Lesson 3 - PhotoPea - 8B1

• Computing
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

Lesson 3 - PhotoPea

Year 8

Bell Activity

For what reasons would we need Photo-editing software? 

KO: To be-able to create and critically evaluate a finished poster.

All

To be-able to create a finished poster which meets the client requirements, using photo-editing software.

Most

To be-able to create a finished poster, which is evaluated and meets the client requirements.

Some

To be-able to create a 'high-quality' poster, using photo-editing software, that meets the client requirements.

Starter

What we need today

Open PhotoPea using the link below...

Follow this link:

Link to PhotoPea

What we need today

Open the website where we get our images using the link below:

Link to pexels

Can you remember what we have learnt in PhotoPea so far?

Recap

Time to finish your posters...

Remember:

• Background image
• Suitable Title
• Suitable main graphic
• Suitable body text - short sentence introducing the film
• Footer Content - Age information, web address, film company logo

Option 1 - Finest Hour (Action Film)

Option 2 - Garibaldia (Epic Journey)

Option 3 - Pirate Pete and the Golden Monkey (Family Adventure Film)

Main Activity

How can you improve your poster?

Now it's time to improve

Based on the feedback you have received from your partner, you will need to improve your posters. 

Now let's save our work and upload

Saving as a PSD

1. Click File 

2. Click Save As PSD

3. Save in your OneDrive HomeFolder

Saving as a JPEG

1. Click File

2. Click Export

3. Click JPG

4. Then Save in your OneDrive Home Folder

Plenary

What file format should you use to OUTPUT your movie poster in Photopea?

1. DOCX
2. PPTX
3. GIF
4. JPEG

How do we remove the background from an image?

1. Select > Cut
2. Select > Remove BG
3. Image > Crop
4. Select > Magic Cut

How do we change the brightness of an image?

1. Blur tool
2. Pixelate tool
3. Opacity tool
4. Distort tool