 points in your Computer Lab Activities. Goodluck!

-Mr. Jess

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdmnDPX5o0A