Image Editing
As with video editing, images have become fundamental to nearly every industry—for education, historical record, marketing, instruction, etc. Students possessing proficiencies in image management will provide greater value to nearly every industry they engage.
Presently the devices and software in use by the general public manage and manipulate images frequently without a user’s understanding of methods and effects it has on the image files. Sometimes this can result in unwanted image degradation. Conversely, there are occasions when smaller image file sizes are advantageous for transmission, rendering, etc.
Optimally, students should know the basic concepts of image properties such as lossless (i.e. .png), lossy (i.e. .jpg) and appropriate use and application for such filetypes.
Students should be familiar and have basic proficiencies with image editing including ability to capture and modify screenshots—which is important for training and educational endeavors, and to remove backgrounds—which is important for enterprise applications. Students should be able to degrade an image to meet file size constraints and to use images as video assets.
Action Plan:
Educational Institutions will need to have and provide students with hardware and software resources capable of the image editing objectives outlined above.
Educational content providers will be expected to provide standardized training to both educators and to students that meet industry quality standards with the goal of instilling proficiency and self-sufficiency in the subject matter. Hardware, software and course materials should be fairly priced and free from overt marketing bias.