More Photoshop

Today, more tools in Photoshop - big struggle with the magnetic lasso - but this tool is fantastic once one can maneuver it. It allows to select very specific areas quite neatly. The fun part was to learn how to paste patterns within shapes. Photoshop is trying - one needs lots of patience to learn, but I am always amazed at the quality of creations we can make with it. Looking forward to learn more. I am not sure how feasible it would be for teachers to use - most people would probably find it to difficult and time consuming - but I think a few fun things can be done for the classroom.

Photoshop

Today we worked with Photoshop and the exercises were very good in showing the power of this application. I tried to teach myself Photoshop some time ago, and was able to do a few things with it - then lacked time to learn more, and felt a bit overwhelmed - but I have some good books and, using again today, I feel like trying again. This application is amazing and you can have a lot of fun once you master some of its features. It allow to make professional looking images.

Creating an Avatar from your Picture

This tool will help you shrink your picture:

http://mypictr.com/

Permalink?

One question we all had today - Found this information:

What is a Permalink?

by Elise Bauer
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Updated February 21, 2007
If you are new to Movable Type and/or weblogs you may have encountered the term Permalink and wondered (as I did when I first read the term), what the heck is that?
A permalink is the permanent identifier to a specific weblog post or article. On Movable Type, a Permalink is usually a link to an entry's unique web page.
Clicking on the Permalink link will take the viewer to the page devoted to that entry, often with a place to leave comments.

From:
http://www.learningmovabletype.com/a/000281what_is_permalink/

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Movabletype is another blog platform, but I don't know if it is free?

Problems resolved

We actually learned a tric to circumvent the Google sign-up loop and everybody was able to create a blog today. Once in, the blog tool is very easy to use. Learning how to customize it might be more difficult. However, one can publish directly to the web using the default templates that are provided. Looking forward to learning more and hope to have the time to customize a little bit.

Creating a blog for EDT620

Today's experience in class was interesting. We had several students who were not able to create a blog account. A good example of how technology can be frustrating and especially difficult for the instructor. Luckily, everyone was understanding.