Introduction to Adobe Photoshop

The inspiration lab features recording studios, a high-performance computer lab with audio, video and image editing software, as well as self-publishing and graphic design software including adobe photoshop. We also have analog-to-digital conversion stations for various forms of older media. 

Adobe Photoshop is a photo/graphic editing program that is great for creating, editing and manipulating images. By using the basic Photoshop tools, you will learn to manipulate the tone of a photograph, enhance or modify colour, adjust the size of an image and do some fine-tuning (cropping, straightening, sharpening etc) and retouching.

The Inspiration Lab is a free space dedicated to digital creativity, collaboration, and storytelling. We are located on level 3 at the Central branch of the Vancouver Public Library. 

Creation and Digitization Station booking:

• Drop-in (available station not guaranteed) or create bookings up to 2 weeks in advance
• Use for a maximum of 3 hours per day (speak to staff if more time is needed for your project)
• Printing is not available from Inspiration Lab computers, but files can be saved and reopened for printing from one of the general use public computers.
• Please bring a USB storage device to save your work. See our guide for recommended storage size for your project.

Saving Your Work While in the Inspiration Lab

• Please bring a USB drive to back up your files created in Adobe Photoshop CC. Adobe Photoshop CC files can be fairly large depending on the saved format, image size and DPI. These can be adjusted while saving your work to compress where needed. Any 16 or 32 GB USB will easily accomodate many Photoshop files.