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[[File:COL_-_Google_Search_-_Adavance_Search_for_OER_1.png|left|thumb|450x450px|Image - Google advanced search for Image OER]]

[[File:COL_-_Google_Search_-_Adavance_Search_for_OER_1.png|left|thumb|450x450px|Image - Google advanced search for Image OER]]

[[File:COL_-_Google_Advanced_Search_for_OER_-_Usage_rights.png|left|thumb|450x450px|Image - Google advance Search for Image OER - choosing the usage rights]]

[[File:COL_-_Google_Advanced_Search_for_OER_-_Usage_rights.png|left|thumb|450x450px|Image - Google advance Search for Image OER - choosing the usage rights]]

 

=== Creating image resources using your camera ===

=== Creating image resources using your camera ===

You can use the ‘brush’ tool, select the brush and the colour you want and paint on the drawing canvas. You can use the stamps for drawing / inserting predefined shapes into the canvas.  

You can use the ‘brush’ tool, select the brush and the colour you want and paint on the drawing canvas. You can use the stamps for drawing / inserting predefined shapes into the canvas.  

[[File:Tux_Paint_-_creating_a_picture.png|left|thumb|450x450px|Image - Creating a drawing using brush in Tux Paint]]

[[File:Tux_Paint_-_creating_a_picture.png|left|thumb|450x450px|Image - Creating a drawing using brush in Tux Paint]]<br>

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You should also create a drawing on an issue connected to your topic. One possibility is you could use any image you found as a reference, and draw it using Tux Paint. The left tool bar also has an eraser in case you want to erase any part of your drawing! 

You should also create a drawing on an issue connected to your topic. One possibility is you could use any image you found as a reference, and draw it using Tux Paint. The left tool bar also has an eraser in case you want to erase any part of your drawing

Tux Paint is a very simple and easy to use application. You should familiarize yourself with the tool options by simply using them, in your drawing work.  

Tux Paint is a very simple and easy to use application. You should familiarize yourself with the tool options by simply using them, in your drawing work.  

We have created two drawings of a tree, one  without  fruits (shown in previous section) and one with (below). The second one is created simply by painting small fruits on the earlier painting and saving the same. Playing these two images recurrently in Tux Paint creates a simple animation of the changes in the tree over the seasons.  

We have created two drawings of a tree, one  without  fruits (shown in previous section) and one with (below). The second one is created simply by painting small fruits on the earlier painting and saving the same. Playing these two images recurrently in Tux Paint creates a simple animation of the changes in the tree over the seasons.  

[[File:COL_-_Simple_animation_using_Tux_Paint_-_Tree_with_leaves_and_fruits.png|left|thumb|450x450px|Image to show creating an animation using two drawings in Tux Paint]]           

[[File:COL_-_Simple_animation_using_Tux_Paint_-_Tree_with_leaves_and_fruits.png|left|thumb|450x450px|Image to show creating an animation using two drawings in Tux Paint]]           

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

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

[[File:COL_-_Creating_an_image_using_Screenshot_-_select_area.png|left|thumb|450x450px|Image - Creating an image using Screenshot (select area to grab)]]

[[File:COL_-_Creating_an_image_using_Screenshot_-_select_area.png|left|thumb|450x450px|Image - Creating an image using Screenshot (select area to grab)]]

 

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’.  

Open the image you want to edit. You can see the menu bar providing different options for editing the image.

Open the image you want to edit. You can see the menu bar providing different options for editing the image.

[[File:COL_-_Opening_an_image_file_using_GIMP.png|left|thumb|450x450px|Image - File opened in GIMP]]

[[File:COL_-_Opening_an_image_file_using_GIMP.png|left|thumb|450x450px|Image - File opened in GIMP]]<br>

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Short videos on GIMP are available on <nowiki>http://spoken-tutorial.org/tutorial-search/?search_foss=GIMP&search_language=English</nowiki> . Each video is less than 10 minutes and focuses on select features of the application.

Short videos on GIMP are available on <nowiki>http://spoken-tutorial.org/tutorial-search/?search_foss=GIMP&search_language=English</nowiki> . Each video is less than 10 minutes and focuses on select features of the application.

In our image, we have added the text ‘Digital Storytelling, Health centre’ and selected the yellow colour for the text, since it will display better against a dark background. (Tip - the text should be in a colour contrasting with the background, for easier visibility).  

In our image, we have added the text ‘Digital Storytelling, Health centre’ and selected the yellow colour for the text, since it will display better against a dark background. (Tip - the text should be in a colour contrasting with the background, for easier visibility).  

[[File:Entering_text_on_an_image_using_GIMP.png|left|thumb|450x450px|Image - Entering text on an image using GIMP]]         

[[File:Entering_text_on_an_image_using_GIMP.png|left|thumb|450x450px|Image - Entering text on an image using GIMP]]