Posting on the Blog

To open the Blog, type www.showoff-acl.blogspot.com

To post your own images or comment on other posts you have to Sign In with your email address and password. It is good practice to keep a list of the passwords you use with different websites – you will forget them, especially if, as it is advised, you do not always use the same one – you will forget them, oh yes, you will!

From the Dashboard, you can click on + New Post and go straight to the page where you can type a message and give it a title. The toolbar has the usual text options plus two picture icons that allow you to add an image or video. Clicking on the first one will open a window from where you can upload the image from a file on your computer. You can add five images at a time and choose how any text interacts with the images.

Formatting the post can be tricky but at least you can edit it, even after you have opted for PUBLISH POST. (You can even opt for SAVE NOW and it will save as a draft that you can return to later.) Click on Preview to see what your post will look like when published to the Blog. Click on View Blog to return to the main page.

You can also edit the post even after it has been published, which is useful if you discover the odd typo. To do this, surprisingly, you click on New Post, top right. This opens the page where you can make a new post but by clicking on Edit Posts a page appears with a list of your posts and it is from here you can edit them.

Add comments to any post by clicking on: comments at the bottom of a post. This will open up a page where you can type your comment. Click on PUBLISH YOUR COMMENT for the comment to be added to the post. Return to the main page by clicking on: Post a comment on: Show Off ACL. Comments can be viewed by clicking on comments. You can remove your own comment by clicking on the bin icon at the bottom of the post.

There is a Help area for any other information you need.

Happy blogging!

Digital Imaging

Digital Imaging courses at ACL are aimed at those who are interested in optimising and enhancing their own digital photographs or who wish to build further upon their skills and learn more advanced techniques. The images here are from courses that cover basic procedures using PhotoShop and those where tools and commands have been applied more creatively. In most examples digital images have provided a starting point but others demonstrate how PhotoShop can also be used independently to create original and personal results.
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Most students gain the confidence to plan outcomes and produce imaginative and satisfying results when transforming photographs. Many also discover their potential for making effective judgements about colour, composition and themes when using this new medium.
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I Can Draw

This course is aimed at those who wish to learn the basic techniques of drawing or improve their drawing skills. Students experience how to draw from observation and from memory, how to express ideas and feelings and how to interpret what they see with accuracy. They focus upon line, colour, tone, pattern, perspective, compostion and scale, while working with a variety of media.