Students will need to have some basic computer skills, i.e. they should be able to use a keyboard and mouse and be familiar with Windows operating systems. Topics covered will include: capturing an image - scanning original pictures; help with loading images from camera to computer. Image manipulation – changing brightness, adjusting contrast, cropping and resizing, colour management, vignetting and selection techniques, layer masks; adding text; combining two or more images, organising folders, printing and saving different image file types. Please note that for this course we will be using Photoshop Elements image editing software.