Why edit photographs
Media Technology · Grade 11 · about 40 minutes
Explain what photo editing is and why it is done.
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- 8 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
- 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
- A quiz that marks itself as you go
- Your progress kept across every subject you take
Other lessons in this sub-strand
- Photography in our lives
- The camera and how it works
- The photographic frame
- Composition basics
- The rule of thirds
- Leading lines and balance
- Viewpoint and framing
- Focus and sharpness
- Depth of field
- Exposure and the exposure triangle
- Aperture
- Shutter speed and movement
- ISO and light sensitivity
- Natural and artificial light
- Capturing a photograph
- Why edit photographs
- Cropping and resizing
- Rotating and angle correction
- Basic colour correction
- Reviewing and storing photographs