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 Introductory Message

For the facilitator:

Welcome to the TLE 10 Module on Installing & Starting to Work in Adobe
Photoshop!

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by teachers

of Pagadian City Science High School to assist and helping the learners meet the
standards set by Department of Education while overcoming their personal, social, and
economic constraints in schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and
independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims
to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration
their needs and circumstances.

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module.
You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage
their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the learners
as they do the tasks included in the module.

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For the learner:
Welcome to the TLE 10 Photo Editing Module 1 on Installing and Starting
to Work in Adobe Photoshop!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities
for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to
process the contents of the learning resource while being an active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need This will give you an idea of the skills or competencies you
to Know are expected to learn in the module.

What I Know This part includes an activity that aims to check what you
already know about the lesson to take. If you get all the
answers correct (100%), you may decide to skip this
module.
What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you link the current
lesson with the previous one.

What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be introduced to you in
various ways such as a story, a song, a poem, a problem
opener, an activity or a situation.
What is It This section provides a brief discussion of the lesson. This
aims to help you discover and understand new concepts
and skills.
What’s More This comprises activities for independent practice to solidify
your understanding and skills of the topic. You may check
the answers to the exercises using the Answer Key at the
end of the module.
What I Have This includes questions or blank sentence/paragraph to be
Learned filled in to process what you learned from the lesson.

What I Can This section provides an activity which will help you transfer
Do your new knowledge or skill into real life situations or
concerns.
Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your level of mastery in
achieving the learning competency.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the module.
Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other activities included
in the module.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.

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 What I Need to Know

In this module, you’ll learn how to open Adobe Photoshop files, select and use
some of the tools in Tools panel. This lesson will take about four hours to complete.
After going through this module, you are expected to install and open an Adobe
Photoshop files and explore basic elements of this application.
Enjoy your journey. Good luck!

What I Know

Activity 1 – How Much I Know

Directions: Answer the questions based on your current photo editing ability (in any
photo editing program). Use the 4-point Likert Scale below.
1 - Not at all 2 – Maybe, with some help
3 – Yes, independently 4 – So well that I could help others

Item
Indicators 1 2 3 4
No.
1 I can use the zoom tool to zoom in and out on a photo.
2 I can define what a pixel is.
3 I can resize a photo
4 I can rotate/flip a photo.
5 I can crop a photo.
6 I can turn a photo to black and white and/or sepia.
7 I can use selection tools to select part of a photo.
8 I can add special effects to a photo.
9 I can add text to a photo.
I can put a decorative frame and/or mask around
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a photo.
11 I can use the stamp or clone tool.
12 I can use drawing tools on a photo.
13 I have used photo editing before.

14. If you have answered YES in question 13, please describe how you have used
photo editing and through whom.
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Activity 2 – Enlighten Me
Directions: Accomplish the following activities to test your understanding on Photo
Editing.
a. Imagine that you are a graphic artist expert in photo editing. You want to make
use of your learned skills to put up a Graphics and Design business. Cite
possible services you could offer to your clientele.
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b. In connection with the above question, what possible marketing strategies could
you do to sell your services to your target customers?
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c. What computer application/software are you going to use?

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Activity 3 – Picture Test

1. Examine the picture on the right. Can you make
changes on the picture?
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2. In three ways, what changes can you make using an
image editing application?
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3. What photo editing software can you use? Name at
least two.
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 What’s New

Adobe Photoshop CS6, the benchmark for digital imaging excellence, provides
strong performance, powerful image-editing features, and an intuitive interface. Adobe
Camera Raw, included with Photoshop CS6, offers flexibility and control as you work with
raw images as well as TIFF and JPEG images. Photoshop CS6 pushes the boundaries
of digital image editing and helps you turn your dreams into designs more easily than ever
before.
Before you begin using Adobe Photoshop CS6, make sure that your system is set
up correctly and that you’ve installed the required software and hardware. You need to
accomplish Activity 4 before you can start using the software and start editing your
images.
Good luck!

Activity 4 – Installing Adobe Photoshop

Directions: Follow the step by step procedure below in installing Adobe Photoshop CS6.
1. Using your computer (Desktop/Laptop), go to your web browser and enter the
following link: http://bit.ly/AdobeCS6download
2. Download and save the file in your computer.
3. After downloading, locate your file, unzip it and open the folder “Photoshop CS6
Portable”.
4. Inside the folder, double click PSCS6 with an application type file.
5. An Adobe window appear, and select/click en_US.
6. Wait the Adobe User Control to appear and click YES and you’re done!

