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7.02 Basic Layering<p><img src="$IMS-CC-FILEBASE$../resources/OnlineDiscussion_571f9fd459655.png" style="float: right; margin: 10px;" id="" title="" /></p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 16px;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px;">Objective: </strong>Use<a class="sExtlink-processed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-width: 0px; color: #2f8ae4;" href="http://pixlr.com/" target="_blank"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; color: #000000;">Pixlr</span></a>'s layersto add something from one image to another image.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Directions:</span></p>
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<li style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Find two images you'd like to combine (one for the background, one for the element you want to add to the background) and save them to your computer</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Go to<a class="sExtlink-processed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline-width: 0px; color: #2f8ae4;" title="http://pixlr.com" href="http://pixlr.com/">http://pixlr.com</a>and select"Pixlr Editor"</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Select "Open Image From My Computer" and open both images</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Select the element you want to add with the select tool and copy it</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Go to the background image and paste the element</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Resize / Move / Erase until it's the way you want it to be</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Save the image</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Upload the image to the Discussion Board</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">Post your image and tell us how else you might use layering techniques.</span></p>