ADOBE PHOTOSHOP LE

TO OPEN A FILE:
1) Click on File, then on Open.
2) Click on the Down Arrow next to Look in:.
3) Click on the C: drive folder.
4) Scroll down and click on the My Documents folder (or whichever folder has the file you want to open).
5) Click on the file you want to work on (e.g., "my picture.jpg").
6) Click on the Open button.
TO ADJUST THE BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST:
1) Click on Image, then on Adjust, then on Brightness/Contrast.
2) Click and drag the tiny triangle to the right to increase the Brightness or to the left to decrease the Brightness. Do the same for the Contrast.
3) If you make a mistake, just hold down the Control key and press Z once (for Undo).
TO ZOOM IN (MAGNIFY) THE IMAGE:
1) Click on the Magnifying Glass button.
2) Click on the area of the image that you want to zoom in on (magnify).
3) To zoom out, hold down the Alt key and click anywhere on the image.
TO CROP THE IMAGE:
1) Click on the Selection Rectangle button.
2) Click and drag a Selection Rectangle around the area you want to keep:

i) Starting from the upper left hand corner of the image area you want to keep, click and drag the cross cursor (+) down and to the right.
ii) Release the mouse button when you have the area you want to keep completely within the Selection Rectangle.
iii) If you don't like the area you selected, just repeat step i) above.

3) Click on Image, then on Crop.
TO SHARPEN THE IMAGE:
1) Click on Filter, then on Sharpen, then on Sharpen (the second one).
2) If you want to sharpen the image some more, click on Filter, then on Sharpen, then on Sharpen More.
3) If you make a mistake at any time, you can hold down the Control key and press Z once to undo your last action.
[4) Try experimenting with the other commands under Filter, such as Blur, Noise, Pixelate, and Stylize for other special effects. Remember: You can undo your last action at any time by holding down the Control key and pressing Z once.]
TO CHANGE THE HUE AND SATURATION OF THE IMAGE:
1) Click on Image, then on Adjust, then on Hue/Saturation.
2) Click and drag the tiny triangle under "Hue" to the left to make the image more magenta or to the right to make it more green.
3) Click and drag the tiny triangle under "Saturation" to the left to make the image less saturated or to the right to make it more saturated.
4) Click and drag the tiny triangle under "Lightness" to the left to make the image darker or to the right to make it lighter.
TO ADJUST THE LIGHT AREAS (HIGHLIGHTS), MIDDLE AREAS (MIDTONES), AND DARK AREAS (SHADOWS) IN YOUR IMAGE:
1) Click on Image, then on Adjust, then on Level.
2) Under Input:

i) Click and drag the tiny triangle on the far left to the right (toward the middle) to expand the shadows (darkest areas) in your image and make the whole image darker.
ii) Click and drag the tiny triangle on the far right to the left (toward the middle) to expand the highlights (lightest areas) of your image and make the whole image brighter.
iii) Click and drag the tiny triangle in the middle to the left to make the midtones (middle brightness areas) darker or to the right to make them lighter.

[Alternatively,
3) Under Output:

i) Click and drag the tiny triangle on the far left to the right (toward the middle) to expand the shadows (darkest areas) in your image and make the whole image darker.
ii) Click and drag the tiny triangle on the far right to the left (toward the middle) to expand the highlights (lightest areas) of your image and make the whole image brighter.]

TO DRAW ON THE IMAGE WITH A BRUSH:
1) Click on Window, then on Show Color to see the palette of colors that you can use.
2) Click on the tab that says "Brush" to select the size brush you want.
3) Click on the small colored (or black) square that overlaps the other small square to select the foreground color.
4) Use the Eyedropper to select a color on the Color Strip. Click once on the Color Strip on the color you want for the "Foreground" color.
5) Click on the other small square (the one that is overlapped) to select the "Background" color. The Background color is the color that, for example, is used with the Erasing tool to erase a portion of your image.
6) You can click on File, then on Revert at any time to return the image to the way it originally was when you first opened it.

TO CLONE PART OF THE IMAGE TO ANOTHER PART OF THE IMAGE:
1) Click on the Cloning tool button.
2) While holding down the Alt key, click once with the Cloning tool on the image where you want to "pick up" the color and texture.
3) Release the Alt key and paint with the Cloning tool over the areas of the image that you want to change to the color and texture under the "pick up" area.
4) Notice that the "pick up" area moves in conjunction with the movement of the Cloning tool. If you begin to pick up the wrong color and texture (of adjacent areas of the image), then hold down the Alt key and click once with the Cloning tool on a different area of the image on an area that has the color and texture you want.
TO CHANGE THE IMAGE SIZE:
1) Click on Image, then on Image Size.
2) Under Print Size:, type in a new value for the Width. The Height will automatically adjust itself to keep the ratio of the width to the height the same (but only if "Constrain proportions" is checked).
3) If you type in a new value for the resolution (pixels or dots per inch), the image will automatically be updated with the new resolution when you click on OK. [Note: The size of the image file in kilobytes, however, may become very large. As a result, the image may take much longer to e-mail to someone or print out.]
TO SAVE YOUR IMAGE (AFTER YOU'VE MADE CHANGES TO IT):
1) Click on File, then on:

Save = if you want to save the changes you have made to the same file (with the same file name) in the same image file format as the original (.jpg, for example).
Save a copy = if you want to save the new, modified image to a file with a new name (and keep the original intact).
Save as = if you want to save the image in a different image file format (".psd," for example), or with a different file name.

TO PRINT OUT YOUR IMAGE:
1) Click on File, then on Print.
2) Click on OK.

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