The document discusses various methods for sourcing and processing images for use in publications. It describes advantages and disadvantages of sourcing images from books, Google Images, stock image libraries, copyright-free sites, and taking one's own photos. Key methods addressed include scanning images from books, searching Google Images, purchasing stock photos, using free images, and producing custom photos. The document also reviews processing techniques like cropping, scaling, and changing image resolution for print versus web. Manipulating photos through editing tools is demonstrated with an example caption added to a historical parachute suit image.

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Joe Headford

2. Images sourced from books:

3. Advantages of sourcing images this way:
Images sourced from books is a very trusted method as you can gain both the
imagery as well as all relevant information and context as to why the
photograph or image was chosen or produced.
Additionally places such as a public library or online digital catalogues can
provide as an excellent archive for imagery. Finally you can very easily search
specifically for imagery that you want, be it band photographs, food ect.
Disadvantages of sourcing images this way:
This method however can be slow and laborious to search and source all
images required as you must take time to look through individual books for the
right imagery as well as making sure to scan and source the author and all
other essential sourcing information including the publisher and date.
However looking for images in books can be extensively difficult due to the
sheer number of books and the lack of a prior reference to the images inside.
Therefore this method does require a more intense work period to find the
desired images. Following this images must be scanned and cannot be directly
copied into a digital format.

4. Images sourced from google images:

5. Advantages of sourcing images this way:
Google images is an absolutely massive source for images as it draws from thousands of websites and
stock photo libraries as well as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and many more high profile websites.
Using Google images allows the user to quickly and efficiently search through hundreds of images all
at once with a great amount of accuracy towards subjects, themes and features.
Also Google images allows the user to easily source the images use as there is a specific button that
takes them directly to the web page that the image is from. Additionally if simply doing this is no
sufficient then there is another tool to help search for a specific image by uploading the image required.
This can be both used to source the original image as well as to find the same photograph with a
higher resolution.
Disadvantages of sourcing images this way:
Sometimes, due to the numerous versions and re-uploads it can be difficult sometimes to source the
original version or upload of an image or work.
In some case the sheer number of images available can be overwhelming making it difficult to find a
specific image or an appropriate image.

6. Images sourced from stock image library:

7. Images sourced from copyright free site:

8. Advantages of sourcing images this way:
Similarly to Google images, a stock image library or copyright free library provides a large and versatile
source of images, thousands of images are available.
Searching for specific photographs is very easy just as with Google images as simple search terms can
help to find very specific and appropriate photographs.
Often stock photographs are copyrighted, and need to be purchased for commercial use, or even to
simply download the image without watermarks. A copyright free library offers completely free to use
images that can be utilised for both personal and commercial use.e
Disadvantages of sourcing images this way:

9. Images sourced from your own existing images:

10. Advantages of sourcing images this way:
The main advantage of using my own photographs is that there is both no need to purchase the
images in question or to acknowledge a photographer or ask for permission of use. This also means
that the images themselves can be composed to specifically fit the purpose that the intend to be used
for.
Disadvantages of sourcing images this way:
A disadvantage of producing your own images is that it takes time to produce the images that would
need to be used. While other methods allow the access to massive libraries of images almost instantly
this method can require planning, travel and money.

11. Processing
Images

12. Original image:

13. Cropped image:

14. Scaled images:
A4
A5
A6

15. Resolution image:
300dpi for print
72dpi for web

16. Advantages of different resolutions:
By changing the resolution you can make sure that the images being intended for use can be optimised
to be as high a quality as possible for the specific medium being used.
For example, reducing the resolution can allow you to reduce the file size of an image making it easier
and quicker to upload and download from online locations.
However, by using a higher resolution you can easily scale the image used without loss of clarity or
quality. However once a change has been implemented this can drastically effect the quality.
Disadvantages of different resolutions:
If a low resolution is used then it can be difficult or in many ways impossible to scale the image being
used without causing a drastic drop in the overall quality of the image.

17. Manipulated image with appropriate caption:

18. Explain the changes you made to the image and explain why you made
those changes:
The changes that I made to the image included raising the original images
resolution in order to make it more useful across different screen sizes as well
as fixing damage to the photo that occurred through burn spots and small black
marks across the image. I did this simply by making use of the clone stamp tool
and copying clean areas across to the damaged sections. I did this to make the
image more aesthetically pleasing for a wider audience.
Additionally I added the caption ‘Parachute pants eat your heart out.’
This is simply a play on the classic 80s clothing parachute pants and a
comment on the images content; a parachute suit.
I utilised simple cursive text that is appropriate for the image that has been
included which was taken in 1912 as inventor Franz Reinchelt tested his new
invention at the Eiffel Tower in france; the parachute suit. However the
invention failed and he tragically died. The font plays to classic stereotypes of
the time in regards to style and traditional print conventions.