Photoshop, now up to version 7.0, is the leading professional image-editing program, released by Adobe. Photoshop is useful for both creating and editing images to be used in print or online. Easy to use, but full of high-quality features, Photoshop is the best choice for any image manipulation job.
Opening Adobe Photoshop 7.0
Click the “Start” menu and go to the “Programs” folder. You will see an “Adobe” folder with “Photoshop 7.0″ inside; click this icon.

Photoshop will initially open with a tool panel and a variety of windows, all of which look incredibly intimidating at first. You can ignore the right-most set of windows for now. First, let’s familiarize ourselves with the main menu.
File – create new images, open pre-existing images, print, exit the program, etc.
Edit – undo, copy, paste, cut, preferences, basic image manipulation, etc.
Image – change the image or canvas size, rotate, adjust brightness & contrast, etc.
Layer – Create / delete layers, merge layers together, layer effects, etc.
Select – Adjust the selected area of your image
Filter – Apply filters and effects to your images
View – Zoom in and out of your images
Window – Open or close different windows within Photoshop

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