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Today we will be learning the essentials of how to use photoshop).  We will look at:

• toolbar & menu (what Adobe calls "the work area")
• layers
• selecting
• image adjustment
• saving for the web

To start we need something to work with: download all three images in the right column.

Other Tutorials to Check out

Levels
An excellent tutorial on how to adjust levels

Color balance
You can also use the levels tool to balance your colors

Cropping
Cropping to a specific size

Straightening and Cropping (CS5 Tutorial)

General
Adobe TV — Learn Photoshop (CS5 Tutorials
Photoshop Essentials (many tutorials, beginner to advanced, with pdfs)