Photos, install tools and edit them

Now we will learn a bit about photos. First we need to download one, or to take one with the webcam of the laptop.

1. Download a photo: google someone you like, like Koko the gorilla, right-click on the image, choose "save image as...".
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Save it in Pictures directory: when saving, click on Pictures directory on the left, then save.
   
   
   
3. If you work on a laptop you should be able to use you webcam to take a snapshot of yourself.
   Let's open "Cheese webcam booth". For this we click on "Super" button (it looks like windows symbol on most keyboards, see an example here), and write webcam. Click on the cheesy icon.

When you click on it, a window opens and you see yourself moving about with a puzzled look. make sure the "photo" button is pressed, then click on the video symbol to take a picture. The picture is automatically saved in "Webcam" folder inside "Pictures".

Okay, so now we have some photos we want to edit. We may want to write something on top, add thick eyebrows etc. For this we need a program. Let's install something called Pinta by using "Ubuntu Software" . You can click on the orange bag symbol. If you can't see it on the left side Launcher (where all the icons are), press the "Super" key and write "ubuntu software". Click on the orange bag.
Now a window opens where you have to search for the program you want. Write "pinta", and once it is found, click install. It will say "installing" for some seconds, then it is ready to work.

Finished installing? great. Now let's open the picture. Open your file explorer "Nautilus",  just the grey icon in the Launcher. Then navigate to Pictures or to further into Webcam if your picture is there. Right-click on the image and choose open with > Pinta. Got it?

Now you should see your picture with tools on the left side. Try drawing on the picture with the mouse. Change color by clicking on the little colorful squares on the left, draw some more.

Now, there is a selection tool that looks like a dashed square on the top left corner of the tools area. Click on it, choose an area of the picture by click and dragging the mouse. Then delete this rectangle by pressing the delete button of the keyboard. Now choose the paint bucket tool and spill some paint into the hole.

Now just play with it. Try inserting text by clicking the text (T) tool, choosing area of the picture with lasso or magic wand, use Ctrl+C to copy what you selected and Ctrl+V to paste it somewhere. In the end, you should use "save as" if you want to save your creation without overwriting the original image. For this, you have to find "file" tab. It may show itself when you hover the mouse over the top left of the screen or over the top left of Pinta window. Click on file, choose "save as", give your file a new name and save it. 

Important tips - use Ctrl+Z to undo something you did. use Ctrl+A to choose all the picture. You sometimes have to do this after you work on an area, otherwise you can't draw outside your selection.