1. Let’s see what you know about PHOTOSHOP

2. So what the heck is Photoshop all about? It’s a super popular program for creating and modifying digital images. It’s the most popular graphic editing software in the world! It is produced by a company called Adobe Systems (who also owns Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash…)

3. Ok, so how long has Photoshop been around? In the late 1980’s two brothers, Thomas and John Knoll, who were fascinated by art and technology and whose dad was a photographer started playing around on their father’s Mac computer. They began to develop software that could select and affect only certain parts of an image. They named it Photoshop. In 1990 Adobe launched Photoshop 1.0 And it hasn’t, can’t and won’t stand still, we are using Photoshop 8.0 and that’s not even the latest version.

4. This is the splash screen: Now there are the 41 names who develop Photoshop

5. Why use Photoshop? It is the leading software in it’s field With it you can: –Create original artwork –Design graphics for the web –Make adjustments in photographs –Design layouts –Be super creative!

6. Some quick info on File Types: There’s a large variety of file types and it can be confusing. In this class we will mostly be saving files as either a.PSD (PhotoShop Document).PDF (Portable Document File)

7. The Tools:

8. CS3 Toolbox

9. Cool. How much does Photoshop cost? From Adobe’s website (today)

10. Resources: www.adobe.com http://www.computerarts.co.uk/in_depth/ features/the_history_of_photoshophttp://www.computerarts.co.uk/in_depth/ features/the_history_of_photoshop http://www.wtvi.com/teks/ps/#Why%20U se%20PhotoShophttp://www.wtvi.com/teks/ps/#Why%20U se%20PhotoShop