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Empowerment
Technologies
Quarter 1 – Module 7:
Image Manipulation Techniques for Communication

Development Team of the Module

Writer: Jonathan O. Abubo

Editor: Rolylyn H. Dado
Reviewer: Ann Marjorie V. Pico
Illustrator: Nestor C. Gonzales
Layout Artist: Froilan G. Isip

Management Team Zenia G. Mostoles EdD, CESO V, SDS

Leonardo C. Canlas EdD CESE, ASDS
Rowena T. Quiambao CESE, ASDS
Celia R. Lacanlale PhD, CID Chief
Arceli S. Lopez PhD, SGOD Chief
June D. Cunanan EPS- English
Ruby M. Jimenez PhD, EPS-LRMDS

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Introductory Message
For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Empowerment Technologies Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on ICT
as Platform for Change.

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators from public
institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set
by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in
schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent learning
activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help learners acquire the
needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module. You also need
to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage their own learning.
Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks
included in the module.

For the Learner:

Welcome to the Empowerment Technologies Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on ICT
as Platform for Change.

Photo editing encompasses the processes of altering images, whether they are digital
photographs, traditional photo chemical photographs, or illustrations. Traditional analog image
editing is known as photo retouching, using tools such as an airbrush to modify photographs, or
editing illustrations with any traditional art medium. On the other hand, photo manipulation
involves transforming or altering a photograph using various methods and techniques to achieve
desired results. Some photo manipulations are considered skillful artwork while others are
frowned upon as unethical practices, especially when used to deceive the public, such as hat
used for political propaganda, or to make a product or person look better.

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for guided and
independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to process the contents of
the learning resource while being an active learner.

What I Need to Know

This module will assist you in encouraging the learners to the use of advanced tools and
techniques found in common productivity and software applications in developing ICT content
for specific professional tracks, how to manipulate text, graphics, and images to create ICT
content intended for an online environment.

For the learner

Photo or image manipulation requires creativity and imagination. It is a skill that one may be
able to learn only by constant and consistent practice. “If a picture paints a thousand words,”
image editing, and manipulation is a way to alter a normal or natural image as an effective
media in communicating products or messages.

At the end of this module, you are expected to:

1. Get to know the different available apps or tools for image, photo or graphic design and
editing for mobiles and PC‟s.
2. Independently apply the techniques of image manipulation and graphic design.
 3. Create original or derivative ICT content from existing images, text and graphic elements
for use in specific professional tracks. Such as a) Team/ athlete/ league recruitment
posters (Sports); b) Logo or crest for a community, school organization or “barkada”
(Arts); c) Labeling and manual of operation for tools and equipment (Tech-Voc); d)
Presentation of cafeteria patronage data (Business/ Academic).

What I Know

Find and encircle (or highlight) the given words in the word puzzle matrix below:
Lesson Use image manipulation techniques on existing

7 images to change or enhance their current state to

communicate a message for a specific purpose.

The development of graphics and video editing software is overwhelmingly growing. Many
image editing programs are used to render or create computer art from scratch. Graphic
software programs can be broadly grouped into vector graphics editors, raster graphics editors,
and 3D modelers. These are the primary tools with which a user may manipulate, enhance, and
transform images.

What’s In

Identify the basic image editing terms. Write the letter of the correct answer. Write answers in
your notebook.

A. VECTOR B. RASTER C. 3D MODELING D. 3D RENDERING

1. The process of developing a mathematical representation of any three-dimensional surface

of an object via specialized software is called _____.
2. Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape and etc. are used to create and modify _____ images, which are
stored as descriptions of lines, Bezier curves and text instead of pixels.
3. These ____images are stored in a computer in the form of a grid of picture elements or pixels.
4. It can be displayed as a two-dimensional image through a process called _____ or used in a
computer simulation or physical phenomena.
5. Almost all of the photos found on the web and on print catalogs based on _____ images.

What’s New

There are so many amazing photo editing apps out there that, at times, it can become
overwhelming. To find the best free photo editing app, you need to first think about what you
want to achieve and then test some photo editing apps to find the right one for you.

For best results, stick to just one or two – it‟s better to become highly skilled in one app than to
have mediocre skills on many.

Below is a list of people‟s choices as the best photo editing apps available in 2019:

1. Snapseed: Best for advanced photo editing on a mobile device.

2. VSCO: Best for classic-look filters.
3. Adobe Photoshop Express: Best for all-around photo editing.
4. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC: Best for professionals and those wanting to make
quick pro adjustments.
5. Prisma Photo Editor: Best for turning your photos into artistic “paintings” and “drawings.”
6. Foodie: Best for taking your food photos to the next level.
7. Photo Collage: Best for creating the ultimate photo collages.
8. Adobe Photoshop Fix: Best for editing portraits.
9. Visage: Best selfie editing app.
10. Enlight Photofox: Best for artistic photo editing.
11. Instagram: Best for sharing your photos to build an online following.
12. Afterlight 2: Best for all-around editing and artsy overlays.
13. Canva: Best for business-related branded photos.
 14. SKRWT: Best for adjusting the perspective of your photos.
15. Facetune: Best professional selfie editing app.
16. TouchRetouch: Best for removing unwanted objects from your photos.
17. Pixelmator: Best for a huge range of photo editing features.
18. Mextures: Best for quick and professional layer editing.
19. Distressed FX: Best for unleashing your editing creativity.

