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INSTRUCTOR
NO
TES
Getting
S
tar
t
ed
The
A
dob
e®
Photoshop®
Classroom in a Book (2022 release) course presents
stu
–
dents with tips, techniques, and solutions for using the Adobe Photoshop (2022
release) software. The
Instructor
Notes are intended to
complement
the
i
nf
or
ma
–
complete. If you are teaching a 10-session class, you may want to combine some of
the lessons in a single class. For e
xam
ple:
Lessons 2 and 5 cover related aspects of photo
r
e
t
ouching
.
Lessons 3 and 6 both are about making se
le
c
tions
.
Lesson 4 deals specifically with layers, although layering is a crucial element
i
n
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INSTRUCTOR
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Getting
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tar
t
ed
The Getting Started chapter includes
important
information that helps lessons
g
o
smoothly for students and
t
eac
hers
.
Ensuring version consistency
betw
een
Classroom
in
a Book
and Photoshop
In the Getting Started chapter, the rerequisite section states the exact version
number of Photoshop that was used for that edition of Classroom in a Book.
Classroom in a Book is typically updated for the major version of Photoshop
t
ha
t
s
released during the Adobe MAX conference. In the months that follow, Adobe
ma
y
release updates to that major version that may make parts of it different than
wha
t
s
Photoshop
and Apple iPad
Adobe offers a version of Photoshop for iPad. However, its user experience is
designed differently than, and
do
e
sn
t
include all the features of, Photoshop
f
or
Windows or macOS desktop computers. For this reason, this Classroom in a Book
Photoshop
and Apple
Silicon
Macs
Apple is in the middle of
transitioning
Mac
computers
from Intel processors
t
o
Apple Silicon processors, such as the M1. An Apple Silicon-native version of
Photoshop was released in March 2021 but not all features were available. The 2022
release of Photoshop (version 23) still has a number of limitations that may
aff
ec
t
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CLASSROOM IN A BOOK (2022 RELEASE)
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F
on
t
a
v
ailabilit
y
Some lessons specify certain fonts, or encourage students to choose an a
ppr
opr
i
a
t
e
font that they like. You may want to assist students who have trouble locating
an
appropriate
font, in ways such as
:
How to change the current font (such as the options bar, Character panel,
or
Properties
p
ane
l).
Plug-ins
The 2021 release of Photoshop added the new top-level Plugins menu, a more
d
i
r
ec
t
way to use and find plug-in
mo
dule
s
.
The Plugins menu includes the Plugins Panel command, which opens the Plug
i
ns
panel containing any installed plug-ins. The Browse Plugins and Manage Plug
i
ns