1. Opening an image
I do know how to open an image in photoshop from the Windows desktop and from directly inside photoshop. However, after watching this lesson, I realized that I can actually open an image file in photoshop every single time when I double-click on it from the Windows Desktop. All I have to do is to right-click on the image file, choose default program and then click on Photoshop CC 2015. I learned about Adobe Bridge which is Photoshop's companion file browser. Adobe Bridge will allow me to browse and organize my image files. After that, I learned about Camera Raw which is more interesting and relevant for me since I do take pictures in raw image file format using my DSLR but I never really know how and where to edit them. I am glad to find out about Camera Raw which can accommodate raw, jpeg and even tiff images. It is good to know that every modifications applied on the image in Camera Raw is non-destructive and it means I can easily clear out the Camera Raw settings and restore my original image file. It's even possible to open both the modified version and original version of the image in photoshop at the same time. After Lesson 1, I believe I can easily open an image file in photoshop without any hesitation.
2. Getting Around
This lesson is mostly on zooming in and out. I learned the importance of keyboard shortcuts. There are multiple keyboards shortcuts for zooming in and out. For example, ctrl + for zooming in, ctrl - for zooming out, ctrl-spacebar for the zoom in tool, ctrl-alt-spacebar for the zoom out tool, etc. It gets a bit confusing but knowing all the keyboards shortcuts will really allow us to play around in photoshop conveniently. I think the springloaded shortcuts feature that photoshop offers is really handy. It allows me to temporary switch keys/tools by pressing and holding on it and as soon as I release I will return to the previously selected key/tool. At the scrolling and panning part, I learned about the temporary hand tool(spacebar), flick panning, overscoll and how to scroll both images at once by pressing both the spacebar and the shift key before dragging the images. Last few things that I think is relatively more practical for me in this lesson is learning how to switch between open images (ctrl tab, ctrl~ and ctrl shift tab) and using of the navigator panel when the image is in full screen mode(press f twice).