What is It

Discussion of Activity 1
From the list of photo editor apps shown earlier, select at least 2 apps to download to
your device and discover how it works in photo editing. Write your observations and
recommendations below. Answer the question:

⮚ What features do you like best about the apps? (you may check on the reviews
comments online)

What’s More

Independent Activity 1
Visit the site https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/ for training on using GIMP. Search for three
images (preferably online platform) of a well-designed page.

Which examples would you consider as having a good layout?

Explain your answer. ___________________________________________________________

Independent Assessment 1
Select the tool you need in editing or manipulating images by matching Column A with Column B:

1. A. This tool is used when dealing with irregular shapes that

have extrusions and protrusions (otherwise known as bumps or bulges)
allowing you to make freeform selections
2. B. Selects areas of similar color with a single click. The "Tolerance" value
in the Options Bar sets the range of colors that will be selected.

3. C. Paints a copy of the selected state or snapshot into the current image
window

4. D. Creates a new image by selecting a desired rectangular portion from

the image and discards unwanted part of the image.

5. E. This tool draws rectangular selection outlines. Press and hold Shift as
you drag to draw a square selection.
Independent Activity 2
Find three images of a bad layout and explain your observation why you consider the image as
not well-designed. _____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________

Independent Assessment 2
To navigate around while editing, select the appropriate tool to use. Choose your answer by
writing the letter of the correct tool.

A B C D E

1. _____ Click on the image with the Zoom Tool to zoom in on a specific area. Press and hold
Alt (Win) / Option (Mac) and click with the Zoom Tool to zoom out.

2. ______ The Hand Tool lets us click and drag an image around on the screen to view
different areas when zoomed in.

3. _____ Use the Direct Selection Tool (the white arrow) to select and move an individual path
segment, anchor point or direction handle.

4. ______ Use the Rotate View Tool in Photoshop to rotate the canvas so you can view and
edit the image from different angles.

5. _____ Use the Path Selection Tool (the black arrow) in Photoshop to select and move an
entire path at once.

Independent Activity 3
Using Piktochart - infographic design application “that requires very little effort to produce
beautiful, high quality graphics, ” Select one among the three bad designs and manipulate to
produce a better design for a poster, an infographic, or a presentation. Choose a theme of your
own choice related to your strand. (i.e., engineering design, food and drinks, promo ads, etc.)

Who do you think should be the target audience of such materials? Justify how the objects,
images, or text used in your layout cater.
Independent Assessment 3
Identify the type of Infographics below: Match Column A with Column B. Write the letters on
the blank provided.

A B
1. Statistical A. Puts the focus on your data.

2. Informational B. Clearly communicates a new or specialized concept, or to give an

overview of a topic.
3. Timeline C. Visualizing the history of something, to highlight important dates, or
to give an overview of events
4. Process D. The best Infographics for providing a summary or overview of the
steps in a process.
5. Geographic E. Uses map charts as the focus visual

What I Have Learned

Identify the terms being asked in the following sentences. Write the letter of the correct answer
on the blank provided.

1. This editing technique is used to brighten or darken the image. Underexposed images
can be often be improved by using this feature.
A. Brightening C. Photo Editing
B. Contrast D. Photo Manipulation

2. This photo editing feature is used to lighten the image, so the photo brightens up. It is a
relative expression of the intensity of the energy output of a visible light source.
A. Brightening C. Photo Editing
B. Contrast D. Photo Manipulation

3. This is a regular process used to enhance photos and to create them. It is also called
„‟Actual simple process‟‟. This is also covering the regular programs used for exposer on
how to use them.
A. Brightening C. Photo Editing
B. Contrast D. Photo Manipulation

4. This is a process that includes simple editing techniques and have some alteration
techniques like erasing, adding objects , adding some graphical effects, background
correction, creating incredible effect, change elements in an image, adding styles ,
eliminating blemishes from a person‟s face and changing the features of a
person‟s body.
A. Contrast C. Photo Editing
B. Infographics D. Photo Manipulation

5. This process is also known as data visualization, information design, and

communication design
A. Brightening C. Infographics
B. Contrast D. Photo Manipulation
 What I Can Do

Select and match the correct letter from the box with the description given in the table below.
Write your answers in your notebook.

A. Softening B. Saturation C. Cropping D. Sharpening E. Cloning

1. Creates a new image by selecting a desired rectangular portion from the image. The
unwanted part of the image is discarded.
2. Uses the current brush to copy from an image or pattern. It has many uses: one of the most
important is to repair problem areas in digital photos.
3. Techniques used to make images clearer. Too much usage of it causes grains on the
surface of the image.
4. Editing technique that makes images softer that removes some of the highly visible flaws.
Too much causes the image to blur.
5. This is an expression for the relative bandwidth of the visible output from a light source. As
the intensity is increased, colors appear more “pure.‟‟ For decreased intensity, colors appear
more „‟ washed-out.‟‟

Assessment

Identify the following photo editor applications with their given logos”

B C D E
A

1. Best professional selfie editing app.

2. Best for classic-look filters.
3. Best for all-around photo editing.
4. Best for advanced photo editing on a mobile device.
5. Best for sharing your photos to build an online following.

Additional Activities
You

If you were to create a manipulated photo about an image of the world after Covid-19 pandemic,
how are you going to portrait the situation in the new normal? Use your imagination to describe
the new world after Covid-19 using photo manipulation.
Assessment Assessment 1
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Answer Key
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