PSE Techniques -- Final Podcast & iMovie

For my podcast I used images from our yearbook curriculum guide. I selected each image from the PDF folder on my curriculum CD and transferred them all to PhotoShop Elements, saving each as a jpeg to use in my iMovie. I cropped each of the images with people in them to include only the part of the picture I needed. I applied text to nearly every slide, using simple inner and simple emboss techniques to the slides with the question mark backgrounds. I placed frames around the “planning” slide and the “conducting the interview” slide.
Before creating the iMovie for my final project, I spent time editing several photos in Photoshop Elements 6. I used the glowing edges effect for the first photo of each “chapter” (photos 1, 4, 7, 11, and 14) and the magic extractor tool to remove the background and highlight the staff member working at her desk in the “Writers” chapter. I also used the crop and sharpen tools for the photos of the three girls working at their desks and the girl shooting a free throw.