n class friday Sept 1st

Photoshop Basics 1

- Starting the Program / Quit

Whats Where?

Hot Keys

- Opening a file
-- Browse in Bridge or Mini Bridge

- Save / Save As a file

- Windows

- File --> New

* Resoultion
72 dpi traditional screen resolution
180 dpi lowest printing resolution
300 dpi + good printing resolution
600 dpi + high resolution printing

* File Types

- File Types

---- Photoshop = .PSD = working file, the one you keep forever

-- End Product Files

---- JPEG = .JPG = web and email (Flickr) file

---- GIFF = .GIF = web file

---- TIFF = .TIF = full quality print file

--- RAW = .RAW = raw camera data uncompressed file

---- Portable Document File = .PDF = compressed print file

Setting Preferences
Photoshop --> Preferences --> General

View

- Rulers, Grids & Guides

- Show

- Snap

Work on Assignment