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Activity 5 - Watch Out! Get to Know Me!
Directions: Explore the following basic elements with their sub menus in an Adobe
Photoshop as indicated in the picture above.
1. Menu Bar – is used to open and save files, adjust the canvas size, access some
of the editing tools, open and close various windows, and more.
2. Options Bar – is the horizontal bar that runs underneath the Menu Bar in
Photoshop. You can turn it on and off through the Windows menu, so if you don’t
see it on your screen, you definitely want to turn it on with Window > Options.
3. Tools Panel – is the long, narrow panel on the far left side of the work area. It
contains selection tools, painting and editing tools, foreground- and background
color, selection boxes, and viewing tools.
4. Mini Bridge Tab – gives you easy access to images right inside Photoshop
5. Timeline Tab – will allow you to add effects to your video clips directly in
Photoshop
6. Workspaces Menu –is a preset layout for the various elements that make up
Photoshop's interface. Workspaces determine which of Photoshop's panels are
displayed on your screen and how those panels are arranged. A workspace can
also change which tools are available in the Toolbar and how the Toolbar is
organized.
7. Panels – Panels help you manage, monitor, and modify images. Some panels
have menus that provide additional commands and options.
List down all the submenus under the following elements:
Menu Options Tools Mini Timeline Workspaces Panels
Bar Bar Panel Bridge Tab Menu

Congratulations! You can now proceed to your next activity.

Activity 6 – Opening a File
Directions: Follow the procedure below in opening a file in an Adobe Photoshop CS6.
1. On your PC/laptop, open a web browser and go to this URL:
http://www.peachpit.com/ebookfiles/013301164X
2. Download the ZIP file (or files) from the web site to your hard drive.
3. Unzip the ZIP files. All the practice files used throughout this module can be
located in the link above.
4. To begin opening a file, go back to your Adobe Photoshop application.
5. Choose File>Open, and navigate to the Lessons/Lesson01 folder that you copied
to your hard drive from the link provided in Step number 1.
6. Select the 01A_End.psd file, and click Open. Click OK if you see the Embedded
Profile Mismatch dialog box.
Note:The 01A_End.psd file opens in its own window, called the image window. The end
files in this book show you what you are creating in each project. In this file, an image of a
vintage car has been enhanced without overexposing the headlight.

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 What I Have Learned

Direction: Answer the following questions.

1. How do you open a file in Adobe Photoshop?
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2. How do you describe Adobe Photoshop software/application?

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3. Did you encounter problem/s in installing Adobe Photoshop? Site your problem
and what did you do in order to solve it.
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4. During your exploration in Photoshop elements, what are the things that amazed
you or feel excited in learning about? Why? List down at least 5 below:

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 Assessment

Directions: Select the best answer.

1. A benchmark software intended to edit images and digital photographs.
a. Adobe Premiere c. Adobe Acrobat
b. Adobe Photoshop d. Adobe After Effect

2. What is the first thing you do in opening a file in adobe Photoshop?

a. Choose Edit Menu c. Choose Options Bar
b. Choose Open menu d. Choose Tools Menu

3. How will you know that you open your newly installed Photoshop correctly?
a. It opens and then closes directly c. It opens and work on it
b. Nothing happened upon opening d. It closes directly

4. What Adobe Photoshop version we used in this module?

a. Adobe Photoshop CS5 c. Adobe Photoshop CC
b. Adobe Photoshop CS6 d. Adobe Photoshop CS7

5. Which of the following DOES not belong to a group?

a. Menu Bar c. Sub Menu Bar
b. Options Bar d. Tools Panel

6. Which of the following devices best suit to install Adobe Photoshop?

a. Mobile Phone c. IPad
b. Tablet d. Laptop/PC

7. You just downloaded your zip file Adobe Photoshop CS6 Portable in your hard
drive what will you do in order to navigate to the folder?
a. Open the file directly c. Unzip the file to see the folder
b. Double click the application d. Open your hard drive
8. Among are functions of Adobe Photoshop, EXCEPT?
a. Retouching Videos c. Creating image composition
b. Retouching images d. Image editing

9. What elements in Adobe Photoshop wherein you can locate all the tools to be
use in editing an images?
a. Menu Bar c. Timeline tab
b. Options Bar d. Tools Panel
10. What part of the Adobe Photoshop element wherein you can see your opened
image/s?
a. Workspaces c. Panels
b. Tools Panel d. Mini Bridge Tab

Congratulations!
You’ve just finished your first Module in Photo Editing.
Keep Learning!

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References
https://www.agitraining.com/adobe/photoshop/classes/what-is-
photoshop#:~:text=Adobe%20Photoshop%20is%20a%20critical,use%20online%20or%
20in%2Dprint.
http://www.peachpit.com/ebookfiles/013301164X
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/using/panels-
bins.html#:~:text=Panels%20are%20available%20in%20both,custom%20workspaces%
20in%20Expert%20mode.

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