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Champion Butterflies - combining photos and graphics
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We may take hundreds of pictures a year, thanks to digital cameras, but only a handful may truly capture the essence of the moment. This young catcher played in and his team ultimately won their Little League Championship game. Once the dust settled and the trophies were examined, it was time to start reliving the highlights through the photographs. His parents thought this was a great shot of him: attentive and ready at the plate surrounded by the umpire and the fans. The catcher looked at it differently. His response was, "You can't see the butterflies in my stomach!" That got me thinking: maybe we can! Using Graphics-Toolbox, I framed out an irregular shape where the butterflies were. Then I temporarily moved that section leaving only the white drawing area in its place. I found some simple images of butterflies and used the Pattern Fill function to pour them into the catcher's stomach. Then I replaced the irregular abdomen shape with the Move tool adjusting the Transparency Glide, so we could replace his equipment and still see the butterflies. Now he is satisfied. He knew he had butterflies, but now the rest of us not only see him, but also feel what he felt. Until futuristic cameras have x-ray or emotion settings that capture the physiological and mental workings of our subjects, let's have fun combining photos and graphics to better depict the intricate emotions and events in our lives. |
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Graphics-Toolbox® was created by a team of software designers with over 20 years experience in graphics programming. We discovered, that most other software programs, being used for graphics, were designed for other uses. For instance, Adobe Photoshop is an excellent photo-editing program, but a lot of people over the years, have had to use it as a general graphics manipulation/design package. They didn't have better options. Graphics Toolbox was designed as a real alternative to Photoshop for all non-photo effects, graphics needs. We created an extensive range of very easy to understand and use graphics tools, for the world's daily graphic needs. The other problem with other graphics software packages is that they were not designed from day one to keep things simple for the end users. Then as new programming was built upon the original design, the functions became more and more complicated for everyone other than professionally trained designers. For the rest of us, these other programs are difficult to learn and awkward to use. We believe that Graphics-Toolbox will quickly become your main graphics editing software tool and look forward to receiving your comments. |
Project Based Learning Kits and Graphics-Toolbox software were created by a team of designers with over 20 years of experience in graphics design and programming and a team of passionate and ambitious teachers. With the Common Core Learning Standards (CCLS) being implemented across the nation, these core learning standards were created in order to instill in students deep thinking, critical analysis, and creative problem-solving skills. Our Common Core Learning Project Kits are an essential tool to add to your academic toolbox. These project based learning kits are the key to helping teachers add rigor into project based education, meet the Common Core Learning Standards, engage their students in learning, improve student assessment, incorporate valuable technology, and publish students work in a variety of relevant formats. Educators are very excited about these units because all kits contain:
As you engage your students in learning with Project Based Learning Kits, you can be confident that you are aligning your curriculum with the standards that are expected of all grades across our nation, that you are offering rigorous differentiated learning opportunities, and that you are providing your students with 21st century instructional technology. You can also take advantage of these great student projects to compile dynamic visuals for hall bulletin boards and school websites. They are a great way to showcase students’ work, showing parents, administrators and colleagues how effective of a teacher you are! Inspiring students to incorporate relevant technology and learn to present their perspectives in formats that will be valuable for future classes and adult careers is fundamental to the goals and principles of the Common Core and Core Curriculum Standards and we are happy to help support that initiative. |