GIMP is a free tool that you can use as an alternative to editing photos and doing special effects. If you would like to use Adobe Photoshop with your students but don't want to shell out the money - this open source alternative is an excellent resource for you
My students will be cutting/editing photos of themselves to either create a digital portrait of themselves, or possibly insert themselves into a movie poster. Please view these tutorials that I created below with Jing software so that you can create your work of art and post it on Edmodo for the class to share:
