Beginning with Photoshop
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• Photoshop page size
  When you first open PhotoShop, it doesn't open a page of a specific size, like a word processor does, because each graphic has its own size. You will open a graphic that has its own size, or you will create a graphic of a specific size.
• PhotoShop uses floating palettes.
  As you work on your graphics, you want to be able to tell PhotoShop to do many tasks. The palettes let you get to those tasks quickly. However, there are so many tasks available, the palettes take up a great deal of your workspace. Close all the palettes you don't need by clicking the X in the upper right-hand corner.
  
• The floating palettes can be moved around the page by clicking and dragging the blue title bars.
  
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  Of all the palettes, you will probably use the Tools the most. Some of the tools have a little black triangle beside them. If you right click on the little triangle, a list of variations of that tool will appear.
  
• Each tool has many options that affect how it works. The Options Bar is usually located right under the main Toolbar. When you click a tool, the Options will change to show the options specific to that tool.
  Options tool bar for the Magic Wand Tool
  
  Options tool bar for the Marque Tool
  
  
• Many of the tools in the Tool Bar are for chosing areas of a graphic. For example, you may want to choose an area with a certain color so you can change the color. Here are the selection tools:
  
  1. The Marquee Tool: chooses an area in a rectangle or oval.
  
  2. The Lasso Tool: chooses around a specific shape. This is very handy when you want to highlight a specific item from one picture and copy and paste it onto another picture. The magnetic lasso is a variation of the lasso tool that helps you draw right up against the edge of the object. Click here for an example. The school bus was highlighted with the magnetic lasso tool.
  
  3. The Magic Wand Tool: chooses a color area. For example, if you want to make the sky a bit bluer, you can use the magic wand to choose the sky without having to draw a line around it.