WFP 2008 Wednesday 8/13

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Wednesday, 8/13: Working with Images

Welcome and Overview of the Day (9:00 AM – 9:15 AM)

A time for questions and answers about the preceding day and the contents of the current day.

Basic Image Editing (9:15 AM – 10:30 AM)

Presenter: Burke

Location: Information Commons Classroom

• Picasa: Desktop Client

Abstract

We will introduce Picasa. Focus will be on opening, editing and saving images for presentations and the web. Creating a slideshow in Picasa and uploading to Picasa web albums.

Outcomes

• Add images
• Edit images
• Save/export images

Outline

• Add images
• Edit images
• Save images

Reference

Media:Picasa_user_guide.pdf

Sample Images

Break (10:30 AM – 10:45 AM)

Coffee and pastries will be available outside of the Microroom.

Scanning (10:45 AM – 12:00 PM)

Presenter: Weaver

Location: Information Commons

Tools for Organizing and Presenting Images (1:30 PM – 2:45 PM)

Presenter: Landis

Abstract

We will introduce programs, both open and Dickinson created, that help with presenting and organizing image collections. Focus will be on understanding image quality and organizing using metadata standards or user created tags.

Outcomes

• Understanding online options for image organization and presentation
• Understanding metadata standards
• Understanding good tagging guidelines
• Understanding the social options for some programs
• Understanding how to use Flickr Creative Commons Search

Outline

• Flickr
  • Free for first 200 images
  • Overview of searching
  • Overview of uploading
  • Discuss tagging
  • Flickr Mashups
  • Creative Commons Searching
    • Mapping projects/geotagging
    • Carlisle History
  • Overview of Flickr Groups
    • Tell a story in 5 frames
    • Marine Biology
    • Manuscripta mediaevalia
    • Economic and Social History Group - People and their Industry
    • Quantum Physics
    • Fascism Looks Like this
      • Groups within groups
    • Napoléon Ier/ Louis - Philippe / Charles X/ Biedermeier style
    • World War II Vintage Photos
    • WWII Posters
    • Across the African Diaspora
    • The Rich Culture of South East Asia
• Picasa
  • Free
  • Show basics of uploading images to picasaweb
  • Dicuss Tagging
  • Overview of searching
  • Overview of creating web slideshow
  • Discuss Picasa image editor for PCs

Image Resources (3:00 PM – 4:15PM)

Presenter: Wardecker

• ARTstor
  • Introduction and administration
    • ARTstor's collections
    • Creating an account
    • Obtaining instructor privileges
  • Using ARTstor
    • Searching and features
    • Saving image groups
    • Downloading images and creating slideshows
    • Creating shared folders
    • Creating personal collections
• Google Images
  • The results
    • Displaying only the image
    • Removing the frame
    • Image properties
    • PicLens
  • Advanced search features