Introduction Your assignment is to have fun and create a digital image of yourself that you will upload onto your Electronic Portfolio.
Step 1:Creating an Avatar Using one of the websites below, create an Avatar of yourself. Once you have created your Avatar, you will need to save your Avatar to your My Info Tech Docs folder (Right Click->Save Image As). (If you have not created a folder titled "My Info Tech Docs," do so now.)
Doppel Me – Create a Doppel Me character and then right-click and save (save picture as) the completed Avatar to your My Pictures folder. Instructions: dopplemedirections.pdf OR Superhero Star
Step 2: Creating a Background Now that you have created your Avatar, it’s time to edit it and embed one of them onto your Electronic Portfolio.
1. Go to https://sketch.io/sketchpad/. You will now create a detailed and well thought out background for your Avatar images. 2. Once you are done creating your background, Export as a .JPEG and download to your computer. 3. Give your background a File Name and save your background to your My Pictures folder.
Step 3: Uploading Your Images To Foto Flexer 1. Go to FotoFlexer 2. Click on Log In and select Register Here
3. Once you create an account, be sure to write down your username (your username will be the email address that you used to sign up) and password onto your Username and Password Login Sheet
4. Select Upload and then click Upload again.
5. Upload your background image first.
6. Crop your image, if needed. Cropping your image means that you are eliminating any distracting any parts of the image, changing the composition and size of the image, and/or changing the horizontal and vertical orientation of the image.
7. Click on the Layers (or Overlay) Tab. The Overlay tool allows you to add graphics such as text and additional images to your main image, in this case your main image is your background image. 8. Click on the Add Images Feature and locate and upload each of your Avatar image that you created in Step 1. 9. Your photo will appear with it selected in a rectangle with corner boxes. Drag it down on top of the word Photo so it covers the word up.
10. Select the Decorate tab and click off your Avatar photo. 11. Use the Text tool to type your First Name's Portfolio and drag your text box somewhere onto your background.
12. Explore all of the tools within the Decorate, Effects, Animations, Beautify, and Distort tabs and have fun decorating your images any way you would like.
Be Creative! 13. When your digital image is complete in Fotoflexer, click on Save. 14. When the pop up appears, click on URL/Link->Copy to Clipboard.
Step 4: Adding Your Image to Your Electronic Portfolio 1. Log into your Electronic Portfolio
2. Click on the Edit Page tool on your Home page 3. Click on Insert
4. Click on Web Address (URL) and paste (CTRL+V) the image URL in the Image URL text box.