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Galen Waller
Dr. Bill Rosener
IS 3053
13 July 2016
Introduction to Photoshop Summary
This video presents a very revealing introduction to an obviously sophisticated bitmap,
or raster, graphics editing tool. Within the first ninety seconds of following along with the
tutorial in my version of Photoshop, I discovered that right-clicking the small triangle in the
lower right-hand corner of a specific tool would reveal all of the options available. Soon after, I
was able to crop a head from a body using the Magnetic Lasso Tool, which had previously
been hidden from view. Ive been a little excited to learn about this capability since seeing some
of my cousins work involving family photos and body-swapping.
The demonstration on the use of the Clone Stamp Tool was easy to follow and
illustrated how touch-ups could be accomplished quickly in many different scenarios.
Zooming in to the point that individual pixels can be distinguished makes it even easier and
could aid in fitting heads onto bodies to which they do not belong. The toolbar to the left is fairly
self-explanatory, but many of the other windows are not. The layout of tabs, toolbars, and
windows reminded me of the first time that I used C++ or Visual Basic in Visual Studio, but I am
mostly unfamiliar with Photoshops capabilities.
Lastly, there were several tools mentioned briefly that are obviously important to both my
personal agenda with the program and the scholastic requirements. The layers tool appears to
simplify the process of inserting and rearranging overlapping images. The most potentially
confusing section appears to be that about the Timeline/Animation window. Hopefully,

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familiarity does not breed contempt with this tool. The most encouraging aspect of the
introduction would be the fact that the interface is so similar to many Microsoft programs. This
will help while following along with the tutorials and becoming familiarized with the
functionality of the software.