Getting Started with Photoshop

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Photoshop is a complicated program and can seem intimidating at first.
But you don't need to know everything about Photoshop in order to use it productively.

Learn how to do one task,
and then you can add to your knowledge as you go along.

Good luck!
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The Photoshop Desktop
http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/Tutorials/Photoshop/2004_ps_interface/PS2004_interface.jpg




Title, Menu, and Options bars
http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/Tutorials/Photoshop/2004_ps_interface/optionsbar.gif


The title bar includes the label "Adobe Photoshop"
and, in brackets, the current filename
(in the above example, Waterfall.psd)
the current view (50%),
and the color mode
and bits per channel
(RGB/8#).



Menus
(File, Edit, Image, Layer, Select, Filter, View, Window, and Help)
appears right below the title bar.
Click on a menu name and its menu items will appear.

The options bar appears below the menus.
Options appear for the tool that is currently selected in the toolbox.
The above example shows options for the Type tool.

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The Toolbox

http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/Tutorials/Photoshop/2004_ps_interface/toolbox.gif

http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/Tutorials/Photoshop/2004_ps_interface/tools/marquee.gif
Marquee

Click and drag to select part of the image


http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/Tutorials/Photoshop/2004_ps_interface/tools/move.gif
Move

Click and drag to move a selected area or an entire layer.


http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/Tutorials/Photoshop/2004_ps_interface/tools/crop.gif

Crop

Click and drag to specify area to crop. Press Enter key to crop or Escape key to cancel.


http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/Tutorials/Photoshop/2004_ps_interface/tools/type.gif

Type

Click the image with the type tool where you want to add type. Then start typing.


http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/Tutorials/Photoshop/2004_ps_interface/tools/zoom.gif

Zoom

Click or drag to zoom in (to zoom out, press the Alt key)


http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/Tutorials/Photoshop/2004_ps_interface/tools/hand.gif

Hand

Drag with the hand tool to move around an image

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Palettes
Palettes enable you to perform a wide variety of tasks in Photoshop. To display or hide particular palettes, go to the Window menu and choose a palette name.


Window menu

http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/Tutorials/Photoshop/2004_ps_interface/tools/window_menu.gif


Palettes

http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/Tutorials/Photoshop/2004_ps_interface/palettes.gif


To reset palette locations to the default, choose Window>Workspace>Reset Palette Locations

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Rulers


http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/Tutorials/Photoshop/2004_ps_interface/rulerex.jpg

To display or hide rulers, choose Ctrl-R or View>Rulers.

. For example, the above image is 192 pixels wide by 128 pixels high. To change the unit of measurement (such as from pixels to inches), double click on the ruler, or go to Preferences (Edit>Preferences>Units & Rulers). If you are creating an image for the Web, use pixels as the unit of measurement.






The Status Bar


http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/Tutorials/Photoshop/2004_ps_interface/statusbar.gif

The status bar at the bottom of the Photoshop desktop provides information about your current view, file and currently selected tool (in this example, the view is now 50%, the file size is 804K, and the move tool is currently selected.

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http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/Tutorials/Photoshop/get_started.htm