Previous installments of Adobe Photoshop One-on-One provided the video
and practice files on a DVD bound in the back of the book. For the first time,
I’ve made the decision to deliver video and practice files online instead. It’s a
more flexible, less wasteful approach that gives you the same great One-on-
One instructional experience. Plus, I’m not limited with regard to sample file
selection or video length—and I have a place to post updates, bonus material,
and anything else I might want to share with you.
One-on-One Requirements
The main prerequisite to using Adobe Photoshop CS5 One-on-One
is having Photoshop CS5 or Photoshop CS5 Extended installed on
your system. You may have purchased Photoshop CS5 as a stand-
alone product or as part of Adobe’s Creative Suite 5. You can work
through many of the exercises using an earlier version of Photoshop,
but some steps will not work as written. All exercises have been
fully tested with Adobe Photoshop CS5 but not with older versions.
Adobe Photoshop CS5 One-on-One is cross-platform, meaning that
it works equally well whether you’re using Photoshop installed on
a Microsoft Windows-based PC or an Apple Macintosh.
Any computer that meets the minimum requirements for Photoshop
CS5 also meets the requirements for using Adobe Photoshop CS
One-on-One. Specifically, if you own a PC, you need Windows XP
with Service Pack 3, Windows Vista (Home Premium or better) with
Service Pack 1, or Windows 7. If you own a Mac, you need Mac OS
X version 10.5.7 or higher.
Regardless of platform, your computer must meet the following
minimum requirements:
- 1 GB of RAM
- 2 GB of available hard disk space
- 16-bit color graphics card that supports OpenGL 2.0 (as do
most modern cards, including those from market-leader nVidia) - Color monitor with 1024-by-768 pixel resolution
- Broadband Internet connection for sample files and videos
- QuickTime Player software (if it is not already installed and
you want to watch downloaded versions of the videos offline;
available at http://www.apple.com/quicktime))
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