Doing Research
You can find good information online. But please try to distinguish between academic quality sources and Wiki-type sources. Compare these two, for instance:
Better sources can usually be accessed via the library website. Using a Rutgers computer, you can access the "Indexes and Databases" at the Libraries site:
Some of the better ones we will mention:
- Academic Search Premier
- AccessMed
- Medline
- Lexis Nexis Statistical
There are so many good sources for photoshop tutorials on the web that you can usually just try a Google search for what you want to accomplish and then pick the tutorial that sounds closest to what you want. You can also search in YouTube. For example, I was teaching students how to make a grid using Photoshop and found a dozen tutorials -- some text based, some video, and each offering a slightly different way to do it.
Let's start by trying to create some Ataxia images.
Selecting images
There are several ways to work with your images. I usually save them to the desktop to start. But you can also right click on them and copy them to the clipboard, then go to Photoshop and choose "New." You should get a new blank document into which to paste the image you chose that is the same size as the image itself. You can also change the size to fit what you want. I usually work on an 800x600 canvas.
You can also use Print Screen to get images. For the Mac, the best one is usually "Apple key ⌘ + Shift + 4" which allows you to select exactly what you want from the screen. If you use a 3 instead of a 4 you get the whole screen. It then prints an image to the desktop called "Picture#" with the latest number. For PC, you can use the Shift-Print Screen to get a picture onto the clipboard and then paste it as you wish.
Create a border
To create a border around your pictures, open the "Select" menu and choose "Select All." To create a border around a certain section, use the "Selection" tool in the toolbar and select the area you want. Once you make your selection, go to the "Select" menu, choose "Modify" and then "Border." In the dialog box, choose the pixel size of your border and make sure that the color is correct. Now "Save for Web and Devices" to create your final image.
PowerPoint
Once you have the images you want to use, open up PowerPoint and let's get started incorporating them.
With PowerPoint 2007 it might be useful to have some tutorials. Especially if you have only had experience with the old PowerPoint, you are going to be in for a shock with 2007. Here are some good places to start:
There are more tutorials linked below.
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