Working with Images

Getting and Posting Images

Downloading an image from the web
Mac: Point your mouse at the image, hold down the mouse button, then choose "Save image"
Windows: Point your mouse at the image, right click, then choose "Save image"
Scanning an image from a book
How to scan an image (Media Union)
Scanning 101 (Webmonkey)
Places you can scan include the Knowledge Navigation Center, Angell Hall Fishbowl, School of Education 3010, Art & Architecture Building 2016, West Hall 120, and the Media Union.
Posting Images on your webpage
Find out how to post images on your site. You MUST use ALT-TEXT on all your images, to make them accessible to low-vision users. (Developer Zone)

Manipulating images

Introduction to Photoshop (Knowledge Navigation Center)
Photoshop Crash Course (Webmonkey)
Cropping images
Resizing images
Photoshop tips: Sophisticated graphical effects and manipulation techniques. (Adobe)
Frequently Asked Questions About Photoshop: Common questions (e.g. How do I make a square?) and troubleshooting tips. (comp.graphics.apps.photoshop)

Getting permission

It is always safer to ask permission to use the images you take from books and websites. For background on copyright see: Ethical and Legal Use of Digital Media (Knowledge Navigation Center)
Here's a script for asking a publisher for permission
Whom to ask:
- If the image is from a book, then call, email, or write the publisher. Contact information can be found in International Literary Market Place (New York, R.R. Bowker Co.) Call number Z291.5 .I62, or The Publishers Directory (Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co.) Call number Z 475 .B77. Both are near the Information Center on the 2nd floor of the Graduate Library.
- If the image is from a website, try find contact information of the site's copyright-holder (Often at the bottom of the main page).

Using backgrounds