New Classes for You to Enjoy (in alphabetical order) Click on the class that interests you, and you will be taken straight to that class: Albums & Calendars Fiddling with Fotos Mobile Phone Workshops Newsletter Creation Picasa Pot-Pourri of Programs   Albums & Calendars The course is based on Canon ZoomBrowser EX 4.6 and incorporates PhotoRecord and PhotoStitch The object of the course is to arrange your digital photos and produce an attractive Photo Album, with decorative pages, laminated, collated, comb punched and bound as a permanent record of your photos. The syllabus will include: The creation of a personal Album by selecting from several different types of albums with multiple layouts Selecting photos and positioning them where and how you like Decorate your album by applying a theme, adding Photo Frames and clipart, and/or change colours Enhance artwork using special Decorative Effect based on your own images or clipart Add professionally-designed artwork to your album Add captions and titles to photos and pages Add notes and comments to your album Editing Images - Crop - Adjust colour density, brightness and contrast Print, laminate, collate, comb punch and bind your album Create and print Contact Sheets with any number of columns x any number of rows Print 1 photo per page Print Fixed Size Photos per page -  3R (12.7cm x 8.9cm),  4" x 6"(10.17cm x 15.25cm, 8" x 10" (20.3cm x 25.4cm),  Wallet (8.6cm x 5.4cm),  5" x 7" (12.7cm x 17.78cm),  Post Card (9.7cm x 14.5cm),  Custom (9.7cm x 14.5cm), Print Mosaic - default settings for photos per page - from 2 photos (1 row) to 16 photos (4 rows) ZoomBrowser Ex gives you additional power when you use it together with PhotoRecord and PhotoStitch. Both programs are started from within Zoom Browser EX. PhotoStitch joins together multiple images, which were split or shot individually, to form a single, large size, panoramic picture Images can be stitched horizontally or vertically. Prerequisites: Students should have satisfactorily completed the Introduction to Computing or Basic Courses. Top of Page   Fiddling with Fotos In this course we will explore ways to improve or enhance photos using a number of different computer programs. The Syllabus will include: Straightening, cropping and rotating photos Shadows and back lighting Red eye removal Restoring old photos Adding special effects to photos Editing and adding to photos Digitising old photos and slides Displaying and sharing photos Prerequisites: Students should have attained a degree of competence in using the computer. Top of Page   Mobile Phone Workshops The aim of these workshops is to help you to remove some stress from your life and feel more secure when out and about on your own, by understanding and becoming confident in using some of the more useful features of your mobile phone. This will help you communicate more effectively with your family and friends and may even give you some "STREET CRED" with your grandchildren. If you attend all the workshops, you should be able to understand how mobile phones work, make and receive calls, send and retrieve voice messages and change your phone profile. You should also be able to organise your message Bank, add new names and numbers to your phone's address book, and send, receive and reply to text messages. We will also cover use of the camera feature, which is now so common on these devices. You are asked to bring your instruction book and phone charger to each lesson, if possible. Please Note: We will not be covering anything to do with the internet, emails or the downloading of music. Prerequisites: Students must have satisfactorily completed Introduction to Computing or Basic Computing Courses. Top of Page   Newsletter Creation This course is a follow-on from the Microsoft Publisher Course for those who would like to learn more about the possibilities for producing high quality newsletters or booklets. Once you have the knowledge you will be amazed at the opportunities for using it and sharing the results with your friends and family. This course will include: Creating an A4 newsletter Review of setting up a basic four page A5 booklet Creating an A5 - 8 page newsletter Exploring design elements Working with different colour schemes Artistic mixing of text/fonts, headings and graphics Tricks and traps Prerequisites: Students should have completed the Microsoft Publisher Course. Top of Page   Picasa Picasa is a free Photo Management program available for download from Google. This new course will show you how to organise, edit, and upload your photos to the web from your computer in quick simple steps.  You will learn how to arrange your photos into folders and albums and make enhancements using the useful editing tools.  Picasa Web Albums will help you to share your photos online with family, friends and the world! Topics covered will include: Organising photos in Picasa Importing your photos Quick & easy editing Sharing Picasa Backing up your photos Printing your photos Picasa Photo Viewer Top of Page   Pot-Pourri of Programs This Pot-pourri course builds on the basic knowledge acquired in other courses. Programs and projects will include: Photostory 3 Powerpoint Ebay & Grays Online Blogs & Blogging Plus a range of interesting projects, like Bookmarks, Gift Certificates, Templates and Illustrations. This course requires a level of computer knowledge beyond basic courses.   Top of Page

 

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