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Images to Graphics Software
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Objective Task
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You want your students to learn about specific events that happened in America that led to the Revolutionary War and the Declaration of Independence. To do this, you want to give teams of students a map of Colonial America on disk, so that they can use a graphics program to annotate the map, describing the locations and circumstances of the events. You have found a map on the Web and want to down load it to a graphics program.
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Step 1
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Load the web page into your browser.
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Step 2
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Using your mouse, put the pointer on the image that you want to download. It can be anywhere on the image.
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Step 3
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If you are using a Windows computer, click the right or secondary mouse button. If you are using a Mac OS computer, hold down the mouse button. After a moment a menu will pop out from the image.
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Step 4
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From the pop-up menu, select Save Image As... A standard file dialog box will appear, with which you can select a target location for the file to be saved. The file will either be saved as a GIF or JPeg file. These are the two standard image file types for the World Wide Web.
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Step 5
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When the file is saved you can open it into your graphics program. If you graphics program will not read GIF or JPeg files, then the file will have to be converted. There are a number of programs available on the Internet that will handle this for you. They range from basic image converters, to full-featured image processing software. Here are some examples and their web locations.
Windows OS
Gimp
GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.
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http://www.gimp.org/windows/
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Paint.Net
Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins.
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http://www.getpaint.net/index.html
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Linux
Gimp
GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.
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http://www.gimp.org/unix/
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Mac OS
Compositor (free)
Compositor has a very full feature set. You can make images from scratch, or enhance your images in subtle ways, or remake them into wildly colored masterpieces with ease. Here's a partial list of what is in the application.
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http://www.artlythere.com/macsoft/compositor_free.hqx (free)
http://www.artlythere.com/Features.html
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I have been very happy with Photoshop Elements, which is moderately priced for Educators.
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