Introduction | Creating and Opening an Image | Editing an Image | Understanding and Switching Between Layers
Cropping and Resizing Images | Moving and Selecting/Deleting Parts of Images | Adding Text
Altering Your Images | Rotating and Drawing Shapes | Eyedropper and Zoom Tools | History
Brightness & Contrast | Layer Styles | Filters | Saving

What is Adobe Photoshop 7.0?:
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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