Y4 Photo editing
And AI Putting AI to work
Lesson Focus
Understand what digital images are and the ways they are created.
Improve an image by rotating it.
Explain why I might crop an image.
Use photo editing software to crop an image.
How colours can be changed in digital images.
Explain that different colour effects make you think and feel. different thing and experiment with different colour effects.
Combine images using copy and paste.
Outline how the images will be used together.
Use a range of tools to create their image.
Make considered choices when positioning and formatting their text
Combine images for a purpose.
Choose suitable images for my project
Create a project that is a combination of other images
Combine text and my image to complete the project.
Use a verity of online editing tools t o change the way an image looks.
Use the image created for a purpose (create a poster / book cover etc)
Change the way an image looks using online Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Use AI to create images based on a theme .
Digital Skills & Computing Focus
Log into a computer and their Google Account.
Access Google Classroom.
Able to identify the set assignment and follow instructions.
Identify and open the assigned links.
Open the set worksheets when asked.
Understand the different tools in graphic design software and what each does.
Complete the different sections and update online portfolio.
Choose the correct images ind if required the correct fonts and font sizes.
Use keyboard shortcuts.
Understand left and right mouse clicks.
Able to complete the “Drag “n” Drop” activity if required.
Locate and upload pictures from the file server.
Locate and use copyright free images.
Able to select the best colour palette to recolour images.
Upload images and remove the background.
Understand what a “transparent” background is.
Understand why a “green screen” or a plan background is best when producing a transparent background.
Copy and place a variety of transparent images on a new background.
Able to select and add different content and change the structure.
Take screenshots and copy to the worksheet.
Key vocabulary
Image, edit, digital, crop, rotate, undo, save Image, adjustments, effects, colours, hue, saturation, sepia, vignette
Clone copy, paste, combine background, foreground, transparent image, text to image, png, Background removal, AI
The world of graphic design and photo editing has changed a lot in recent years. Traditional methods of editing pictures on a computer have been supplemented by AI "text to image" technology, which has revolutionized the way images are produced, manipulated, and changed.In this lesson, you will introduce children to the concept of editing images. They will learn when we need to rotate and crop an image, as well as how to use an image editor to make these changes. Learners will then discuss image composition.
Students will learn how to edit different images, change the way they look by adding different effects, change colours and crop images. We introduce children to a number of AI (artificial intelligence) tools that will allow them to make changes to images that only a professional could do a few years ago. They learn how to remove complete objects from pictures and how to add colour to black and white images. Finlay, they use AI "text to image" to create book covers, post cards and newspapers.
📸photographic summary 📸
🎨Changing Images👩🎨
In these lessons children was introduced to the concept of photo editing. . They looked at ways in which an image could be improved or changed. They used coping, rotation, and recolouring. We talked about the different ways the same picture can be changed and how the mood of that image can be changed by the editing process. This gave students an opportunity to try many of the editing tools available in paint.net. Children will decide of they happy with their edit and if not can start again.
✒️Changing the way we look⌨️
Children spent some time using a variety of online image editing software that allowed them to make changes to the way they look. Students took time to create different of images
BeFunky is a popular online photo editor that offers a variety of features for users of all levels of experience. The BeFunky interface is intuitive and easy to navigate, even for beginners. There are no complex tools or menus to learn, and you can get started editing your photos right away. BeFunky offers a wide range of features for photo editing, including cropping, resizing, adjusting colors, adding effects, and creating collages. There are also tools for removing backgrounds, touching up photos, and creating graphic designs.
Preset effects: BeFunky offers a wide range of preset effects that you can apply to your photos with just a few clicks. This is a great way to quickly and easily enhance your photos without having to manually adjust the settings.
📕Creating a Book Cover📖
Using AI to generate images offers several advantages, which have been made possible by recent advances in machine learning, particularly in the field of deep learning and generative models. We wanted children to put AI picture generation to work and create their own book covers. We asked children to think about a book they would love to write then produce a short book review. The next stage was to design and create the cover using AI picture generation. Year 4 had to think very carefully about the description of the image and title of the book. We don't think they did a bad job for their first atempts.
🧙♀️AI MAGIC and children's imagination🧙♂️
In this project we have used some traditional techniques to allow children to edit and change the way pictures look. We have also taken the opportunity to introduce using artificial intelligence (AI) to generate images from text descriptions. This allows children to produce a bespoke image to suite a particular project, for example, creating book covers. We have found that using AI with children has stimulates imagination and innovation, boosts self-confidence and sense of achievement and is a fun and engaging way to learn about art. It is also accessible to children when working at home.
