Educational Video

This video is about permutation. We had used a movie maker software to create it. This software is a user friendly program as it is easy to learn. To create this video, we faced some difficulties such as inserting and arranging narration. Though, it was really valuable experience doing this educational video.

Educational Poster Using Adobe Photoshop

Creating a poster using Adobe Photoshop is really an interesting task. We can produce a good quality and attractive poster if we have a skill in using it. My friend and I do really enjoy creating this educational poster. Even it is a simple poster, I satisfy as I had applied what I learned in class. This poster look quite messy as it contains many pictures. However, those pictures can attract people to come and look at the poster. Besides, we faced some difficulties in producing this poster. First of all, we had lack of skills in creating a poster. We needed to explore the tools in Adobe Photoshop. Other than that, Adobe Photoshop does not have dictionary. So, it is hard for us to check our spelling error.

Editing Old Damaged Picture Using Adobe Photoshop

Before After

Old damaged picture can be edited using a Stamp Tool in Adobe Photoshop. However, it is not an easy task to edit the picture as it needs a high level of skill and consume a lot of time. I faced many difficulties during the editing process especially in cloning the color. Other than that, the picture still not becomes a real picture even I take a long time to edit it. Therefore, I should improve my skills in editing picture using Adobe Photoshop.

Windows Movie Maker for Education

WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER

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INTRODUCTION

                Windows Movie Maker is a basic video creating and editing software included in Microsoft Windows. It contains features such as effects, transitions, titles/credits, audio track, timeline narration, and Auto Movie. Windows Movie Maker is also a basic audio track editing program. It can apply basic effects to audio tracks such as fade in or fade out. The audio tracks can then be exported in the form of a sound file instead of a video file.

BENEFIT OF USING WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER

First of all, Windows Movie Maker is an easy-to-learn video editing application included in all versions of Windows XP and Vista. This program is free on any windows operating system. It can bring together video, audio, and other multimedia content, then arrange and edit the content to create a finished movie. There are over 130 effects, transitions, titles, and credits available in the program.

Besides, Windows Movie Maker gives an opportunity to develop our own creativity. We can mix pictures, video clips, music, audio and topping them off with titles, credits and so on. After creating the movie, we can save it on a hard disk, CD, or DVD, send it in an e-mail, or send it to a video hosting provider on the Web. These tasks are kept simple with an interface based mostly on drag-and-drop and on short lists of tasks from which to choose. Moreover, it is easier to send out a video file using Windows Movie Maker compared to a Power Point Presentation.  The Video can reach more people and therefore be more effective. Almost everyone can use a DVD player, but there are a lot of people who do not know how to run a Power Point Presentation.

Other than that, we can include the narration using Windows Movie Maker. It wills a give a great experience as we can put our own narration. This tool can give benefit especially in the area of education. The effective classroom environment can be created when teachers or educators use the technology as their teaching and learning aid. Last but not least, Windows Movie Maker is pretty straightforward. Thus, we do not really need film editing experience in order to use windows media player.

DISADVANTAGES OF USING WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER

Windows Movie Maker also has its disadvantages. This program is known for suffering from frequent crashes and freezes. It usually froze while importing MPG video files and has many problems to create even a short video. So, we cannot do complex editing using this program and have to to be patient as sometimes we need to restart this application every few minutes.

Adobe Photoshop for Education

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

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INTRODUCTION

Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems. It is the current market leader for commercial bitmap and image manipulation software, and is the flagship product of Adobe Systems. It has been described as an industry standard for graphics professionals. Adobe Photoshop is included in most of Adobe's Creative Suite offerings. Photoshop has strong ties with other Adobe software for media editing, animation, and authoring.

The .PSD (Photoshop Document), Photoshop's native format, stores an image with support for most imaging options available in Photoshop. These include layers with masks, color spaces, transparency, text, and so on. Adobe Photoshop is widely used supported to some extent by most competing software. The .PSD file format can be exported to and from Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere Pro, and After Effects, to make professional standard DVDs and provide non-linear editing and special effects services, such as backgrounds, textures, and so on, for television, film, and the Web. Photoshop has the ability to read and write raster and vector image formats such as.EPS, .PNG, .GIF, .JPEG, and Adobe Fireworks.

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP FOR EDUCATION

Nowadays, educators face the challenge of finding creative ways to keep students engaged through inventive uses of technology that make learning more interesting. It is not enough to use ‘pencils and books’ in the classroom as students will not be exposed to the application of science and technology.

Adobe Photoshop offers education solutions that combine industry-standard technology with standards-aligned curriculums, certification programs to validate skills, and professional-level training. In addition, flexible purchasing options make Adobe products affordable for students, teachers, and schools alike. An active online community provides additional support through forums, blogs, and more.

Moreover, Adobe Photoshop help educators and their students with real-world skills in critical thinking, creative expression, technical savvy, and collaboration as well as help them meet institutional challenges around productivity, professional development, and administration.

BENEFIT OF USING ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

There are a lot of advantages that we can get when using Adobe Photoshop. First of all, Adobe Photoshop is one of the best image editors on today’s market. It can do the graphics and the text all in one program. As an example, if we want to write something on our picture, we can just write it using Adobe Photoshop before printing it out. Besides, we can make our photo better by applying some tools in Adobe Photoshop for example lighting, red eyes, background and so forth.

In addition, Adobe Photoshop gives benefit in creating a poster. Each school or educational institute will need a lot of poster for program or campaign. By using Adobe Photoshop, the organizer of the program can save time and energy as after master it, almost anything is possible. Some of the tools that can be used in producing a poster are shape tools, pen tools, eraser tools, and other interesting tools.

Other than that, it is advantage for us if we learn Adobe Photoshop as we can create an attractive banner for web page. To design a banner using Adobe Photoshop, we need to change the size of layout and we can easily change it using this software. We can apply several tools in drawing a banner such as gradient tools, and painting tools. In conclusion, Adobe Photoshop gives many advantages for its users. It can create professional and beautiful graphic works. It can also enhance our ability to be more creative and skilful.

DISADVANTAGES OF USING ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

                Adobe Photoshop can help us in many ways after mastering it. However, it is quite difficult to learn it especially if we try to learn it all by ourselves without any guidance or even if we choose the wrong method of learning. Besides, Adobe has a lot of tools and functions that need to be understood and remember. Lastly, it is true that picture can be easily be edited using Adobe Photoshop, but some people take it out of proportion and  edited too much of their picture and it’s not the real thing anymore.

PROBLEM FACE WHEN USING ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

                First and foremost, Adobe Photoshop does not have dictionary. So, it is difficult for us to check the spelling error or even the correct sentence. Furthermore, we need to be really precise and patient especially when using the eraser tools. Otherwise, our picture will not be edited neatly and beautifully. In a nutshell, always practicing and remembering what had been taught are the keys to be success in working with Adobe Photoshop.