Chapter 1

Getting Started

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Are you interested in creating, modifying, combining, and/or optimizing digital images on your computer? This chapter introduces you to Photoshop, a popular software application for working with digital images. Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud is a subscription-based service where you pay a monthly fee to access the most up-to-date version of Photoshop. New Photoshop features are downloaded to your computer over the Internet as Adobe makes them available.

Work with Images

Understanding Photoshop

Start Photoshop on a PC

Start Photoshop on a Mac

The Photoshop Workspace

Find Images for Your Projects

Set Preferences

Save ...

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