Photoshop+Assignment+1

Launch Photoshop
=Photoshop CS6 Workspace Overview=
 * From the **Start** menu, select **Programs**
 * From **Programs** submenu, select **Adobe Design Premium CS6**.
 * From **Adobe Design Premium CS6** submenu, select **Adobe Photoshop CS**

Workspace overview
The great thing about Photoshop is that the workspace is fully customizable, you can drag and adjust the workspace to your tastes. However when your first starting out in Photoshop I would recommend using the default workspace.

Resetting your workspace to default
If you have accidentally changed your workspace and are unsure on how you can reset it to the default view. Simply click on **WINDOW > WORKSPACE > Essentials (DEFAULT).** Resetting Workspace to Default This should reset the workspace to the default view. When you open the windows menu as seen in picture above, you can also select and open additional palettes not currently displayed on the workspace. A tick is displayed next the palettes which are opened. The Photoshop workspace can be broadly split up into 4 main groups; Photoshop CS6 workspace overview
 * Tool Bar
 * Menu
 * Tool options bar
 * Palette well made of several floating palettes

=Customizing the Palette Well in Photoshop=

Customizing the palette well
The palette well can be fully customized, additional palettes can be selected from the **WINDOW**  option in the main menu. Palette you want to have open always **LAYERS & HISTORY.** Selecting desired palettes in Photoshop CS6 Once the additional palettes have been opened they can simply be dragged anywhere in the palette well. The palette well is fully customizable, simply drag and drop them into any position you want Unwanted palettes can be dragged off the palette well on to the palette well sidebar, collapsing them. Collapsing unwanted palette windows
 * if IT is checked it is showing.**

Step 1: __**Opening Images and Navigating in CS3**__
Navigating can take some practice and Viewing the Images is a great way to jump right in. You will not save anything and the Picture will be locked. We will discuss this later. You are only practicing with the Arrange Options. Make sure you know what all 4 opitons do!
 * From the **File** menu, Select **Open**
 * **Navigate** to Your folder to **Open** one of your Pictures.
 * Do this **Twice** so you have at least **two images open**
 * I cannot see the other Image? That is why we are learning this skill!**
 * Go to the Menu Bar and Select Arrange and Experiment with the different views**

__**Step 2: Get to Know Your Image**__
Every image in Photoshop also includes two additional components, a Window and a Canvas. The Canvas is the Virtual paper on which the image is Drawn. The window is the area on the screen in which the image appears. When you open an image in Photoshop, the Image will appear within its Window. The windo functions just like a window containing a Word Document.
 * To Enlarge the image Window, click on the Maximize button (Labeled with the **Box**) symbol), in the Windows' upper right corner
 * To Minimize the Image Window, click on the minimize button (Labeled with the Minus Sign), in the Windows upper right corner
 * To close an image, click the close button (Labeled with an X), in the Wondow upper right corner.

__**Step 3 Change the Size of the Image Window**__

 * To Change the size of the image window, place your mouse on any edge or corner of the window
 * The cursor will become a double-sided arrow
 * To Enlarge the window, click and drag your mouse away from the center of the image
 * To Reduce the size of the window, click and drag your mouse toward the center of the image
 * Althought the size of the window changes, the image will remain the same size.

__Step 4 Zoom Tool and Pan Tool__
To move around once you are Zoomed in on an image you can use the Hand Tool known as the "Pan Tool" To Get out of the Pan Tool or Get back to Original Window Double Click on the Zoom tool and you will be back to the Open State
 * To Zoom in on your Image:**
 * Click on the Image with the Magnifying Glass Cursor
 * The Magnification of your Image will Increase Each time you click on the image with the magnify glass
 * The image window's Title bar displays the level of Magnification, shown as a percentage of the imag's original size.
 * Each time you click on the image, this percentage increases
 * To Zoom Out:**
 * Press the ALT key on your keyboard
 * The symbol within the magnifying glass cursor will change to a Minus Sign
 * Each time you click on the Image the Percentage will also decrease**Pan Tool**

Close Both or All of your Images, You Do not Need to Save anything, DO NOT CLOSE PHOTOSHOP
Make sure you know how to open a file, Zoom, Pan and change the way you view images


 * Move on to Assignment 2 **