Exploring Adobe Photoshop

Today we will be exploring the PhotoShop application and experimenting with the tools.

We will be using the following images:
(Right-click the image and save to your computer.)

• Bottles
• Gondola
• Clouds
• Veggies
• Fruit
• Horse & Cart

Below is a video (from Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty) which demonstrates how much the print media (magazines, billboards, etc.) rely on PhotoShop.  It also does a great job of demonstrating why young people today have difficulty living up to the images they see in magazines and advertising.  Even supermodels get PhotoShopped before they are "good enough".