Fundamentals of Image Editing

• In this course, you will learn to:
• Explain the essence and scope of photography as a medium of artistic expression and communication
• Identify and explain fundamental photography principles to enhance visual storytelling
• Operate a camera effectively, utilizing its basic functions and settings
• Differentiate various photography styles and genres to broaden artistic perspective
• Identify potential career paths in photography and understand the business aspects of the profession
• Rate mobile photography techniques and tools to capture high-quality images
• Create a compelling photography portfolio that showcases individual style and skills
• Explain the fundamentals of photo editing to enhance and refine images
• Identify popular photo editing tools and their applications in image enhancement
• Demonstrate use of a popular photo editing tools
• Explain digital artistry techniques using Photoshop to create visually striking images
• Organize and save files, ensuring workflow efficiency and data management
• Identify advanced Photoshop techniques to expand creative possibilities in editing
• Classify photo adjustments and corrections to improve image quality

• At the end of this course, learners will be able to:
• Apply basic principles of photography to capture aesthetically pleasing photographs
• Illustrate the use of key photography principles in creating visually compelling images
• Create and implement effective methods for operating camera equipment in different scenarios
• Compare and contrast a variety of photography styles and genres
• Utilize mobile technology to enhance photography skills
• Create a professional photography portfolio
• Identify various career paths in the field of photography
• Differentiate among popular photo editing tools and their uses
• Utilize Adobe Photoshop to edit and enhance photos
• Create a workflow in Adobe Photoshop for efficient photo editing
• Combine techniques in Adobe Photoshop for basic to advanced photo editing tasks
• Experiment with advanced editing techniques to expand artistic expression
• Implement essential photo corrections like exposure, color, and composition in their photographs

The academic approach of the courses focuses on the “work-centric” education i.e. begin with work (and not from a book!), derive knowledge from work and apply that knowledge to make the work more wholesome, useful and delightful. The ultimate objective is to empower the Learner to engage in socially useful and productive work. It aims at leading the learner to his/her rewarding career as an employee or entrepreneur as well as development of the community to which s/he belongs. Learning methodology:

• Step -1: Learners are given an overview of the course and its connection to life and work.
• Step -2: Learners are exposed to the specific tool(s) used in the course through the various real-life applications of the tool(s).
• Step -3: Learners are acquainted with the careers and the hierarchy of roles they can perform at workplaces after attaining increasing levels of mastery over the tool(s).
• Step -4: Learners are acquainted with the architecture of the tool or tool map so as to appreciate various parts of the tool, their functions, utility and inter-relations.
• Step -5: Learners are exposed to simple application development methodology by using the tool at the beginner’s level.
• Step -6: Learners perform the differential skills related to the use of the tool to improve the given ready-made industry-standard outputs.
• Step -7: Learners are engaged in appreciation of real-life case studies developed by the experts.
• Step -8: Learners are encouraged to proceed from appreciation to imitation of the experts.
• Step -9: After the imitation experience, they are required to improve the expert’s outputs so that they proceed from mere imitation to emulation.
• Step-10: Emulation is taken a level further from working with differential skills towards the visualization and creation of a complete output according to the requirements provided. (Long Assignments)
• Step-11: Understanding the requirements, communicating one’s own thoughts and presenting are important skills required in facing an interview for securing a work order/job. For instilling these skills, learners are presented with various subject-specific technical as well as HR-oriented questions and encouraged to answer them.
• Step-12: Finally, they develop the integral skills involving optimal methods and best practices to produce useful outputs right from scratch, publish them in their ePortfolio and thereby proceed from emulation to self-expression, from self-expression to self-confidence and from self-confidence to self-reliance and self-esteem!

Evaluation Pattern of KLiC Courses consists of 4 Sections as per below table:

YCMOU Mark Sheet

Printed Mark Sheet will be issued by YCMOU on successful completion of Section 1, Section 2 and Section 3 and will be delivered to the learner by MKCL.
YCMOU Mark Sheet will be available only for Maharashtra jurisdiction learners

MKCL's KLiC Certificate

The certificate will be provided to the learner who will satisfy the below criteria:

1. Learners who have successfully completed above mentioned 3 Sections i.e. Section 1, Section 2 and Section 3
2. Additionally, learner should have completed Section 4 (i.e. Section 4 will comprise of SUPWs i.e. Socially Useful and Productive Work in form of Assignments)
   • Learner has to complete and upload minimum 2 out of 5 Assignments