Ryan VanDalinda
The following resources are focused on the creation of digital images suitable for posting to websites, blogs, forums, and social media pages. The majority of the links are tutorials that teach image editing and creation techniques that would be useful in high school graphic, digital, and web design courses. Students ages 14-18 who are enrolled in these types of courses would benefit from this information.
This site provides a user friendly tutorial that teaches how to add a motion blur effect to any image by using Adobe Photoshop. This tutorial is geared towards high school students ages 14-18 who are interested in learning about graphic or digital design. Younger students that have access to image editing software may also find this tutorial useful.
This Photoshop tutorial details how to create a weathered image border that can be applied to digital images to create a more customized appearance. The tutorial information is useful to high school student in graphic design students or photography who need to develop a subset of skills related to image enhancement.
The Fotor site allows users to edit their images free of charge. Users can edit images, create collages, and design digital content which can be posted online or printed as a hard copy. This site is useful for students who do not have access to premium image editing software such as Adobe Photoshop. Fotor can be used by high school students at home or in school if their school site does not have image editing programs installed on computers.
Many high school students enjoy playing video games but lack the skills necessary to begin a career in game design. This Photoshop tutorial explains in detail how to create video game style text. This resource is aimed toward high school students age 14-18 who have an interest in creating digital content or pursuing a future career in web, graphic, or video game design.
This Photoshop tutorial explains how to create a Retro posted about a go-kart race. The concepts learned can be applied to create future events with Retro designs. The information is useful to high-school students ages 14-18 who are interested in learning graphic and digital design. It may also be useful to yearbook staff or other school groups which advertise and design imagery on a regular basis.
This Photoshop tutorial is fairly simple and can be completed by high school students with access to Photoshop or similar image editing software. The tutorial explains how to create a double exposure image by combining two separate digital images into one.
