Wednesday, September 22, 2010

NE Learning #40 - Sept. Aviary and Pixlr

 
original picture taken at Cabela's
School mascot is a bobcat.  I started with this image at Pixir.com and transformed into the following:
On this image I used the Hope filter.







On this image, I used the
Art poster filter- settings:  amount 126  color 283

This is my favorite.  I used the
Kaleidoscope filter  size: 47  Horizonal: 12  Vertical: 50
When I worked on the Aviary.com site I did have some issues exporting the images, kept getting error messages. I took a screen shot of them and saved in Preview. 
I used this image of our school that I shot several years ago and use as a desktop on the school computers. I do like the fact that you can use basic keystrokes to cut, copy, paste, undo, etc. 

Filter: Pointinize



Filter Metal glow

Filter: Erode

Peacock Filter  : 
Effects: canny


Effects: Quilted

Effects: Spiral

At first it is hard to get the hang of getting the two boxes connected.  It certainly is different.  Gives more effects than some programs.  Can spend a lot of time exploring this site.

I liked the Pixir website better.  I can see using this with my students since I didn't run into problems exporting.  Aviary does give you give more options, but is a little more complicated. Students could create an altered picture and then use it to create posters, write a story, or use as part of a project.