It is useful to know how to save, edit, and resize images.  We will be using these skills during EFL537 for a variety of purposes including taking screenshots of your computer screen when you have questions or need to show you've completed certain tasks.

If Irfanview is not installed on your computer, you can download it here. 

• Watch the 'Taking a screenshot image' screencast and look at this tutorial page .
• Additional screencasts are here and here and  more support materials are here if needed.

Task

• Go to this URL:    http://worldbridges.info/badge1.html
• Take a screenshot of your monitor and crop it to only include the portion with a black background
• Resize the image to 400pixels wide.  Save it as a .gif file.
• Create a blog entry titled 'Image Editing Task' and attach that image to it.
  
  A screencast that shows you how to do this is at: http://efl537.com/screencasts/image-badge.swf