Thing 9 Picassa 3

OK, so I need to learn how to capture a photo better.  When the capture function on Jing applies I don't see how I can eliminate the border stuff, but I'll learn.

This Thing was so much fun!  It took awhile because I had to get my camera back from my son so I could copy a picture of my brand new granddaughter, Kailyn Leigh Dawe.  In this picture she was about 20 minutes old.
I wanted to try Picassa 3 and when it came to fine tuning the picture I went to Picnic.  First I brightened the picture which really brought out her colors much better.  I played with rotation and liked the side view for some reason.  Every time I tried another position I kept coming back to this one; go figure...
I cropped the picture several times, added a border, curved the corners, and added text at the bottom of the picture that says, "Welcome to the world, Kailyn"  I tried putting the text in the  picture on Picnic, but it would only let me place it in the middle of the picture.  I searched all over to find how I could move the text to another part of the picture and that is one feature I did not find.  I added the caption through Picassa 3.

There are many tempting premium options available that I will be tempted to 'buy' once I finally get another teaching position.  Right now I'm tempted but too poor.  I'm excited to send a copy of my revised photo to my son.  He is actually really technologically savvy, so will probably be using these already for their pictures.

Students will love this program and I can see them having fun with it as well as learning how to show their pictures to their best advantage for a project or assignment. With digital photography students have immediate feedback.  With ease of editing their pictures, as well as ease of distribution, digital photography is very effective for the classroom. Tools to enhance visualization, like adding color or text to a picture or document, are pluses, and digital photography is cost effective for classroom use as well.  If needed, multiple copies can be made on an inkjet printer.  When comparing the use of digital photography over traditional photography for classroom use, well, there is no comparison.  Digital photography opens a world of possibilities to students that introduces them to cutting edge technology.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawe-miller/?saved=1  I posted my picture on Flickr.com!
http://picasa.google.com/linux/download.html  url for Picassa