It's about time we started working with the Adobe Creative Suite in this class. The first program we are going to touch on is Adobe Photoshop. Some of you may have taken a class or two of mine before, so this will be old hat to you. But for those who haven't, this may possibly be your first foray into the world of Photoshop. Don't be nervous. We're going to move at a pace that you'll be comfortable with and we won't leave you behind.
But first, I want you to get familiar with Photoshop's tools. I've made a handout I'd like you to look over and STUDY (that usually means a quiz is coming.) Have a look at the handout here:
http://www.thomaswellsphotography.com/art130/photoshop_tools.pdf
I'm not sure if you're able to print from the SVHEC's computers or not, but if you can, feel free to print these. If Trevor (or another student assistant is around, you can also ask them to print these for ou as well.
So, for tonight's class, I'd like you to try to get this handout printed, study over it a bit and fire up Photoshop and play around with it a little. Get familiar with the FILE menu. Learn to create a new document. Check out the IMAGE menu and look at "Image Size" to see how you can change the size and shape of a Photoshop file. Play with some of the tools on the handout to get a better feel for what they do.
When you come to class next week, be prepared to answer questions (did I say quiz?) about the handout and start working in Photoshop. So, tonight is an easy class but next week we're going to hit Photoshop pretty hard.
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