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IMAGE MANIPULATION AND ORGANISATION

JOHN MAUREMOOTOO, PH.D. (PAN PROJECT CHIEF TECHNICAL ADVISOR)

www.InspiralPathways.com

A Picture is worth a thousand words

PowerPoint Slides used for a training workshop for Forestry and National Parks and Conservation Service Staff

(Curepipe, Mauritius | 11 September 2015)

Under the UNDP/GEF Protected Area Network (PAN) Project:Expanding coverage and strengthening management effectiveness of the protected area network on the island of Mauritius

Images for reports, presentations, infographics, posters, etc.

Text and images to maximise impact

Workshop Objectives

To introduce participants from Forestry and NPCS to:• Some do’s and don’ts of using third party images• Simple image organisation principles to ease retrieval of photos • The use of photo manipulation and organisation software

(Photoshop Elements 13)

The use of third party images

Just because something can be downloaded it does not mean that we are free to use it!

Dear Sir,

I warn you that you have NOT my agreement to use my photographs for your website or for any other work, including nonprofit works. And if, despite of my refusal, you decide to use my photos, then I'll be forced to take legal actions to prevent you keep using those images, on which I have intellectual property.

Copy Right and Copy Wrong

 

Creative Commons

Whenever you snap a photograph, record a song, publish an article, or put your original writing online, that work is automatically considered “all rights reserved” in the eyes of copyright law. In many cases, that means that other people can’t reuse or remix your work without asking for your permission first.

John Mauremootoo

Creative Commons

If you want to give people the right to share, use, and even build upon a work you’ve created, consider publishing under a Creative Commons license.

A CC license lets you decide which rights you’d like to keep, and it clearly conveys to those using your work how they’re permitted to use it without asking you in advance.

 Sander van der Wel

Creative CommonsThe six Creative Commons licences

 

Plus public domain

 

Creative CommonsThe pitfalls of a CC licence

http://www.peta2.com/blog/protect-dogs-cats-cold-weather/

How to licence your photos under a CC licence

Sources of third party images

Sources of third party imagesUsing the following search tools will ensure that you will find nearly all images available for download (with various degrees of restriction on their usage).Google images – Search for images > search tools > Usage rights. Labelled for reuse with modification is the most inclusive form of licence.Pixabay – Free Images (https://pixabay.com/): Over 450,000 high quality photos, illustrations, and vector graphics. Free for commercial use. No attribution required.Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/). Everyone has heard of Flickr and with over 5 billion images online, they certainly have a good collection of free images available. Search for the Creative Commons Attribution.Everystockphoto (http://www.everystockphoto.com/) - This search engine indexes images from all the major free sites. These come from many sources and are license-specific. You can view a photo's license by clicking on the license icon, below and left of photos. Membership is free and allows you to rate, tag, collect and comment on photos.Freeimages (http://www.freeimages.com/) - Freeimages have one of the most sophisticated websites of the stock agencies offering free images. They also have a substantial collection of stock photos that must be purchased.MorgueFile (http://www.morguefile.com/) - A sizeable collection of images which are all very straightforward to search and download.RGB Stock (http://www.rgbstock.com/) - A pretty decent collection of free stock images which are all available to use free of charge provided they are being used...Stock Vault (http://www.stockvault.net/) - A fairly small collection of free imagery, clip art, logo templates & textures which isn't available in lots of different sizes.ArKive (http://www.arkive.org/) - The ultimate multimedia guide to the world's endangered species. Includes endangered species videos, photos, facts & education resources. Most of the photos are copyrighted. You can contact the copyright holder to ask them if you can use the photos.

Organising Images

Enhancing images

To organise and enhance your photos• Removing blemishes• Straightening sloping horizons• Removing red eye• Cropping• Getting rid of distractions• Removing a background• Sharpening photos• Blurring a background• Creative cutting• Some simple effects• Creative cutting

Removing blemishesStraightening sloping horizons

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Removing red eye

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Cropping

Getting rid of distractions

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Getting rid of distractions

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Removing a background

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Sharpening photos

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Blurring a background

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Some simple effects

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Creative cutting

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Now What?

Practice, Practice, Practice& if you have problems

There will be a YouTube Tutorial to solve them