So many of you have been asking and emailing about editing software, so I thought this short week was a good week to play with it a little. We will be using Photopea ( ww.photopea.com/) which is very similar to Photoshop but it is Chromebook accessible. Your goal this week is to explore and learn without pressure and to enjoy the messiness of exploring a new program.

Your objective will be to get to know the software and to decide what elements of the software you would like to play with in your own photos. There are small assignments each day to help you familiarize yourself with the software. By the end of the week, you will have a few tools in your toolbelt to play with.

Tuesday 1/18 (Full class Zoom)

Upload your favorite faceless portrait to the discussion board. Comment and celebrate each other. upload your favorite faceless photos
Introduction to filling the frame: Photo of the day
Introduction to Photopea: https://www.photopea.com/
- This is a program you can use to edit photos and to play will colors, saturation, cropping, and all sorts of other fun photo editing!
- Here is a tutorial on how to open, create, add shapes save as PSD, make shapes, export to j peg (when your work is done). https://www.photopea.com/
  - How to save: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afrtvItQ4Ys&list=PL5ZD4Fg6SNbF4EJHTQ4NYskKOgZlg0Y_c&index=1
- Today's assignment: Open one of your own photos you have taken for this class, add a shape, add text, save as a PSD file, export final product to a JPEG. Here is the link to turn it in: Introduction to Photopea

Wednesday 1/19 ( No Zoom but log in if you have questions)

Photo of the day:
Today's Assignment: 1/20/21Photopea Practice and tutorials
- Continue to play with Photopea https://www.photopea.com/
- Open one of your own photos and explore the program with one or two of the following tutorials. Practice playing with the program. See what you can create by just playing and exploring. There is nothing to upload today, just practice and play.
  - This one teaches you about the tools in Photopea and what they mean (about 5 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfjZzgD6A7c
  - Here is a more in depth tutorial (18 minutes). It takes you through the tools for saturation, color changes, blurring, etc. I really like it. I have an edited version in this google drive. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1afY3uCPqL6J2gtJnDt3ED7rDCupdZ5Hf/view?ts=600762fa
  - This short video shows you how to get rid of a background of an image (about 5 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tlDbo4XAE4
  - How to make your photos look amazing (about 5 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynOm-FmN-8Y

Thursday 1/20 ( No Zoom but log in if you have questions)- Friday 1/22 (No Zoom)

Photo of the day
Today's Assignment: Play with Editing Techniques
- Assignment due on Friday 1/22