kodu game lab

1. USING PAINT.NET
Skills: change view, rotate, select a portion
of, crop, resize, change contrast, filter an
image, undo an operation
IT concepts: pixel, image processing
operation

2. Where does this topic fit?
•Internet concepts
• Applications
• Technology
• Implications
•Internet skills
• Application development
• Content creation (images)

3. USING PAINT.NET
http://www.getpaint.net/

4. Paint.net screen layout
Open images
Current image
Tools
Status line
Command
menus

5. Purpose of three of the tools
Select a rectangular area
Add text to the image
Draw a rectangle
Experiment —
what do each of
the others do?
(If you do not see the toolbox, give the Windows > Tools command).

6. Experiment
Play around. You
can undo any
changes you make in
the History window.
(If you do not see the history window, give the Windows > History command).
Ctrl-z undoes the last
command.
Ctrl-y redoes the last
command.
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7. The status line: describes the selected tool
Tool description with a help hint Image size
Cursor location (0, 0 is the upper left hand corner)
For example: status line for the Rectangular Selection tool:
Tip: watch the status line as you work

8. These change as you make the selection.
You can adjust selections one pixel at a time using the
arrow keys.
The status line changes as you work
Status line while making a selection:

9. Rotate an image
Image > Rotate

10. View menu
Changing the view does not alter the image, just
what you see while working on it.

11. Adjusting contrast
Adjustments > Brightness/contrast

12. Immediate feedback – high contrast

13. Immediate feedback – low
contrast

14. Apply the ink sketch effect
Effects > Artistic > Ink sketch

15. Resize an image
Image > Resize
If you check Maintain aspect ratio, changing either the
width or height automatically adjusts the other.

16. Resizing without maintaining the
aspect ratio will distort the image

17. A few questions

18. How did I do that?

19. How did I do that?

20. How did I
erase the
oarlock?