A temporary notepad for Digital Photography etc. until can publish to Lycos 5 Feb 2008

last updated 8 August 2008
Published to geo/jhigson6/notepad.htm 8 August 2008

 

 


 

 

 

Image Editing

to print 19 March 2008

Adobe Premiere Express - free online video editing

Photo retouching for new course in September ***

Digital Scrapbooking for new course in September ***

Adobe Photoshop Express - free online photo editing

Learning Effects - print this pdf document AND TRY IT OUT AT BURY as the screen layout is changed somewhat!

Virtual Photographer plug-in

Photobucket - another free photo storage site


PS Elements 5 - The Missing Manual (excerpts) - sometimes take a while to download

HP free online classes in various (Elements, Scrapbooking, Office)

About.com PSE index

2 peas in a pod online 'taking a better photo' course - have got all 12 weeks, now to print, read and apply


Create a Desktop or printable calendar using PS Elements

Create a professional photo layout using PS Elements

Replacing a Background with Photoshop Elements

looks like a few ideas here worth a browse
especially this - learning Effects

series of articles & tutorials on Elements Selection Tools

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/elements/tutorials.html - videos, lessons, tips for taking photos - a lot of lessons directed at kids but still useful

Northlight Images tutorials - a lot of useful ideas here for exercises for Barry and John - now printed & images downloaded

Photon.me.uk - source for 'Painting in Changes' - simulating Masks - also has an involved layers tutorial (Barry/John)

yet another Layers intro + exercise

Picture Resolution

The Gimp 2.4 - free image editor (file size 14.48MB)

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Scrapbooking

Digital Scrapbook training videos - not yet tried
homepage (& intro) of above

this might even be better for week 10 of course

Scrapbooking tip - for printing

Scrapbooking tip - for printing

Free Digital Scrapbooking

how love grows - useful for last week of course ? - printed - now need to trial (using Kim1, 3 & 4 images) 27 Feb 2008

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Genealogy

post backup - Geni online family tree - me @ yahoo like BT

Genealogy Research Associates - organise your paper records (link at bottom of 'home page') in association with Legacy & PAF (and others)

Genealogists' Toolbar - try out at Bury May 2008

About.com - Genealogy Course

FHUG - Family Historian User Group - not just the program Family Historian though, try Toponymy 2.2 & GedcomCensus

Family Tree DNA - is this linked to from Moodle/Lycos etc?

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iLearn

i-Learn - Beyond Point and Shoot - Digital Photography Techniques

i-Learn - Digital Photography made simple

i-Learn - Telling a Story with Photos

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Desktop Publishing with MS-Word

Google Search - Desktop Publishing using MS-WORD

Desktop Publishing using Word 2000 - actual exercise

Text Boxes - tutorial

DTP with Word - Starter Steps (it says!)

DTP with Word 2000 - full handout - but very detailed and involved

DTP (59 pages) - full handout - but very detailed and involved

Tech Train - looks useful for a lot of basic things/ideas

looks promising but can't print at home OR at Bury Feb 2008

FREE Desktop, Web & Image Editing programs - also free graphics

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Computer Active - misc. tools

post backup - Driveimage XML - as mentioned in CA August 2008 letter - recomended

PDF Writer

Open Office 2.3

Portable Apps - NOT CA

Double Killer (removes duplicate files) - PC World NOT CA

Recaptcha - a program that can tell whether its user is a human or a computer

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Maps, aerial photos and routes

want to find somewhere in the UK quickly? - click here

or here for a map + aerial photos

or do a Google search using 'maps'

AA Route Planer

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Teaching Resources

Office 2003 & 2007 tutorials - (MS/Lynchburg College)

Nvu - free, opensourc WYSIWYG web page editor

Adult Basic Skills Resource Centre for studets and tutor

Scroll down page for MS-Office 2003 tutorials and a bit lower down for basic introduction to digital cameras and scanning

Teach ICT - video tutorials

TES - Teaching, Resources and Ideas from The Times Ed Sup - some good stuff including the above (me @ hagside)

free web site hosts and links to online PS Elements courses (Sara from Yahoo discus grp)

Eclectic Academy - Sara Froehlich

Save Adult Education

'Direct Gov' Find a course

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Expert Systems

Knowledge Based Expert System

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