The first day of photoshop with Mr. Hoppe was very interesting to say the least. It reminded me of the scene from Full Metal Jacket where a few select people acquire new nicknames and are drilled with questions to the point where the only acceptable answer is “I don’t know. Sir!”

Mr. Hoppe knows his stuff. He briefly went over all the tools and noted how to make custom shortcuts and what the symbol that has a ramp with a “booger” is. (Apparently, the option key.) He discussed resolution, one of his mottos: Garbage In, Garbage Out. The worst thing you can have in photoshop is the jpeg. As he says, “It should be banned and outlawed.” I now know what is hi res vs. lo res, what pixels are and what increasing photo size vs. file size vs. pixel size.