Holiday Photo Phun - Jib Jab

Locate your picture in the folder:
Step 1: Click on "My computer"
Step 2: Click on "Dept on 'Nwlane1' (X:)"
Step 3: Click on media > 2011-2012 > picture day > by ID number


Step 1: In another tab (right click open in new tab) go to this link http://sendables.jibjab.com/holidays/category/christmas/pictures

Step 2: Choose a school appropriate holiday card that you can put your face, or you and some friends faces into.

How to download an image that you cannot right click and save as.


There are many ways to do this I will show you what I feel as the easiest method.


Step 1: Open the application "Picasa 3" (Start > Programs > Picasa 3)
Step 2: Go back to the website that has your image that you want and press the keyboard key "PrtScn"

Step 3: Go back to Picasa 3, on the left under "Projects" click on "Screen Captures" double click to open the captured screen shot.
Step 4: Top left "basic fixes" click "Crop" drag select the area of the picture you want to keep, then click apply.
Step 5: File > Save As -- Save to your Y drive, rename if you want


Upload it here:
password: lane


http://dropitto.me/lane



After Supper.


My gift to you, FREE TIME 
I know it's what you've been asking for... for several months now :)

Inspirational Quotes - Inkscape

↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓  AFTER SUPPER    ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓




Welcome back from supper, we are going to make shape collages using pictures from websites.
Make 3 different shape collages with different picture sources.


Step 1. Find holiday themed pictures to your liking.

flickr.com

Google Images

You do not have to download them, just copy the URL.

Step 2. Paste the URL into this website.

shapecollage.com

Next choose a shape or text consider copying and pasting these shapes / symbols into the text field.

http://facebook-symbols.com/all/

TO TURN IT IN
Copy and paste the URL into the comments section of this blog post. Use the "Name/URL" and put in your first name then the url of one of the finished shape collages, feel free to make a comment on this project as you wish.

You may or may not know, but some students do not have the postage card family life and holiday season and for certain students this time of year is especially stressful and unpleasant. Today we will find inspirational quotes that should give hope and lighten their spirits.


Step 1:
Find an inspirational quote that will lighten those that may not have a cheery winter break.
http://www.inspirationalquotes4u.com
http://www.inspirational-quotes.info
Google Inspirational Quotes

Step 2:
Illustrate it using Inkscape (Start >  Program Files > Inkscape)
Mr. Hurst will demonstrate how to use specific tools, the main thing is just TRY IT OUT.
It's an easy program to figure out and quite fun.

Step 3:
Save the Inkscape file as youname.svg (inthe Y drive) and upload it using DropitTOlane.


Password: lane


http://www.dropitto.me/lane

PASSWORD YOU CAN CHANGE IT

https://password.pps.k12.or.us/

Pun Phun

Using GIMP we will put together pictures to illustrate one of these compound word puns.

First choose one you want to do:

cross eyed
microphone
light headed
eggplant
doctor pepper
abominable (a bomb in a bull)

avoidable (trying to avoid a bull)
mugshot
fire drill
knucklehead
butterfingers

tailgate
watch dog
fruit flies
thumbnail
laptop

basketball

rattlesnake

keyboard

honeymoon

raincheck

bookworm

honeycomb

keynote

carpool

footnote

tapeworm

ponytail

paradox (two doctors)

Next go find on Google images or Bing images the pictures needed to make up your pun.


Put them together using GIMP (start > program files > GIMP)
use eraser and move / scale / rotate.


Save to Y drive as filename.jpg and also upload below.


See more examples here

GIMP a silly animated face

Step 1. open GIMP (Start > program files> GIMP 2...)

Step 1.1 Find and drag into GIMP your picture day photo. (My Computer, X drive...)
(X:\Media\2011-2012\picture day\by ID number)

Step 2. In GIMP: click Filters > Distorts > Iwarp
Step 3. On the Animate tab click "Animate"
Step 4. Drag the slider up to 10.
Step 5. Check Ping Pong,
Step 6. On the settings tab move parts of your face to make a silly or interesting animation, then click ok.
It has now created the frames inbetween the start position and the end position for you.



Step 7. Save the animation as filename.gif          IN your Y drive.
Step 8. after you click save the window "export file" choose to "Save as Animation"


Watch your animation by dragging the file.gif into a browser, (Internet Explorer, Chrome)

After Supper...

Same thing about a teacher, and this time we will share some of them on the website :)

Upload to:
Dropbox.com
login: ppslane@gmail.com
password: purple