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One of the most important advantages of OER is the possibility of creating resources in multiple formats - images being one of them.  Either used standalone, or in a sequence as an animation or in combination with text to create powerful picture stories for communication.  With increasing use of ICT in the form of multiple devices, creating and editing and remixing image resources is becoming more and more prevalent.  Availability of free and open source tools for creation and re-purposing of image resources can be important for greater dissemination of image and animation OERs.   

One of the most important advantages of OER is the possibility of creating resources in multiple formats - images being one of them.  Either used standalone, or in a sequence as an animation or in combination with text to create powerful picture stories for communication.  With increasing use of ICT in the form of multiple devices, creating and editing and remixing image resources is becoming more and more prevalent.  Availability of free and open source tools for creation and re-purposing of image resources can be important for greater dissemination of image and animation OERs.  This chapter will focus on accessing image repositories, tools for creating image OER, editing image OER, remixing image OER with other formats and publishing.   

In this chapter, you will learn

In this chapter, you will learn

=== Creating image resources using a screen capture tool (Screenshot) ===

=== Creating image resources using a screen capture tool (Screenshot) ===

One of the simplest and yet very powerful ways of creating an image is to simply take a picture of your computer screen. You may have opened a web page on which there is an image or some text you want to store as an image, or it may be from a file on your computer, or it may be a snapshot of a video you are playing.

[[File:COL_-_Creating_an_image_using_Screenshot_-_select_area.png|thumb|450x450px|Creating an image using Screenshot (select area to grab)]]One of the simplest and yet very powerful ways of creating an image is to simply take a picture of your computer screen. You may have opened a web page on which there is an image or some text you want to store as an image, or it may be from a file on your computer, or it may be a snapshot of a video you are playing.

You can use the tool Screenshot for this. Open Screenshot on your computer, through <u>Applications → Accessories →  Screenshot</u>

You can use the tool Screenshot for this. Open Screenshot on your computer, through <u>Applications → Accessories →  Screenshot</u>

You have an option of capturing the entire display on your screen or selecting a smaller area. For the latter option, chose ‘select area to grab’, as shown in the image. Then use your mouse to drag drop the (rectangular) area you want to capture. (Move your cursor to the left top of the area, keep your left mouse click pressed, move the cursor to the right bottom point and release it).

You have an option of capturing the entire display on your screen or selecting a smaller area. For the latter option, chose ‘select area to grab’, as shown in the image. Then use your mouse to drag drop the (rectangular) area you want to capture. (Move your cursor to the left top of the area, keep your left mouse click pressed, move the cursor to the right bottom point and release it).

You can thus easily create an image OER using Screenshot of an image from your computer or the web. As mentioned earlier, taking a photo of a copyrighted material (such as a photo), is a violation of the copyright law, with exception given for ‘fair use’.  

You can thus easily create an image OER using Screenshot of an image from your computer or the web. As mentioned earlier, taking a photo of a copyrighted material (such as a photo), is a violation of the copyright law, with exception given for ‘fair use’.