202: Learning Outcome 1
Obtain, insert and combine information for images
The learner should be able to and understand:
Images:
Designs or images will vary according to the task for example:
- photos from a digital camera, scanned images, graphic elements, drawings, clip art
Prepare images:
- ·Size, crop and position
Copyright constraints:
- Effect of copyright law (eg on use of other people’s images)
- Acknowledgment of sources, avoiding plagiarism, permissions
Combine information:
- Insert, size, position, wrap, order, group, import data
- Links and references to external data
Context for images:
Contexts will vary according to the software and task, for example:
- On screen display, publishing on a web site, hard copy print out, digital file
File formats for images:
Will vary according to the content, for example:
- jpg for Internet photo display
- png for Internet drawing display
- svg for graphic designs (the ISO standard most likely to be fully supported by web browsers)
- Digital picture format (e.g. jpeg and psd)
- Bitmap or raster picture formats (eg raw bitmaps, bmp and compressed formats jpeg and png)
- Vector graphics (eg svg, wmf, eps, ai)
- Open formats (eg html, odf, pdf and rtf)
- Proprietary formats (eg pub and qxd)
- Method of compression (lossy, non-lossy)
Store and retrieve:
- Files (eg create, name, open, save, save as, print, close, find, share), file size
- Version control
- Import data, export data
- Folders (eg create, name)
Imaging Software 