The Welcome Screen


New to Photoshop CS is a Welcome Screen that provides you with a variety of options for getting help. When you launch Photoshop, the Welcome Screen appears before you can begin working in the program. The Welcome Screen also can be opened at any time using the Help menu.

  1. Click on Start at the left end of the Windows Taskbar. The Start menu will appear. If you are using Mac OS, find the Photoshop icon and double-click on it to launch the program.

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  2. Place the mouse pointer over All Programs (or Programs for Windows versions prior to XP). The Programs menu will appear.

  3. Click on Adobe Photoshop CS . The new Photoshop CS Welcome Screen will appear.

Tip

If you don't want the Welcome Screen to appear whenever you start Photoshop CS, uncheck the box in the lower-left corner of the Welcome Screen entitled Show this dialog at startup.

or

  1. Click on Help from within Photoshop. The Help menu will appear.

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  2. Click on Welcome Screen . The Welcome Screen will open .

Using the Welcome Screen Tutorials

Photoshop CS comes with six project tutorials that cover certain common tasks like removing red eyes from a photograph or correcting image levels.

  1. Click on Learn the Basics . Your Internet browser program will launch.

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  2. Click on the desired tutorial . The window will now display the steps for that tutorial.

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  3. Scroll through the steps to follow the tutorial. You can drag the scroll box or click on the scroll buttons to move through the topic.

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  4. Click on the close button in the upper-right corner to close the window and return to Photoshop.

Watching Tutorial Movies

Adobe provides a Web site that contains tutorials in the form of movies for a variety of advanced topics. This Web site is constantly being updated, so the tutorials found there may change from time to time. You can access these tutorials directly from the Welcome Screen.

  1. Click on Advanced Techniques (Online) . Your Internet browser program will launch.

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    Note

    You must be connected to the Internet to take advantage of this feature.

  2. Click on the desired tutorial . The window will now change to give you a full description of the tutorial.

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  3. Click on the Click to view the movie link . A new window will launch, and the tutorial will begin playing.

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    You must have the QuickTime plug-in installed on your Internet browser to watch the tutorial movies.

  4. Click on the x in the upper-right corner of the window to close the movie.

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  5. Click on the x in the upper-right corner to close the browser window and return to Photoshop.

Tips and Tricks

Photoshop CS comes with a PDF ( Portable Document Format ) file that contains a variety of tips, tricks, and projects that you can take advantage of.

  1. Click on Tips and Tricks From the Experts . Adobe Acrobat Reader will open.

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  2. Click on the Bookmarks tab if it is not already selected. The Bookmarks window will open.

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  3. Click on the desired tutorial . It will be selected, and the tutorial will appear in the window.

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  4. Scroll through the steps of the tutorial. You can drag the scroll box or click on the scroll buttons to move through the topic.

  5. Click on the x in the upper-right corner of the Acrobat window to close the file and return to Photoshop.

Color Management Help

Color management is an integral part of image design and output. In a nutshell , color management is the process of matching the appearance of colors on all your devices. In other words, it's making sure that the colors you see on your screen match the colors on your printed output. Although specific programs and hardware devices are designed for professional designers and printers to calibrate their equipment, Photoshop has a variety of tools to help with the color management process. Getting help with color management is available directly through the Welcome Screen.

  1. Click on Setting Up Color . Your Internet browser program will launch.

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  2. Click on the desired color management topic . The topic help will open in the window.

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  3. Read the instructions for the help topic you have selected.

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  4. Click on one of the navigational links at the bottom of the page.

  5. Click on the x in the upper-right corner to close the window and return to Photoshop.




Adobe Photoshop CS Fast & Easy
Adobe Photoshop CS Fast & Easy (Fast & Easy (Premier Press))
ISBN: 1592003451
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 179

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