The software costs $149.00 and is available from ALA. Many asked for a hit on
responses, and many were like me, have the software, but have not used it. Here are
responses from those of you who are more on top of things with many thanks from the
rest of us that of it that haven't made the leap. I always have wonderful ideas in
the summer and then the school year starts and time races away.
Photoshop Elements works fine. We've taken one round of pictures and have
printed 9 posters so far and everything works well. The biggest hint comes in
taking the picture. We have the kids sit in front of green or blue paper. Make
sure the kids do not wear that color; that allows you to separate them from the
background. Also have them keep their elbows in; no need to eliminate the
background between arm and trunk. Other wise, it's pretty simple. We just save
as a .jpg and burn the images onto a CD. Kinko's charges about $2.50 per poster
to print a 11 X 17 glossy poster. We have the kids autograph them with a silver
or gold pen and for now, they are hanging in the hall. If you get any good
ideas, would you please post a hit? Thanks,
I think Elements will work, too. I usually use the full blown photoshop,
but the parts of it I use are in the elements version, too. Good luck!
I have used it to make posters of the kids who are Battle of the Books
winners (I print out on photo paper in regular size); I also made a full
size poster for an aunt turning 100! She loved it! (Printed it at
Kinko's).
I use Photoshop Elements to use to READ software. There is a bit of a
learning curve to understand the layers and placement of objects, but
it wasn't too hard for me. I do recommend the use of a blue screen or
some plain background that can be easily removed when trying to replace
the background.
I can't really answer your question about whether you can use photoshop
elements or not. But I can tell you that you can use the READ CD to make
some nice posters without photoshop at all. For SOME of the backgrounds you
can just use MS Word.
I don't know about Photoshop Elements, but I use Paint Shop Pro (much
cheaper than Photoshop) with the templates, and can use all but the layered
eps templates. I have created 8 1/2 x 11 posters of staff and "star"
students, and have them all on a "READ board" display. I think the students
get a kick out of seeing their teachers with a favorite book, as well as
students. However, do be aware that it takes time to create the posters. I
have gotten faster as I have practiced and learned more about how to create
them, but, at best, it takes me at least 150-20 minutes per poster.
--
Pam Gelbmann, Media Specialist
Wilson/Johnsville Elem. MN
Pam.Gelbmann@comcast.net
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