Lesson 1. Getting to Know the Work Area

As you work with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe ImageReady, you’ll discover that there is often more than one way to accomplish the same task. To make the best use of the extensive editing capabilities in these programs, you first must learn to navigate the work area.

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:

  • Open an Adobe Photoshop file.

  • Select tools from the toolbox.

  • Use viewing options to enlarge and reduce the display of an image.

  • Work with palettes.

  • Use online Help.

This lesson will take about 60 minutes to complete. The lesson is designed to be done in Adobe Photoshop, but information on using ...

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