From Photo to DVD 2023

This course takes the student on a digital image journey. The trip begins with the chaos that is the unorganized mess of digital photos living on your phone and camera. The initial step is then to offload those images and organize them in a fashion that allows for subsequent identification, filtering and retrieval.

Photo editing comes next with cropping, lighting and color adjustment, sharpening and smudge removal. We will utilize two photo editing software options. Microsoft’s Photos application is very functional and most importantly free. Always a great combination. Adobe’s Photoshop Elements carries a small licensing fee but packs a big image editing punch. We’ll learn all sorts of fun ways to dress up your favorite photos with that guy.

The journey culminates with the creation of an exciting video to be shared on social media or to save as a treasured DVD. Again, two software options will be explored. Microsoft’s Clipchamp application is limited to a single timeline but is free so is therefore worthy of our attention. Adobe’s Premiere Elements carries a small licensing fee, but the power of this tool  absolutely outweighs its cost. By the time our journey ends we’ll have multiple images on the screen, movement, size changes and even animations. What fun indeed!