Removing Background from an Image

I have posted on removing a background from your pictures  several times.  To see them click here.  I tried remove.bg and it was great.  To see the easy to use website click here.  Here is one I have used of my kids before and it was quick.

Brusheezy for Photoshop

Are you looking for some free Photoshop brushes and patterns? If so you should try Brusheezy, which is a community driven where you can download various Photoshop brushes and patterns.  The site is well categorized with many subcategories(see the pic below).  To see the website click here.

Pinetools - Censor faces on photos

I needed to post a picture of my library with some students hard at work but wanted to blur any faces for anonymity.   I found a nice website that not only blurred faces but had many other tools available.

To see the pixelator  click here.  If you want to see all the other things other than image alteration tools click here.

Media Arts and To Kill a Mockingbird

On February 9 2016 I posted about To Kill a Mockingbird and The Scottsboro Boys Trial.  To see that post click here.  Today I am posting about a lesson plan that I saw on Digital Wish that could be done collaboratively between the English teacher and the Media Arts teacher or by the English teacher if they know Photoshop.  To see the lesson plan click here.

Photoshop Literal Pieces in Media Arts

Here are some examples of Computer Arts Literal Pieces done by  Mrs Sudkamp's class in Photoshop.  Can you guess what these are?  You might use this as a starting project to your Introduction to Photoshop.

          Hot Dog                                      Hair Spray      




  Novelty (Novel Tea)                             Porcupine


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